Connect the dots between workplace safety practices and the REAL IMPACT on your people and your business.

Join us for the annual health and safety conference and trade show for BC manufacturers and food processors.

Take in inspiring keynotes, exhibits, and more than 20 seminars and workshops. Industry leaders, safety professionals, and health and safety teams will take away practical skills, professional development credits, and new ideas to builder safer, stronger businesses.

Get inspired with stories and examples from other BC companies’ real-life experiences.

Get educated on important trends, practical skills, and what you need to know about workplace health and safety—with sessions designed for JHSC teams, supervisors, managers, HR, and OHS professionals.

Get credit for your required Joint Health & Safety Committee’s annual training and earn CRSP credits for professional development.

OCTOBER 24 – 25 | THE NEST | UBC CAMPUS

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Delegate Registration

Exhibitor Registration

Conference Program

Operation Safety for Life

CURTIS MINARD | KEYNOTE SPEAKER

A seasoned journeyman powerline technician, whether hanging out of a helicopter or scaling power poles, Curt Minard loved his work. Three weeks before the day that changed his life forever, Curt started a new job in BC. On that day, when his co-worker contacted an energized 14,400 Volt powerline, Curt became the unfortunate conduit for that electricity.

In Thursday’s keynote, hear Curt’s story: The accident and his recovery. The REAL IMPACT on his life, family, friends, and coworkers. And Curt’s journey from hospital bed to Amputee Hockey World Champion, three national snowboard championships, and a life without limitations.

Getting to Real Impact: beyond good intentions

DAI MANUEL | CLOSING KEYNOTE

We came. We learned. We leave an event like this motivated for change. Then Monday happens. How do we actually go from thinking… to planning… to changing… to doing?

In Friday’s closing keynote, Dai Manuel will guide us through a simple framework to cultivate a real impact in our families, organizations, and communities. Leave the conference with a skill that will forever change how you filter information, make choices, and cut a clear path to the results you want.

Learn why you should start at the end and work your way backward
Get clarity on one thing you can implement with decisive, immediate action
Gain practical tools to help you create momentum for change and REAL IMPACT in your organization

OSSE Leader Panel

Hear from executives from three certified companies with extraordinary stories to share about their commitment to workplace health and safety and their path to OSSE certification

What drives a company to workplace safety as a core value and dedicate time, energy, and resources to building, improving, certifying, and continually improving its health and safety programs? In this panel session, we ask the leaders of three OSSE certified companies in different industries to share the stories of the experiences that motivated them to lead the change, the challenges they faced, and how they overcame them.

LESLI BRADLEY
CEO Sun-Rype
MARK BUNZ
CEO Dinoflex
RYAN NIELSEN
VP Operations PFG Glass

Opening Keynote | 9am

Operation Safety for Life

CURTIS MINARD

Closing Keynote | 3:30pm

Getting to Real Impact: beyond good intentions

DAI MANUEL

OSSE LEADERSHIP PANEL | 9am
Lesli Bradley, CEO, Sun-Rype | Mark Bunz CEO, Dinoflex | Ryan Nielsen, VP Operations, PFG Glass

BREAKOUTS | DAY 1

10:45am-12:15pm

Building a High Performing JHSC Team

10:45am-12:15pm

Safe from the Start: Effective Orientation for Young Workers

10:45am-12:15pm

Transform Your People Practices for a Safer, Stronger Business

1:15pm-2:45pm

Effective accident investigations: Beyond unsafe acts, conditions, and procedures

1:15pm-2:45pm

Leveraging an employee assistance program to support workplace wellness

1:15pm-2:45pm

Contractor safety management best practices and procurement strategies

3pm-4:30pm

Fit to work: creating an effective program to address impairment at work

3pm-4:30pm

Machine guarding and fluid power safety: best practices

3pm-4:30pm

Practical steps: creating a mentally-healthy workplace

3pm-4:30pm

How to choose PPE—and maintain it for safety and longer life

WORKSHOPS

10:45am-4:30pm

Coaching skills for Supervisors & Managers to Support a Healthy Safety Culture

10:45am-2:45pm

Industrial hygiene: All about air quality

10:15am-3pm

Hazard ID and risk control: the role of the JHSC and when to call the experts

10:15am-3pm

X-ray Safety in the Workplace

BREAKOUTS | DAY 2

10:15am-11:45am

Reducing MSIs through human factor design

10:15am-11:45am

Certification: the critical path to OSSE

10:15am-11:45am

Improving safety performance: a lean approach

1:30pm-3:00pm

Combustible dust: understanding your risk

1:30pm-3:00pm

Building an effective workplace bullying and harassment program

1:30pm-3:00pm

Battling complacency: Addressing this hidden risk in your safety management system

Our Sponsors

Supporting Safety Excellence

Parking Information

North Parkade is 500m away from the Nest. Full day rate is $20. Or pay $16 for the day in advance by downloading the Honk App at honkmobile.com (zone 5667).
Thunderbird Parkade is 700 meters from the Nest and has broad availability, big stalls, easy to find parking. The rates are the same as North but there is a special $10 day rate for rooftop parking.
Next to the Nest, there is a facility called University Blvd lot with just over 200 stalls. Parking is $4 per hour with no maximum limit. This might be a good option for those with accessibility needs.

You can view live parkade availability at www.parking.ubc.ca

Countdown to Make It Safe

October 24-25 | UBC | The Nest | Vancouver, BC

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The annual health and safety conference for BC manufacturers and food processors.