Keynote Presentations
Wednesday, January 18
8:00 am – Great Leaders Make Safety Fun! - Using Your Influence to Create a Vibrant Safety Culture
Richard Hawk
Leaders at Southwest Airlines, Google, Raytheon and many other world-class companies know that when employees are in a good mood and are enjoying their work (i.e. HAVING FUN) they perform better! That means they make less mistakes and have less accidents. In this exciting talk you’ll learn how to leverage your influence as a leader to instill a spirit of fun in your company’s safety culture.
1:00 pm – The Prize is Life
Sylvia Yaeger
Safety is so much more than machine guarding and hearing protection. It’s about Mind, Body and Work. Psychological wellness and safety impacts workplace accident and injury rates significantly. One study showed that 80% of workplace accidents happened to workers who reported being stressed. The price could be life! Alternately, for those who know how to manage stress, especially workplace stress (the number one stressor for Canadians!), the prize is life.
Thursday, January 19
8:45 am – Just Imagine! Creative Ways to Keep Your Safety Program Fresh and Alive
Richard Hawk
Showing safety leaders fun and powerful techniques to liven up their safety promotions, meetings and their life in general is the main goal of this keynote presentation. Through stories, exercises, demonstrations and songs, everyone attending will learn a number of practical tools.
2:45 pm – The Future of Safety: A Hawk-eye View of What’s on the Horizon and How You Can Benefit From It
Richard Hawk
During this interactive talk, Richard will share what’s on the horizon for the health and safety field and how you and your company can benefit from this insight.
Keynote Speaker Bios
Richard Hawk
Richard is a rare combination of safety professional and an entertaining speaker and trainer. Richard’s depth of knowledge and experience make for content-rich sessions, and his theatre and music background transform speeches into a truly enjoyable experience.
As an international speaker, Richard has a talent for connecting with people from diverse backgrounds. He’s spoken to engineers and plant managers in India, CEOs from Canada, Japanese technicians from Westinghouse and has been a featured speaker at international conventions for Fortune 500 companies.
Richard’s depth of knowledge comes from his interactions with thousands of leaders in a wide array of industries, including energy, manufacturing, chemical, construction, healthcare, technology, retail, food services, transportation, government and education. His diverse experiences as a union and nonunion employee, line worker and manager, and now successful business owner, give him the insight to relate to people at all levels, from employees to CEOs, truck drivers to scholars.
Richard’s credentials include numerous safety and technical certifications from various organizations including the National Safety Council (NSC). He has also been a keynote speaker at the NSC’s Annual Congress & Expo – the largest annual safety convention in the United States.
Sylvia Yaeger
Sylvia is an Occupational Therapist working at the Wellness Institute at Seven Oaks General Hospital as a Corporate Wellness Investment Advisor. She has worked in the field of Work Injury Management for 10 years, having extensive experience in Return to Work planning for clients with physical or stress related injuries, office and industrial ergonomics, worksite assessments and injury prevention training for manufacturing, business and healthcare.
Sylvia also works privately as a motivational health and wellness speaker, bringing laughter and practical solutions to serious health concerns like burnout, repetitive strain injuries and work stress. Her entertaining education will help you make the rest of your life the best of your life!
Workshops and Plenary Sessions
Wednesday, January 18
Session A (morning)
Session B (afternoon)
Thursday, January 19
Session C (morning)
Session D (afternoon)