Work as done vs work as imagined was very different for many of us in 2020 as we flexed, pivoted and adapted to survive in a constantly changing environment.
For safety professionals to bounce forward from a challenging year we need to ensure that we are deliberately learning about work and how it can be improved and made safer and better for those who we are responsible for.
Join us at the 2021 Safeguard National Health & Safety Conference as we consider the role health & safety plays in not just ensuring our workers survive, but that they also thrive and flourish. We'll also explore the changing expectations of the health and safety professional.
In keeping with an environment where we all do business differently, our international keynotes will be joining us via videolink. We will be offering a livestream option for those wishing to join online.
We are excited to bring the health and safety community back together at NZ's largest and most successful health and safety event.
We look forward to seeing you at Safeguard 2021!
| 8.00AM | Registration and coffee |
| 8:55AM | Welcome from the Conference MC, Michele A'Court |
| 9:10AM | Welcome from the Platinum sponsor, WorkSafe New Zealand. |
| 9:15AM | International Keynote: Bouncing forward: How deliberately learning from COVID-19 will make your workplace safer The fundamental impact of COVID-19 has demonstrated the importance of robust and resilient systems. 'Work as done' now looks different for many businesses, while traditional organisational metrics are no longer as effective as predicting performance. Todd will challenge you to use Human and Organisational Performance tools to show that by deliberately learning about your business, you can bounce forward out of COVID-19 a safer and better business. Dr Todd Conklin, Human and Operational Performance Consultant, (USA - via videolink) |
| 10.00AM | WorkSafe address
Phil Parkes, Chief Executive, WorkSafe New Zealand |
| 10.40AM | MORNING TEA |
| 11.10AM | Expanded horizons: developing an effective long-term health and safety strategy For many practitioners, setting a health and safety strategy boils down to an annual plan - perhaps based on previous year's - with some improvements and new initiatives. But there is more value we can take from the strategic process. In this session, Craig will look at setting a longer term strategy and aligning it with the overall business as well as how to make it adaptable and ensuring it sticks. Craig Marriott, General Manager HSEQ, FirstGas |
| 11.50AM | Be the health and safety leader the world needs! The world has changed and we have to change with it. Leaders now have to have a whole raft of new tools in their toolkits to create thriving and sustainable teams at the same time as assuring their own mental health and wellbeing. But how do we do all this? How do we do empathic leadership? How do we stay resilient and boost the resilience of others? How do we tackle mental health? It does not have to be some lofty abstract aspiration; it can be done. In this session Bridget will share real tangible tools for you to be able to lead not only your teams but yourself into the future. Bridget Jelley, Director and Registered Psychologist, The Effect
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| 12.30PM | Reflection time |
| 12.40PM | LUNCH |
| 1.40PM | International Keynote: Beyond culture: why traditional thinking about safety culture is no longer enough Many safety culture models lead organisations to worry more about how much individuals know and care about safety, rather than how to create and enable conditions in their work in order to be safe. In this keynote, Dr David Provan will argue that we need to do more; to create resilient organisations that have a deep and fundamental alignment between safety and how work is planned and done. He will challenge you to rethink and redesign your role in the face of increasing expectations on health and safety professionals. Dr David Provan, Managing Director, Forge Works (Australia - via videolink) |
| 2.25PM | Case study: From compliance to curiosity: Adopting Safety-II principles in a dynamic, high pressure setting In complex environments such as intensive care medicine, traditional Safety-I approaches are a poor fit for daily work. Facing this challenge, Carl and his team adopted Safety-II principles, which allowed them to understand the factors that made their work successful, which made usual success more likely. Carl will share his experience in helping a multidisciplinary team adapt more readily to changing environments and conditions and view work through a lens of curiosity rather than compliance. Dr Carl Horsley, Intensivist - Critical Care Complex, Counties Manukau District Health Board |
| 3.05PM | AFTERNOON TEA |
| 3.35PM | Looking out for your Mates The construction industry has the highest suicide rate across all industries in New Zealand. The peer support model for mental health used by MATES in Construction is now being used across numerous industries, because it builds capacity for organisations to have better conversations about mental health. Victoria McArthur, CEO, Mates in Construction NZ |
| 4.15PM | Closing remarks and Workplace Health & Safety Awards Gala Dinner (separately bookable) |
| 7.00PM | New Zealand Workplace Health & Safety Awards Gala Dinner |
| 7:45AM | Networking Breakfast - sponsored by ACC Impactful investment in business ACC launched a $50m Impact Investment Fund in September last year. The Fund has twin objectives to generate a positive impact on the health, safety, and wellbeing of New Zealanders while also achieving superior risk-adjusted returns to sustain ACC for generations to come. The Impact Fund aligns to ACC’s environmental, social and governance approach that recognises the public good role at the heart of the corporation and its legislation. The Impact Fund complements the broader work that ACC already does in injury prevention. In this presentation, George Adams will provide an overview of the Fund with examples of impact investments to date. ACC welcome interest from businesses that are seeking investment to make a positive difference to the health, safety, and wellbeing of New Zealand. George Adams, ACC Impact Fund Advisor |
| 8.55AM | Welcome back from the MC, Michele A'Court |
| 9:00AM | Welcome from the Platinum Sponsor, ACC |
| 9:05AM | International Keynote: From fragmentation to unification - the importance of understanding systems before solving them Safety is in practice accepted as a problem in itself that should be solves by specialised tools and methods. The same goes for other priorities or issues. But if a company's performance is considered more broadly, safety is but one side of it. In order to remain successful under increasingly unpredictable conditions, it is necessary that management is based on a unified perspective which acknowledges how traditionally separate issues are interrelated. Dr Erik Hollnagel, Senior Professor, Jonkoping University (Denmark - via videolink) |
| 9.50AM | The Farmstrong story - transforming hearts, minds and habits Launched in 2015, Farmstrong is an initiative that helps farmers and growers adopt practical wellbeing habits that increase performance, improve mental health and prevent injuries. Gerard will share the what, who and why; and how they are monitoring and measuring progress. He will also share what they have found out about the link between wellbeing and injury and their future plans to ensure the programme is sustainable. Gerard Vaughan, Planning and Implementation Manager, Farmstrong |
| 10.30AM | Morning tea |
| 11.00AM | ACC address |
| 11.40AM | Engaging the Tikanga Way How can we be more effective and engaging in our health and safety roles? Te Roopu Marutau O Aotearoa (TRMA) believe three main principles can guide the way - Kaitiakitanga, Whakawhanaunga and Manaakitanga. In this session Benjamin will introduce the TRMA and its current members, outline the principles and challenge you to make them part of your everyday practice. Benjamin Hemi, Health & Safety Advisor, Tainui Group Holdings and member Te Roopu Marutau O Aotearoa |
| 12.20PM | Lunch |
| 1.20PM | International Case Study: Getting occupational health on the fast track Sydney Metro is Australia's biggest public transport project and offers a unique opportunity to leave not only a world-class transportation system, but also a legacy for future generations. A strategic element of that legacy is the development of a client-led system to positively influence better outcomes for worker health protection. Through this presentation, Kate will share how the health program was implemented and positive impact that strong leadership and support from the board, executives and contractors had on driving better health outcomes over time. Kate Cole, A/Deputy Director Health & Safety, Sydney Metro (Australia - via videolink) |
| 2.00PM | Ramping up HSR engagement and opportunity Over the past 24 months Brent Armitage has gone from airport ramp worker and HSR to full-time health & safety professional. This gives him a particularly interesting insight into what makes a successful rep, how to encourage meaningful employee involvement in safety, and what health & safety professionals can do to get the most out of their reps. Join Brent as we examine how you can supercharge employee engagement. Brent Armitage, People Safety Advisor - Air Operations, Air New Zealand (Brent won the HSR category at the 2019 New Zealand Workplace Health & Safety Awards) |
| 2.40PM | Closing Keynote: Curiosity - how we lost it and why it's so important Before going to school, a child asks up to 100 questions an hour, by the age of 11 this has dropped to almost zero. So what is curiosity anyway and why is it so important? Dr Michelle Dickinson will take you on a curiosity driven hands-on journey to experience how great ideas happen through trying, failing and thinking differently. Dr Michelle Dickinson, MNZM |
| 3.30PM | Closing remarks and conference close Michele A'Court |
Kate Cole, Director – Health, Sydney Metro (Australia)
Kate Cole is an engineer and Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH)® working to protect the health of workers across some of Australia’s most iconic infrastructure projects. A multiple award-winning scientist & engineer, Kate has a key focus on the control of respirable crystalline silica informed through the completion of a Winston Churchill Fellowship and her work across major national and international construction and tunnelling projects. Named as one of the Top 100 Women of Influence and one of Australia’s Superstars of STEM, she is currently supporting Sydney Metro as the Director of Health.
Dr Todd Conklin, Human and Operational Performance Consultant (USA)
Todd Conklin spent 25 years at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a Senior Advisor for Organizational and Safety Culture. Los Alamos National Laboratory is one of the world’s foremost research and development laboratories; Dr. Conklin spent most of this time working with Human Performance and Reliability programs. It is in this fortunate position where he enjoys the best of both the academic world and the world of safety in practice. Conklin holds a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from the University of New Mexico. He has authored several best selling books, including these two: Pre-Accident Investigations, and The 5 Principles of Human Performance. He speaks all over the world to executives, groups and work teams who are interested in better understanding the relationship between the workers in the field and the organization’s systems, processes, and programs. Conklin hosts an award winning Pre-Accident Investigation Podcast. He has brought these systems to major corporations around the world. Conklin practices these ideas not only in his own workplace, but also in the event investigations at other workplaces around the world. Conklin defines safety at his workplace like this: “Safety is the ability for workers to be able to do work in a varying and unpredictable world.” Conklin lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico and thinks that Human Performance is the most meaningful work he has ever had the opportunity to live and teach.
Erik Hollnagel, Senior Professor, Jönköping University (Sweden)
Erik Hollnagel is Senior professor of Patient Safety at Jönköping University (Sweden), Visiting Professorial Fellow, Macquarie University (Australia), Adjunct Professor, Central Queensland University (Australia), and Visiting Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Technische Universität München (Germany). He is also Professor Emeritus from Linköping University (Sweden), Ecole des Mines de Paris (France), and the University of Southern Denmark. Erik has throughout his career worked at universities, research centres, and with industries in many countries and with problems from a variety of domains and industries. He has published widely and is the author/editor of 26 books - including "FRAM", "Safety-I and Safety-II", and most recently "Synesis" - as well as a large number of papers and book chapters. Erik has been President of the European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics (1994 – 2000) and co-founder and past President of the Resilience Engineering Association.
David Provan, Managing Director, Forge Works (Australia)
Dr. David Provan is the Managing Director of Forge Works safety consultancy, and an Adjunct Research Fellow at Griffith University. He has a 20 year career as a Safety Executive across the rail, construction and oil and gas industries. His academic research interests include the operationalisation of Safety II and Resilience Engineering, and what it means for the current and future role of safety professionals within organisations. David is the co-host of ‘The Safety of Work’ podcast with Dr. Drew Rae which discusses safety science research findings in a practical way, so that organisations can move further towards evidence based safety practice. David is at the forefront of helping organisations understand the relationship between the things they do for safety, and their safety outcomes.
Dr Michelle Dickinson, MNZM
Dr Michelle Dickinson (MNZM) is a Nanotechnologist and Materials Engineer. She has spent the last two decades contributing to cutting-edge technologies, researching solutions for medical and technology applications for clients who range from small start-ups to large corporates. Michelle’s success comes from her hard work and lots of lucky opportunities, allowing her to break the poverty cycle she grew up in through education. This experience led her to Co-Found Nanogirl Labs, a socially conscious business designed to create beautiful and engaging content to help everyone build confidence around STEM. Michelle became a household name during the COVID-19 response, often called upon by the media and government to present the complex happenings in layman’s terms. During this time, she was praised for her work in the education sector to explain the disease and its implications to children – her videos and content became a highly sought after resource by parents and teachers. Michelle has been recognised for her many services to New Zealand for her work in STEM including; becoming a Member of New Zealand Order of Merit for services to science in the 2015 Queen’s Birthday Honours, awarded the Sir Peter Blake Leadership award in 2015, was the winner of the Women of Influence award for science and innovation in 2016, winner of the Prime Minister’s Science Media Communication Prize and the New Zealand Association of Scientists Science Communicators Award in 2014.
Thursday 3 June 2021, 9.00AM to 4.00PM
Cordis Hotel, Auckland
Done right, investigations are the most effective way to create lasting change in an organisation's safety performance, provided investigators make a fundamental change in the way that they approach an investigation. This happens by turning the traditional question, "How did he worker fail the organisation?" to the much more effective and valuable question, "How did the organisation's work management system fail the worker?" This workshop will help you rethink how you conduct investigations in such a way that they are a springboard for learning across all levels of the organisation.
Presented by:
Dr Todd Conklin, Human and Operational Performance Consultant (USA - via videolink)
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1 -2 June 2021, Cordis Hotel Auckland
Safeguard subscriber $1250 + GST
Non-subscriber $1350 + GST
Livestream $1150 + GST
Post-conference workshop
3 June 2021, Cordis Hotel Auckland
$595 + GST
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