National Health & Safety Conference 2020

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'Power & Politics'2020 AIHS National Health & Safety Conference

27-28 May 2020 | Melbourne Convention Centre

On behalf of the Australian Institute of Health & Safety it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2020AIHS National Health & Safety Conference. As part of the #SAFETYSCAPE Convention, the conference welcomes stakeholders across the healthand safety profession to showcase some of the best national and international speakers who willexplore the conference theme: Power & Politics. Thought leaders will discuss workplace health & safety in Australia and explore the various impactsshaping the future of the profession as a result of environmental, cultural and regulatory changes.

Registration & Queries: The event staff at the registration desk are happy to assist with anyqueries you may have.

Security: Please wear your name badge at all times and do not leave valuables unattended.

Speaker Presentations: Speaker presentations approved for release will be made available afterthe conference. An email will be sent to all delegates to access these presentations.

Questions: You are encouraged to ask questions at the end of each presentation or duringallocated Q&A sessions.

Feedback: We will be emailing you an online feedback form after the event. We would appreciateyour help in completing this, it is an important source of information on how we can improve ourproduct. An honest appraisal is encouraged.

Catering: All breaks (Morning Tea, Lunch & Afternoon Tea are included in your registration.Catering for these breaks will be held in the Workplace Health & Safety Show.

Dietary Needs & Special Requirements: If you have pre-advised us, please make yourselfknown to staff at the catering area so they can ensure your needs are met. If you have not alreadyadvised us of your special requirements, please let event staff know as soon as possible.

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Kind Regards, David ClarkeChief Executive Office, AIHS

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WELCOME


VENUE MAPS

Ground Floor - Registration & Plenary 1

Level 1 - Pre-Conference Workshop & Breakout Rooms


WEDNESDAY 27th MAY 2020 6:45AM Breakfast Registrations Open

7:00AM –

8:45AM

Industry Breakfast – Power & Politics’ Date: Wednesday 27th May 2020 Venue: Rivers Edge Facilitated by Naomi Kemp, Chair, AIHS Board of Directors

9:00AM Welcome to Country

9:10AM –

9:15AM

Welcome Naomi Kemp, Chair, AIHS Board of Directors

9:15AM –

9:20AM

Master of Ceremonies Introduction Eldeen Pozniak, Director, Pozniak Safety Associates Inc.

9:20AM –

9:40AM

Keynote Presentation His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia

9:40AM -

10:20AM

Changing the Perspective: Workplace Sexual Harassment as a psychosocial hazard Presented by Dr Rebecca Michalak, People Performance & Psychosocial Risk Strategist, Psychsafe

10:20AM -

11:00AM

Panel Discussion: An evidence-based case study driving cultural change Facilitated by Kevin Jones, Freelance Journalist & OHS Adviser, Workplace Safety Services P/L

11:00AM

- 11:30AM

MORNING TEA BREAK

Systems Thinking Contractor Management Culture

11:30AM -

11:50AM

How Could Systems Thinking and Systematic Management Coexist in Occupational Health & Safety? Presented by Adjunct Professor Nektarios Karanikas, Queensland University of Technology

11:30AM -

11:50AM

Contractor Management Best Practices Presented by Phil Rice, Portfolio Risk Manager, IHG

11:30AM -

11:50AM

Safety culture: Function over form and moving things forward Presented by Tristan Casey, Lecturer, Griffith University

11:55AM -

12:15PM TBC Simon Albury

11:55AM -

12:15PM

Protecting the worker under multiple PCBUs Presented by Dianne Gibert, Managing Director, Certex International

11:55AM -

12:15PM

TBC David Borys

12:20PM -

12:40PM

A Regulator's view of preventing mental health and manual handling injuries - a nudge towards systems thinking Presented by Samantha Harrison, Principal Ergonomist, Worksafe

12:20PM -

12:40PM

Paperwork - is it a Contract Killer? Presented by Sarah-Jane Dunford, Director, Riskology

12:20PM -

12:40PM

TBC

PROGRAM – DAY 1

12:40PM

- 2:00PM

LUNCH BREAK

Risk Management In Practice Health & Wellbeing

2:00PM - 2:20PM

Risk Leadership - A Multidisciplinary Approach Presented by Tania Van Der Stap, Principal Director, Align Risk Management

2:00PM -

2:20PM

Transforming Safety Culture and Increasing Productivity - The Aroona Alliance Journey Presented by Sasha Burnham, Lead Researcher, Veraison Training and Development

2:00PM -

2:20PM

Operational Implementation of a Mental Health Self-Assessment Presented by Duncan Ledwich, Safety Health Environment and Quality Executive, WSP Australia

2:25PM - 2:45PM

Managing the Dangers of Cognitive Fatigue to Reduce Workplace Hazards in High-Risk Industries. Presented by Jo Doyle, Principal Consultant, Dekra

2:25PM -

2:45PM

A look inside a sustainable Mental Health Program Presented by Ashe Brewer, Health and Safety Specialist, ConsMin

2:25PM -

2:45PM

Moving beyond wellness programs Presented by Darren Black, Chief Executive Officer, OzHelp

2:50PM - 3:20PM

Simplifying Critical Controls Management Presented by Christian Young, Director, Impress Solutions

2:50PM -

3:20PM

WCQ Injury Risk Reduction Initiatives Presented by Jo Kitney & Sharon Stratford

2:50PM -

3:20PM

A safety-first perspective on the management of the risk of workplace bullying and harassment Presented by Peta Willoughby, Special Counsel, Norton Rose Fullbright

3:20PM

– 3:50PM

AFTERNOON TEA BREAK

3:50PM -

4:20PM

A Practical Guide to Becoming a High Reliability Organisation Presented by Andrew Hopkins, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Australian National University

4:20PM -

4:55PM

Panel Discussion: OHS Professional Practice & Ethical Dilemmas: An International Perspective Facilitated by Eldeen Pozniak, Director, Pozniak Safety Associates Inc. Panel Members: Monica Szabo, Governing Board Chair, Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals Selena Armstrong, Chief Executive Officer, New Zealand Institute of Safety Management

4:55PM –

5:00PM Close

6:30PM -

10:00PM

Australian Workplace Health & Safety Awards

DAY TWO: THURSDAY 28 May 2020 8:00AM Delegate Registration

8:55AM –

9:00AM

Welcome Gordon Cooper, Director, Enforcement, Worksafe VIC

9:00AM –

9:40AM

Keynote Presentation: Giving Voice to Values Presented by Mary C Gentile, Creator/Director, Giving Voice To Values, Professor of Practice, University of Virginia-Darden School of Business

9:40AM

– 10:20AM

Panel discussion: Safety culture relevance to industrial manslaughter defence Facilitated by Naomi Kemp, Chair, AIHS Board of Directors Presented by Katherine Morris, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Gordon Cooper, Director, Enforcement, Worksafe VIC

10:20AM

– 10:50AM

MORNING TEA BREAK

Fishbowl Presented by Emerging

Safety Leaders Investigations Leadership

10:50AM –

12:10PM

Fish bowl Facilitated by Andrew Barrett, Chief Connector, Coach and Podcast Host, Safety on Tap

10:50AM –

11:20AM

Why industrial manslaughter should be put through an MOC process Presented by Harold Downes, Partner, Mills Oakaley

10:50AM –

11:20AM

Why isn't workplace health and safety improving? Presented by Kevin Jones, Freelance Journalist & OHS Adviser, Workplace Safety Services P/L

11:25AM –

11:45AM

Law & Disorder: An OHS Perspective Presented by Terry Flanders, Director, Investigation Systems

11:25AM –

11:45AM

Ensuring a voice at the table Presented by Jackie Kelly, Safety Advisor, Taswater CDO

11:50AM -

12:10PM

Crystallising the real issue Presented by Kate Cole, Director, Health, Sydney Metro

11:50AM -

12:10PM

Authentic Leadership: “The Power of Relationships Presented by Terry Foster, Leadership and Behaviour Coach, Safetyworks Group

12:10PM

– 1:30PM

LUNCH BREAK

Influence Safety Differently Neuroscience / Psychosocial Safety

1:30PM –

1:55PM

Influencing OHS decision-makers: using influence tactics to get what you need. Presented by Cassie Madigan, Senior Lecturer, University of Queensland

1:30PM –

1:55PM

Understanding Reality. Using triangulation to uncover work as done Presented by Michelle Oberg, Downer, Safety Innovation Leader, Downer

1:30PM –

1:55PM

Neuroscience of Safety Decisions or What it will take for people to speak up about Safety. Presented by Lloyd Castro, Psychologist / Managing Director, Working Life - People Solutions

PROGRAM – DAY 2

2:00PM -

2:25PM

It's not about the nail Presented by Brad Matthew, Senior WHS Consultant, GCG

2:00PM -

2:25PM

Safety Differently: “ a missing piece. What is really happening when people are not injured? Presented by Kerry Smith, Holcim

2:00PM -

2:25PM

Minimising the inherent psychological risk of physical illness and injury Presented by Samantha Breust, Regional Manager - WA/NT, Konekt

2:30PM -

3:00PM

Ever made a mistake Presented by David Bentley, Director, Just Leadership

2:30PM -

3:00PM

Wrong is Right Presented by Campbell Warren & John McDonald

2:30PM -

3:00PM

Usability Mapping Presented by Klaus Hofer, Founder & CEO, CAT-I Usability Mapping

3:00PM

– 3:30PM

AFTERNOON TEA BREAK

3:30PM –

4:05PM

Panel Discussion: How a Regulator is trying to innovate

4:05PM -

4:40PM

TBC Alena Titterton, Partner, Clyde & Co

4:45PM –

5:05PM

Summary & Close Eldeen Pozniak, Director, Pozniak Safety Associates Inc.


The lecture includes a case study of BP, looking at its organisational structure before and after the DeepwaterHorizon accident. The lecture concludes with some remarks about how even the best structures can beundermined by corporate incentives payments that focus on production, profit and cost reduction.

DR ERIC WIGGLESWORTH MEMORIAL LECTURE

INDUSTRY BREAKFAST

EVENT DETAILSDate: Wednesday 27 May 2020Time: 6.30pm - 10.00 pmVenue: Eureka Room, Level 1, Melbourne Convention Centre, 1Convention Centre Place, South Wharf, VICDress: Black Tie

EVENT DETAILSDate: Wednesday 27 May 2020Time: 7.00am - 8.30 am (registrations from 6.45am)Venue: Rivers Edge, 18-38 Siddeley Street, Docklands, Victoria 3008

SOCIAL EVENTS

This event is focused on the interests of Senior health & safety professionals who are looking to engage withthe emerging practices and thought leadership that builds organisational effectiveness, where safetygovernance is integral to organisational success.

Join us on Wednesday 27 May 2020 for the inaugural Australian Workplace Health & Safety Awards GalaDinner. The awards provide national recognition to organisations and individuals who are demonstratingexcellence and innovation in the field of Workplace Health & Safety (WHS). In 2020, the AWHSA willrecognise the achievements in Workplace Health & Safety across 12 individual award categories

AUSTRALIAN WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETYAWARDS GALA DINNER

EVENT DETAILSDate: Tuesday 26 May 2020Time: 6.00pm – 8.30pmVenue: River's Edge, 18-36 Siddeley Street, Docklands Victoria

The Australian Institute of Health & Safety invites you to attend the 2020 Dr EricWigglesworth AM Memorial Lecture on Tuesday 26 May to hear Andrew Hopkinspresent his lecture: How Structure Creates Culture.


Dig into the must-know 'marketing 101' conceptsJoin the dots between everyday marketing we engage with, and health and safetyImagine what marketing success looks like, for you in your situationEnable each participant to create a marketing plan & have the capability to implement it immediately

The Australian Institute of Health & Safety would like you to join us on Tuesday 26th May for theMarketing Health & Safety Properly Workshop at the Melbourne Exhibition Convention Centre. 'Selling'health and safety seem to be a perpetual challenge for professionals. The father of modern marketing, Peter Drucker, famously defined the end-point of marketing as aproduct or service that sells itself. To us, the benefits of better health and safety may seem obvious –but it may not be to others. This workshop explores key concepts of marketing and sales, with participants applying them to thehealth and safety field in their specific context. Whether you’re ‘marketing’ to workers, senior managersor others in your supply chain, this workshop will help you close the gap between you and the peopleyou seek to influence. In this workshop we will:

Andrew Barrett, Chief Connector, Coach and Podcast Host, Safety on Tap Andrew Barrett loves doing different things to get different results. He launchedSafety on Tap, Australia's #1 professional development podcast to support healthand safety leaders around the globe to improve. His job title, Chief Connector, means Andrew spends time doing three things all ofwhich drive performance improvement: connecting people with new ideas,connecting people with each other, and connecting people with their better futureselves.

WORKSHOP 1: MARKETING HEALTH & SAFETY PROPERLY

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

EVENT DETAILS: Date: Tuesday 26 May 2020Time: 9:00 - 17:00Location: Melbourne Exhibition Convention Centre, 1 Convention Centre Place, South Warf, VIC, 3006

Andrew lives outside the box, often running towards the very edges of what'spossible. He loves doing this with like minded safety leaders in Australia & abroad,when advising on internal programs, facilitation, coaching and speaking atconferences.

YOUR FACILITATOR


The Australian Institute of Health & Safety would like to invite you to The UX Usability Mapping workshopon 25th- 26th May 2020. The UX Usability Mapping workshop is a 2-day fully interactive learning experience, that will fully engagethe power of group dynamics and experiential learning in all skills transfer exercises. This workshop is about engineering usability into enabling documents such as procedures, standards,guidelines and technical manuals. All content is purely based on the sciences of human cognition, learning and behaviour patterns as wellas psycholinguistics.

Andrew Barrett, Chief Connector, Coach and Podcast Host, Safety on Tap Andrew Barrett loves doing different things to get different results. He launchedSafety on Tap, Australia's #1 professional development podcast to support healthand safety leaders around the globe to improve. His job title, Chief Connector, means Andrew spends time doing three things all ofwhich drive performance improvement: connecting people with new ideas,connecting people with each other, and connecting people with their better futureselves.

WORKSHOP 2: USABILITY WORKSHOP

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

EVENT DETAILS:Date: Monday 25 -Tuesday 26 May 2020Time: 9:00 – 17:00Venue: TBC

Andrew lives outside the box, often running towards the very edges of what'spossible. He loves doing this with like minded safety leaders in Australia & abroad,when advising on internal programs, facilitation, coaching and speaking atconferences.

YOUR FACILITATOR

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The AIHS National Health & Safety Conference is proudly coordinated in conjunctionwith:

Cameron Montgomery • Naomi Kemp • Pam PryorAndrew Barrett • Kevin Jones • Marie Kinsella

Conference Sponsors and Supporters

2020 Organising Committee

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National Health & Safety Conference 2020