09:00 – 09:30	Opening Session
	Opening of the conference Introductory address	Danuta Koradecka CIOP-PIB
	Welcome addresses	Representative of the Polish Ministry of Labour and Social Policy Representative of the Polish Committee for Standardization
09:30 – 12:30	Session 1 New developments in the EU and their impact upon occupational safety and health
09:30 – 10:30	New developments in EU legislation Chair: Danuta Koradecka, CIOP-PIB
	Revision of the New Approach	Jacques McMillan DG Enterprise and Industry
	Recent directives in the social field and their possible impact on standardization	José Ramón Biosca de Sagastuy DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
	The new Machinery Directive	Ian Fraser DG Enterprise and Industry
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30	Impact upon product safety Chair: Norbert Breutmann, KAN
	European and international product safety standardization	Ernst-Peter Ziethen CEN/BT
	Conformity assessment and notified bodies	Karl-Heinz Noetel European coordination of notified bodies for personal protective equipment
	Market surveillance	Phil Papard ADCO Group  Machinery
	Product design and manufacturing – The manufacturers’ viewpoint	Adrian Harris ORGALIME
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 15:30	Session 2 OSH activities and competitiveness Chair: Hans-Joachim Wolff, DGUV
	How OSH activities can support the development of productivity and well-being at work	Harri Vainio FIOH
	Implementation of the New EU Strategy on OSH 2007-2012 in Poland	Danuta Koradecka CIOP-PIB
	Research and innovation Innovation for safer and more competitive workplaces	Michael Schaefer BGIA
	Standardization Standards in support of safer and more competitive workplaces	N.N.
	Testing/Certification Effects of testing and certification on safer products and competitive workplaces	Manfred Rentrop DGUV
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30	Session 3 Evaluation of the current situation and possible improvements Chair: Dirk Moritz, BMAS
	Experience with the New Approach, scope for progress	Raphaël Haeflinger EUROGIP
	Market surveillance: expectations from industry	Claudio Celata ASSOCOMAPLAST
	The trade unions’ views	Stefano Boy ETUI-REHS
	Small and medium-sized enterprises: follow-up of the good-practice study on participation in standardization	Loucas Gourtsoyannis NORMAPME
	Discussion
19:30	Dinner
Friday, 12 September 2008
09:00 – 10:15	Session 3 (cont.) Evaluation of the current situation and possible improvements Chair: Marie-Chantal Blandin, CNAMTS
	Benefits of standardization and areas to be improved	Knut Blind TU Berlin
	The European Occupational Safety and Health Network and the EUROSHNET “Cracow Memorandum”	Jean Jacques INRS Joachim Lambert KAN
10:15 – 10:45	Coffee break
10:45 – 11:45	Discussions of key aspects concerning the EUROSHNET “Cracow Memorandum”	Walter Eichendorf DGUV Jacques McMillan DG Enterprise and Industry Daniel Podgórski CIOP-PIB
11:45 – 12:00	Conference review and orientation for the future Closing address	Jean-Luc Marié INRS Danuta Koradecka CIOP-PIB
12:00	Lunch