Timetable

October 28th 2026 9:00am PST

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Conference Venue

Location

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Wednesday
28

Thursday
29

October 28th 2026

8:45AM

Keynote

Opening + Keynote: Leadership, Influence, and Impact in Health and Safety

08:45 - 10:00 AM

Malcolm Staves

Global Vice President, Health and Safety

L'Oreal

Wayne Arondus

CEO

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Audience:

jhsc

10:05AM

Breakout Sessions A-B

10:05 - 10:50 AM

Audience:

Combustible Dust Expert Panel: Experience to Insight

10:05 - 10:50 AM

Chris Cloney

Managing Director and Lead REsearcher

DustEx Research

Audience:

AI on Trial: What Real-World Cases Reveal about AI Risk, Liability, and Control Failures

10:05 - 10:50 AM

Anthony Aarons

Founder and CEO

Epifini, and Senior Research Fellow at the Global Centre for Advanced Studies

Audience:

safety

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11:00AM

Industry Showcase

11:00 - 11:30 AM

Audience:

11:35AM

Mindfulness Break – Pet Social

11:35 - 12:00 PM

Dr. Steve Conway

Director of Leadership and Psychological Safety

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Audience:

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Energy-based Safety

11:35 - 12:20 PM

Audience:

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12:00PM

Networking Lunch

12:00 - 13:00 PM

Audience:

1:00PM

Storytelling in Safety Communication

13:00 - 13:45 PM

Rebecca Cairns

Research Analyst

Saint Mary's University

Audience:

What Makes a Safety Coordinator Effective: Insights from a National Survey and Real-World Experience

13:00 - 13:45 PM

Stacia Gunn

Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Manager

MacKinnon and Olding

Audience:

people

safety

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1:50PM

Beyond the Numbers: Turning Your Safety Performance Data into a Tool for Continuous Improvement

13:50 - 14:35 PM

Hassan Nedadahandeh

OHS Audit Manager

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Audience:

Risk Recalibrated: Redefining Serious Injury, Rethinking Metrics and Designing a Human-Centric Strategy

13:50 - 14:35 PM

Michelle Garner-Janna

Chief Experience Officer/Co-Founder

What Works Institute

Audience:

October 29th 2026

9:00AM

International Keynote Panel: Future Ready

09:00 - 10:15 AM

Audience:

10:20AM

Breakout Sessions

10:20 - 11:05 AM

Audience:

Case Study: Physical Demands Analysis Goals and Wins

10:20 - 11:05 AM

Will Thomas

Safety Advisor, Ergonomist

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Audience:

11:10AM

Mindfulness Break

11:10 - 11:30 AM

Dr. Steve Conway

Director of Leadership and Psychological Safety

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Audience:

11:30AM

Industry Showcase

11:30 - 12:00 PM

Audience:

12:00PM

Keynote

My Fight Song: Building Resilience

12:00 - 12:45 PM

Tammy Cunnington

2X Paralympian

Speaker, Advocate, Author

Audience:

Networking Lunch

12:00 - 13:00 PM

Audience:

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1:00PM

Breakout Sessions

13:00 - 13:55 PM

Audience:

Women in Safety Panel

13:00 - 13:55 PM

Audience:

Robots, Risk & the Connected Floor: Why cybersecurity is now a workplace safety problem.

13:00 - 13:55 PM

Elliot Steele

Information Technology Consultant

Kearns Technology Inc.

Audience:

jhsc

safety

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2:00PM

Breakout Sessions

14:00 - 14:45 PM

Audience:

2:45PM

Closing

14:45 - 15:00 PM

Audience:

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