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The OHS Leaders team are proud to announce the first round of speakers taking part in the upcoming OHS Leaders Summit USA.

“The upcoming OHS Leaders Summit is shaping up to be the countries number 1 safety event for the most senior safety leaders to participate in over two days in October later this year. I’m very excited to announce the first round of speakers taking part in this upcoming event for the North American safety industry. Having ran similar safety platforms in other countries around the globe for the past 7 years, the team and I are very excited to now bring this amazing platform to the local safety community,” said Tyron McGurgan, CEO, Focus Network

We will continue to provide updates on speakers in the coming months, however, some of the speakers now confirmed for participation at this year’s event include:

David Loyd, Chief Safety Officer, NASA
Mike Lutomski – Chief Safety Officer, Space X
Bill Hilton, Head of Global Safety Services, Walt Disney World
Professor Patrick Hudson, Delft University and lead investigator in the BP Deep Water Horizon Catastrophe
Eric Knight, Global Sustainability and head of Safety, Health and Environment, AstraZeneca
Elizabeth Lay, Former Director Human Performance, Calpine
Robert Emery, Vice President for Safety, Health, Environment & Risk Management, The University of Texas Health
Tiffany Felix, Vice President Global Corporate Services & Enterprise Risk, Oakwood Worldwide

Some of the topics being discussed via keynote presentations, roundtable sessions, workshops and panels at this year’s event include:

• “Managing risks for the performers.” How is messaging delivered to the employees who are actively taking risks.
• A look at “Possibility space” as a way of relating risk. A view on Safety II.
• The evolving role of the safety professional and the interdepartmental collaboration with Environment, Sustainability and HR. Also the coaching and mentoring aspect of the role.
• Using resilience engineering as opposed to traditional root cause analysis from a case study of an astronaut nearly drowning during a spacewalk.
• Health and Safety’s role in mitigating insider threats.
• A look at the role of being socially responsible for your workers as a safety leader rather than just being compliant with the basic standards.

About the OHS Leaders Summit:
The OHS Leaders Summit is invitation only and intended for North America’s most senior WHS Leaders to gather for a strategic two-day event in order to discuss the challenges currently facing the industry along with learning about new developments, legislation changes and new technologies and services from leading through strategic pre-arranged business meetings.

About Focus Network:
Focus Network organises business-to-business events across a range of industries throughout the globe. MCI brings senior decision makers together with suppliers and organises a series of roundtable discussions, face to face business meetings and keynote speaker sessions. These events give senior leaders across a range of major industries the opportunity to learn about the latest technology and service offerings along with understanding and exchanging ideas with their peers on relevant industry topics through targeted networking sessions.

21^st March 2017 – The 6^th annual OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) on the Gold Coast delivered joy in the way of $12,800 in donations raised during a lively and exciting charity auction. Held during the Networking Dinner on Wednesday 15 March, the auction was packed with fantastic prizes and delighted guests with all funds going to such a great cause – Bear Cottage.

Bear Cottage is the only children’s hospice in NSW, one of only two in Australia, and the only one in the world affiliated with a children’s hospital. It is a very special place that’s dedicated to caring for children with life-limiting conditions and their families. Located on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, in Manly, Bear Cottage is like a home away from home – as far removed from a hospital environment as possible. Bear Cottage is set up to provide excellence in paediatric medical care 24 hours a day, and their affiliation to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead means they have access to some of the best medical resources in the world.

Focus Network who hosts the OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) worked to bring together the prizes to be auctioned off at the Networking Dinner with over 180 top OHS leaders from around Australia supporting this initiative and digging deep to contribute to the total amount raised, “We would like to thank the 180+ OHS Leaders who attended the Networking Dinner at the 2017 OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) and we are really thrilled to be able to give back to the community and to support such a worthy cause such as Bear Cottage. This charity is close to our hearts and one that we feel so strongly about so to be able to support them means a lot – I know the $12,800 raised will be so well utilised,” said Focus Network CEO, Tyron McGurgan.

To support Bear Cottage and donate please click here. For more information about the OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) please visit http://ohsleaders.com.au.

Mark your diary for the 2018 OHS Leaders Summit Australia

Wednesday 7 & Thursday 8 March 2018, Gold Coast

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OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) is powered by Focus Network.

16^th March 2017 – The 6^th annual OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) on the Gold Coast lived up to expectation and delivered content rich presentations delighting delegates and sponsors alike. Held at Jupiters Casino on the Gold Coast on 15 & 16 March 2017, the OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) is the leading OHS event in Australia and attracts the key OHS leaders from within the biggest companies in Australia.

Focus Network who hosts the OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) worked to bring together the top OHS executives from around Australia to discuss and debate the current trends, challenges and solutions facing the OHS industry. “We are really pleased with the turn out of the 6^th annual OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) and from the incredible response and feedback we have had from delegates, sponsors and partners about the calibre of the program and the overall event, we are thrilled and excited for the 7^th annual OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) that will be held on the Gold Coast on 7 & 8 March 2018,” said Summit Director, David Witty.

Among the guests were a specialist list of speakers including: Richard Coleman – Former General Manager HSE, Asciano; Genevieve Hawkins – General Manager Health, Safety and Wellbeing, Coles; Rene Van Der Merwe – Head of Workplace Health and Safety, Qantas; Karen Oldaker – General Manager, Wellbeing and Community, Medibank; Patrick Hudson – Professor, Delft University of Technology Netherlands; Geoff Hoad – Director Workplace Health and Safety, Optus; and Fiona Murfitt – Group HSSE Manager, Viva Energy Australia.

The OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) brought together over 150 of Australia’s leading OH&S professionals to discuss critical issues facing their industry with delegates from some of the largest organisations in Australia including AGL, American Express, ANZ, Australia Post, BHP, Bridgestone, Bupa, Caltex, Campbell Arnott’s Australia, Coca-Cola Amatil, Coles, Healthscope, Komatsu Australia, Laing O’Rourke, Lion, McCain, McDonalds, Medibank, Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Mondelez International, Myer, NAB, Navitas, News Corp Australia, Optus, Orica, Pacific Brands, Qantas, QBE Insurance, Salmat, Santos, Star Entertainment Group, Sydney Water, Tabcorp, The Reject Shop, TNT, Virgin Australia, Vodafone, Wesfarmers Industrial and Safety and Westpac  just to name a few.

For more information about the OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) please visit http://ohsleaders.com.au. To register for the 2018 event click here.

2017 OHS Leaders Summit Australia

Wednesday 15 & Thursday 16 March 2017, Gold Coast

http://ohsleaders.com.au

#OHSLeadersSummit

Platinum & Gold Sponsors

Partners

OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) is powered by Focus Network. For all media enquiries please contact:

Ivana Roberts – Marketing Director, Focus Network

E: ivana@focusnetwork.co

P: +61 (0) 421 055 326

6^th March 2017 – Final preparations are being made for the 6^th annual OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) on the Gold Coast on 15 & 16 March 2017. The OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) is the leading OHS event in Australia and attracts the key OHS leaders from within the biggest companies in Australia.

Organisers of the OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast), Focus Network, have been putting the finishing touches to what is set to be the best OHS event of the year and the most successful of the series. The event will bring together the top OHS executives from around Australia to discuss and debate the current trends, challenges and solutions facing the OHS industry. “We are thrilled at the response the event has received to date and we are really excited about hosting the 6^th annual OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) next week. The calibre of the program is testament to the importance of this event in the OHS calendar and we are in for our strongest OHS Summit yet. The speakers lined up for this event are certainly going to make it the key OHS gathering for 2017.” said Summit Director, David Witty.

Among the guests are a specialist list of speakers including:

• Richard Coleman – Former General Manager HSE, Asciano
• Genevieve Hawkins – General Manager Health, Safety and Wellbeing, Coles
• Rene Van Der Merwe – Head of Workplace Health and Safety, Qantas
• Karen Oldaker – General Manager, Wellbeing and Community, Medibank
• Patrick Hudson – Professor, Delft University of Technology Netherlands
• Geoff Hoad – Director Workplace Health and Safety, Optus
• Fiona Murfitt – Group HSSE Manager, Viva Energy Australia

The OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) will bring together over 150 of Australia’s leading OH&S professionals to discuss critical issues facing their industry with delegates from some of the largest organisations in Australia including AGL, American Express, ANZ, Australia Post, BHP, Bridgestone, Bupa, Caltex, Campbell Arnott’s Australia, Coca-Cola Amatil, Coles, Healthscope, Komatsu Australia, Laing O’Rourke, Lion, McCain, McDonalds, Medibank, Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Mondelez International, Myer, NAB, Navitas, News Corp Australia, Optus, Orica, Pacific Brands, Qantas, QBE Insurance, Salmat, Santos, Star Entertainment Group, Sydney Water, Tabcorp, The Reject Shop, TNT, Virgin Australia, Vodafone, Wesfarmers Industrial and Safety and Westpac  just to name a few.

For more information about the OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) please visit http://ohsleaders.com.au.

OHS Leaders Summit Australia

Wednesday 15 & Thursday 16 March 2017, Gold Coast

http://ohsleaders.com.au

#OHSLeadersSummit

Platinum & Gold Sponsors

Partners

OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) is powered by Focus Network. For all media enquiries please contact:

Ivana Roberts – Marketing Director, Focus Network

E: ivana@focusnetwork.co

P: +61 (0) 421 055 326

22^nd February 2017 – The 6^th annual OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) is less than three weeks away and is now in its final stages of registration. The event will take place at Jupiters Hotel and Casino on the Gold Coast in Queensland on 15-16 March 2017. It is the leading OHS event in Australia and attracts the key OHS leaders from within the biggest companies in Australia. Register your interest to ensure your seat at this prestigious event.

Focus Network who hosts the OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) have been working to bring together the top OHS executives from around Australia to discuss and debate the current trends, challenges and solutions facing the OHS industry within Australia. “We are really excited about hosting the 6^th annual OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) and from the incredible response and feedback we have had from delegates and sponsors about the calibre of the program in place, we are in for our strongest event to date. The speakers lined up for this event are certainly going to make it the key OHS gathering for 2017.” said Focus Network CEO, Tyron McGurgan.

Among the guests are a specialist list of speakers including:

• Richard Coleman – Former General Manager HSE, Asciano
• Genevieve Hawkins – General Manager Health, Safety and Wellbeing, Coles
• Rene Van Der Merwe – Head of Workplace Health and Safety, Qantas
• Karen Oldaker – General Manager, Wellbeing and Community, Medibank
• Patrick Hudson – Professor, Delft University of Technology Netherlands
• Geoff Hoad – Director Workplace Health and Safety, Optus

The OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) will bring together over 150 of Australia’s leading OH&S professionals to discuss critical issues facing their industry with delegates from some of the largest organisations in Australia including AGL, American Express, ANZ, Australia Post, BHP, Bridgestone, Bupa, Caltex, Campbell Arnott’s Australia, Coca-Cola Amatil, Coles, Healthscope, Komatsu Australia, Laing O’Rourke, Lion, McCain, McDonalds, Medibank, Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Mondelez International, Myer, NAB, Navitas, News Corp Australia, Optus, Orica, Pacific Brands, Qantas, QBE Insurance, Salmat, Santos, Star Entertainment Group, Sydney Water, Tabcorp, The Reject Shop, TNT, Virgin Australia, Vodafone, Wesfarmers Industrial and Safety and Westpac  just to name a few.

For more information about the OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) or to register your interest please visit http://ohsleaders.com.au.

OHS Leaders Summit Australia

Wednesday 15 & Thursday 16 March 2017, Gold Coast

http://ohsleaders.com.au

#OHSLeadersSummit

OHS Leaders Summit Australia (Gold Coast) is powered by Focus Network. For all media enquiries please contact:

Ivana Roberts – Marketing Director, Focus Network

E: ivana@focusnetwork.co

P: +61 (0) 421 055 326

2nd February 2016 – Penelope Twemlow, CEO, Energy Skills Queensland spoke on, “Aligning Safety within the Business,” in an interview Digest feature for the upcoming OHS Leaders Summit, taking place on March 15 – 17 at the RACV Royal Pines on the Gold Coast.

During this interview, Penelope elaborated on the importance of building a culture of transparency and accountability and outlined the four key elements that she has defined as requirements for aligning safety within the business that include:

1. A safety strategy that outlines safety culture, safety talent and safety processes, with the most crucial element being safety culture as it is ultimately responsible for sustainable safety performance.

2. A well-defined culture approach which outlines leadership drive, commitment and personal involvement, employee participation and ownership, systematic safety integration into and alignment with business processes, tools and decisions and a drive to eliminate risks.

3. Embrace and understand the role of driving safety within the organisation; in order to do this, define the current state of affairs and outline what future state you wish the organisation to achieve and map tasks accordingly. Ensure that safety professionals are seen as change agents or motivating leaders and not simply an enforcer or ‘compliance-based cop’.

4. An implementation plan that enables engagement with stakeholders and drives change; to drive early success in aligning and integrating safety with the business, focus on roles, responsibilities and accountabilities, business planning, recognition and reward and discipline.

Penelope suggested her personal insights, for individuals looking to improve their culture, claiming that, “The first step for an organisation looking to improve its culture is to match strategy with culture. Too often, company’s impose strategy from above so it is at odds with the ingrained practices and attitudes of the organisation’s culture as a whole. As they say ‘Culture trumps strategy every time’.” She spoke on the fundamental aspect of transparent communication within the workplace, sharing the strategy at Energy Skills Queensland, which includes accountable behavior, consistently displayed by all members of the organisation.

To read the full interview with Penelope Twemlow, CEO, Energy Skills Queensland, please click here.

About Penelope: Penelope is eminently qualified and experienced to assist the mining, energy and telecommunications industries build a skilled workforce. Penelope has over 15 years of operational and strategic management experience in national and international high risk environments, including the resources, oil and gas, construction and energy industries. She brings a unique combination of deep industry knowledge and global management experience to the Chief Executive Officer role, having consulted at senior levels in the energy industries and the Australian Navy before joining the Energy Skills Queensland team.

About the OHS Leaders Summit:
The OHS Leaders Summit is invitation only and intended for Australia’s most key though WHS Leaders to gather for a strategic two day event in order to discuss the challenges currently facing the industry. If you are interested in attending this event, please register your interest here.

About Focus Network:
Focus Network organises business to business events across a range of industries throughout Asia Pacific. MCI brings senior decision makers together with suppliers and organises a series of roundtable discussions, face to face business meetings and keynote speaker sessions. These events give senior leaders of many industries the opportunity to learn about the latest technology and service offerings along with understanding and exchanging ideas with their peers on relevant industry topics through targeted workshops and sessions.

For further information, please contact:

Jennifer Hoch
Marketing Manager
Focus Network
Suite 2, Level 2,
2-10 Loftus Street
Sydney, NSW 2000

Email: jennifer@focusnetwork.co

29th January 2016 – Georgie Harman, CEO, Beyond Blue will provide the Opening Keynote Presentation at the upcoming OHS Leaders Summit, taking place on March 15 – 17 at the RACV Royal Pines on the Gold Coast.

Harman will present about the impact of the Heads Up initiative to date, how business leaders can use Heads Up to enhance their organisation’s workplace mental health strategy and share some real life case studies. To view Georgie’s presentation from the 2015 OHS Leaders Summit, please click here.

Heads Up is an initiative developed by beyondblue in collaboration with the Mentally Healthy Workplace Alliance, a tri-partite collaboration between business, government and the mental health sector. Heads Up aims to highlight the benefits of creating mentally healthy workplaces and to assist individuals and organisations to take action. Georgie Harman, CEO beyondblue, presented at the OHS Leaders’ Summit last year about why mentally healthy workplaces are so important to Australian business. Twelve months on, the Heads Up initiative has grown and evolved.

About the OHS Leaders Summit:
The OHS Leaders Summit is invitation only and intended for Australia’s most key though WHS Leaders to gather for a strategic two day event in order to discuss the challenges currently facing the industry. If you are interested in attending this event, please register your interest here.

About Focus Network:
Focus Network organises business to business events across a range of industries throughout Asia Pacific. MCI brings senior decision makers together with suppliers and organises a series of roundtable discussions, face to face business meetings and keynote speaker sessions. These events give senior leaders of many industries the opportunity to learn about the latest technology and service offerings along with understanding and exchanging ideas with their peers on relevant industry topics through targeted workshops and sessions.

For further information, please contact:

Jennifer Hoch
Marketing Manager
Focus Network
Suite 2, Level 2,
2-10 Loftus Street
Sydney, NSW 2000

Email: jennifer@focusnetwork.co

19th January 2016 – Zero Harm…precautionary measure or empty promise? This highly controversial topic will be highlighted in an interactive discussion as a Keynote Debate on Day 1 of the upcoming OHS Leaders Summit, taking place on March 15 – 17 at the RACV Royal Pines on the Gold Coast.

Designed to align employee behavior and decision making, the zero harm prevention concept has been a highly debated topic across Australia in the WHS industry, raising questions that ask and ultimately test the theory and its benefits in the workplace.  Zero Harm, aimed toward causing “no harm to anyone at anytime,” continues to  raise debate around the notion of driving an unobtainable goal. While the likelihood of maintaining Zero Harm in the workplace may be low…does this theory simply promote the practice of a precautionary measure or fill an empty promise for an impossible outcome?

“With the ongoing debate around Zero Harm…its important for Australia’s WHS professionals to voice their opinion based around their experiences on this issue. This debate presents an opportunity our Summit attendees to interact with their industry peers in order to discuss, measure and benchmark their personal views and insights and we’re looking forward to thought leadership that will arise in this session.” David Witty, Summit Director, Focus Network.

Where do you and your organisation stand when it comes to Zero Harm? If you consider yourself to be a WHS key thought leader, with an opinion to share around this issue, please register your interest here for the upcoming OHS Leaders Summit, or send an email to: jennifer@focusnetwork.co

About the OHS Leaders Summit:

The OHS Leaders Summit is invitation only and intended for Australia’s most key though WHS Leaders to gather for a strategic two day event in order to discuss the challenges currently facing the industry. If you are interested in attending this event, please register your interest here.

About Focus Network:

Focus Network organises business to business events across a range of industries throughout Asia Pacific. MCI brings senior decision makers together with suppliers and organises a series of round-table discussions, face to face business meetings and keynote speaker sessions. These events give senior leaders of many industries the opportunity to learn about the latest technology and service offerings along with understanding and exchanging ideas with their peers on relevant industry topics through targeted workshops and sessions.

For further information, please contact:
Jennifer Hoch
Marketing Manager
Focus Network
Suite 2, Level 2,
2-10 Loftus Street
Sydney, NSW 2000
Email: jennifer@focusnetwork.co

14th January 2016 – Focus Network is proud to announce partnership with Energy Skills Queensland for the upcoming OHS Leaders Summit, March 15 – 17 at the RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast.

Energy Skills Queensland, (ESQ) is a supporting partner for the OHS Leaders, COO Leaders Resources and HR Leaders Resources Summits, participating in these industry events for over three years consecutively.

“We’re looking forward to working with ESQ yet again for the upcoming OHS Leaders Summit and look forward to not only maintaining this great alliance, but strengthening our partnership for years to come.” Dave Witty, Summit Director, Focus Network.

Established in 2008, Energy Skills Queensland (ESQ) is a not-for-profit association of members from industry, training organisations and government to help industry connect with skills. ESQ engages with industry to research workforce needs and develop and implement solutions to address those needs.

About the OHS Leaders Summit:
The OHS Leaders Summit is invitation only and intended for Australia’s most key though WHS Leaders to gather for a strategic two day event in order to discuss the challenges currently facing the industry. If you are interested in attending this event, please register your interest here.

About Focus Network:
Focus Network organises business to business events across a range of industries throughout Asia Pacific. MCI brings senior decision makers together with suppliers and organises a series of roundtable discussions, face to face business meetings and keynote speaker sessions. These events give senior leaders of many industries the opportunity to learn about the latest technology and service offerings along with understanding and exchanging ideas with their peers on relevant industry topics through targeted workshops and sessions.

For further information, please contact:

Jennifer Hoch
Marketing Manager
Focus Network
Suite 2, Level 2,
2-10 Loftus Street
Sydney, NSW 2000

Email: jennifer@focusnetwork.co

5th January 2016 – The OHS Leaders Advisory Board has  announced its official last Call for Speakers for the upcoming OHS Leaders Summit, March 15 – 17, RACV, Royal Pines, Gold Coast.

Now in its fifth year running, the OHS Leaders Summit is seen as the leading industry event, intended for Workplace Health and Safety professionals. Speaker proposals will be accepted starting from until February 10, 2016. If you are a key thought WHS leader, please get in touch with our team today by sending an email to: jennifer@focusnetwork.co.

About the OHS Leaders Summit:
The OHS Leaders Summit is invitation only and intended for Australia’s most key though WHS Leaders to gather for a strategic two day event in order to discuss the challenges currently facing the industry. If you are interested in attending this event, please register your interest here.

About Focus Network:
Focus Network organises business to business events across a range of industries throughout Asia Pacific. MCI brings senior decision makers together with suppliers and organises a series of roundtable discussions, face to face business meetings and keynote speaker sessions. These events give senior leaders of many industries the opportunity to learn about the latest technology and service offerings along with understanding and exchanging ideas with their peers on relevant industry topics through targeted workshops and sessions.

For further information, please contact:

Jennifer Hoch
Marketing Manager
Focus Network
Suite 2, Level 2,
2-10 Loftus Street
Sydney, NSW 2000

Email: jennifer@focusnetwork.co