Breakfast Keynote Speaker

Peter Sturm
Director, System Collaboration Branch, Prevention Division, WSIB

The Road to Zero
The Ontario workplace safety and insurance system faces many issues and challenges but also many opportunities. Peter Sturm will be discussing these opportunities along with the strategic objectives of the WSIB that support the journey on the “Road to Zero”. Hear how this strategy will impact your workplace.

Breakfast Keynote Speaker

Garth Johns
Commissioner of Human Resources, Regional Municipality of Durham

Common Sense Leadership
All of us, including health and safety professionals and committee members, perform leadership functions. There are actions you can take to be better leaders in your field. Garth Johns will demonstrate how leaders at any level can improve their leadership skills, by managing with common sense and mutual respect, using guidance from his book Common Sense Leadership. Garth is a Certified Health Executive and a Municipal Officer and holds additional certifications in Organizational Development, Conflict Management and Coaching.

Lunch Keynote Speaker

Mike Mandel
Expert in the Art of Communication, Motivation and Influence

Brain Software: Words that Change Minds
Mike Mandel is a uniquely qualified expert in the art and science of influential communication. His career spans many fields: corporate speaker, trainer, psychotherapist, martial arts instructor, writer and stage performer. He is known for being simultaneously fascinating and hilarious. Mandel’s highly energetic, innovative and entertaining presentation will provide his audience with powerful tools to communicate persuasively, increase intelligence and reduce stress.

• Ministry of Labour Update
• Complacency: The Silent Killer
• Case Management: Top 10 Tips
• The Growing Myths of Moulds
• Fall Protection Awareness
• Interlock Devices: Experiment and Learn

• Generation Y and How They Will Change Our Workplaces
• Navigating the Minefield of Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Canadian Workplace
• The “New” Workwell Audit
• Ontario Occupational Exposure Limits (OELs): Legislative Changes and the Impact on Your Workplace
• Mechanical Material Handling: The Loading Dock
• Interlock Devices: Experiment and Learn

• Workplace and Domestic Violence: Understanding Your New Obligations
• Safely Climbing the Social Media Ladder
• The Duty to Accommodate and Workplace Safety: When Does Safety Matter?
• Urban Chaos: Do We Need Military Tactics to Cross the Road?
• Risk Assessment
• Interlock Devices: Experiment and Learn

• Effective Health and Safety Coaching for Supervisors
• Joint Health & Safety Committees: What Are We Doing Here?
• Slips, Trips and the Loss of Balance: A New Approach to Slips in the Workplace
• There’s a New Tool in Town: Physical Demands Analysis
• Why Take the Risk? Don’t Work Live

Volume Discount: Every 5th delegate from the same company registered at the same time is 50% off the regular rate.

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Registration rates include opening ceremonies, continental breakfast, conference sessions, lunch, keynote speakers and admission to trade show. All sessions are on a first-come, first-served basis.

The early bird rate cannot be combined with any other discount or special offer. Volunteer, safety group, volume discounts and any other discounts or special offers cannot be combined.