Event Details
Cost
AIHS Members: $250 + GST
Non- Members: $350 + GST
Students: $175 + GST
AIHS One Day Pass: $125 + GST
Non-Member One Day Pass $200 + GST
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On behalf of the Visions Committee, we are pleased to announce that the 2020 Visions Conference will now be held from 10-13 November 2020.
However due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Visions Committee have decided to proceed with a risk adverse approach and deliver the 2020 Visions Conference as an online Virtual event.
As an attendee to the 2020 Visions Virtual Conference, you’ll be able to listen to presentations in real time, ask questions directly to presenters and participate in online informal networking. All attendees will also be provided with access to recordings of each sessions so they can watch them again any time over the next 12 months.
The 2020 Visions online program will challenge the thinking of health and safety professionals while also showcasing some of our best local and interstate speakers.
For more information on the 2020 Visions, please visit - https://www.visions.org.au/
EVENT DETAILS
DATE: Tuesday 10 November - Friday 13 November 2020
FORMAT: Online Virtual Conference
COST:
AIHS Members: $250 + GST
Non- Members: $350 + GST
Students: $175 + GST
AIHS One Day Pass: $125 + GST
Non-Member One Day Pass: $200 + GST
PROGRAM (*subject to change) Click here for the full program
Day 1 Tuesday 10 November 2020
13:00 Welcome and opening address
Brett Jones, Chair QLD Branch
13:30 Opening/Intro Moderator
David Whitefield, People & Risk
13:30 Safety Culture - Understanding and analysing Safety Culture through the lens
of the WHSQ measures of Safety Culture diagnostic tool
Facilitators: Shane Stockhill, Manager Safety & Leadership WHSQ
Kirsten Way, Senior Lecturer UQ
15:30 Day 1 close
Day 2 Wednesday 11 November 2020
8:00 Welcome/ Intro
8:05 Keynote Presentation
Craig Allen, Deputy Director-General, Office of Industrial Relations
9:15 Keynote: A commentary on the first IM prosecution in Australia
Harold Downes, Partner, Mills Oakley
Belle Hetherington, Workplace Relations, Employment and Safety Lawyer, Mills Oakley
10:20 Risk Vs Reward, Partnering with industry to reduce risk and make a positive difference
Sharon Stratford, Manager Corporate Relations and Engagement, WorkCover Queensland
Jo Kitney, Manager Corporate Relations and Engagement, WorkCover Queensland
11:10 Creating a learning culture: Using learning teams to improve engagement and organisational problem solving
Sarah Colley, Group Manager of Innovation & Culture, Downer
Amanda Clements, Zero Harm Performance and Innovation Manager, Road Services, Downer
12:00 Data analytics for WHS improvements
Cameron Stevens, Solutions Engineer, RealWear Inc.
12:50 Under reporting of safety incidents in the workplace
Dom O'brien, Principle Consultant, Sentis
13:40 Developing a reporting culture: A systemic approach
John Whale, Systems and Compliance lead, WorkSafe Victoria
14:30 When the problem isn't a problem
Brad Matthews, Senior WHS Consultant, GCG Health Safety Hygiene
15:20 Including learning from normal work in incident investigation
Mark Alston, Investigations Differently
16:15 Keynote: New normal, New risks: How duty holders can manage the issues associated with hybrid working arrangements
Aaron Anderson, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
Day 3 Thursday 12 November 2020
8:00 Welcome/ Intro
8:05 Keynote: The safety professional's dilemma: Safety work vs the safety of work
David Provan, Managing Director, Forge Works
9:10 The culture wars: Constructs, controversies and capabilities
Shane Stockill, Managing Safety & Leadership WHSQ
Kirsten Way, Senior Lecturer, UQ
10:00 Understanding reality - Using triangulation to uncover work as done
Michelle Oberg, Safety Innovation Lead, Downer Utilities
10:50 Using stories to transform your safety culture from heroes and villians to teamwork and trust
Stephen Kenney, Principal Consulatnt, Neon Vita
11:40 Anticipatory analytics: Why we can't predict incidents
Andrew Heinrichs, Director Safety, Department of Justice and Community Safety
12:30 Heat stress at work: Causes and controls (that work)
Matt Brearley, Managing Director at Thermal Hyperformance
13:20 Expensive non-compliance - the persistence of lifting technique training
Suzanne Johnson, Manger Ergonomics Unit, Workplace Health & Safety Queensland
14:10 A day in the life of an active professional
Daniel McAuliffe, Owner, Connect Health & Fitness
15:00 Hidden health hazards lurking in your workplace that are likely not on you risk register
Peter Gould, Service Manager- WHS Wellbeing, Redland City Council
15:50 Supporting the WHS needs of Australia's ageing workforce
Peter Thorning, Director, Regulatory Strategy and Board/ISSC Services, Office of Industrial Relations
16:40 The aging Australian worker: A health ans safety issue
Chris Cunneen, Medical Director, OccPhyz Consulting
Day 4 Friday 13 November 2020
8:00 Welcome/ Intro
8:05 Creating psych safety culture ( + supplemental on COVID 19 Safety responses)
Tristan Casey, Lecturer, Griffith University
9:10 Dissecting mental health in the workplace- Exploring the triggers and contributing factors, impacts, strategies and lessons
Matthew Skubis, Senior Consultant, AusSafe Consulting
10:00 Have we lost the battle for workplace mental health?
David Burroughs, Principal Psychologist
10:50 Effectiveness of EAP in mitigation of psychological harm cause by work related stress
Emma Wyhoon, Safety Professional
12:00 Audits: What are their value at law?
Alan Girle, Director, Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors
Graham Easterby, Manager, Licensing Services Branch, Queensland Building & Construction Commission
13:20 Engaging the frontline: Best practice from human history
Jamie Ross, Head of zero harm, Spotless
14:10 The OHS professional's Role in the changing world of work: An exploration
Sara Pazell, Director, Viva! Health of Work
15:00 WHS governance - What works?
Deanna McMaster, Partner, MinterEllison
15:45 Conference Close
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
To find out more about about sponsorship of the 2020 Visions Conference please contact visions@aihs.org.au