New Safety In Action Speaker videos
Safety In Action Conference is proud to bring some previews of the exciting speakers that will be at the 2009 conference. These videos can be viewed by clicking HERE
John Merritt
Barry Sherriff
Helen Marshall
Jill McCabe
Dr Martyn Newman
Exciting Keynote speakers for SIA09
The following keynote speakers have been confirmed for SIA09
Janet Holmes à Court
Janet is perhaps Australia's most prominent businesswoman and a keen advocate for workplace safety who practices what she preaches.
Geoff Knox
Geoff is the CEO of Downer EDI Limited. He was unable to participate in the CEO day in SIA08 but was so keen to participate that he pledged to join us this year to discuss his experience with OHS at board level.
Barry Sherriff, FSIA (Hon) - (Opening Breakfast)
At the time of the conference Barry will have completed his appointment to the review panel on national Model OHS Law and will be able to discuss his experience of that process.
Professor Michael Quinlan, FSIA
Michael was recently involved in an inquiry into the Beaconsfield mine collapse but is a major OHS researcher, academic and author on a range of OHS matters, including casual worker risks, and fatigue in the long-distance transport industry.
John Merritt, FSIA (Hon)
As the CEO of WorkSafe Victoria and one of the major sponsors, John is a major influence on the operation and enforcement of OHS in Victoria.
Exclusive Podcast
Prominent OHS researcher, author and Safety Institute Fellow, Professor Michael Quinlan, will be a keynote speaker at the Safety In Action conference on April 2.
The Victoria Division of the Safety Institute is proud to make available the second podcast of Safety In Action conference speakers which includes an interview with Michael. From the interview you will see how dynamic and passionate Michael is about safety as we talk about
- the relevance of Robens-style legislation,
- whether workplace safety regulation should be relocated into health departments,
- the current state of OHS legislation in Australia,
- the importance of safety conferences and
- inspectorate activity.
Clicking on the mp3 icon below will open the audio software on your PC and play the file. The file size is just over 14 megabytes. 
Exclusive Podcast
Safety In Action 2009 is proud to provide you with a 5 minute interview with Andrew Douglas, one of the speakers on Day 1 in the Safety Culture stream. Andrew is a Workplace Lawyer and a director of Douglas Workplace and Litigation Lawyers and we spoke to him in early-December 2008 about making OHS a core business function, the OHS role in small business and the not-for-profit sector, and how important it was for him personally and professionally to be involved with the Safety In Action conference.
Clicking on the mp3 icon below will open the audio software on your PC and play the file. The file size is just under 7 megabytes.
Keynote Speakers for Safety In Action 2009
We are proud to announce that the keynote speakers for SIA09 have been confirmed.
- Barry Sherriff, FSIA (Hon)
- Janet Holmes à Court
- Geoff Knox
- John Merritt FSIA (Hon)
- Professor Michael Quinlan, FSIA
More on keynote speakers for SIA09
Pre-conference Workshops
There has been such a demand for the Safety Institute to provide practical OHS management tools that we have introduced two pre-conference workshops.
Making Behavioural Safety Work in the Australian Context Workshop
Presented by Sally Bennett, Director, Enhance Solutions
A profile on Sally is available at
http://www.enhancesolutions.com.au/web/page.php?page=sally
Safety In Action Trade Show
Each year the Safety In Action Conference is supported by a major OHS trade exhibition. Information on the 2009 trade show can be accessed at:
http://www.aec.net.au/