International Association of Labour Inspectors (IALI) Conference 2007

Toronto, Ontario (ots/PRNewswire) -

- April 18 - 20, 2007

The international health and safety community will focus on
Ontario, Canada's practices in health and safety when the
International Association of Labour Inspectors (IALI) Conference 2007
lands, for the first time in North America, in Toronto from April 18
- 20, 2007.

Partnering with the Ontario Ministry of Labour and IAPA
(Industrial Accident Prevention Association), in cooperation with the
International Labour Organization, the Government of Canada, and
Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, the IALI Conference
2007 will run in conjunction with IAPA's Health & Safety Canada 2007,
Canada's largest health and safety conference and trade show. Both
events take place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and share a
common theme: "Innovative Strategies for Safer & Healthier
Workplaces." The sub-theme for IALI's conference is "From Compliance
to High Performance."

On April 18, 2007, in the presence of national and international
guests as well as provincial and federal government dignitaries, the
conference opens with a joint ceremony that officially closes the
90th annual IAPA conference and opens the IALI conference. Stephen
Lewis, former United Nations envoy for HIV/AIDS, will be deliver a
keynote address entitled, "Where in the World is the World Headed?"
The conference welcomes four additional keynote speakers who will
address conference delegates on various topics:

- Gerd Albracht, Senior Specialist in Occupational Safety and
Health, Coordinator Development of Inspection Systems, International
Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

- Helle Tosine, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of
Labour

- Michele Patterson, President of the International Association of
Labour Inspection; Executive Director of Safework SA in South
Australia (the State's labour inspectorate), South Australia's
representative on the National Australian Safety and Compensation
Council

- Dr. Malcolm K. Sparrow, Professor of the Practice of Public
Management at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University

- The Honourable Jean-Marc Blackburn, federal Minister of Labour

- Perrin Beatty, President and CEO, Canadian Manufacturers and
Exporters

For more information on the IALI conference, log on to
www.iapa.ca/iali or download the conference preliminary guide at
http://www.iapa.ca/documents_ext/IALI_conf_program_guide.pdf

ots Originaltext: International Association of Labour Inspection
Im Internet recherchierbar: http://www.presseportal.de

Contact:
For further information contact: Edye Rome, Edye Rome Communication
Services,+1-(416)-785-6213, edyerome@sympatico.ca, or Vince Ciarlo,
+1-(416)-763-3783, vciarlo@idirect.com