Many of our members are working in the areas of safety and environment. The scope of the conference has changed and it will change more to meet these needs. It seems appropriate that the name reflect the changes. Again the name recognition outside the IH world is more aligned with environmental and safety, with environmental applying to people and surroundings. The new conference name embraces and reflects the changes taking place in the profession, as it has been portrayed by substantially more than 50 percent of the members many times for several years.
Industrial hygiene is the core of the association.
The merger with the Academy has been carried out with the express purpose of using AIHA's resources to promote, protect and ensure the importance of the CIH designation. The core IH curriculum will be maintained. The conference name is a separate issue from the association's name. Unlike the association's name, the name of the conference must resonate with the educational sessions, members' supervisors and the exhibiting companies. A decade ago, there were no PDCs or roundtables on safety or environmental issues.