Wednesday 10th September
0800-0830 Registration
0830-0845 Welcome and Introduction
Presented by: Conference MC –Michele A’Court
and Greg Dearsly, OHSIG Chairman
Thursday 11th September
0800 - 0830 Registration
0830 - 0930 Employers face mounting pressures to find better ways to
reduce employee health & safety risks. The positive approach to risk
reduction is guided by a healthy organization vision.
Presented by: Graham Lowe, President, The Graham Lowe Group Inc.
0930 - 1015 Turning the light on inattention, understanding of how we get
hurt. What are the missing pieces to the safety puzzle? and what is the
new found understanding to help us stay safe? Presented by: Cristian
Sylvestre, Managing Director, SafeStart
0845 -0930 Creating a step-change in workplace health and
safety. How can we create the conditions for a profound
shift in thinking and behaviour toward workplace health
and safety performance? Presented by: Gordon MacDonald,
WorkSafe NZ Chief Executive
0930-1015 1015 Introduction to the Health & Safety at
Work Act – A Legal Perspective Presented by: Grant
Nicholson & Greg Cain, Kensington Swan
1015-1045 Morning Tea
1045 – 1215
1045 – 1215
Concurrent Sessions of submitted papers and workshops
Concurrent Sessions of submitted papers and workshops
Friday 12th September
0830 - 0900 Registration
0900 – 0945 Keynote: Stephen Bevan
0945 – 1030 Occupational Health Advisory
Group
Presented by: George Adams, Chairman
Independent Forestry Safety Review and
Chairman of Worksafe’s Occupational Health
Advisory Group.
1030 - 1100 Morning Tea
1100 – 1145 Impact of fatigue and shift work
on health and safety risks in the workplace
Presented by: Fiona Johnstone, Shiftwork Services
1145 – 1215 Union Update Presented by:
Helen Kelly, President, Council of Trade Unions
1215- 1245 TBC
1245 -1330 Panel Discussion + Questions
Featuring: Helen Kelly, Grant Nicholson, Chris
Curtis, Acc Rep
1330 Closing Address
Presented by: Greg Dearsly
(lunchboxes provided on departure)
1215 -1315 Lunch
1315 - 1515 Concurrent Sessions of submitted papers and workshops
1515 - 1545 Afternoon Tea
1545-1645 Goal setting & motivation in safety, the dilema
1545 - 1645 Looking at the relationships between work, health &
of absolute. The problem with perfectionist goals & the
productivity with a ‘toolbox’ for vocational rehabilitation
primary of zero harm discourse Presented by: Rob Long,
Presented by: Dr Nick Kendall, Health Services Consultant
Executive Director, Human Dymensions Pty Ltd
1645-1745 NZOHNA AGM
1645 - 1745 AGM - NZSIM, MHANZ
1700-1830Cocktails
1900 Pre Dinner Drinks/Gala Dinner Dance
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Wednesday 10th September
0800
0830
0845
0930
Registration
Welcome and Introduction Presented by: Conference MC –Michele A’Court and Greg Dearsly, OHSIG Chairman
Creating a step-change in workplace health and safety. How can we create the conditions for a profound shift in thinking and behaviour toward workplace health and
safety performance? Presented by: Gordon MacDonald, WorkSafe NZ Chief Executive
Introduction to the Health & Safety at Work Act – A Legal Perspective Presented by: Grant Nicholson & Greg Cain, Kensington Swan
1015 - 1045 Morning Tea
1015 – 1215 Concurrent Sessions of submitted papers and workshops
NZI Room 4
NZI Room 5
NZI Room 6
Limelight Room 1
1045 -1110
Safety in design for NZ industry
Jack Donaghy
1115 - 1140
Tau Ora – A unique programme that inspires,
motivates and encourages wellbeing for all
Tuihana Ohia
1145 - 1215
1315 - 1340
1345 - 1410
1415 - 1440
1445 - 1515
1545 1645
1645- 1745
1700-1830
Puataunofo ‘Come Home Safely’ – engaging our
Pacific workers
Moni Hogg
An innovative a effective model for early
discomfort management
Lee Gardiner and Ravi Kolluru
Do experienced workers adopt different manual
materials handling techniques compared to
novices
Mark Boocock
Using an exercise programme to help prevent
work related upper limb disorders
Liz Ashby
The role of internal OHS practitioners in implementation of
ACC’s Workplace Safety Management Practices programme
Kirsten Olsen
(M)SDSs – now and in the future
Birgit Rahm
NZI Room 4
1215 – 1315 Lunch
1315 - 1515 Concurrent Sessions of submitted papers and workshops
NZI Room 5
NZI Room 6
The effectiveness of risk assessments in
informing safety-related decisions
Christopher Peace
Quad bikes – our story ‘managed risk rather
than total risk elimination’
Mike Ward
Occupational health risk assessment – legal
compliance and uncertainties
Philippa Gibson
Machine Guarding – understand your
obligations and how to get it right
Tony Catterson
Effective health and safety strategies for an aging
workforce
Brent Sutton
Healthy Living – balancing work leisure income
and health
Ted Harper
Getting the most out of Worksafe NZ’s
Workplace Bullying Guidelines
Beven Catley
Fit and Well for Work – an integrated approach
for effective management of human factors
Wendy Spence
WORKSHOP
Sorry but I need to resign
Fishing for information: an ergonomics scoping assessment
of opportunities to prevent musculoskeletal disorders on
NZ’s large fishing vessels
Marion Edwin
Tricia Hendry and Julie
Crawley
Limelight Room 1
Pre employment health screening
Courtenay Kenny
Analysis of work patterns and fatigue risk associated with
rotating shift work in Surgical Intensive Care Unit nurses
Sarita Dara
Our sedentary lifestyle – a silent killer: the affect it has on
posture, health and wellbeing
Edward Benson-Cooper
WORKSHOP
How do you engage and
encourage employees to
get involved in workplace
health and safety
Mark Taylor
1515 – 1545 Afternoon Tea
Goal setting & motivation in safety, the dilemma of absolute. The problem with perfectionist goals & the primary of zero harm discourse
Presented by: Rob Long, Executive Director, Human Dymensions Pty Ltd
NZOHNA AGM (NZI Room 4)
Cocktails – Trade Exhibition Area, Aotea Centre
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Thursday 11th September
0800
0830
0930
1045- 1110
1115-1140
1145-1210
Registration
Employers face mounting pressures to find better ways to reduce employee health & safety risks. The positive approach to risk reduction is guided by a healthy organization
vision. Presented by: Graham Lowe, President, The Graham Lowe Group Inc.
Turning the light on inattention, understanding of how we get hurt. What are the missing pieces to the safety puzzle- and what is the new found understanding to help us
stay safe? Presented by: Cristian Sylvestre, Managing Director, SafeStart
1015-1045 Morning Tea
1045 - 1230 Concurrent Sessions of submitted papers and workshops
NZI Room 4
NZI Room 5
NZI Room 6
Limelight Room 1
Lower NZI (Plenary Room)
Workplace safety in the 21st century – what
managers need to know
Sheri Suckling
Assessment of various control band systems
for suitability and application
Derek Miller
Workshop
Rob Long
Mental Health
Forum
Are we doing all
we can to make
working well
more likely?
Frank O’Connor
And presenters
Moving & Handling Stream
The rise of smartphone mapping capability and the
future implications of real-time hazard awareness
Clint van Marrewijk
Taking safety back to the future
Mark Taylor
Classes 6,8,9 relating HSNO and
occupational health
Suzanne Broadbent
(limited to x40
attendees)
DHBs and beyond
Anne McMahon
The rise and fall of your patient
Angela Greetham
International certificate in
Moving and Handling (IMHC)
Fiona Trevelyan
1215 -1315 Lunch
1315 - 1315 Concurrent Sessions of submitted papers and workshops
NZI Room 4
1315-1340
1345-1410
NZI Room 5
WORKSHOP
Graham Lowe
1415-1440
1445-1510
1545
1645-1745
1900
NZI Room 6
Tools to improve our ability to change to meet the needs
Suzanne Broadbent
Protection of the irreplaceable – eyewear and your safety
Vanessa Forsyth
WORKSHOP
Christian Sylvestre
Management of laboratory animal allergy in a research setting
Andrea McMillan
Clean air in the food industry
Suzanne Broadbent
Lower NZI (Plenary Room)
WORKSHOP
Apply the same principles to improving your workers
physical movement as you do to improving your golf
game and you will see a significant improvement in
strain/sprain injury rates
Alison Richmond (limited to x40 attendees)
Moving and Handling WORKSHOP
Fall retrieval – moving and handling solutions
Sian Gaunt (limited to xx attendees)
1515-1545 Afternoon Tea
Looking at the relationships between work, health & productivity with a ‘toolbox’ for vocational rehabilitation
Presented by: Dr Nick Kendall, Health Services Consultant
AGMs for - NZSIM (NZI Room 4) and MHANZ (NZI Room 6)
Pre Dinner Drinks/Gala Dinner Dance – Viaduct Events Centre, Wynyard Quarter
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Friday 12th September
0830
0900
0945
1100
1145
1215
1245
1330
Registration
Keynote:
Presented by: Stephen Bevan (TBC)
Occupational Health Advisory Group
Presented by: George Adams, Chairman Independent Forestry Safety Review and Chairman of Worksafe’s Occupational Health Advisory Group.
1030 Morning Tea
Impact of fatigue and shift work on health and safety risks in the workplace
Presented by: Fiona Johnstone, Shiftwork Services
Union Update
Presented by: Helen Kelly, President, Council of Trade Unions
TBC
Panel Discussion + Questions
Featuring: Helen Kelly, Grant Nicholson, Chris Ellis, George Adams and Acc Rep
Followed by - Closing Address approx. 1330
Presented by: Greg Dearsly
(lunchboxes provided on departure)
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