Past Conferences

USE 2017

The fourth USE Conference took place in Denver, Colorado on October 25–27, 2017. The Center for Health, Work & Environment at the Colorado School of Public Health, in collaboration with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), were the hosts for 2017.

USE 2015

The third USE Conference took place October 20–23, 2015 in Groningen, the Netherlands. The Hanze UAS Groningen, University of Applied Sciences was proud to be the host of USE2015. Please find the conference materials below.

USE 2013

The second USE Conference took place February 19–22, 2013 in Nelson, New Zealand. USE2013 was hosted by Massey University and AUT University. Please find the conference materials below.

  • Publications
    • Safety Science Special Issue: Managing Safety in Small and Medium Enterprises.
    • This special issue contains an editorial and ten articles, based mainly on presentations at the USE2013 Conference in Nelson, New Zealand
      • Url: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09257535/71/supp/PC
      • Reference: Legg, SJ, Olsen KB, Laird IS, Hasle P. (Guest editors). (2015a). Managing Safety in Small and Medium Enterprises. Safety Science (Special Issue) (ISSN 0925-7535) 71, 189 – 298.
      • Editorial: Legg, SJ, Olsen KB, Laird IS, Hasle P. (2015b). Editorial: Managing safety in small and medium enterprises. Safety Science (Special Issue) (ISSN 0925-7535) 71, 189 – 196.
    • International Journal of Small Enterprise Research Special Issue: Understanding small enterprises: healthy lives in healthy businesses.
    • This special issue contains an editorial, five feature articles and three research notes, based mainly on presentations at the USE2013 Conference in Nelson, New Zealand.
      • URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rser20/21/2
      • Reference: Legg, S., Laird, I., Olsen, K.B. and Hasle, P., 2014. Understanding small enterprises: healthy lives in healthy businesses. International Journal of Small Enterprise Research (Special Issue), 21 (2), 138 – 237.
      • Editorial: Legg, S., Laird, I., Olsen, K.B. and Hasle, P., 2014b. Guest Editorial: Creating healthy work in small companies – from understanding to action: summary of current knowledge. International Journal of Small Enterprise Research (Special Issue), 21 (2), 139 – 147.

USE 2009

The first USE Conference took place October 20–23, 2009 in Elsinore (Helsingør), Denmark. Please find the conference materials below.

USE Conference 2013