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John Howard

Director
NIOSH

Todd Conklin

Founder & Speaker
Human & Organization Performance Consulting

Kim Greene

Chair, President and CEO
Georgia Power

Lorraine Martin

President
NSC

Pam Walaski

President
ASSP

Liz Hovarth

Senior Advisor, Psychological Health and Safety
Mental Health Canada

Dr Tom Krause

CEO & Partner
Krause Bell Group

Dr Manal Azzi

Occupational Health & Safety Team Lead
International Labour Organization

James (Jim) Frederick

OSHA

Professor Kathleen Sutcliffe

Professor
John Hopkins University

Trish Kerin

Director
Lead Like Kerin

Andresa Hernandes

Global VP EHS
Siemens
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Day One, March 26 - Claremont Club & Spa Venue

Day One, March 26 – Claremont Club & Spa Venue

Opening Day Keynotes

8:30 - 9:00

Malcolm Staves, Corrie Pitzer

Malcolm Staves, Corrie Pitzer official welcome to Safety On The Edge 2025

9:00 - 9:45

John Howard

Keynote Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
9:45 - 10:30

Todd Conklin

Keynote Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
10:30 - 10:45

10:45 - 11:25

Pam Walaski
Dee Arp
Liz Hovarth
TBC

All Speaker Profiles
11:25 - 12:10

Lorraine Martin

Keynote Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
12:10 - 12:50

Dr Manal Azzi

Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
12:50 - 13:50

13:50 - 14:30

Professor Kathleen Sutcliffe

Keynote Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
14:30 - 15:10

James Frederick

Keynote Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
15:10 - 15:50

Andresa Hernandes

Keynote Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
15:50 - 16:00

16:00 - 16:40

Kim Greene

Keynote Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
16:40 - 17:20

Day Two, March 27 - Claremont Club & Spa Venue

Day Two, March 27 – Claremont Club & Spa Venue

Concurrent 1 Sessions

Keynotes
8:00 - 8:45

Hans-Horst Konkolewsky

Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
8:45 - 9:30

Carl Macrae

Keynote Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
9:30 - 10:15

Rodney Rocha

Advocating for safety and risk mitigation in the face of resistance.

Speaker Profile
10:15 - 10:30

10:30 - 11:15

Kimberley Blanchard

Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
11:15 - 12:00

Dr Tom Krause

Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
12:00 - 12:45

Liz Horvath

Beyond Conversations – How to Build a Strong Foundation for Measurable Improvements in Workplace Mental Health

Speaker Profile
12:45 - 13:30

13:30 - 14:15

Malcolm Staves
Michael Rubin
Larry Sloan
John Dony

All Speaker Profiles
14:15 - 15:00

Sam Abadir

What got us here wont get us there, resetting our mental software

Speaker Profile
15:00 - 15:15

15:15 - 16:00

Nektarios Karanikas

Safety Simplified: Unravelling Health, Risk, and Safety

Speaker Profile
16:00 - 16:45

TBC

Topic TBC

16:45 - 17:30

Malcolm Staves

Why Strategy, Sense of Purpose, and Visible Felt Leadership are fundamental to any safety culture

Speaker Profile
Day Two, March 27 – Claremont Club & Spa Venue

Concurrent 2 Sessions

Safety Technology
Systems Engineering
Process Engineering
8:00 - 8:45

Trish Kerin

Process safety, occupational safety - what is the difference?

Speaker Profile
8:45 - 9:30

Scott Gaddis

Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
9:30 - 10:15

Carroll Higdon

Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
10:15 - 10:30

10:30 - 11:15

James Pomeroy

Safety in metaphor. If words create worlds, how does our choice and use of metaphor shape safety in the worlds we create?

Speaker Profile
11:15 - 12:00

Anthony Aarons

The rise of the machines - will AI save us?

Speaker Profile
12:00 - 12:45

TBC

Topic TBC

12:45 - 13:30

13:30 - 14:15

Dan Hobbs
Benn Legg
TBC

All Speaker Profiles
14:15 - 15:00

Louisa A Nara

Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
15:00 - 15:15

15:15 - 16:00

Eric Gislason

Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
16:00 - 16:45

Stuart Hughes

Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
16:45 - 17:30

TBC

Topic TBC

Day Two, March 27 – Claremont Club & Spa Venue

Concurrent 3 Sessions

Human Performance
ESG/People Sustainability
Leadership/Culture
8:00 - 8:45

Kathy A Seabrook

Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
8:45 - 9:30

Lisa Brooks

Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
9:30 - 10:15

Rebecca Hickman

Pioneering Sustainable Safety: Protecting Lives at Work and Beyond

Speaker Profile
10:15 - 10:30

10:30 - 11:15

TBC

Topic TBC

11:15 - 12:00

Laurie Shelby

Real or Fake Safety – Make your choice

Speaker Profile
12:00 - 12:45

TBC

Topic TBC

12:45 - 13:30

13:30 - 14:15

Charles Redinger
Rune Storesund
JC Le Coze
Nancy Hey
TBC

All Speaker Profiles
14:15 - 15:00

Philip Delquié

Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
15:00 - 15:15

15:15 - 16:00

Dr David Daniels

Does Safety Help People FEEL Safe?

Speaker Profile
16:00 - 16:45

Carole Smets

Driving Safety Excellence Through Engagement: The #BetheOne Movement

Speaker Profile
16:45 - 17:30

TBC

Topic TBC

Day Two, March 27 – Claremont Club & Spa Venue

Concurrent 4 Sessions

Resilience Engineering
High Reliability Organizations
Future of Safety
8:00 - 8:45

Ron Gantt

Keep on keeping on: Resilience Engineering for the Safety Practitioner

Speaker Profile
8:45 - 9:30

Jean-Christophe Le Coze

Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
9:30 - 10:15

James Junkin

Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
10:15 - 10:30

10:30 - 11:15

Tony Muschara

Critical Steps: Managing Human Performance Risk

Speaker Profile
11:15 - 12:00

Megan Tranter

Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
12:00 - 12:45

Paul Leonard

Building the Future: Embracing the Cathedral Thinking approach for High Reliability Organizations to deliver sustainable results that stand the test of time

Speaker Profile
12:45 - 13:30

13:30 - 14:15

Ruairi Connor
Neil McFarlane
Melissa Mark-Joyce
Eric Fox
TBC

All Speaker Profiles
14:15 - 15:00

Cheryl McClellan

Be the Engine, not the Caboose, on the Train to World-Class Safety Culture

Speaker Profile
15:00 - 15:15

15:15 - 16:00

Paul Schulman

Topic TBC

Speaker Profile
16:00 - 16:45

Tim Page-Bottorff

Stop, Collaborate and Listen: Improving Safety Outcomes With Teamwork

Speaker Profile
16:45 - 17:30

Corrie Pitzer

Relentless Readiness – A model for safety, but not for the fainthearted

Speaker Profile

Day One, April 1 - Virtual

Day One, April 1 – Virtual

Concurrent 1
Morning Sessions

Leadership/Culture
High Reliability Organizations
Risk Management
08:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

09:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

10:00 - 10:30

10:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

11:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

Concurrent 1
Afternoon Sessions

Leadership/Culture
Safety Technology
13:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

14:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

15:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

16:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

16:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

Day One, April 1 – Virtual

Concurrent 2
Morning Sessions

Safety Technology
Systems Engineering
08:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

09:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

10:00 - 10:30

10:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

11:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

Concurrent 2
Afternoon Sessions

Process Engineering
New Safety Views
13:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

14:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

15:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

16:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

16:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

Day One, April 1 – Virtual

Concurrent 3
Morning Sessions

Process Engineering
Behavioral/Cognitve
08:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

09:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

10:00 - 10:30

10:30

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Session Summary TBC

11:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

Concurrent 3
Afternoon Sessions

High Reliability Organizations
Behavioral/Cognitive
13:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

14:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

15:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

16:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

16:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

Day Two, April 2 - Virtual

Day Two, April 2 – Virtual

Concurrent 3
Morning Sessions

Process Engineering
Behavioral/Cognitve
08:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

09:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

10:00 - 10:30

10:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

11:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

Concurrent 3
Afternoon Sessions

High Reliability Organizations
Behavioral/Cognitive
13:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

14:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

14:30 - 15:00

15:00

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Session Summary TBC

16:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

16:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

Day Two, April 2 – Virtual

Concurrent 1
Morning Sessions

Leadership/Culture
High Reliability Organizations
Risk Management
08:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

09:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

10:00 - 10:30

10:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

11:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

Concurrent 1
Afternoon Sessions

Leadership/Culture
Safety Technology
13:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

14:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

14:30 - 15:00

15:00

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Session Summary TBC

16:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

16:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

Day Two, April 2 – Virtual

Concurrent 2
Morning Sessions

Safety Technology
Systems Engineering
08:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

09:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

10:00 - 10:30

10:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

11:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

Concurrent 2
Afternoon Sessions

Process Engineering
New Safety Views
13:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

14:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

14:30 - 15:00

15:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

16:00

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

16:30

Presenters Name

Session Summary TBC

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