National Health & Safety Conference 2024

Tuesday 18 June 2024

  • Michele A’Court

  • Andy Milne - Deputy Chief Executive, Strategy, Engagement and Planning - ACC

  • We know that improving work will lead to better H&S outcomes, but how to go about it? Dr Rebecca Michalak – Dr Becs – outlines the SMART framework as one means to improve what she calls ‘DUMMY’ work - poorly designed roles that are harmful to workers, and in being so, destroy value for business. She puts out a call for work design to ‘grow up’ - to adopt an evidence-based approach that prevents harm, and lays the foundation for worker and business prosperity.

    Dr Rebecca Michalak, Managing Director, Psychsafe (Australia)

  • At Woolworths NZ, psychosocial risk has been elevated to the number one organisational risk, not just the key health and safety risk. Denva Wren reflects on the company’s wellbeing journey: the challenges faced, what has and hasn’t worked, and prospects for future evolution.

    Denva Wren, Head of Health, Safety & Wellbeing, Woolworths New Zealand

  • This year marks 50 years since New Zealand embarked on a unique endeavour to deliver injury prevention initiatives and no-fault personal injury cover for everyone in the country. Since then, ACC has grown through strong collaboration and partnership with communities, health providers, businesses, and New Zealanders. The organisation has become a cornerstone of New Zealand’s healthcare system and is now looking ahead to the next stage of its evolution. In this presentation you are invited to hear about:

    ACC’s vision to champion injury prevention as both an influencer and a collaborator with industry. Andy will provide a ‘sneak peek’ of what is being co-designed with some top New Zealand businesses to help reduce injuries that occur outside of the workplace but lead to time off work.

    Insights from ACC’s collaborative trial with industry partners and businesses to support their injured employees back to work, and how this could reshape the recovery at work programme in your workplace.

    How ACC is changing the way it works with customers, including businesses, to provide an improved end-to-end experience and support rehabilitation outcomes.

    Andy Milne, Deputy Chief Executive, Strategy, Engagement and Planning, ACC

  • Integrating safety with other organisational functions can have a positive impact on the employee experience and is good for business. KIRSTINE HULSE advocates for stepping into the shoes of others to understand their drivers and motivations. Kirstine will share how this is working in practice.

    Dr Kirstine Hulse, General Manager, NZ Product Accelerator

  • How can safety professionals influence boards? How does the ESG movement provide an opportunity to push health and safety up the agenda? MICHAEL TOOMA shares his thoughts and insights on these and other issues that will be top of mind in 2024 and beyond.

    Michael Tooma, Partner and Head of ESG, Hamilton Locke (AUSTRALIA)

  • Every organisation is a bundle of human potential - to respond, assess, create and care. But to realise more of this emotional, creative and intelligence potential, we need to think differently about people, and about change.

    Daniel Hummerdal, Co-Founder, Open Change

  • This case study will examine the challenges faced delivering New Zealand’s first underground railway safely, and how a ‘one-team’ approach is creating a positive and lasting legacy.

    Robert Buckton, Health and Safety – Systems and Assurance Manager

    Glenn Houpapa, Construction Delivery Manager - Stations

    Peter Pomale, Telehandler Operator & HSR (2023 Safeguard Awards Health & Safety Representative of the Year), Link Alliance

  • Hon Brooke van Velden, Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety

Wednesday 19 June 2024

  • ACC is shifting its strategic approach to accelerate the reduction of workplace injuries within Aotearoa, New Zealand. Collaborating and partnering with other organisations, who are best positioned to lead the change, will be a key focus for ACC moving forward.

    ShopCare and ACC have recently committed to a five year partnership where ACC’s investment will enable ShopCare to collaborate and influence across the manufacturing, transportation, retail and supply chain to drive a sustained improvement in worker wellbeing, health and safety outcomes. Selena Armstrong, Chief Executive Officer of ShopCare will share their journey to date and their plans for the future.

    Iain Potter, Head of Injury Prevention, ACC and Selena Armstrong, Chief Executive, ShopCare Charitable Trust

  • We are all familiar with the “3 Cs” requirements of the HSW Act: to consult, cooperate and coordinate with other PCBUs. But HILLARY BENNETT argues there are two more Cs necessary to make this work, namely Collaboration and Care. Genuine collaboration, she says, requires PCBUs to sit down with each other and design a way to make work efficient, effective and safe. If all parties are united in their wish to Care for workers and others affected by work, then Collaboration will come easily. She will discuss ways to achieve this, with reference to case studies.

    Dr Hillary Bennett, Partner, Leading Safety

  • NZ’s leading accident investigator provides insight into the advantages of a just culture no-blame approach to investigating accidents and incidents.

    Naveen Kozhuppakalam, Chief Investigator of Accidents, Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC)

  • In 2022, a program was established to enhance WHS capability in First Nations Local Governments (Councils) in Queensland, addressing challenges in remote, rural, and regional communities. This Health and Safety Capability Program aimed to strengthen WHS systems and build capability in personnel across four First Nations Councils. The program, led by fr&nk with a culturally appropriate approach, focused on setting priorities, building systems, and developing resources to increase WHS management capabilities. Post-pilot, fr&nk continues to work pro bono with some of the Councils, supporting ongoing improvements in safety and well-being.

    Rick Fox, co-founder and capability coach, fr&nk (AUSTRALIA)

  • Steve Haszard reflects on his time as interim Chief Executive at WorkSafe New Zealand, during which time he led the organisational change and development of WorkSafe’s new strategy, functional model, and operating plan. The strategy emphasises the importance of sector partnerships and working together with everyone who can help influence better health and safety at work in Aotearoa New Zealand.

    Steve Haszard, Chief Executive, WorkSafe New Zealand

  • Facilitator: Rick Fox, co-founder & capability coach, fr&nk

    Panel:

    Dr Rebecca Michalak, managing director, Psychsafe

    Michael Tooma, Partner and Head of ESG, Hamilton Locke

    Naomi Kemp, co-founder & capability coach, fr&nk

  • Abbas Nazari is a former refugee from Afghanistan, who was rescued by the Norwegian containership, the MV Tampa, in 2001. He was one of the lucky few to be resettled to New Zealand, as an 8 year old, along with his family. Abbas will discuss the life he left behind, the journey to safety, and the life that his family have built for themselves in New Zealand

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We are excited to bring the health & safety community together for two days of learning and networking at the 2024 Safeguard National Health & Safety Conference.

Join us on 18-19 June as we collectively explore the theme Collaboration + Influence.

Last year’s Safeguard Conference was all about inspiring people with health & safety responsibilities to establish themselves as successful agents of change within their organisations.

This year’s conference will address two of the mechanisms to make change: Collaboration + Influence.

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