Around 125 delegates from Australia and overseas flocked to the International Symposium on Shiftwork and Working Time, hosted by CQU at Yeppoon from August 28-31.

CQ regional managers also had a chance to tap into the visiting expertise during 2 special workshops arranged on August 27.

Organiser Lee Di Milia with Adam Fletcher

Symposium organiser Associate Professor Lee Di Milia said this year's symposium was the first to be held in Australia since 1994. Details of the program are at: www.shiftwork.cqu.edu.au .

Delegates attended from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Sweden, The Netherlands, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the USA.

There was extensive media coverage of the event including TV show Stateline: there's a transcript here: http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/qld/content/2006/s2021162.htm

UK delegates Carl Mason, Sue Woolfenden and Lawrence Smith
Ennino Vivaldi from Greece and Stephen Popkin from the US
President of the Shiftwork and Working Time Society Giovanni Costa (Italy) and Johannes Gaertner from Vienna
Lucia Rotenberg and Caludia Moreno from Brazil and Bahby Banks from US
Simon Knowles and Adam Fletcher from Australia