OHS Leaders Summit 2014

The OHS Leaders Summit 2014 is being held from 25-27 March 2014 at Surfers Paradise Marriot Resort & Spa on the Gold Coast. The event attracts Australia’s OHS leaders for two main reasons: it provides a unique opportunity for busy OHS leaders to meet, engage and learn from new and innovative OHS service providers; and it also creates a platform where these OHS leaders gather to focus and share their own experiences, challenges and opportunities, and learn from their peers.

As the WHS Harmonisation Act places an emphasis on the employer’s duty of care, this has enforced OHS leaders to relook at their existing strategies to provide safer systems. The OHS Leaders Summit will highlight and keep attendees up to date with the latest challenges, changes and developments.

Larry Reaney, Director, OHS Leaders Summit, says it is the third year running for this event, which has received positive enthusiasm from the OHS leaders who have previously attended. “They get to meet with some highly innovative service providers that can help their organisations massively,” says Reaney. “They are also just too busy throughout the year to genuinely engage with their peers about matters, so this event provides them with that ideal platform too. I suppose you could say that the OHS Leaders Summit kills two imperative birds with one stone for these leaders.”

Moreover, the program has been created by an advisory council made up of respected OHS leaders; therefore, it has a highly relevant and topical agenda. On the council is Patrick Murphy, Global Manager, HSE - Corporate Functions, Rio Tinto; Kevin Figueiredo, GM Work Health & Safety, Woolworths; Greg Ford, Executive GM Safety, Assurance & Environment, Queensland Rail; Malcolm Deery, Group General Manager - HSE, Programmed Group; and Paul Cutrone, Partner, Sparke Helmore, who specialises in advising on workplace health and safety.

Attendees can also interact with their peers and OHS service providers through targeted and personalised workshops, presentations, panel discussions, think tanks and one-to-one meetings. The one-to-one meetings are pre-organised business meetings in which the OHS leaders choose to meet with specific OHS service providers, ensuring that both parties are happy to meet and do business. This method serves to create some binding business relationships on-site. Attendees will also get ample opportunity to network with one another and enjoy their luxurious surroundings.

What: OHS Leaders Summit 2014
When: 25-27 March 2014
Where: Surfers Paradise Marriot Resort & Spa, Gold Coast
For further information: www.ohsleaders.com.au