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MEDIA/PUBLIC RELATIONS SU Business Unit Helps to Secure World Bid March 2003 ConsultUS, a business unit of Stellenbosch University, will be co-responsible for the management of an important academic meeting in 2009 for which Cape Town has beaten the cities of Fukuota, Japan, and Seoul in Korea. The 29th International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) in March 2009, a tri-annual international event, is expected to attract in the region of 2 500 plus delegates. Four languages will be spoken at the conference to encourage the greatest participation of people from the world over. Dirk Elzinga, managing director of the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), says "the impact of over 2 500 international business delegates travelling to Cape Town for this conference is huge." The bid to host the conference was compiled by The South African Society of Occupational Medicine (SASOM), the CTICC, the Cape Town Convention Bureau and ConsultUS, who will all be responsible for the management of the ICOH 2009 conference. The Association of Societies for Occupational Safety and Health (ASOSH), South African Society of Occupational Health Nursing Practitioners (SASOHN), Southern African Institute for Occupational Hygiene (SAIOH), Mine Medical and Other Health Professionals' Association (MMOA) and the South African Society of Travel Medicine (SASTM) supported SASOM in this effort. "This is a wonderful achievement! The ICOH conference is held every three years and has never before been hosted in Sub-Saharan Africa. The 27th conference was held in Brazil last month where members of ICOH from 33 countries voted Cape Town as their venue of choice to host the 29th ICOH Conference in 2009," says Elzinga. "It is a large and prestigious international conference," he says. "The impact of so many international business travellers eating, drinking and travelling in and around Cape Town cannot be underestimated. I’m confident that international delegates will spend at least R2 000 a day while attending a conference of this nature, which means that Cape Town and the region could benefit by up to R30-million for this single conference." Commenting on the aim of the conference, Professor Daan Kocks of the Medical University of Southern Africa (Medunsa) and chairperson of the South African Society of Occupational Medicine (SASOM) confirmed that the aim of the conference is to share knowledge and information that affect workers health worldwide, especially Africa, and the prevention. "This is the leading global forum for the exchange of information and research development in the field of occupational health, and has the potential to pave the way for future initiatives impacting on workers health in Sub-Saharan Africa," he said.  Photograph: The winning team at the gala dinner of the 27th ICOH CONFERENCE held at Iguassa Falls Brazil shortly after the announcment that Cape Town has won the bid for the 29th ICOH Conference to be held in March 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa  Photograph: ICOH board site inspection of Cape Town, September 2005 Back: Angeline Lue (executive manager of Convention & Events Bureau, Cape Town Routes Unlimited), Nokhuthula Dube (chief executive ofiicer, Cape Town Routes Unlimited), Prof Alaine Cantineau from France (ICOH Board member), Dr Ruddy Facci from Brazil (vice-president, ICOH), Suné van Rooyen (managing director, ConsultUS) and Mrs Facci (Brazil), Prof Jorma Ranatanen from Finland (president, ICOH). Front: Ms Facci (Brazil), Dr Sergio Iavicoli from Italy (secretary-general, ICOH), and Anne-Marie Moolman (Conference Organiser, ConsultUS). |
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