Speakers at Safety in Hazardous Industries 2018
Kym Bancroft
Safety Culture Transformation Partner
Queensland Urban Utilities
Kym is an experienced psychologist with over fifteen years’ experience in assisting organisations diagnose cultural challenges, and in the design and implementation of solutions based on human-centred principles to achieve the goal of positive and sustainable cultural change in safety, wellbeing and organisational effectiveness. To achieve this, Kym takes complex psychological concepts and translates them into simple everyday practices that enhance resilience, productivity and safety. Kym is passionate about helping organisations think differently about safety, behaviour, and learning in order to shift the traditional safety paradigm.
Dylan Campher
Director of Simulation
Quensland Health Clinical Skills Development Service
Dylan Campher is the Director of the Queensland Health Clinical Skills Development Service. Prior to this Dylan began his career as a Clinician in New Zealand in 2001. He then relocated to Brisbane and joined Queensland Health 13 years ago.
Throughout his career Dylan has worked in the capacity of Project Manager, Educator, Manager and Executive. He has a strong passion for improving patient care with human factors, systems thinking and simulation based education. He has presented internationally on these topics, as well as having several publications in peer reviewed journals.
Dylan is well known for the development of Pocket Simulation Centres within Queensland Health, a state wide initiative developing from just one initial Pocket Centre at the Mater Hospital. This number has grown over the years to 107 Simulation Pocket Centres in regional and metropolitan areas throughout Queensland. The Pocket model has enabled modern simulation education to be delivered to a broad range of healthcare employees effectively improving staff education and confidence and creating positive outcomes with patient care and safety throughout Queensland.
Dylan continues to drive his passion for innovation and education by incorporating simulation with more contemporary patient safety and culture practices and collaborating with various Hospital and Health Services and Directorates to implement new systems and ideas.
Ben Charters
Human Factors Specialist
Flight Skills
Ben Charters is an experienced pilot and human factors specialist. Spending years in the Royal Australian Air Force as both an instructor and pilot, Ben has accumulated a wealth of knowledge suited for his current trade. As a human factors specialist, he writes and conducts CRM training for pilots, cabin crew, and ground crew. Fond of public speaking, Ben believes that the message of safety should be shared whenever possible to foster the growth of safety awareness and change across industries.
David Cliff
Professor of Risk and Knowledge Transfer
Sustainable Minerals Institute – UQ
David Cliff has over 28 years in the resources sector in Australia and overseas in a number of senior positions within government, industry and university.
His experience spans both research and consulting settings as the manager of both the Occupational Hygiene Environment and Chemistry Centre and the Mining Research Centre at SIMTARS, Occupational Health and Safety Advisor to the Queensland Resources Council and Professor of OHS in Mining and later Professor of Risk and Knowledge Transfer at the University of Queensland. David has provided OHS advice over the past twenty eight years in Australia, USA, PNG, Mongolia, South Africa, Ghana, The Philippines, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Indonesia and Turkey particularly in the areas of OHS risk management, governance and education and training. He has provided this specialist support to governments and companies.
Sidney Dekker
Professor – School of Humanities
Griffith University
Sidney Dekker (PhD Ohio State University, USA, 1996) is professor at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, where he runs the Safety Science Innovation Lab. He is Chief Scientist at Art of Work, and has honorary professorial appointments at The University of Queensland and Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in Brisbane.
Previously, he was Professor of human factors and system safety at Lund University in Sweden.
After becoming full professor, he qualified on the Boeing 737, and worked part-time as an airline pilot out of Copenhagen.
He has won worldwide acclaim for his groundbreaking work in human factors and safety. His debut documentary Safety Differently was released in October 2017, and he is best-selling author of, most recently: The Safety Anarchist (2017); The End of Heaven (2017); Just Culture (2016); Safety Differently (2015); The Field Guide to Understanding ‘Human Error’ (2014); Second Victim (2013); Drift into Failure (2012); and Patient Safety (2011). More at sidneydekker.com
Adam Dempster
Regional Next Gear Coordinator – VIC/SA/QLD
Laing O’Rourke
Jason Edwards
Psychology and Counselling Researcher
Queensland University of Technology
Dr Jason Edwards is a Postdoctoral research associate at CARRS-Q, with expertise in safety culture. His PhD research involved the development of a conceptual framework for safety culture, and the application of this framework to a three year investigation of the culture of the Australian heavy vehicle industry. Through the use of participant observation and in depth case studies, he produced the most comprehensive analysis, to date, of the beliefs, values, attitudes and norms of Australian heavy vehicle drivers, and the manner in which they influence health and safety related behaviours. Jason has supervised a number of PhD projects examining heavy vehicle safety, road policing and regulatory interactions both within Australia and overseas.
Dr Edwards was a recipient of an inaugural Advance Queensland Research Fellowship through which he is collaborating with Workplace Health and Safety Queensland to further understand the culture of Australian industries (including the heavy vehicle, construction, and manufacturing industries), and tailor WHS inspectorate practices to this culture.
Paulo Cesar Gomes
Regional Senior Safety Advisor
Otraco International (Downer)
Since 2004, Paulo has worked for a range of multinational corporations in the construction, mining, oil & gas sectors. Paulo mentored teams to conduct hazard identification & risk analysis/mitigation, focusing mainly on the management of critical risks. His supportive and innovative approach to safety has been his recipe to assist his teams in achieving outstanding HSE performances.
Maureen Hassall
Associate Professor
The University of Queensland
Maureen Hassall is Associate Professor - Risk at The University of Queensland and is project manager of UQ R!SK an university initiative. Her areas of research focus on developing and applying practical and effective innovative solutions that address the risk challenges faced by industry. Maureen also provides risk management and human factors advice, education and training to industry and at the university. She holds bachelor degrees in engineering and psychology, a MBA and PhD in Cognitive Systems Engineering.
Prior to joining UQ, Maureen worked for more than 15 years in mining, processing and manufacturing industries in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
Shoena Messner
Director - Hazardous Chemicals and Industries Branch
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
SHOENA is the Director of the Hazardous Industries and Chemicals Branch of Workplace Health and Safety Queensland. The Hazardous Industries and Chemicals Branch function is to oversee the safety case and licensing regime for major hazard facilities under chapter 9 of the Queensland Work Health and Safety Act 2011; and to provide technical advice relating to hazardous chemicals under chapter 7, asbestos under chapter 8, and other hygiene issues under chapter 3. This legislation is based on the model Work Health and Safety Act which has also been adopted by Comcare, Tasmania, New South Wales, South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Shoena started working life as a chemical engineer for Western Mining Corporation at the Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter in 1993. In 1997 she joined BHPBilliton for the commissioning and operation of the Hot Briquietted Iron facility in Port Hedland, an early “mega-project”. It was not a success - the project went over budget, the process was fraught with problems, and the market economics changed. It was, however, an excellent learning environment. A dust and hydrogen explosion in 2004 left one person dead and five people severely injured. Production ceased, and the plant is now demolished.
This experience has armed Shoena with a passion for process safety and an understanding of the challenges faced by operators of major hazard facilities in Queensland. Her vision is to create and sustain a regulatory environment conducive to informed decision-making by operators, resulting in improved safety and prosperity.
Richard Pocock
Principal Safety Engineer
Clough Projects
Richard is a registered process safety professional with over thirty years in industry. Experience in Petrochemical projects and operations, onshore and offshore, internationally. Richard has worked for engineering design contractors, safety consultants, and operating companies.
North Sea experience with Lloyd’s Register, responsible for studies, safety cases and design appraisal for offshore, marine, industrial and transport facilities.
Eleven years with Woodside in project, production and corporate roles. Responsible for Process safety standards and process, resources for technical safety work across Woodside. Engineering Authority for Safety/Risk and chair of Engineering Management Steering Committee.
Three years with Papuan Oil Search, transforming Process Safety. Focused on operating assets in PNG and advising new projects, identifying and prioritising risk reduction opportunities.
2017 joined Clough Projects as Principal Process Safety Engineer working on projects and supporting corporate work. Main project is Coal Seam Gas gathering and Compression for Arrow Energy. Other projects include power and infrastructure developments.
Tony Pooley
Associate Professor – Risk and Safety Management
University of South Australia
Tony is recognised as one of Australia's most respected risk management specialists. He is the Director of Principle Seven, and is an Associate Professor on Risk Management at the University of South Australia. He is the co-author of Risk Bandits: Rescuing Risk Management from Tokenism and was a peer reviewer on the recent Process Hazards (Chemical) and Managing Process Safety chapters in the OHS Body of Knowledge.
Tony has held senior roles in corporate management, industry regulator oversight, and Academia. He has founded, managed and sold two substantial consulting firms and has created multiple process safety management and risk assessment processes that are used internationally.
Melanee Reilly
State Inspector – Major Hazard Facilities
SafeWork NSW
Melanee Reilly has been a State Inspector with SafeWork NSW since April 2015. She has extensive work experience in high risk, high reliability industries including emergency services and open cut coal mining.
Melanee currently plays a leading role in the regulation of major hazard facility licensing in NSW including reviewing safety cases, regular inspections and incident investigations.
Melanee has a Master’s of Science in Occupational Health and Safety, Diploma of Government (Workplace Inspection) as well as qualifications in business management, human resources and process safety. Her awards include formal recognition from the commissioner of Fire and Rescue NSW for the Safety Officer’s kit which is designed to manage safety responsibilities on fire grounds.
Melanee is passionate about building relationships with the industry with a view to reducing the risk of harm from chemical and process safety hazards. Melanee understands the crucial role the chemical industry plays in Australia’s productivity and building relationships between divergent stakeholders.
Nicole Shambrook
Senior Process Safety Engineer
Origin Energy
As a Chemical Engineer with nine years’ experience in a major hazard facility, Nicole is passionate that industry learns from Process Safety Incidents.
Her roles at Caltex Lytton Refinery, BP Bulwer Island Refinery and Incitec Pivot, Gibson Island Ammonia Manufacturing plant have set her foundations for analysing process hazards, safety trends, identifying Continuous Improvement (CI) projects, engaging the front line and leadership teams to tangibly improve process safety outcomes.
Andy Sibley
Head of Business Improvement
Contact Energy
Current role is responsible for lead a team 150+ staff from across the enterprise within nine work-streams and 21 projects over 30 months to embed a process safety improvement culture and framework that has led to broader continuous improvement in leadership, business operations and processes, process safety and innovative technology solutions.
This work has been globally recognised and Contact is also helping other companies from Canada, Australia and New Zealand lead a process safety transformation. Releasing the potential of innovation executive groups through active facilitation and
Previous roles in Contact have been Head of Support leading engineering and technology where he established procedures for enduring asset management and long term and improvement sustainability including availability and safety risk assessment, budgetary controls, project controls, SAP processes, master data, critical technical information.
Prior to joining Contact, Andy was an Engineering Commander within the Royal Navy managing the safety, reliability and availability of equipment and systems across the Fleet of 75 ships and submarines.
Peter Thorning
Director – Regulatory Strategy and Boards
Office of Industrial Relations QLD
Peter is currently acting Director, Regulatory Strategy and Boards with the Queensland Government’s Office of Industrial Relations. He works with OIR’s executive management team to lead, manage and coordinate the implementation of regulatory strategies to ensure a modern and effective approach, including strong focus on risk-based and responsive regulation. This includes leading and managing a small team in support of the Regulator, Work Health Safety Board and Industry Sector Standing Committees for OIR. Within OIR, Peter has previously managed the Research Partnerships area, the work health and safety leadership and culture area and the focus on improving work health and safety outcomes in the transport and storage priority industry sector.
Prior to joining OIR in 2010, Peter’s focus was on hazardous industries from the perspective of pollutant emissions. As Manager, Industry Reporting in Queensland’s Department of Environment, Peter was responsible for developing and implementing the National Pollutant Inventory (Australia's Pollutant Release and Transfer Register). This involved ensuring that pollutant emissions from over a 1000 industrial facilities in Queensland were calculated, reported, validated and published on the publicly available national database www.npi.gov.au. Peter’s interest in hazardous industries was formulated in an early career as an analytical and environmental chemist working at a general analytical laboratory in Brisbane, a global titanium dioxide producer in the UK and a well-known nickel and cobalt refinery in North Queensland.
Peter’s current passion, and PhD research area, is risked-based and responsive regulation and particularly how this applies to work health and safety regulation. He is fascinated by the complex interplay of attitudes, motivations, knowledge, capabilities and actions of businesses and workers and how these are influenced by the various compliance/enforcement and persuasion/guidance strategies of the regulators.
Speaking opportunities are still available for Safety in Hazardous Industries 2018
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