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Andrea Weimar

Featured Speaker

Andrea Weimar is Secretary General of ISSA | Section Machine and System Safety, one of the 14 international prevention sections of the Special Commission on Prevention of the International Social Security Association (ISSA).

INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE PANEL: World-Class Health, Safety, and Performance

Friday, October 27th | 09:00 - 09:45

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Featured Speakers

Global Leader, Research and Client Insights

TELUS Health

CEO

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Manager, Risk Analysis Unit

WorkSafeBC

Francois Barton

Executive Director

Business Leaders' Health and Safety Forum

Klaus-Dieter Becker

Professional Engineer

BG ETEM Energie Textil Elektro Medienerzeugnisse

Stephanie Benay

Director of Safety

BC Hydro

Dr. Philip Bigelow

Associate Professor

University of Waterloo

CEO

Dapphaus

Dr. Matthew Chow

Chief Mental Health Officer

Telus Health

Dr. Steve Conway

Director of Leadership and Psychological Safety

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Houshang Darabi

Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering

University of Illinois Chicago

Safety Advisor, Combustible Dust Specialist

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Training and Development Manager

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

What Works Institute

Partner

Kane Shannon Weiler LLP

Student

MacEwan University

National Lead, Episodic Disabilities

Realize Canada

President & CEO

Foleys Candies

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt & Process Improvement Guru

BE Quality Inc.

E2E Ops Value Stream Manager

Husky Technologies

VP of Sales - Distributors & Artisan

Puratos Canada

Safety Associate

Hansen Industries

OHS Student

BCIT

Lawyer

Kane Shannon Weiler LLP | KSW Lawyers

Michelle Lofting

Manager, Health & Safety

Factors Group of Companies

Lee-Anne Lyon-Bartley

EVP, Health, Safety, Sustainability, Quality & Community

Dexterra Group

Director of Manufacturing

RIMEX

Founder and Former CEO

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Risk Analysis Unit

WorkSafeBC

OHS Student

University of Fredericton

Vice President of Supply Chain

BC Tree Fruits

Debbie Pearmain

Consulting, Training, Assessments, Coaching

One Stop HR, in partnership with TeksMed

Occupational Health and Safety Manager

Hon. Ranj Pillai

Premier

Government of Yukon

Principal Consultant

Bespoke Excellence

Excellence-Driven OSHA Leader

Consultant

West Region Prevention Manager

Agropur Canada

HR Consultant

HR West Consulting

Program Manager, Worker and Public Safety, Standards

CSA Group

Leader, Speaker, and Mentor Emeritus

Program Head, Occupational Health and Safety

BCIT

President

Puratos Canada

Head of Advice and Practice

IOSH

Dr. Cameron Stockdale

Founder

Certus Consulting

Senior Safety, Health and Risk Managements Consultant

STURM Consulting Inc.

Associate Professor, University of Regina; Visiting Professor, UBC

Owner, Centre West Consulting

Grant M. Watson

Director, Institutional Safety Management Division

NASA

Secretary General

International Social Security Association (ISSA) | Machine and System Safety Section

Dorothy Wigmore

Occupational Health Specialist

Dr. Geoff Wright

Ergonomist, Risk Analysis Unit, Prevention Division

WorkSafeBC

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