9:00 AM – 5:00 PM 9:15 – 9:35 AM Scott works with companies in the energy sector who recognize the value in leveraging technology to improve the quality of operational information and by doing so improve productivity, effectiveness and safety. While working in the energy industry Scott realized how important safety is but also noticed how splintered safety is across the industry. As a technology guy with the desire to help improve the culture of health and safety Scott realized he could help the industry help itself by creating a platform for individuals, companies, associations, safety professions, and suppliers, to collaborate across this vast and widely divers industry.
I believe that everybody has the right to get home safely to their families. Anything I can do to help promote and achieve a safer working environment I will do. Having spent the last 20+ years in the construction industry, I've seen my fair share of things that didn't need to happen.
I'm not a Safety Expert but firmly believe that by working together, we can spread the best industry knowledge and experience throughout the world. Can we constantly improve best practices and safety culture through open experience sharing, and ultimately prevent more incidents and save more lives? I believe we can. Working together, let's improve Safety to the maximum level. I support and recognize the valuable contribution made by EHS professionals, who are often under valued.
Our Mission is to create the single most comprehensive Environmental Health & Safety resource for safety minded professionals globally. All accidents are preventable so let's work together to improve the culture of public and workplace safety for everyone. Safety starts with you! Join the movement!
9:35 – 10:25 AM The current capabilities, techniques, and systems of our profession will be obsolete in just a few years from now – and we will need to manage safety at the speed of light!
The cataclysmic impact of the Covid pandemic on society is nothing compared to what is coming…wait until you see what is next! Looking back from the future, say in 2040 to this year,2021 will seem like a little blip, a mere glitch, compared to what the next 2 decades hold for us. It is not another disease or virus, but an explosive change in technology, digitization, and socio-economic transformation.
The ‘future’ of industry 4.0 is being created as we speak, and yet, we have not even started in safety. We talk and quibble about Safety 2, HOP or the New View in Safety. Really? A few concepts that will be commonly used safety terms by 2040: Leaderless Safety, Latent Risk Metrics, Hyper-Connectivity, Supersonic Communication, Super Supervisors, Super Teams, Super Systems, Super Culture…and Superluminal Risk Optimization!
The 2040 safety conference will have presentations about Cognitive Astigmia, Compliance Atrophy, Interactive Myopia, Silo Schizophrenia, False Risks, Catastrophic Coupling, Catatonic Complexity, Digital Depletion, Rapid Risk Scenarios, 3D Risk Twins, Black Swans - Purple Dragons Is our safety profession of the future going to be equipped, ready, even capable to deal with this?
This keynote presentation will explore our journey to the future of safety, and beyond. It will show the radical changes awaiting the safety profession and what we will have to change now to even get to the future!
Corrie Pitzer is the CEO and founder of Safemap International, a company specializing in the psychology of risk. He consults internationally to many corporations in mining, utilities, military defense and construction, all with occupations in which people can be seriously injured, or killed in their work…
He has Bachelors and Honors degrees in Industrial Psychology, Honors degree in Business Management, an MBA, and a Graduate Diploma in Education.
He was an Infantry Platoon commander, an Underground Miner and he has done every dirty job to earn money for his studies. Corrie enjoys skydiving, motorcycling and race car driving.
As a result, he knows more about risk than about safety.
10:30 - 11:15 AM President Biden is about to wrap up his first year in office, so it is a good time to take stock of what we learned from and about OSHA under a Biden Administration, discuss surprise developments, and look ahead at the remainder of 2021 and beyond. We will examine the senior leadership now in place at the Department of Labor and OSHA, and analyze what those appointments likely mean for employers. We will also review OSHA’s efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic, including the emergency temporary standard, updated workplace guidance, and national emphasis enforcement program. We will also examine OSHA’s efforts to make good on President Biden’s promises to increase OSHA’s budget, grow the number of inspectors, and generally ramp up enforcement. Finally, we will review key OSHA rulemaking developments and OSHA’s updated rulemaking agenda.
Participants in this session will learn the following:
Eric J. Conn is a founding partner and Chair of the national OSHA • Workplace Safety Group at the law firm Conn Maciel Carey LLP, where he focuses his practice on all aspects of occupational safety and health law. Mr. Conn began his career practicing for more than a decade alongside the former first General Counsel of the OSH Review Commission. Mr. Conn represents employers in inspections, investigations and enforcement actions involving OSHA, state OSH programs, the Chemical Safety Board, and state and local safety-related agencies. He also handles all aspects of OSHA litigation, from appeals of citations to criminal prosecutions. Today, Mr. Conn Co-Chair Conn Maciel Carey’s COVID-19 Task Force.
Mr. Conn conducts and directs attorney-client privileged workplace safety audits, delivers safety training, and helps employers develop and implement compliant safety and health programs. He writes and speaks extensively on safety and health law issues, including authoring chapters in multiple OSHA law treatises and editing the award-winning OSHA Defense Report Blog.
Mr. Conn earned both his bachelor and law degrees from the University of Virginia, and served on the Editorial Board of the University of Virginia Law Review.
10:30 - 11:15 AM Are you looking to boost your Leadership and Employer Brand? Do you want to build engaged, inclusive workplace Cultures where employees want to stay and even refer others to join your organization? Join this session on Impactful Leadership for the Future of Work to uncover:
Tiffany Castagno has practiced Human Resources for 13 years and has a true passion for Human Resources and continuing to cultivate the evolution of Human Resources. She knows and appreciates the power of relationships, and trusts her stakeholders in the process as much as they trust her.
She understands that together is better and that we get nowhere alone. She is a Mentor and enjoys volunteering her time in the Community. CEPHR was founded on these principles and Tiffany believes in always beginning with understanding client needs and the business before beginning a project.
Tiffany is on the Board of Directors of Open Field, a 501(c)3 Non-profit organization, with a Mission to "improve the lives and futures of youth through sport by promoting health, education, leadership and life skills through soccer." "Youth emerge from our programs with new skills to succeed in school and in the workforce."
Tiffany is also Co-Lead of the Pittsburgh Culture First Chapter, with a Mission of "local groups where professionals share insights and ideas for a better world of work. Each chapter unites a local community.........with the larger global community......creating safe spaces for people to connect, look at challenging issues, learn together and ultimately support each other in taking action to improve the world of work."
Tiffany is Co-author of a Children's Book "Can a Zebra Change Its Stripes?", a book in the Series "Bruno's Amazing Adventures" with a Mission "To Change the World, One Child at a Time".
11:15 - 11:30 AM 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM The future safety professionals role is transforming from a technical and compliance -based manager to an innovative, adaptive servant leader. This Influential Safety Leadership (ISL) initiative in ongoing research to practice designed to create a collaborative learning ecosystem for organizational EHSS professional competency and development, elite management systems, and sustainability.
Dr. Jay R. Harf is a value-based inspirational leader with a strong sense of purpose. His enthusiastic mindset fosters a collaborative culture of enablement. He serves as a role model demonstrating the right behaviors to be successful as a business leader, influencing people with his passionate and relentless pursuit of health, safety and sustainability. Jay considers everyone with kindness, his keen emotional intelligence endears him to all levels of organizations, from operations to executives. His sense of caring and "people first" attitude are indisputable, which facilitates a high level of employee safety engagement and empowerment
12:15 – 12:30 PM 12:30 – 1:30 PM The CEO of Anglo American Base Metals, Ruben Fernandes, shares his company’s vision, values, and views on safety in these challenging times.
The CEO of Anglo American Base Metals, Ruben Fernandes, shares his company’s vision, values, and views on safety in these challenging times.
Corrie Pitzer is the CEO and founder of Safemap International, a company specializing in the psychology of risk. He consults internationally to many corporations in mining, utilities, military defense and construction, all with occupations in which people can be seriously injured, or killed in their work…
He has Bachelors and Honors degrees in Industrial Psychology, Honors degree in Business Management, an MBA, and a Graduate Diploma in Education.
He was an Infantry Platoon commander, an Underground Miner and he has done every dirty job to earn money for his studies. Corrie enjoys skydiving, motorcycling and race car driving.
As a result, he knows more about risk than about safety.
Extensive background, 32 years, in several areas in the metallurgical and mining industries. Experience on high tech processes, high end quality products, made-to-order and production methods, global environment and excellence in customer service. Expertise on related financial, business development and in M&A processes.
Solid commercial experience with global expertise. Direct involvement in negotiations of global contracts with major corporations and coordination of regional teams in different international areas. Exposure to commodities markets such as phosphate, potash, copper, nickel, zinc and several raw materials. Highly skilled on cost structure and business viability analysis. Exposure to international relationships with partners and joint ventures.
Highly motivated by challenging environment, has a result oriented mind, promotes accomplishments through team work and leads his team by coaching, challenging, recognizing results and setting example of behaviour.
1:30 – 2:00 PM 2:00 – 2:45 PM Like the wallpaper sticks to the wall, Like the seashore clings to the sea, Like you'll never get rid of your shadow, Frank, you'll never get rid of me
Not only is this a classic Sammy Davis Jnr and Frank Sinatra song, it is also a great reminder for leaders – be aware of the shadow you cast because you cant separate it from yourself.
Have you ever wondered about the shadow you cast? Who are the great leaders who cast a positive shadow , What sets them apart?
In todays session we will take a closer look at some of these leaders and their attributes and it may surprise you.
Paul started his career in Construction and transitioned to HSE in 1998. He joined Jacobs in 2011 as Senior HSE Manager for the UK Buildings & Infrastructure region and has progressed through the organisation in various other HSE roles to present, where he is currently Vice President of Global HSE, P&PS.
His passion is projects and has been involved in many iconic construction projects in his career across the Globe both internal and external to Jacobs.
He realised that in order to deliver good projects and good work that we needed our workforce to be mentally healthy and thriving. With the help of others, he launched the Jacobs Mental Health Matters program in 2015 in the UK and this has now been embraced Globally.
One Million Lives is now the next stage of our Mental Health Matters program. One Million Lives uses technology and networks to start a movement that reaches over one million people globally by:
Equipping people with a tool to understand and improve their mental health, creating ripple effects as we encourage sharing it with friends, family and colleagues
Encouraging open conversation about mental health and knowledge sharing to reduce stigma
Creating a legacy that people are excited and proud to be a part of.
3:00 - 3:45 PM This panel of industry experts will talk about how to develop your own career path and goals as a safety professional, as well as how we can provide support and insight to others in our networks looking at entering a safety professional career or setting their own career development goals.
Mr. Eric Gislason is currently the Executive Director and one of the primary trainers for the National Association of Safety Professionals. His expertise includes providing adult training methodologies to various corporations throughout the world, and he is a subject matter expert in HAZMAT Emergency Response and Hazardous Waste Operations. He is the lead trainer for the Certified Safety Manager Course recognized world-wide as a safety credential building course.
Prior to his employment with NASP, he was owner of Safety Training Consultants, a safety training and consulting firm that specialized in performing safety audits, inspections, written program development and various general industry training (HAZWOPER {40, 24, and 8-hour Refresher}, Incident Command, Confined Space Entry, LOTO, Forklift, Accident Investigation, Hazard Communication, various Train-the-Trainer Courses) for a variety of companies in the US.
His career spans a variety of industry, including Safety Manager for the largest pork processor in the world, the automotive industry and the pharmaceutical industry. From 1990 to 2000 he was Vice-President and co-owner of Environmental & Safety Services where he provided safety training and consulting and acted as an environmental consultant to various companies for EPA compliance including, but not limited to, RCRA (biennial reporting for LQGs), CERCLA/SARA (Tier II, Form R reporting), EPCRA, CWA, and CAA. He began his career working as a service technician for an environmental firm specializing in UST removal and water and soil remediation.
He has a BA in Environmental Studies and is a Licensed Safety Professional (LSP) and Certified Hazardous Material Manager (CHMM).
Dr. Twilley is the resident Certified Industrial Hygienist with AIHA. She has over 33 years of experience in providing environmental health hazard investigations, environmental remedial investigations and feasibility studies, risk assessments, indoor environmental quality and occupational hygiene consultation. Her work has been performed on military installations throughout the northeast and mid-Atlantic states, in industrial facilities, housing, research laboratories, government, healthcare, and educational buildings.
She has training in and holds licenses and certifications as a Certified Industrial Hygienist, as an asbestos inspector and project designer, as a lead risk assessor, in hazardous waste operations, and as a drinking water sampler. She received her Bachelors of Science degree from Towson State University in Natural Science with an Environmental Science Concentration in 1988, her Masters of Health Science in Environmental Health Science, Industrial Hygiene and Safety from Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health in 1998, and her Doctor of Public Health degree from John’s Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2008. She also earned a Certificate in Risk Science and Public Policy from Johns Hopkins in 2002.
It wasn’t long ago that Alison was working in a role that left her feeling like something was missing. Like her spark had gone out. When she was finally lucky enough to find a role she enjoyed, she was amazed by the positive change she saw in herself, her life, and her output in the workplace. Alison's goal is to help you find your passion, improve your life, and reignite the best version of yourself.
Alison Hemmings is a career strategist and entrepreneur, and she has first hand experience of working in a job that is unfulfilling. She has worked in various roles until she moved to the recruitment industry where she finally found her calling. Alison Hemming's became the #1 recruitment consultant at her firm, before branching out and launching her own consulting company. Having worked in organizations where employees are often undervalued and overworked, she has made a business out of engaging with industry-leading professionals to ensure they land opportunities where they not only have a seat at the table, but a voice too.
Fortune 500 companies Alison Hemmings has recruited and consulted for include:
And many more across North America
Alison has coached thousands of executives on how to present themselves with the most impact, how to negotiate higher salaries and perks, and how to land their dream jobs with her ‘happy work project’ signature program.
On a more personal note, she has lived and worked on the beautiful island of Costa Rica. She is a Tony Robbins enthusiast who has been fortunate to be a crewmember for several of his events, and a proud resident of Toronto.
Katie is an Assistant Professor and Director of MEHS Graduate Program. She has her Ph.D., Environmental Health, M.E.H.S.,Environmental Health and Safety, and B.A.S., Exercise Science
Prior to joining MIE and MEHS, Katie worked in the insurance industry focusing on workers’ compensation, injury prevention, and risk management. She worked closely with both employee and management groups in a diverse array of company sizes and industry types. Her research interests span from safety culture assessment to workers' compensation and health data utilization to construction safety.
Bryan McWhorter is an author, coach, and speaker with thirteen years of experience in promoting worker safety. Bryan gained his knowledge and experience as a safety officer and Senior Trainer for Philips Lighting.
Bryan helped create a successful safety culture in a factory of approximately 500 employees, the results being a 50% reduction in OSHA recordable accidents in the first year. The lighting company is now called Signify and Bryan continues to work as a safety professional for them. Bryan is also proud to be a regular contributor to Safeopedia.
3:00 - 3:45 PM Join me for a highly interactive workshop on transformational leadership and aligning safety and health excellence with the business environment in which you are operating.
Your Workshop take away is a Next Steps personal, leadership strategy and road map that can help you transform how you and your company are effectively leading and managing safety and health. #TrueNorthTest
Kathy is a recognized global leader and advisor to business at the forefront of transforming the business value of people (a company’s human capital) and their safety, health and wellbeing. Her passion is working with companies across industry sector who are focused on their people’s safety, health and wellbeing, seeking to pass the #TrueNorthTest and understanding that in doing so creates value and sustainable, resilient corporate performance.
As an influencer, Kathy co-leads the Capitals Coalition’s ‘Valuing OSH in Human Capital’ project group, is a former member of the board of directors for the Social and Human Capital Coalition and chair of the Center for Safety and Health Sustainability. Kathy currently serves on the Chairs Advisory Group developing the ISO 45001 family of standards, and is past president and fellow of the American Society
of Safety Professionals, fellow of the British Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, OneWISH executive committee member supporting a global women/s safety and health network, member of the
GRI 403:2018 Occupational Safety and Health standard project working group and an appointee to the National Academies of Science: Gulf Research Program Risk Committee.
Kathy is a chemist by education and holds professional certifications in the US, UK and Europe.
Please welcome Kathy Seabrook who is the CEO of Global Solutions, Inc. and founder of the #TrueNorthTest.
3:45 – 4:00 PM 4:00 – 4:45 PM Join us for this insightful view of leadership as we navigate through the power of innovation to inspire and lead your organization to the point of performance excellence. Often, it is the small changes and not the big ones that convert inaction into purposeful mission accomplishment in the protection of people. Listen to the inspirational true story of how a leader transformed a small rundown town into a thriving community, one brushstroke at a time. Learn the three powerful strategies inspirational and transformational leaders deploy in encouraging their organizations to consistently outperform and outpace the rest.
J.A. Rodriguez Jr., CSP, ASP, is the Chief Strategy Officer of the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. He has led record-breaking and award-winning EHS teams while supporting $7B annually in business across 100+ countries. Rodriguez was honored to be selected by EHS Today as one of "The 50 People Who Most Influenced EHS in 2012-2013" and "2014 - 2015.” He also is an empowering and international keynote speaker, entrepreneur, a patented inventor, an engineer, a certified safety professional, author of the book "Not Intuitively Obvious – Transition to the Professional Work Environment" and co-editor of the American Society of Safety Engineers’ book “Consultants Business Development Guide.” Dare to think differently.
4:45 – 5:00 PM Scott works with companies in the energy sector who recognize the value in leveraging technology to improve the quality of operational information and by doing so improve productivity, effectiveness and safety. While working in the energy industry Scott realized how important safety is but also noticed how splintered safety is across the industry. As a technology guy with the desire to help improve the culture of health and safety Scott realized he could help the industry help itself by creating a platform for individuals, companies, associations, safety professions, and suppliers, to collaborate across this vast and widely divers industry.
I believe that everybody has the right to get home safely to their families. Anything I can do to help promote and achieve a safer working environment I will do. Having spent the last 20+ years in the construction industry, I've seen my fair share of things that didn't need to happen.
I'm not a Safety Expert but firmly believe that by working together, we can spread the best industry knowledge and experience throughout the world. Can we constantly improve best practices and safety culture through open experience sharing, and ultimately prevent more incidents and save more lives? I believe we can. Working together, let's improve Safety to the maximum level. I support and recognize the valuable contribution made by EHS professionals, who are often under valued.
Our Mission is to create the single most comprehensive Environmental Health & Safety resource for safety minded professionals globally. All accidents are preventable so let's work together to improve the culture of public and workplace safety for everyone. Safety starts with you! Join the movement!
5:00 – 6:00 PM I am a practical, creative, and influential safety and risk management consultant, podcaster, and author. I leverage social media, voice, and the latest technology to advocate for worker safety and equity. My years in construction have prepared me for any industry, and my innovative approach has impacted thousands of workers, students, and safety peers worldwide.
Jason Lucas is a dynamic content creator and speaker that inspires others on how to accomplish their goals. His recent focus has been on content creation under the auspice of #SocialMediaSafetyMinute, a short video series focusing on different safety concepts in short (under a minute) videos that make safety more understandable to the people whose primary focus is not safety daily. Through articles, videos, and images, he takes connections into a new understanding of what it means to be safe. He is currently using this information not only in content creation, but as the basin safety manager of various business units within Republic Services.
Jason Lucas is the co-founder of the most dynamic safety group, Safety Justice League. The Safety Justice League (SJL) continues to inspire, encourage, and assist safety professionals through podcasts, blogs, and #AskASafetyPro video content. Interaction with Operations and Safety Leaders on a continual basis allows Jason and the SJL to keep a hand on the pulse of industry and lead accordingly.
Jason Maldonado has spent more than 16 years working in Safety and Health roles throughout a variety of industries. Beginning as an explosive safety technician while serving in the United States Air Force, Jason developed a passion for teaching the importance of working safely and helping others figure out how to accomplish that mission. After transitioning from the military, he spent time in heavy civil construction, chemical weapon demilitarization, electrical transmission and distribution, and food manufacturing. All of these experiences have helped shape his unique perspective of the state of the modern Safety Professional and ignited a passion to make a positive change. In addition to his book (A Practical Guide to the Safety Profession: The Relentless Pursuit), you can read his weekly candid observations about safety at https://relentlesssafety.com, watch his video blogs on Safeopedia.com, and hear his thought provoking commentary on The Safety Justice League Podcast.
Jason holds the credentials of Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Safety Management Specialist (SMS), and Certified Occupational Hearing Conservationist (COHC). Jason lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife Jennifer and their two children Anthony and Emily.
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM 9:15 – 9:30 AM Scott works with companies in the energy sector who recognize the value in leveraging technology to improve the quality of operational information and by doing so improve productivity, effectiveness and safety. While working in the energy industry Scott realized how important safety is but also noticed how splintered safety is across the industry. As a technology guy with the desire to help improve the culture of health and safety Scott realized he could help the industry help itself by creating a platform for individuals, companies, associations, safety professions, and suppliers, to collaborate across this vast and widely divers industry.
I believe that everybody has the right to get home safely to their families. Anything I can do to help promote and achieve a safer working environment I will do. Having spent the last 20+ years in the construction industry, I've seen my fair share of things that didn't need to happen.
I'm not a Safety Expert but firmly believe that by working together, we can spread the best industry knowledge and experience throughout the world. Can we constantly improve best practices and safety culture through open experience sharing, and ultimately prevent more incidents and save more lives? I believe we can. Working together, let's improve Safety to the maximum level. I support and recognize the valuable contribution made by EHS professionals, who are often under valued.
Our Mission is to create the single most comprehensive Environmental Health & Safety resource for safety minded professionals globally. All accidents are preventable so let's work together to improve the culture of public and workplace safety for everyone. Safety starts with you! Join the movement!
9:30 – 10:20 AM ESG – Environment, Social, and Governance – is all the rage. Whether its attention from investors that see ESG metrics as innovative risk indicators, attention from organizations that want to benchmark ESG performance against peers, or attention from consumers that want to use ESG data to inform purchase behaviors, the ability to collect, report, and improve ESG metrics will be a hallmark of leading businesses in the 2020s and beyond.
So why should EHS professionals pay attention? Because a significant portion of the ESG data that so many stakeholders are after will come directly from the EHS Department. Even more importantly, a significant burden of the responsibility for improving ESG performance will come from the EHS Department. This increasing spotlight on the role will equate to multiple material changes in tactical job requirements, executive visibility, organizational influence. Are you ready to embrace and take advantage of this change?
Please join Intelex’s Trevor Bronson, Strategic Development Manager, and Michael Tuohy, VP Environment and Sustainability for a 50-minute live session and Q&A all about the emergence of ESG and what it means for EHS professionals moving forward. Attendees can expect to learn:
What ESG is and what it isn’t Why ESG has emerged as such a hot topic in the corporate world How ESG will materially change the role an EHS professional Tactical and managerial changes EHS professionals should expect to make in the wake of ESG to position themselves and their business for success
Trevor Bronson’s Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) experience is diverse. At utility company PPL and automotive manufacturer Tesla Motors, he worked as an EHS practitioner to achieve improved EHS compliance and performance. As a senior analyst at independent EHS research firm Verdantix, Trevor supported corporate entities with selecting and optimizing their EHS technologies while also guiding EHS software vendors to broad market success. At paint manufacturer Benjamin Moore, he maintained and expanded their use of EHS technologies as a system analyst.
Now, at Intelex, Trevor uses his vast industry experience to work as both a senior product marketing manager for EHS products and a corporate strategy associate helping derive and execute Intelex’s near and long-term strategic goals.
Since joining Intelex in 2019, Michael has led a dynamic Global Services team aimed at providing powerful yet intuitive solutions to solve customers’ Environmental, Health & Safety, and Quality challenges. In addition to his Quality and Health & Safety expertise, Michael has specializations in Air, Water, Waste, Sustainability (SASB, DJSI, CDP, GRI) Permit and Regulation management.
Based in Denver, Michael has worked with a gambit of technologies, from home grown efforts to industry-leading 3rd party systems and integrations, throughout his extensive career. At Intelex, he has combined his knowledge of EHSQ with his passion for figuring out how to make complex systems work together in harmony.
10:20 – 11:45 AM 10:30 - 11:30 AM The ‘New View’ in safety is getting a lot of “airtime” with several conference presentations and some progressive companies are deploying it. However, there are still many in the safety profession who claim it’s a fad, it will fade away or that it doesn’t work. The traditional view of safety, behavioral safety, and the focus on workers’ errors, is still alive and well, and the “news of its death is greatly exaggerated” they say.
Karen Study, Senior Director (Personal Safety) at Dow Chemical Company, is taking on two proponents and thought leaders of the New View, Todd Conklin and Corrie Pitzer, to challenge their ideas, as a ‘devils advocate’. Which side will you land?
Corrie Pitzer is the CEO and founder of Safemap International, a company specializing in the psychology of risk. He consults internationally to many corporations in mining, utilities, military defense and construction, all with occupations in which people can be seriously injured, or killed in their work…
He has Bachelors and Honors degrees in Industrial Psychology, Honors degree in Business Management, an MBA, and a Graduate Diploma in Education.
He was an Infantry Platoon commander, an Underground Miner and he has done every dirty job to earn money for his studies. Corrie enjoys skydiving, motorcycling and race car driving.
As a result, he knows more about risk than about safety.
Todd Conklin spent 25 years at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a Senior Advisor for Organizational and Safety Culture. Los Alamos National Laboratory is one of the world’s foremost research and development laboratories; Dr. Conklin has been working on the Human Performance program for the last 15 years of his 25-year career. It is in this fortunate position where he enjoys the best of both the academic world and the world of safety in practice.
Conklin holds a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from the University of New Mexico. He speaks all over the world to executives, groups and work teams who are interested in better understanding the relationship between the workers in the field and the organization’s systems, processes, and programs. He has brought these systems to major corporations around the world. Conklin practices these ideas not only in his own workplace, but also in the event investigations at other workplaces around the world. Conklin’s best selling book, Pre-Accident Investigations: An introduction to Organizational Safety is a best selling book on safety. Conklin has several other books and a huge podcast following for his twice-weekly podcast of the same name. Conklin defines safety at his workplace like this: “Safety is the ability for workers to be able to do work in a varying and unpredictable world.”
Conklin lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico and thinks that Human Performance is the most meaningful work he has ever had the opportunity to live and teach.
Special Guest Moderator
Karen Study, P.E. 20+ years in chemical process safety management including fault tree analysis, HAZOP, Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA), Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA), safety instrumented systems analysis, incident investigations and security vulnerability analysis. 8 prior years in chemical production engineering, design, startup, and research.
I hold two patents for methacrylates production design improvements.
I have written numerous articles on the subjects of Process Safety Management, LOPA, inherent safety and management of change.
Since 2012, I have been a Session Chair for the Process Plant Safety Symposium and was the Symposium Chair in 2015. In 2021, I am chairing the Global Congress on Process Safety.
I hold a black belt in Krav Maga and teach Women's Self-Defense and Cardio Kickboxing.
12:00 - 1:00 PM Honeywell Safety Products has been known for innovations, in addition to having trusted industry brands such as Miller Fall protection, Uvex safety eyewear, Howard Leight hearing protection and more. Rahil will explore what inspired the latest innovations in safety solutions, new brand lines and key areas of focus for 2022 and beyond. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about what is new and trending from this global leader in safety.
Rahil joined Honeywell in 2016 as the Product Marketing Leader for High Risk Americas after leadership roles with Rockwell Automation and Eaton Corporation. In the past 5 years Rahil has become known as a subject matter expert for our PPE portfolio, our customers, channel partners and market.
Rahil earned his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering as well as his MBA from Case Western Reserve University.
1:30 – 2:30 PM With the worker at the front end of the business still seen as the problem and the weak link in safety, we are compelled to find ways to engage and motivate them - so they can work safely.
Culture is the new buzz word that is supposed to achieve that elusive goal... but exactly what is it, can it be changed and especially, can we measure it? This presentation will discuss the four essential characteristics of good safety culture: Compulsion (of behavior), Resilience, Alignment and Persistence. If it lacks any one of these, it will have no impact.
The presentation will show an advanced approach, model and measurement system called Prisma, that will change your world (and culture).
Corrie Pitzer is the CEO and founder of Safemap International, a company specializing in the psychology of risk. He consults internationally to many corporations in mining, utilities, military defense and construction, all with occupations in which people can be seriously injured, or killed in their work…
He has Bachelors and Honors degrees in Industrial Psychology, Honors degree in Business Management, an MBA, and a Graduate Diploma in Education.
He was an Infantry Platoon commander, an Underground Miner and he has done every dirty job to earn money for his studies. Corrie enjoys skydiving, motorcycling and race car driving.
As a result, he knows more about risk than about safety.
3:00 – 4:00 PM We all know and recognise the heroes we read about and see in the news and social media. We celebrate their achievements and hold them up as examples to our children and society. (Ask Corrie about expanding more here on social media and information age dynamics) At work, we also have superstar employees and top talent…. keeping these employees are paramount and many a publication and work model have been released to ensure you attract and keep talent happily in your employ. These are the employees that come up with the best ideas, they are engaged, verbal, pro-active, knowledgeable, and productive. They are (mostly) easy to manage and comply to your protocols and procedures and above all dependable. Wouldn’t it be great if you could have more of these people? What if you could only have superstars in your teams and how would that affect your safety performance? In this talk, we will discuss the silent heroes that lay dormant in your organisation. They are waiting for you to unlock their potential and fast-track your transformation to an operational culture filled with reliability, innovation, and resilience.
Renier Swart Renier has been working in the mining and refining industry for 23 years in various roles within operations and corporates with exposure to many commodities and geographies including North and South America, Australia and Southern Africa. He is currently based in the United Kingdom as Executive Head of Safety and Sustainability for Anglo American Base Metals.
He studied Extractive Metallurgy at the University of Johannesburg and completed the Programme for Management Excellence and Advanced Management through the Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria. He also completed the Advanced Social Management Programme through Cambridge University as well as a postgraduate Diploma in Strategy & Innovation at Oxford University.
4:45 – 5:00 PM Scott works with companies in the energy sector who recognize the value in leveraging technology to improve the quality of operational information and by doing so improve productivity, effectiveness and safety. While working in the energy industry Scott realized how important safety is but also noticed how splintered safety is across the industry. As a technology guy with the desire to help improve the culture of health and safety Scott realized he could help the industry help itself by creating a platform for individuals, companies, associations, safety professions, and suppliers, to collaborate across this vast and widely divers industry.
I believe that everybody has the right to get home safely to their families. Anything I can do to help promote and achieve a safer working environment I will do. Having spent the last 20+ years in the construction industry, I've seen my fair share of things that didn't need to happen.
I'm not a Safety Expert but firmly believe that by working together, we can spread the best industry knowledge and experience throughout the world. Can we constantly improve best practices and safety culture through open experience sharing, and ultimately prevent more incidents and save more lives? I believe we can. Working together, let's improve Safety to the maximum level. I support and recognize the valuable contribution made by EHS professionals, who are often under valued.
Our Mission is to create the single most comprehensive Environmental Health & Safety resource for safety minded professionals globally. All accidents are preventable so let's work together to improve the culture of public and workplace safety for everyone. Safety starts with you! Join the movement!
5:00 – 6:00 PM I am a practical, creative, and influential safety and risk management consultant, podcaster, and author. I leverage social media, voice, and the latest technology to advocate for worker safety and equity. My years in construction have prepared me for any industry, and my innovative approach has impacted thousands of workers, students, and safety peers worldwide.
Jason Lucas is a dynamic content creator and speaker that inspires others on how to accomplish their goals. His recent focus has been on content creation under the auspice of #SocialMediaSafetyMinute, a short video series focusing on different safety concepts in short (under a minute) videos that make safety more understandable to the people whose primary focus is not safety daily. Through articles, videos, and images, he takes connections into a new understanding of what it means to be safe. He is currently using this information not only in content creation, but as the basin safety manager of various business units within Republic Services.
Jason Lucas is the co-founder of the most dynamic safety group, Safety Justice League. The Safety Justice League (SJL) continues to inspire, encourage, and assist safety professionals through podcasts, blogs, and #AskASafetyPro video content. Interaction with Operations and Safety Leaders on a continual basis allows Jason and the SJL to keep a hand on the pulse of industry and lead accordingly.
Jason Maldonado has spent more than 16 years working in Safety and Health roles throughout a variety of industries. Beginning as an explosive safety technician while serving in the United States Air Force, Jason developed a passion for teaching the importance of working safely and helping others figure out how to accomplish that mission. After transitioning from the military, he spent time in heavy civil construction, chemical weapon demilitarization, electrical transmission and distribution, and food manufacturing. All of these experiences have helped shape his unique perspective of the state of the modern Safety Professional and ignited a passion to make a positive change. In addition to his book (A Practical Guide to the Safety Profession: The Relentless Pursuit), you can read his weekly candid observations about safety at https://relentlesssafety.com, watch his video blogs on Safeopedia.com, and hear his thought provoking commentary on The Safety Justice League Podcast.
Jason holds the credentials of Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Safety Management Specialist (SMS), and Certified Occupational Hearing Conservationist (COHC). Jason lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife Jennifer and their two children Anthony and Emily.
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM 9:15 – 9:30 AM Scott works with companies in the energy sector who recognize the value in leveraging technology to improve the quality of operational information and by doing so improve productivity, effectiveness and safety. While working in the energy industry Scott realized how important safety is but also noticed how splintered safety is across the industry. As a technology guy with the desire to help improve the culture of health and safety Scott realized he could help the industry help itself by creating a platform for individuals, companies, associations, safety professions, and suppliers, to collaborate across this vast and widely divers industry.
I believe that everybody has the right to get home safely to their families. Anything I can do to help promote and achieve a safer working environment I will do. Having spent the last 20+ years in the construction industry, I've seen my fair share of things that didn't need to happen.
I'm not a Safety Expert but firmly believe that by working together, we can spread the best industry knowledge and experience throughout the world. Can we constantly improve best practices and safety culture through open experience sharing, and ultimately prevent more incidents and save more lives? I believe we can. Working together, let's improve Safety to the maximum level. I support and recognize the valuable contribution made by EHS professionals, who are often under valued.
Our Mission is to create the single most comprehensive Environmental Health & Safety resource for safety minded professionals globally. All accidents are preventable so let's work together to improve the culture of public and workplace safety for everyone. Safety starts with you! Join the movement!
9:30 - 10:15 AM Every organization wants their team to win and be successful. In order to create sustained results, leaders must possess the high-performance skills to shift organizations from strategy to execution. Crushing It combines neuroscience, positive psychology, behavioral psychology, and high-performance principles that will help you sharpen new skills and build new habits for sustained success. Crushing It provides a road-map for accelerating your performance and creating sustainable results. Crushing It is delivered with high energy and highly engaging exercises that will create a fun learning environment as well as provide practical applications that can be immediately applied to help you Crush It.
Key takeaways:
Mark A. Hernandez is passionate about equipping leaders who will Serve People & Accelerate Performance. Mark is the only person with over 20 years of experience in safety, an OSHA Official for 12 years, and an Independent Certified John Maxwell Speaker, Trainer, and Coach. Mark has been blessed to have been equipped by the leading authorities in leadership, public speaking, and high performance. Be ready to be informed, challenged, an inspired to be the leader your organization desires for sustainability.
Mark’s 20 plus years of experience will provide the following type of leadership programs: Motivational Keynotes, Workshops, Coaching (Team/Individual), Masterminds, & Mentorship. www.MarkSpeaks.co
10:30 - 11:15 AM What does the data say about a strong culture of integrity? In this session Mary Shirley will share insights from culture of integrity data and discuss the importance of building a culture of integrity in the workplace which in turn fosters an environment of psychological safety. She will share ways to be a good corporate leader and citizen, recommending 10 simple ideas for building and maintaining inclusion based on her own experiences of living and working in five countries across four continents. Mary will share the perspective of inclusion as someone who is a long term expat, and simple ways for how colleagues can be better allies to foreign workers and new joiners to the workplace.
Mary Shirley Mary Shirley the Global Head of Culture of Integrity and Compliance Education of Fresenius Medical Care North America.
Mary Shirley is a New Zealand qualified lawyer with 16 years of Ethics and Compliance experience working for data privacy and antitrust regulators, in-house and private practice/consultancy. She is currently global Head of Culture of Integrity and Compliance Education at Fresenius Medical Care.
Mary also hosts the Great Women in Compliance Podcast which aims to create a platform for the outstanding achievements of women in the field and sharing ideas and providing learning opportunities for everyone in Compliance. She co-authored book Sending the Elevator Back Down: What We’ve Learned From Great Women in Compliance (CCI Press, 2020).
10:30 - 11:15 AM This session focuses on how leaders can better connect with their workers by seeing the environment as our workers do and understanding why workers interpret that environment as they do. Trust is at the heart of successful leader/employee relationships. Our willingness and ability to see each other’s reality enables trust.
Visual Literacy is a form of critical thinking that enables us to slow down and see more completely the environment and behaviors around us. Rather than simply looking and drawing quick conclusions that are influenced by our experiences, expectations and biases, we can learn how to see more objectively and completely. The tools associated with Visual Literacy can enable leaders to see through the eyes of their employees in a different and more meaningful way.
In this session, participants will learn:
Participants in this session will leave with some basic tools that will immediately improve their ability in Seeing the Whole PICTURE™.
Mr. Pontsler is the former vice president of operations sustainability and EHS for Owens Corning (retired). He joined Owens Corning in 2002 and held leadership positions including director of corporate services and vice president of global sourcing. Prior to joining Owens Corning, Pontsler spent 23 years with Eaton Corporation. While at Eaton, he held various roles in accounting, production and inventory management, factory management, and sourcing. Pontsler received a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Miami University with a major in accounting.
COVE: Center of Visual Expertise leverages lessons learned in art education and establishes connection to industrial and service applications such as safety. Headquartered at the Toledo Museum of Art, is the thought leader on building employee skills in Visual Literacy and is working with companies across various industries in application of Visual Literacy tools.
10:30 - 11:15 AM At De Beers, our ambition is to pioneer a new diamond world and to do this, we ensure that our diamonds are delivered with “brilliant safety”. Safety is in our DNA, in our people, in everything we do, as brilliant as our diamonds. We have developed a Strategic Framework which is an innovative approach to safety maturity. Just like the quality of our diamonds are measured with the 4 C’s (Cut, Carat, Clarity and Color), our safety strategy consist of 4 C’s (Culture, Competence, Cultivation and Connectedness). Our journey is the transformation of the entire organisation to a level of maturity, where safety is inherent in all we do. We focus on leadership and culture development, dynamic risk systems, and measuring ourselves not against what already happened, but against what might happen next. In our approach, people are the strongest link in our safety chain, ready to respond to risks, and to be leaders in their own teams. Our Pioneering Brilliant Safety Framework was introduced in January 2021, in the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic, across all facets of the business from exploration through to mining and retail, and we are on the way! Like true pioneers, we are entering into unchartered waters, to lead, not to follow, in our industry, in industry and globally. This presentation will share our vision, our journey, and our advanced safety interventions.
Urishanie has achieved a proven track record in Business Leadership through more than 28 years of experience as Director and Senior Executive in varying organizations including Public, Metallurgical, Cementitious, Engineering, Construction, Environmental and Sustainability sectors and industries.
Currently she is responsible for the global safety, sustainable development and risk for De Beers Group. To date we have shifted the approach to safety to embrace a culture of transparency and high trust. We have publicly announced our ambitious sustainability goals to be distributive and regenerative and are actively driving a culture of resilience. Our Pioneering Brilliant Safety Journey seeks to transform the organisation to be ready to respond to risk and Putting Safety First everywhere (at work, home and in the community).
Gary is a Senior manager / executive in a variety of roles and industries ranging from technology development; shipbuilding and ship operations; project management of large complex capital projects; mineral exploration; operational management and safety leadership, with global experience from the deserts of Namibia to the frozen Bering Sea.
He is currently responsible for the global safety leadership for De Beers Group, supporting operations world- wide and working in tandem with Dr Govender in leading the initiative to mature our safety culture to inherent where our people are the strongest link, on and off our sites.
11:15 - 11:30 AM 11:30 - 12:15 PM Our panel will open a discussion on the importance of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity both in the EHS profession, as well as to our Workplace Health and Safety practices and programs.
Malcolm Staves is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers and graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He also has an MSc in Integrated Environmental Management from Bath University.
Previously a site engineering technologist and a plant manager he has worked in Corporate Environment, Health & Safety for several companies including American National Can, Pechiney, Alcan and Bureau Veritas. He joined L’Oréal in 2008 as Group Health & Safety Director where he is responsible for the development of the Groups Health & Safety and Fire Prevention strategies, objectives and action plans.
Malcolm’s approach is based on the three pillars of risk management, excellence and beyond. He believes in the deployment of the right tool at the right time, visible felt leadership at all levels and that sustained health & safety performance is a result of the culture.
Malcolm is active globally in raising the profile of the role of Health & Safety within the Human capital agenda and with associated stakeholders. He is the current Occupational Health & Safety expert partner to the Capitals Coalition.
Louise Hosking has 29 years experience in Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) and works alongside organisations of all sizes, within a range of sectors to achieve their OSH goals and go beyond. She is motivated by the schools, businesses and charities her organizationa guides to fully integrate OSH as a brand differentiator and an integral component of their success.
She believes in Positive OSH (#POSH) focusing on what good looks like, cutting through jargon, empowering all levels to make personal and collective choices on how to manage risk.
In October 2020 she was elected as IOSH President Elect and will become President in the Autumn of 2021. Prior to this she served as a Vice-President for 3years. IOSH is the largest Health & Safety membership organisation with 48,000+ members globally keeping her at the forefront of thought leadership within a global world of work.
Melissa has 20 years experience in engineering, operations management and HSE leadership roles predominantly in the Oil and Gas industry and has worked in Trinidad, United States and United Kingdom. Melissa recently moved to the Medical Device industry in the role of Group Health, Safety and Sustainability Manager with Inspiration Healthcare.
Melissa holds a B.Sc. in Chemical and Process Engineering from the University of the West Indies, a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), a member of IIRSM and recently attained CMIOSH certification with IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health).
Melissa is deeply passionate about access to STEM education for young girls and deepening the impact of the HSE discipline in the workplace. As a result, she is past Chair of the Women’s Energy Network Young Women Energized Program, a past member of the ASSP (American Society of Safety Professionals) Membership Development Committee and currently a member of the IOSH Chiltern Branch committee as well as a Trustee on the 1% Safer Board.
Bill Geddings is an environmental, health, and safety expert with over 20 years of regulatory and compliance experience in the public and private sectors. Recognized for demonstrating a natural aptitude for partnering with diverse cross-disciplinary teams, as well as for managing complex safety projects. He has a verifiable history of contributing directly to organizational growth and expansion throughout his career.
Born and raised in St. Louis, MO; Von’s safety & health career began while serving with the United States Air Force (USAF) where she earned several awards and medals during her 20-year military career. Additionally, 6 years served with the TX State Guard, becoming the first African-American Air Force enlistee to attend the US Army Officer Candidate School and becoming a commissioned officer.
She is a retired disabled veteran of Operation Desert Shield/Storm. Attendees and participants in Von’s seminars & her training benefits from her knowledge, compassion, enthusiasm and unique ability to immediately put her audience at ease through practical, personal life experiences.
Von M. Griggs-Laws is an inspirational certified safety & health professional and consultant who possesses over 30 years of occupational health, safety and environmental experience in various industries. She is Owner & lead consultant at Griggs Safety Consultants, LLC.
She has received the coveted CSHO certificate and is an Adjunct Instructor at Texas A&M/TEEX. She is a presenter for NST/Skillpath providing seminar training for compliance standards as well as coaching leadership & management skills for women.
Ms. Griggs-Laws has been published in USAF publications, industry magazines and is a contributor to the National Safety Council. She has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Psychology from the University of Maryland and an Associate of Applied Science in Safety from the Community College of the Air Force. She holds numerous certifications.
Von considers her greatest achievements is when she is serving others, especially as an advocate for homeless female Veterans. Her non-profit; Joy Restored Outreach, LLC ; with a direct-desired vision to offer unique service opportunities for homeless, disabled, and transitioning female veterans of all branches of the United States Armed Forces. Our biggest mission for them is to build, attain, as well as provide services within the framework of housing. “As we have served our country, we serve each other and our communities, in the pursuit of loving God and people; offering freedom and joy.”
12:30 – 12:45 PM 12:45 – 1:45 PM The organization that Jan Nel is responsible for owns and operates six large ships in a very dynamic environment in the Atlantic Ocean, 100 Km off the coast of Namibia, Southern Africa This operating conditions vary greatly, not just day to day, but minute by minute and they have deployed a unique approach to the management of such dynamic risks, focusing on fatal and catastrophic potential.
Three key principles guide their approach:
Jan Nel is the Operations Manager at Debmarine Namibia with 33 years’ experience in diamond mining, seven years underground, five years opencast & twenty one years marine mining. He is an Electrical Engineer by profession and has spent most of his career in operations/technical management at different levels in the De Beers Group of Companies since he joined in 1986.
2:00 – 2:45 PM We all have blindspots. And each time we change context - through a new team member, new situation, new process, new blindspots surface. Being unaware of these blindspots can lead to realized threats or unrealized opportunities.
Today, more than ever, in order, leaders need to cultivate a culture of feedback to empower their teams and give them the foundation for success.
This session will explore the power of feedback, the type of feedback we often overlook, and offer actionable insights that participants can apply to their everyday lives.
Sanyin Siang Sanyin Siang's thought-leadership has been recognized and featured in Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, and World Economic Forum Platform. She amplifies insights and is an exemplar to more than 1,000,000 followers on LinkedIn. Sanyin was named into LinkedIn’s 'Top Global Influencers Voices' Lists in 2017 & 2018. She is author of the award-winning The Launch Book that draws on stories and behavioral science principles to help readers transition boldly through change and launches.
She is a frequent guest on podcasts. In 2020, she co hosted a LinkedIn Live with Marshall Goldsmith that highlights leadership insights from leaders such as Jim Kim, former President of the World Bank, Deb Rutter, President of the Kennedy Center, and Marty Dempsey, 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. She is a host of the Sports Leadership Institute’s Conversations with Legends that draws on insights from top sports executives.
Sanyin is a leadership advisor for GV (formerly Google Ventures), a member of the Sports Innovation Lab’s Women’s Leadership Board with 20 other top women executives in the sports industry. She is an investor in the Washington DC Spirit NWSL franchise. She also serves on the advisory boards of the US Congressional Award and NASA originated robotics startup Ripcord.
2:45 – 3:00 PM 3:00 - 3:45 PM Your company is ready to create policies and guidelines for equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility in your workplace. Maybe you’ve already started but are ready to grow the policies you have into a full program. This workshop will help you on your path to a full program that you can use, adapt and change over time.
Learning Objectives:
Tracy Folorunsho-Barry is an award-winning, equitable leadership career strategist who has dedicated her career to help women, especially BIWOC and immigrants, to access new opportunities.
In 2017, under GROW Foundation, Tracy launched Project150: Accomplished Immigrant Women in Canada where she began gathering stories from more than 200 immigrant women across Canada who had overcome adversity to achieve success in their careers and lives. Many women who shared their stories often shared their desire for knowledge, resources and guidance they wish they had along the way. As she collected their stories of resilience, Tracy realized this wealth of knowledge could add valuable insights to other immigrant women and the communities, so she published the collection of their experiences in a book; “Untold Stories Of Immigrant Women in Canada: Challenges, Successes & Accomplishments, published in 2017.
Tracy knew her work did not stop there, she saw that there were still gaps in empowerment, leadership and career development services for immigrant women and realized she could do something to bridge those gaps.
So in 2019, she founded GROW Women Leaders (GROW), a leadership career development and advancement platform designed to help BIWOC and immigrant women get hired, turn ideas into reality and advance their careers. She wanted these woman transcend and reach their full potential in personal development, leadership, civic engagement and entrepreneurship.
In the last few years, GROW has supported women in Alberta and across the country by equipping them with the skills, tools, and resources they need to lead and advance their careers.
Tracy is a certified career strategist and qualified equitable leadership expert with over 10 years of community and development services experience, with a postgraduate degree in Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Mental Health (CPSR) from Humber College, Toronto.
Her work has been covered by several media outlets, like CTV, Metro News, Roger Radio, CBC Radio, Global News, CBC TV and Radio, NAIT News, NET Radio, Vancouver Radio and CJSR Radio, among others. Tracy has a deep love and passion for helping others succeed in life.
3:00 - 3:45 PM Although the overarching principles and values of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion remain relatively unchanged overtime; the way we talk about these themes evolves overtime. It can be difficult, especially in a workplace setting to know what to say, or how to say it? What questions can I ask? Am I racist for asking this?
Anila will explore how to navigate what can sometimes feel like everchanging rules in diversity, equity and inclusion at work.
Anila Lee Yuen is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Newcomers, a not-for-profit charitable organization that provides Calgary immigrants and economically disadvantaged individuals a solid foothold in Canada. During COVID-19 in 2020, Anila oversaw a food hamper program for marginalized communities, providing 26,000 Calgarians with “culturally comforting” food. She also spearheaded and is leading the Calgary East Zone Newcomer’s RAPID RESPONSE for Covid-19 via the Calgary COVID Care Table — a collaboration by government and frontline service organizations to respond to various issues by newcomers related to the pandemic.
In addition to the ethnic food hampers, the coalition is offering addiction and mental health services, employment and training, poverty reduction, and income support (including for those who aren’t eligible for government assistance). The efforts aimed to meet the needs of vulnerable Calgarians — in their community, and in their language (English and 72 others, to be specific).
With 25+ years of experience in the settlement sector, Anila has spearheaded programming ranging from volunteer-led refugee supports to Indigenous education for newcomers, and continues to lead in the community through volunteer leadership roles with Calgary East Zone Newcomers Coillaborative, Rotary, Calgary Stampede, University of Calgary and others.
3:00 - 3:45 PM Ron Babich is a proven international business leader with over 25 years of experience designing and executing go-to-market strategies. He leads sales, marketing, operations & service teams that have generated double-digit growth and over $2B in revenue primarily in construction technology and information technology. He was named Marketer of the Year by the Phoenix Business Journal and by the Business Marketing Association and is chair of the Arizona West Valley non-profit tech accelerator community group for entrepreneurs West Valley Innovation Alliance.
3:45 – 4:00 PM 4:00 – 5:00 PM Recent studies show that diverse teams outperform non-diverse teams by 35%, yet one of the biggest factors hampering productivity is leaders being afraid to introduce diverse people that may have opposing perspectives. In this interactive session, participants will discuss the impacts of discriminatory behaviour on underrepresented groups and how inclusive leaders proactively champion allyship to promote a safe, healthy, diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace.
Objectives
In this interactive secession, Siobhan will introduce you to:
Siobhan Calderbank is an experienced Senior Director, Talent Management at LCBO and focuses on talent development, learning, change management, and diversity and inclusion. She is a keynote speaker, recognized Learning Leader, consultant, and award winning author. Siobhan has over 20 years of progressive experience in transforming businesses, leading change and developing leaders. She has spoken internationally to diverse groups and to thousands of people from over 70 countries at conferences, events, seminars, and planning sessions to motivate individuals to work more collaboratively.
Siobhan is a Universal Women's Network 2019 Women of Inspiration Award recipient for Diversity & Inclusiveness and is a UWN National Ambassador for Black Women. She is the Founder of Butterfly Ladies - a Mentoring Program committed to helping develop the careers of women and youth, especially visible minorities. She was also voted Top 10 Inspirational Female Entrepreneur 2019 by Women Entrepreneur and recognized as one of The 10 Most Influential Businesswomen to Follow in 2020 by Insights Success. She has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Black Women to Watch in Canada 2020 by CIBWE and the Top Director of the Year in Talent Management for 2021 as well as Empowered Woman of the Year 2021 by IAOTP.
5:00 – 5:15 PM Scott works with companies in the energy sector who recognize the value in leveraging technology to improve the quality of operational information and by doing so improve productivity, effectiveness and safety. While working in the energy industry Scott realized how important safety is but also noticed how splintered safety is across the industry. As a technology guy with the desire to help improve the culture of health and safety Scott realized he could help the industry help itself by creating a platform for individuals, companies, associations, safety professions, and suppliers, to collaborate across this vast and widely divers industry.
I believe that everybody has the right to get home safely to their families. Anything I can do to help promote and achieve a safer working environment I will do. Having spent the last 20+ years in the construction industry, I've seen my fair share of things that didn't need to happen.
I'm not a Safety Expert but firmly believe that by working together, we can spread the best industry knowledge and experience throughout the world. Can we constantly improve best practices and safety culture through open experience sharing, and ultimately prevent more incidents and save more lives? I believe we can. Working together, let's improve Safety to the maximum level. I support and recognize the valuable contribution made by EHS professionals, who are often under valued.
Our Mission is to create the single most comprehensive Environmental Health & Safety resource for safety minded professionals globally. All accidents are preventable so let's work together to improve the culture of public and workplace safety for everyone. Safety starts with you! Join the movement!
Tamara Parris is the Director of Community Development at Safeopedia, and owner of EHS Professionals Group on LinkedIn. Her passion is working with other EHS Professionals to collaborate in thought leadership, networking and connecting our industry peers to resources that will increase profitability and safety practices within their workplaces. Tamara has been in the Health and Safety field for over 20 years, her industry experiences include the Construction sector, CCTV and Security, and Commercial Retail industries. Prior to being a safety professional Tamara was a Social Worker for many years.
5:15 – 6:30 PM I am a practical, creative, and influential safety and risk management consultant, podcaster, and author. I leverage social media, voice, and the latest technology to advocate for worker safety and equity. My years in construction have prepared me for any industry, and my innovative approach has impacted thousands of workers, students, and safety peers worldwide.
Jason Lucas is a dynamic content creator and speaker that inspires others on how to accomplish their goals. His recent focus has been on content creation under the auspice of #SocialMediaSafetyMinute, a short video series focusing on different safety concepts in short (under a minute) videos that make safety more understandable to the people whose primary focus is not safety daily. Through articles, videos, and images, he takes connections into a new understanding of what it means to be safe. He is currently using this information not only in content creation, but as the basin safety manager of various business units within Republic Services.
Jason Lucas is the co-founder of the most dynamic safety group, Safety Justice League. The Safety Justice League (SJL) continues to inspire, encourage, and assist safety professionals through podcasts, blogs, and #AskASafetyPro video content. Interaction with Operations and Safety Leaders on a continual basis allows Jason and the SJL to keep a hand on the pulse of industry and lead accordingly.
Jason Maldonado has spent more than 16 years working in Safety and Health roles throughout a variety of industries. Beginning as an explosive safety technician while serving in the United States Air Force, Jason developed a passion for teaching the importance of working safely and helping others figure out how to accomplish that mission. After transitioning from the military, he spent time in heavy civil construction, chemical weapon demilitarization, electrical transmission and distribution, and food manufacturing. All of these experiences have helped shape his unique perspective of the state of the modern Safety Professional and ignited a passion to make a positive change. In addition to his book (A Practical Guide to the Safety Profession: The Relentless Pursuit), you can read his weekly candid observations about safety at https://relentlesssafety.com, watch his video blogs on Safeopedia.com, and hear his thought provoking commentary on The Safety Justice League Podcast.
Jason holds the credentials of Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Safety Management Specialist (SMS), and Certified Occupational Hearing Conservationist (COHC). Jason lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife Jennifer and their two children Anthony and Emily.
