• Advice for leading by example to promote best practice through everyday roles and responsibilities
• Creating effective communication streams to facilitate clear messaging of health and safety information
• Building awareness and training staff to ensure the constant improvement of organisation-wide health and safety
• Initiatives for recognising and rewarding safety achievements and contributions to reinforce safe behaviours

Mike Robinson, CEO, British Safety Council (invited)

• Discussing legal duties under health and safety law to assess and manage the unique risks faced by lone workers
• Implementing training and strategies to equip lone workers with the skills and support needed to stay safe
• Developing clear communication procedures to ensure lone workers remain connected and can raise the alarm in emergencies
• Addressing risks while ensuring inclusivity for workers with different language or cultural background

• Understanding where asbestos may be found and the serious health risks of exposure
• Ensuring employers fulfil their legal duty to assess risks, provide asbestos awareness training before starting work
• Knowing when to stop work and escalate concerns if asbestos is discovered or disturbed
• Recognising when a licensed asbestos contractor is required and ensuring workers are fully trained and equipped to be compliant with safety procedures

Caroline Bage, Asbestos Manager, Sunderland City Council (invited)

Joe Donnelly, National Officer for Health and Safety, UNISON (CONFIRMED)

• Assessing noise levels regularly and identifying areas or tasks where sound exceeds 85 dB to ensure risks are clearly understood.
• Providing appropriate hearing protection (earplugs or earmuffs) and ensuring employees are trained to use them correctly.
• Implementing volume-limiting settings on workplace devices and restricting personal listening at unsafe volumes.
• Educating employees on the risks of noise-induced hearing loss and promoting safe listening habits in and out of work

Peter Wilson, Technical Director, Industrial Noise & Vibration Centre (CONFIRMED)

This session will provide you with the opportunity to discuss the main challenges you face in developing effective health and safety practices in the workplace. You will be able to share your experiences and facilitate cross-sector collaboration to promote staff wellbeing.

• Working with staff to integrate health and wellbeing into everyday activities to create a positive workplace culture
• Ideas for strategic investments in health and wellbeing to build workforce resilience and competence over time
• Implementing regular reviews to ensure that procedures are updated as the workplace changes
• Incorporating the opinions of staff to make a health and wellbeing strategy that is inclusive and has strong take-up
• Advice for managing long-term work-related absences to help employees return to work with minimal disruption

• Deploying AI to predict and prevent incidents through real-time data monitoring and predictive analysing
• Using AI-powered tools to streamline risk assessments and automate reporting safety performance across sites
• Supporting EHS leaders to adopt an approach that identifies safety trends and implements preventative strategies

Health and Safety Executive (invited)