Safety Performance Solutions
19th People-Based Safety Conference
Transform Your Safety Culture through People-Based Safety (PBS)
with Dr. E. Scott Geller and others from Safety Performance Solutions, Inc.
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Learn to Assess the Strengths/Weaknesses of your Organization’s Safety Culture
SPS’s BBS Data Management Software demonstration
Learn How to Take a Proactive Approach to Preventing Injuries
Learn How to Cultivate True Employee Engagement in Safety
Learn the Right Way to do Behavior Observation and Feedback Process
Learn to Improve Your Organization’s Safety Communications
Learn how to facilitate self-motivation throughout a culture
Learn how to cultivate an Actively Caring culture of compassion
August 16-18, 2016
The Historic Hotel Roanoke
Roanoke, VA
Conference Agenda
This year, we are pleased to welcome the internationally recognized, dynamic speakers Tony Crow, Dr. Steve Roberts, Dr.
Tim Ludwig and Dr. E. Scott Geller. And, as usual, we will have presentations from other SPS team members, opportunities
for networking with other PBS team members as well as safety professionals, and sessions for benchmarking. The preliminary
agenda includes numerous concurrent sessions, including: Improving Safety Culture, The Basics of People Based Safety,
Introduction to Safety Culture Assessment, and various Case Studies presented by members of the SPS community. We will
also be holding an “Ask Dr. G” session which features an open-ended Q&A discussion with Dr. Geller. Registrants will receive
a copy of the final agenda closer to the conference date.
Dr. Steve Roberts (www.safetyperformance.com): Steve is co-founder and senior partner at Safety
Performance Solutions. Steve has published articles in a number of peer reviewed academic journals
and is a regular speaker at both public and corporate sponsored events. He has taught the American
Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Seminarfest course “People-Based Safety” each year since 2006.
Dr. E. Scott Geller (www.safetyperformance.com): In addition to being a founding
partner and co-owner of Safety Performance Solutions, Dr. E. Scott Geller is a
distinguished professor at Virginia Tech where he has taught and conducted
applied/experimental research for more than four decades in The Department of Psychology. In this capacity,
he has authored more than 350 research articles and over 75 books or chapters addressing the development
and evaluation of behavior-change interventions to improve quality of life.
Tony Crow (http://www.injam1.com): Tony provides a motivational, true-life experience of how LIFE can
change in the blink of an eye. Tony uses humor and real-life stories to share how he is living as a blind
person in a sighted world. Hear how he feels blessed to be alive as he shares his message of Triumph over
Tragedy!
Dr. Tim Ludwig (www.safetyperformance.com): Tim earned his Ph.D. at Virginia Tech
and has over 20 years safety consulting and research experience. In addition to being a
project manager with SPS, Dr. Ludwig is a full professor at Appalachian State University.
His popular website Safety-Doc.com is a content-rich resource of safety culture stories, blogs, research,
videos, and services. Dr. Ludwig was cited in Industrial Safety and Hygiene News (ISHN) 2012 “Power 101”
Leaders in the Safety and Health World. Dr. Ludwig serves on the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies’
Behavioral Safety Accreditation Board that reviews best-in-industry safety practices and offers independent,
objective feedback on safety programs.
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Conference Agenda
Tuesday, August 16
Registration and Continental Breakfast 7:00am – 8:30am
General and Breakout Sessions
8:30am – 4:30pm
Networking Reception
4:30pm – 5:30pm
Wednesday, August 17
Continental Breakfast
General and Break-out Sessions
7:30am – 8:30am
8:30am – 5:00pm
Thursday, August 18
Continental Breakfast
Conference Takeaways/Ask Dr. Geller
7:30am – 8:30am
8:30am – 11:00am
Full conference and one day attendance available.
Conference Location
SPS will be hosting our 19th People Based Safety Conference at the
Historic Hotel Roanoke in Roanoke, VA.
Built in 1882, the beautifully restored Tudor-style Hotel Roanoke is set in the
heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains and is listed on the National Register of
Historic Places. The hotel includes:
 Complimentary shuttle to and from the Roanoke Airport
 Covered bridge leading to downtown area’s galleries, shops and
farmers’ market
 Fitness center and spa services including outdoor pool and hot tub
 The award-winning Regency Dining Room restaurant and casual Pine Room Pub
 Renovated rooms with internet, room service etc.
Conference Registration:
A Conference Registration Form, which should be completed and returned to SPS is attached. Each individual
guest must make their own reservations by July 13, 2016. We have arranged for a room rate at the hotel for
$139/per night. Call 540-985-5900 or 800-HILTONS to secure a room. To get the reduced rate, be sure to
indicate you are an attendee of the Safety Performance Solutions (SPS) Conference. All reservations must be
guaranteed and accompanied by a first night room deposit or guaranteed with a major credit card.
Reservations made after this date will not be guaranteed at this rate and rooms may not be available. After this
date, the hotel accepts reservations only if rooms are available.
Mention Safety Experts Talk to receive a $50 discount on registration.
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About Scott Geller and Safety Performance Solutions
With co-founder and senior partner E. Scott Geller, the world’s leading authority on the psychology of safety; and a
team of professionals from the fields of industrial/organizational psychology, human factors engineering and
ergonomics, and organizational design and development, SPS helps organizations improve safety culture and
prevent injuries. Learn more at www.safetyperformance.com.
Partial Client List of SPS Clients
3M  Advanced Elastomer Systems  Albany International  Alcan  Amcor
Sunclipse  American Gypsum  Andersen Window  ARCO Pipeline  Astaris
Average Recordable Rate Reduction
Babcock & Wilcox  Bayer  Bechtel  BD Biosciences  BF Goodrich  BHP
for SPS Clients
Billiton Borden Chemical  Bostik  Bowater  Bristol-Myers Squibb  Cargill
Grain  Cargill Steel (North Star Steel)  Caterpillar  Chevron Products  City of
Kent  Coca-Cola  Colorado Dept. of Human Services  Commercial Contracting
Group Corhart Refractories (Saint-Gobain)  Corning  Corning Cable Systems
 Cytec Engineered Materials Dakota Gasification Company  Duracell ESCO
 East Jordan  Ecolab  Eli Lilly  Ensign Drilling (Caza Drilling) Estee Lauder
 Exxon Coal and Minerals  ExxonMobil Chemical  Flexsys  Florida Power &
Light  Freudenberg  Frito Lay General Dynamics (National Steel &
Shipbuilding)  Great Northern Paper  Hercules  Hewlett-Packard  Hoechst
Celanese  Hollingsworth & VoseHoneywell (Allied Signal) Idaho National
Laboratory  Imperial Oil  Infineum  JEA  Johnson & Johnson  Pine Bend Resources (Koch Refining)  Kennecott  Kimberly Clark  Kraft
Foods  Kumba Resources (ISCOR)  L.L. Bean  Land O’Lakes  Leprino Foods  Lockheed  Los Alamos National Labs Lubrizol  Lucent
Technologies  Lyondell Chemical (ARCO Chemical)  Marathon Petroleum  Merck  Mitsubishi Polyester Film  Monsanto  Morflex  Nabors
Well Services  National Grid (Niagara Mohawk)  National Park Services  NASA  Norpac  Noveon  Ondeo-Nalco  Otis Elevator 
PacifiCorp Pennsylvania Power & Light  Pfizer Pharmaceuticals  Pharmacia/Upjohn  Pike Electric  Pratt & Whitney  RSR
CorporationRayonier  Rhone-Poulenc  Rohm & HaasSC Johnson Smurfit Stone SRP-Salt River Project  Searle  Sentry  Shell
Lubricants  Singapore Technologies  Solutia  Sonopress  Southern Fineblanking  Square D  Sunoco Chemicals  Sweet Ovations  Terumo
Cardiovascular Systems  TIC – The Industrial Company  The Trans Group  Transocean  Toyota Motor Manufacturing  Trane  Union Pacific
Railroad  UOP  Valero Energy  Virginia Power  Warner Lambert  Westinghouse  Westvaco Chemical  Weyerhaeuser  Wisconsin Electric
 Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
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2016 PBS Conference
Travel Information
Conference Location
The Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center
110 Shenandoah Ave NW
Roanoke, VA 24016
Phone: 540-985-5900
Transportation
Shuttle Service to Hotel
A complimentary shuttle from the airport to the hotel (and back) can be secured by using the courtesy phone at the
airport (near baggage claim).
Driving Directions to Hotel from Airport
Turn right out of airport on Valley View Blvd. Take 581 South. Take Exit 5 and stay in right lane. Go through stop sign
into hotel entrance.
Self Parking: $8.00 or Valet Parking: $13.00
Daily Parking: Self Parking: $1.00 - $6.00
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Agenda
Tuesday, August 16 .......................................Keynotes with Tony Crow and Dr. Scott Geller
Wednesday, August 17 ..................................Keynotes with Dr. Steve Roberts and Dr. Tim Ludwig
Thursday, August 18 ......................................Conference Takeaways and Ask Dr. G
Each conference attendee must complete and return a separate form.
Please duplicate this form for additional registrants.
A: Registrant Information
Name (to appear on badge): ____________________________________________________________________
Title/Position: _______________________________________________________________________________
Company: __________________________________________________________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________________________________________________
City/State/Zip:_______________________________________________________________________________
Phone: ______________________________________ Email: _______________________________________
B: Method of Payment [US $899 per attendee ($599 for one day): includes meals (3 breakfasts, 2 lunches, and 1
reception) and workshop materials]
Check Enclosed for $ ___________
Send Invoice for $ __________ to (address): ___________________________________________________
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Credit Card:
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Account Number:________________________________________________
Cardholder Name: ____________________________________________________________
Exp. Date:_________ CVC# ______
Signature: ___________________________________________________________________
Deadline for conference registration: July 24th, 2016
Cancellation Policy: For cancellations after July 24th, registration fees will be refunded less a $250 processing fee per
registrant. Substitutions will be accepted without penalty if SPS is notified in advance.
Register by mail, fax or e-mail:
Email: safety@safetyperformance.com
Mail: SPS Inc., 610 N. Main, Suite 228, Blacksburg, VA 24060
Fax: 540-951-0723
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Safety Performance Solutions 2016 PBS Conference
Call for Presenters
If you are interested, please indicate 2-3 topic(s) you would be willing to address as an individual speaker. The
following list represents several topics for consideration, but other suggestions are equally welcome!
Confirmed concurrent session speakers will receive a $150 discount on their registration.
Returning this form does not commit you to participating. Rather, as we work to build the conference agenda,
we will contact you to determine how you might be involved.
Please duplicate this form for additional speakers.
Name: ____________________________________________________________________________________
Company: __________________________________________________________________________________
Title/Position: _______________________________________________________________________________
Phone: ______________________________________
Email: ______________________________________
Preliminary Topics
I’d be happy to participate, but don’t have a specific topic in mind. Please contact me!
Increasing employee participation and involvement in safety
Hazard recognition
Rewards and recognition (e.g. incentives)
Strengthening leadership and/or supervisor support for safety
Assessing and maintaining a behavior-based safety coaching (i.e. BBS) process
Other:___________________________________________________________________________________
Other:___________________________________________________________________________________
Other:___________________________________________________________________________________
Deadline for submission: June 1st, 2016
Return by email, fax or mail:
Email: safety@safetyperformance.com
Mail: SPS Inc., 610 N. Main, Suite 228, Blacksburg, VA 24060
Fax: 540-951-0723
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