Conference Day Two
28 March 2018
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08:30 Registration and welcome coffee
08:50 Opening remarks from the Chair
David Cliff, Professor of Risk and Knowledge Transfer, The University of Queensland
OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
09:00 How to do ‘Safety Differently’ - What is your organisation capable of improving?
- Proving that people are not a problem to control but problem solvers that adapt around goal conflicts, resource limitations, variations and constraints
- Demonstrating the benefits of not telling people what to do through procedures, checklists and rules, and instead ask them what they need to be successful
- Why you should stop counting negatives (incidents & injuries) as if their absence is telling you anything interesting about your organisation’s safety
- Learn about the positive resilient capacities your people and teams that help make things go right everyday can provide
Sidney Dekker, Professor – School of Humanities, Griffith University
09:40 Case Study: Reflexive simulation – Understanding how safety can be accomplished differently
- Understanding reflexive simulation and its worth as a quality improvement tool
- Benefits of Safety Improvement Methodology (S2i) model; human factors and safety engineering
- Providing new perspectives and applications of simulated safety training
Dylan Campher, Director of Simulation, Queensland Health Clinical Skills Development Service
Partnering for success: exploring the benefits of effective safety collaboration
10:10 Case Study: Examining how challenging the right people leads to the best safety result
- Identifying your safety site restraints
- Outlining the strategies for utilising in house talents and acknowledgements
- Demonstrating the importance of overcoming resource obstacles
Paulo Gomes, Regional Senior Safety Advisor, Otraco International (Downer)
10:40 Morning Tea
Demonstrating the effectiveness of a positive safety culture to company efficiency
11:10 Case Study: Queensland Urban Utilities’ approach to understanding the importance of safety culture in driving practical solutions in hazardous industries
- How and why Queensland Urban Utilities have invested in safety culture
- Exploring QUU’s approach to practical safety solutions
- Building the capability to understand the complexity of human behaviour
Kym Bancroft, Safety Culture and Performance Partner, Queensland Urban Utilities
11:40 Case Study: Safety Differently in practice – Safety culture that enables work
- How to ensure organisational resilience through new levels of engagement and trust
- Outlining the purpose of Laing O’Rourke’s ‘Next Gear’
- Discussing new approaches to safety ‘thinking’ to better implement safety management strategies
Adam Dempster, Regional Next Gear Coordinator – VIC/SA/QLD, Laing O’Rourke
12:10 Networking lunch
Inspiring change in approaches to safety regulation, standards, and objectives
13:40 Effective regulation of Major Hazard Facilities (MHF) to ensure safe operation
- Setting expectations, monitoring compliance
- NSW Strategies for effective regulation
- Risks for The Regulator and avoiding regulatory capture
Melanee Reilly, State Inspector – Major Hazard Facilities, SafeWork NSW
14:10 Panel Discussion: The concept of Vision Zero and its favourability in the Australian safety sector
- 'Zero Harm’ an achievable goal?
- Does it set an unattainable and dangerous standard?
- What are the positives and negatives of the concept?
- Should Vision Zero be pursued or altered?
- How important are ‘human factors’ to this goal?
Moderator:
Peter Thorning, Director – Regulatory Strategy and Boards, Office of Industrial Relations Queensland
Panellists:
Sidney Dekker, Professor – School of Humanities, Griffith University
Tony Pooley, Associate Professor – Risk and Safety Management, University of South Australia
Adam Dempster, Regional Next Gear Coordinator – VIC/SA/QLD, Laing O’Rourke
15:00 Regulator Session: How to have healthy and effective relationships with regulators
- Balancing regulation with practicality
- What to avoid and what to strive for in keeping regulators happy
- How to communicate with regulators in the most practical way
Peter Thorning, Director – Regulatory Strategy and Boards, Office of Industrial Relations Queensland
15:30 Closing remarks from the Chair
15:40 End of Day Two and close of conference