Michele A'Court

In this keynote presentation, Clive will outline why the increasingly acrimonious debate around “old view/new view” “safety I/Safety II” (etc.) is largely a waste of time, and a distraction from what really makes a difference. He will make the case that unless we first create a trusting alliance with our teams, the models we use won't really matter.

Clive Lloyd, psychologist and principal consultant, GYST Consulting (AUSTRALIA)

Cricket tragic and lawyer Garth Gallaway casts his curious eye over health & safety legal developments to discern trends of interest.

Garth Gallaway, partner, Chapman Tripp

ACC’s purpose is to improve the lives of people in Aotearoa New Zealand affected by injury.  In this session, Michael Frampton will talk about key initiatives that aim to improve the rehabilitation of injured kiritaki (clients). These initiatives include improvements to our case management model to drive better outcomes for kiritaki, and how ACC is partnering with business on recovery at work trials that are designed to better support employees back to work after an injury.  

Michael Frampton, Deputy Chief Executive - Service Delivery, ACC

New Zealand has a health and safety problem, and we’re not making progress. Our people die or get hurt at rates that have barely shifted since HSWA, despite much effort – our approach isn’t working, and we should be curious about why. Comparing our preventive efforts to the root causes of actual incidents suggests a disconnect and indicates an opportunity to rebalance our approach. We will use case studies, including one area where outcomes have been good, to suggest ways we could do better.

Joe Bain CPENZ, operations director, Motovated Design & Analysis and vice chair, NZ Society for Engineering Safety

Join us in a conversation to explore the current and emerging research around trust, power and decision-making, challenging the notion that transforming safety culture is difficult and must be driven from the top down. Through conversation and co-design, we can empower workers at all levels, fostering trust and collaboration to meaningfully impact business performance, including health and safety outcomes.

Andi Csontos and Amy McKie, strategy designers, veyter (AUSTRALIA)

Moni and Tiketi will explore the intersection of Safety-II and cultural competency to support organisations to understand how work is actually done. The session includes tools, strategies and case studies to enhance organizational learning, improve engagement, and foster safety in diverse cultural contexts.

Moni Hogg, Safety II specialist and Tiketi Auega, Pacific cultural competency specialist

Much of what we do in health and safety is built on assumptions rather than evidence—a precarious foundation when persuading your executive team to invest in new initiatives. In this session, we’ll explore how industry research collaborations, like the CSRA and SHINe, are bridging the gap by producing actionable, evidence-based insights. Using energy-based safety as a case study, we’ll unpack how these partnerships deliver tools you can take straight from research to practice—empowering better decision-making, stronger advocacy, and measurable results.

Jon Harper Slade, GM health & safety innovation, CHASNZ