Programme

The programme has been updated for 16 - 18 November 2022. Last updated 7 November 2022.

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Day 1Wednesday, 16 November 2022
3.30pm - 5.15pmRegistration Open
Oceania, Te Papa


5.00pm - 5.15pmWalking group from Te Papa to Parliament. 
Weather dependent: If you would like to join a walking group from Te Papa to the Welcome Function at Parliament, please meet in the Oceania at Te Papa at 5.00pm.

5.15pmTransport from Te Papa to Parliament. 
There will be a bus departing from Te Papa to take you to the Welcome Function at Parliament.

5.30pm - 7.30pmWelcome function sponsored by PwC
Banquet Hall, Parliament

With official opening of conference by the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, the Hon Michael Wood





Day 2

Thursday, 17 November 2022
8.00am - 9.00amRegistration open/arrival tea & coffee
Oceania, Te papa

9.00am - 9.15amConference opening
Amokura, Te Papa
MC
Pinky Agnew

9.15am - 10.05amKeynote 1 - How WorkSafe is growing "how to"
Amokura

Mike Hargreaves
, GM Regulatory Effectiveness and Legal (Acting CE), WorkSafe (NZ)

10.05am - 10.50amKeynote 2 - The three secrets of resilient people   
Amokura 

Dr Lucy Hone, Adjunct Senior Professor at the University of Canterbury and Co-director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing & Resilience (NZ)

10.50am - 11.20am Morning tea
Oceania

11.20am - 11.50amConcurrent session 1



Day 2Thursday, 17 November 2022

8.00am – 9.00pm

Registration open/arrival tea & coffee
Oceania room, Te Papa

9.00am  - 9.15amConference opening
Amokura room, Te Papa

MC
Pinky Agnew

9.15am - 10.05amKeynote 1: How WorkSafe is growing “how to”
Amokura room, Te Papa

Mike Hargreaves
, GM Regulatory Effectiveness & Legal and Acting CE, WorkSafe (NZ)

10.05am - 10.50am
Keynote 2: The three secrets of resilient people
Amokura room, Te Papa

Dr Lucy Hone, Adjunct Senior Professor, University of Canterbury and Co-director of the NZ Institute of
Wellbeing and Resilience (NZ)

10.50am – 11.20amMorning tea
Oceania, Te Papa


11.20am – 11.50am
Concurrent session 1



Concurrent session 1

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Session 1A
Kaitiakitanga ­– protecting our people, environment, and culture in an iwi lead organisation
Katrina Berry, Ngāi Tahu Holdings

Growing how to

Session 1B
Applying Prevention through Design (PtD) principles in the workplace
Ian Laird, Massey University

Other

Session 1C
Why stop here? Empowering women to advance their HSE career to the senior leadership team and the board table
Jo Pugh, WorkSafe New Zealand


11.50am - 12.00pm

Move between sessions  

12.00pm - 12.30pmConcurrent session 2



Concurrent session 2

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Session 2A
Room: Amokura

Improving conditions for health and wellbeing in small and medium-sized enterprises in Aotearoa New Zealand
David Tappin, Massey University and
Zoë Port, Massey University

Growing how to

Session 2B
Room: Rangimarie 1 + 2


Creating safer outcomes with immersive virtual reality learning
James Coddington, Skills VR

Other

Session 2C
Room: Icon

PwC Presentation
Tamati Shepherd-Wipiiti, PwC


12.30pm - 1.30pm

Lunch
Oceania room, Te Papa

1.30pm - 2.15pmInteractive Case Study
Amokura room, Te Papa
(Please sit a table that corresponds with group number printed on nametag)

2.15pm - 2.25pmMove between sessions

2.25pm - 2.55pmConcurrent session 3



Concurrent session 3

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Session 3A
Room: Amokura

A culture of health is more than fruit bowls and hearing tests

Carolyn Haybittle, Workplace Health Consultancy Plus

Growing how to

Session 3B
Room: Rangimarie 1 + 2


Critical Control Management application in Napier Port’s operations –  a case study of worker engagement to manage critical health and safety risks
Margaret Van Schaik, Van Schaik Health and Safety Solutions and Andrew Morton, Port of Napier

Other

Session 3C
Room: Icon


Injury prevention initiatives
Paula Herring, ACC

Sponsored by Massey University


2.55pm - 3.05pm

Move between sessions     
                                                                                    
3.05pm - 4pm
Concurrent session 4 starts



Concurrent session 4

Sharing know how

Session 4A
Room: Amokura


Investigations by the regulator
Olivia Lund, Duncan Cotterill

Growing how to

Session 4B
Room: Rangimarie 1 + 2

Road to Zero and the safe system approach - reducing deaths and serious injuries on our roads
Fabian Marsh, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency 

Other

Session 4C
Room: Icon

Psychological safety and leadership in the workplace
Sanna Malinen, University of Canterbury, Institute of Organisational Psychology 


4.00pm - 4.50pm

Keynote 3 - The influence of work on health

4.50pm - 5.00pm
Wrap-up day 1
Amokura


6.45PMTransport
from Te Papa to the Dominion Museum Building. 
There will be a bus departing from Te Papa to take you to the Dinner at the Dominion Museum Building.


7.00pm - late

Conference dinner & dance

sponsored by Duncan Cotterill 
The Great Hall, Dominion Museum Building
Join us for a fun night including a 3 course meal and dancing! Music provided by ‘One Man Band’ Mark Hanify.  Dress code: Dress for a party!




Day 3Friday, 18 November 2022

8.00am - 9.00am

Registration open/arrival tea & coffee
Oceania

9.00am - 9.50amKeynote 4 - Health and safety on the ice
Amokura

Sarah Williamson
, Chief Executive, Antarctica New Zealand (NZ)

9.50am - 10.40amKeynote 5 - Safety through learning – Safety II in practice 
Amokura 
(Via zoom) Ron Gantt, Director of Innovation & Operations, Reflect Consulting Group (USA)

10.40am- 11.10amMorning tea
Oceania

11.10am - 11.50am
Concurrent session 5



Concurrent session 5

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Session 5A
Room: Amokura

The revised approach to Health and Safety By Design (HSBD) applied to the City Rail Link Project
Andrew Richardson, Tonkin + Taylor

Growing how to

Session 5B
Room: Rangimarie 1 + 2


Building the professional capability of your safety influencers
Katie Dane
and Jessica Schofield, Fonterra

Other

Session 5C
Room: Icon

Keeping staff well, safe and productive – how to support people to stay at work and return to work

Pam Mitchell, Tamaki Health and Natalie Hibbert, Davis Trading



11.40am - 11.50pm 


Move between sessions
 
11.50pm - 12.20pm

Concurrent session 6



Concurrent session 6

Sharing know how

Session 6A
Room: Amokura


Identifying and managing fatigue in New Zealand workplaces
Leigh Signal, Massey University

Growing how to

Session 6B
Rangimarie 1 + 2

Using human factors and ergonomics to assess musculoskeletal injury risk – a case study in rail
Sue Alexander, Alexander Ergonomics

Other

Session 6C
Room: Icon

Learning from tragedy – a story of culture change and vulnerability
Anthony Mitchell, Fletcher Building


12.20pm - 1.30pm

Lunch
Oceania room, Te Papa


 1.30pm - 1.50pmWe are HASANZ
Amokura room, Te Papa


1.50pm - 2.40pmPanel discussion – Managing mental health and wellbeing at work
Amakora Rook, Te Papa
Panel members: Francois Barton, Executive Director of the Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum (Chair); Jess van Slooten, Head of Environment, Health & Safety, Brian Perry Civil Ltd. and John Eatwell, Chair of the Institute of Organisational PsychologyHow do you create a work environment to help people thrive? This topical session will draw on the Business Leaders Health and Safety Forum’s “Framework for Managing Mental Health and Wellbeing at Work” and share leaders’ experience and learnings. Join the discussion!

2.40pm - 2.50 pmEnergiser
Amakora Room, Te Papa

2.50pm - 3.40pmKeynote 6 - COVID-19 communications: Making health and safety messages stick
Amokura rppm, Te Papa

(By Zoom) Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles, Science communicator and microbiologist, the University of Auckland  (NZ)

3.40pm-4.00pmConference close
Amakora room, Te Papa