The HSE Division, RACI is proudly to open the Call for Abstracts for the Inaugural “Leslie Bretherick Memorial Lecture”.
As a Chemist, Leslie Bretherick spent the majority of his working life at the BP Research Centre, Sunbury-on-Thames (1962), where he stayed till his early retirement in 1982. But it was in the early part of his career, where a personal injury and a near-miss motivated his lifelong interest in the prevention of chemical accidents.
Bretherick was awarded the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Chemical Health and Safety Award in 1988 and he was also honoured by the Royal Society of Chemistry, when selected as one of the RSC’s “175 Faces of Chemistry” noting that his achievements were made despite poor eyesight (and eventual near blindness) and a stammer. His tour de force” was Bretherick’s Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, was first published in 1975 documented hundreds of potential chemical hazards, had and still has the potential to save lives.
The Health Safety and Environment Division has established The Leslie Bretherick Memorial Lecture not only to recognise his pioneering contributions in the field of chemical and laboratory safety but also recognise the ongoing importance that laboratory safety plays in the field of chemistry. Despite advancements in laboratory safety systems and technology, “adverse reactions” still occur on a regular basis.
Lecture to be presented as a face to face lecture but will be live streamed for interstate and overseas attendees.
Lecture to be made available to registrants via RACI (log in details required)
Lecture to be held in conjunction with a networking dinner
Please see the 'call for abstracts' section below for information on topics and instructions on how to submit an abstract.
Abstract Submission Opens: 5th September 2019
Abstract Submission Closes: 30th November 2019
ALL KEY DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
As a Chemist, Leslie Bretherick spent the majority of his working life at the BP Research Centre, Sunbury-on-Thames (1962), where he stayed till his early retirement in 1982. But it was in the early part of his career, where a personal injury and a near-miss motivated his lifelong interest in the prevention of chemical accidents.
Bretherick was awarded the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Chemical Health and Safety Award in 1988 and he was also honoured by the Royal Society of Chemistry, when selected as one of the RSC’s “175 Faces of Chemistry” noting that his achievements were made despite poor eyesight (and eventual near blindness) and a stammer. His tour de force” was Bretherick’s Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, was first published in 1975 documented hundreds of potential chemical hazards, had and still has the potential to save lives.
The Health Safety and Environment Division has established The Leslie Bretherick Memorial Lecture not only to recognise his pioneering contributions in the field of chemical and laboratory safety but also recognise the ongoing importance that laboratory safety plays in the field of chemistry. Despite advancements in laboratory safety systems and technology, “adverse reactions” still occur on a regular basis.
Details of the event
Lecture: 60-minute orationLecture to be presented as a face to face lecture but will be live streamed for interstate and overseas attendees.
Lecture to be made available to registrants via RACI (log in details required)
Lecture to be held in conjunction with a networking dinner
Please see the 'call for abstracts' section below for information on topics and instructions on how to submit an abstract.
Abstract Submission Opens: 5th September 2019
Abstract Submission Closes: 30th November 2019
ALL KEY DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
