Timetable

April 23rd 2026 8:00am PST

Registration Opens.

Coast Capri Hotel Kelowna

Conference Venue

1171 Harvey Avenue, Kelowna V1Y 6E8

Location

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Wednesday
22

Thursday
23

April 22nd 2026

1:00PM

Pre-Conference Workshop | Mental Health Management for Leaders

13:00 - 17:00 PM

Dr. Steve Conway

Director of Leadership and Psychological Safety

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Audience:

leadership

people

safety

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April 23rd 2026

7:30AM

Networking Breakfast + Registration Open

07:30 - 08:30 AM

Audience:

SEE SESSION DETAILS

8:30AM

Keynote

Keynote | Redefining Possibility

08:30 - 09:30 AM

Tammy Cunnington

2X Paralympian

Speaker, Advocate, Author

Audience:

9:35AM

The RTW Lab: Building Your Workplace Recovery Toolkit

09:35 - 12:00 PM

Amanda Peck

Claims Team Lead

TeksMed Services Inc.

Audience:

How to Run a Successful Meeting: JHSC Foundations

09:35 - 10:30 AM

Romy Soullier

OHS Training Instructor

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Audience:

Anatomy of a Claim – The Ripple Effects on Your Business, Finances, and People

09:35 - 10:30 AM

Audience:

10:30AM

Break

10:30 - 11:00 AM

Audience:

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11:00AM

Are You a Safety Genius?

11:00 - 12:00 PM

Heidi Hare

Senior Safety Advisor

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Will Thomas

Safety Advisor, Ergonomist

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Romy Soullier

OHS Training Instructor

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Rosa Diaz

Associate Director of Training and Development

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Dareece Tomyn

Associate Director of OHS Services

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Audience:

12:00PM

Lunch (provided)

12:00 - 13:00 PM

Audience:

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1:00PM

The Climate We Create: Leadership and Psychological Safety

13:00 - 13:55 PM

Dr. Steve Conway

Director of Leadership and Psychological Safety

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Audience:

Workshop | Practical Ergonomics for Prevention and Control

13:00 - 15:00 PM

Will Thomas

Safety Advisor, Ergonomist

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Audience:

Listen Up! Protecting Your Hearing with Expert Insights

13:00 - 13:55 PM

Sasha Brown

Occupational Audiologist in OHS Technical Advisory Services, Prevention Practices Quality and Engineering

WorkSafeBC

Noah Stevens

Field Operations Manager

Clear Works - Health and Safety Made Clear

Audience:

jhsc

safety

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2:05PM

What Makes a Strong JHSC Tick?

14:05 - 15:00 PM

David Konawalchuk

Production Manager

Blaze King - Valley Comfort Systems Inc

Jaden Wright

Supervisor, Burn Department

Rapid-Span

Heidi Hare

Senior Safety Advisor

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Stacy Muir

Environment Health and Safety Manager

Rogers Foods

Audience:

Dust + Combustion Risks – What You Need to Know

14:05 - 15:00 PM

Mike Tasker

Occupational Safety Officer, Prevention Field Services

WorkSafeBC

Rob Klassen

Combustible Dust Specialist + Sales

Airplus Industrial

Martin Sheridan

Safety Advisor - Occupational Hygienist

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Wayne Arondus

CEO

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Audience:

3:00PM

Break

15:00 - 15:15 PM

Audience:

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3:15PM

Keynote

Industry Panel: Safer Together – Empowering Teams in a Changing World

15:15 - 16:15 PM

Martine Blais

People and Operations Coordinator

Slimline Manufacturing Limited

Wayne Arondus

CEO

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Nicola McGovern

Director, Environment, Health and Safety, Grainger

Chair, Board of Directors, WOHSS

Audience:

4:15PM

Closing

16:15 - 16:30 PM

Audience: