Timetable

October 7th 2026 8:00am PST

Registration Opens.

Anvil Centre

Conference Venue

777 Columbia Street, New Westminster V3M 1B6

Location

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Wednesday
7

Thursday
8

October 7th 2026

8:30AM

Keynote

Keynote | The Future of Global Health and Safety

08:30 - 09:45 AM

Hans-Horst Konkolewsky

President

International ORP Foundation

Wayne Arondus

CEO

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Audience:

jhsc

9:50AM

Breakout Sessions B–D

09:50 - 10:40 AM

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:

10:40AM

Break

10:40 - 11:10 AM

Audience:

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11:10AM

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:

jhsc

safety

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Breakout Sessions B & C

11:10 - 12:00 PM

Audience:

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

11:10 - 12:00 PM

Elliot Steele

Information Technology Consultant

Kearns Technology Inc.

Audience:

12:00PM

Lunch Break

12:00 - 13:00 PM

Audience:

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1:00PM

Industry Panel | Future Ready? Or Falling Behind?

13:00 - 14:00 PM

Audience:

2:05PM

Breakout Sessions

14:05 - 15:00 PM

Audience:

The Practice of Safety: What School Can’t Teach

14:05 - 15:00 PM

Jen Mutas

Field OHS Manager

BC Crane Safety

Lisa Richard

Safety Manager

Starline Windows

Audience:

3:00PM

Break

15:00 - 15:15 PM

Audience:

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3:15PM

Keynote

Keynote | Backstage Pass to Safety Leadership—A Masterclass with Rockstars and Legends

15:15 - 16:15 PM

Lee-Anne Lyon-Bartley

EVP, Health, Safety, Sustainability, Quality & Community

Dexterra Group

Audience:

4:15PM

Closing

16:15 - 16:30 PM

Wayne Arondus

CEO

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC

Audience:

October 8th 2026

8:30AM

Keynote

Keynote | Safety: Obligation or Opportunity?

08:30 - 09:30 AM

Candace Carnahan

Safety Speaker and Consultant

Audience:

9:30AM

Break

09:30 - 10:00 AM

Audience:

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10:00AM

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:

Behaviour-Based Safety Part 1

10:00 - 12:15 PM

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:

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:

12:15PM

Lunch Break

12:15 - 13:00 PM

Audience:

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1:00PM

Behaviour-Based Safety Part 2

13:00 - 15:00 PM

Audience:

jhsc

safety

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Real Time Risk in the Age of AI – Part 2

13:00 - 15:00 PM

Anthony Aarons

Founder and CEO

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

Audience:

1:15PM

Workshop

13:15 - 15:15 PM

Audience:

leadership

people

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