Timetable

Dust Hazard Analysis | 2-Day Certificate Course (Separate Ticket Required)

08:30 - 17:00 PM

Jeramy Slaunwhite

Explosion Safety Engineer

Rembe, Inc.

Audience:

9:50AM

Building Culture and Removing Roadblocks

09:50 - 10:40 AM

Audience:

Combustible Dust Expert Panel

09:50 - 10:40 AM

Feisal Nasser

Managing Partner | Corporate

AIRPLUS Industrial Corp.

Wayne Arondus

CEO

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Mario Montagliani

Account Executive, Professional & Financial Services

Axis Insurance

Audience:

Seeing Risk Sooner: Leveraging AI in Safety and Controlling the Risk

09:50 - 10:40 AM

Elliot Steele

Information Technology Consultant

Kearns Technology Inc.

Rachel Richardson

Lead Product Manager

Voxel

Audience:

JHSCs That Learn

09:50 - 10:40 AM

Heather Kahle

Principal Consultant

Ascent Systems Innovation Group

Anna Matheson

Manager, Health, Safety, and Environment, Safety, Security, Emergency Management

BCIT

Audience:

10:30AM

Youth Challenge – WorkSafeBC Welcome + Opening of MIS Youth Challenge + Industry Lightning Talks

10:30 - 11:30 AM

Justin Cheung

Co-founder of Second Savour

Second Savour

Arianna Ha

Co-Founder and VP of Finance & Sales at Second Savour

Second Savour

President and Ceo

Youth Culture Inc.

Audience:

11:10AM

Investigation to Corrective Action—Lessons Learned in the Committee Trenches

11:10 - 12:00 PM

Kim Stubbs

OHS Consultant

WorkSafeBC

Audience:

The Implementation Gap: Integrating Safety with Efficient Operations

11:10 - 12:00 PM

James Grieve

Founder and Principal Strategic Business Advisor

Value Driver

Shayla McLean

Senior Strategic Business Advisor

Value Driver

Audience:

leadership

Beyond Lagging Indicators: Preventing Serious Injuries by Focusing on What Matters

11:10 - 12:00 PM

Laura McNeice

Principal Consultant

Oneeva Solutions Ltd.

Audience:

Case Study: JHSC–Shop Floor Collaboration to Improve Safety Outcomes

11:10 - 12:00 PM

Ricardo de Aquino

Production, Health and Safety Manager

Flexiforce Canada

Audience:

11:30AM

Youth Challenge – Student Panel

11:30 - 12:00 PM

President and Ceo

Youth Culture Inc.

Audience:

12:00PM

Lunch Break

12:00 - 13:00 PM

Audience:

12:15PM

Voxel – Demo Session

12:15 - 12:45 PM

Rachel Richardson

Lead Product Manager

Voxel

Lindsay Martyn

Enterprise Sales Director

Voxel

Audience:

1:00PM

Keynote

AI & Risk Perception in High-Risk Environments

13:00 - 14:00 PM

Anthony Aarons

Founder and CEO

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

Audience:

Youth Challenge – Live Student Presentations + Judging Break

13:00 - 14:15 PM

President and Ceo

Youth Culture Inc.

Audience:

2:05PM

True Business Continuity: Planning Beyond the Emergency Response

14:05 - 14:55 PM

Mark Lee

Partner and Director, Commercial Customer Care, BC and Yukon

Acera Insurance

Robert Shearar

Partner

Acera Insurance

Audience:

leadership

Emergency! Are You Prepared?

14:05 - 15:00 PM

Dareece Tomyn

Associate Director of OHS Services

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Will Thomas

Safety Advisor, Ergonomist

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Pinar Tabak

OHS Safety Advisor - Generalist

Heidi Hare

Senior Safety Advisor

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Audience:

Managing and Mitigating Claims Costs

14:05 - 14:55 PM

Amanda Peck

Claims Team Lead

TeksMed Services Inc.

Audience:

people

The Practice of Safety: What School Can’t Teach

14:05 - 14:55 PM

Jen Mutas

Field OHS Manager

BC Crane Safety

Lisa Richard

Safety Manager

Starline Windows

Latoya Samuels

Health, Safety & Environmental Supervisor

Original Cakerie | Dessert Holdings

Audience:

Breakout Sessions

14:05 - 15:00 PM

Audience:

2:15PM

Youth Challenge – Winners + Closing of YC

14:15 - 14:30 PM

President and Ceo

Youth Culture Inc.

Audience:

3:00PM

Break

15:00 - 15:15 PM

Audience:

3:15PM

Industry Panel | Future Ready? Or Falling Behind?

15:15 - 16:15 PM

Wayne Arondus

CEO

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Chris Acker

General Manager

Flexiforce North America

Audience:

4:15PM

Closing

16:15 - 16:30 PM

Audience:

October 8th 2026

8:00AM

Dust Hazard Analysis

08:00 - 16:00 PM

Jeramy Slaunwhite

Explosion Safety Engineer

Rembe, Inc.

Audience:

8:30AM

Keynote

Keynote | Safety: Obligation or Opportunity?

08:30 - 09:30 AM

Candace Carnahan

International Safety Speaker and Consultant

Audience:

9:30AM

Break

09:30 - 10:00 AM

Audience:

10:00AM

Real Time Risk in the Age of AI – Part 1

10:00 - 12:15 PM

Anthony Aarons

Founder and CEO

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

Audience:

Women in Safety | Leader Panel

10:00 - 15:30 PM

Rae Ann Aldridge

Executive Director, Safety & Risk Services

University of British Columbia

Audience:

leadership

Women in Safety | Topic Roundtables

10:00 - 15:30 PM

Jen Mutas

Field OHS Manager

BC Crane Safety

Audience:

Workshop: When Pressure Has No Language, Risk Grows – Creating a Shared Language for Safety from Boardroom to Front Line

10:00 - 12:15 PM

Shannon Hurst

Speaker | Author

Gower Media

Audience:

Safety Coaching Using the GROW Model | Part 1

10:00 - 12:15 PM

Dr. Steve Conway

Director of Leadership and Psychological Safety

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Audience:

Women in Safety | Forum

10:00 - 15:30 PM

Rae Ann Aldridge

Executive Director, Safety & Risk Services

University of British Columbia

Stephanie Benay

Principal

Benay Safety Leadership & Advisory

Audience:

12:15PM

Lunch Break

12:15 - 13:15 PM

Audience: