NSW Safety Conference 2011

The Safety Institute of Australia Ltd. (SIA) is presenting The Safety Conference Sydney 2011 - One Small Step. It will be held from Tuesday 25 October to Thursday 27 October 2011 inclusive at the Sydney Showground - Sydney Olympic Park. This conference is designed to attract forward thinking managers and organisations looking at ways to continually improve the health and safety of their workplaces.

Our theme this year ‘One Small Step' will provide delegates with gap analysis, planning and action as we move towards harmonisation 01 January 2012.

Thursday 28 October 2011 - Day 3 Wrap-up: The Other Side of Safety

“Everyone is a safety officer. Speak Up. Ask Questions. If you see someone doing something wrong, talk to them. Maybe you have seen something they have missed”. These were the words workplace accident survivor, Shane Bushell left with conference delegates at the completion of The Safety Conference Sydney 2011. For the Day 3 wrap-up, click here.

Wednesday 27 October 2011 - Day 2 Wrap-up: What are we to make of Safety Behaviour?

Organisations should be looking to the root cause of the error; looking at what happened and why it happened. For more on Safety Behaviour programs and Day 2 of the Conference, click here.

Tuesday 25 October 2011 - Day 1 Wrap-up: Entertained and Educated by the Best in the Industry

The personal challenge was set on Day 1 of The Safety Conference Sydney. Be entertained and educated by the best in the industry whilst networking amongst colleagues and peers. For more about Day 1, click here .

Opening Breakfast - Dr Adam Fraser

Dr Adam Fraser Tuesday 25 October 2011 at the Novotel Hotel, Olympic Park precinct.
The conference opening breakfast will feature guest speaker Dr. Adam Fraser as one of Australia's leading educators, researchers and thought leaders in the area of human performance. He will engage with the audience through his presentation on ‘Safety Professionals Wellbeing'.

"Dr Adam Fraser is inspirational and motivational with the content of his presentations highly relevant for professional and personal life. He has tools that can easily and readily applied upon return to the workplace and was by far one of the standouts of the event" - Australian Human Resources Institute.

View more on Dr Adam Fraser by visiting his website & YouTube channel .

Keynote Day 1 - WHS Act - Making the Transition

Mr John Watson, General Manager WHS Division WorkCover NSW

Keynote Day 1 - Managing safety under the new WHS legislation

Mr Greg Pattison, General Manager, Workplace Solutions, NSW Business Chamber

Keynote Day 2 - What are we to make of Safe Behaviour Programs?

Professor Andrew Hopkins

Keynote Day 2 - ADF & WHS: A uniformed approach to harmonisation

LTCOL Sean Faulkner

*Note: Speaker change Day 2: Safety Behaviour - "What Makes People Tick? The Psychology of Safety"

Keynote Day 3 - Todd Russell - Beaconsfield Mine Survivor

Keynote Day 3 - Shane Bushell - Workplace Injury Survivor

Special Events

WorkCover NSW SafeWork Awards Dinner
The dinner features the announcement of the WorkCover NSW, Safe Work Awards 2011 Winners, formal three course dinner, and live entertainment.
Dinner is not included in the conference registration fee or Full Program registration fee.

Date: Thursday 27 October
Time: Cocktails commence at 7pm
Venue: Parkside Ballroom, Sydney Convention Centre, Darling Harbour
Cost: Tickets are $120 per person and $1080 for table of ten (inc GST)