12th - 13th March 2026

Agenda

Redefining Workplace Safety

DAY 1

08:00 - 08:50

REGISTRATION

08:55 – 09:00

CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS

09:00 - 09:30

Implementing AI-driven CCTV solutions to enhance SIF prevention at Mars

  • Advancing Safety through AI technology
  • Leveraging AI CCTV to support SIF prevention

Christophe Tellier, Petcare and Food segments HSE VP, MARS

09:30 - 10:00

Work Well-being Score - measure what you treasure

  • Our journey at Siemens to a holistic health, safety and well-being approach
  • Why Work Well-being matters, and what it is
  • Measure what you treasure: Work Well-being Score a leading indicator
  • From concept to action: Working with Work Well-being Score
  • Collaboration is key for implementation and improvement

Anna Borg, Head of Psychosocial Health and Well-being, Siemens AG

10:00 - 10:30

Emerging OHS Risks in the Age of AI and New Technologies

  • New OHS Risks associated to new technologies
  • The use of AI at the work-place, automated decisions and digital platforms
  • Risk mitigation
  • Regulatory framework

Octavio Sambiase, Senior Expert Services Manager, Enhesa

10:35 - 11:25

COFFEE BREAK

11:30 - 12:00

Operationalize SIF Prevention: How to Create Actionable Insights that Measure Safety Capacity

  • The Problem: Serious Injuries and Fatalities continue to plateau, traditional approaches haven’t worked
  • The Solution: Apply innovative safety science through SIF Control Assessments to proactively monitor and assess SIF potential exposures in real-time
  • The Benefit: Generate targeted, objective data that quantifies risk and delivers actionable insights to help organizations focus resources where they matter most

Angelo Cianfrocco, EHS Solutions Consultant, Intelex

12:00 - 12:30

Advanced Decision Making & Problem Solving Through Cynefin & Applied AI

  • The Cynefin Model
  • Simplification vs Transparency
  • Practical AI for Better Inputs & Better Decisions”
  • Identification & decision making

12:30 - 13:00

Transforming your EHS Culture: Milliken’s Journey from Reactive to Proactive

  • Milliken’s EHS journey and how we transfer this to our clients & partners
  • Reactive to Proactive mindsets, measures & activities
  • Continuous improvement activities focused on prevention & risk management
  • Engagement enablers and case study results
  • Q&A

Planned Investment Areas

  • Plant safety risk assessment
  • OH&S risk management systems|OH&S risk management systems
  • Legislative compliance and Due Diligence Programs
  • Connected Worker
  • Process Automation
  • Accident/Incident Investigation
  • Electrical Safety
  • Training & Development|Training & Development
  • Compliance Assessments & Implementation|Compliance Assessments & Implementation
  • CCTV/Video Solutions for OH&S|CCTV/Video Solutions for OH&S
  • Industrial Worker Safety
  • Workforce Enablement
  • Risk auditing
  • In-line Vision Inspection Systems
  • PPE & Fall Protection|PPE & Fall Protection
  • Change Management
  • Digital Tools for Safety
  • Industrial hygiene
  • Worker health complaints investigation
  • Risk Management Information Systems
  • Chemical management
  • HVAC
  • Process safety management
  • Virtual reality for workplace health
  • Augmented reality in safety
  • AI support for future EHS Management

13:05 - 13:55

LUNCH

14:00 - 14:30

Current Innovations in Safety Culture Training

  • Learn how to build a network of accountability and responsibility.
  • Learn how to scale safety training to meet both local and global needs.
  • Discover the ‘magic formula’ for training attentiveness.
  • Gain a better understanding of how to integrate data (e.g., safety DNA profiles, safety climate scores).
  • Learn goal-setting strategies, as well as how to monitor and measure performance.

14:30 – 15:00

AI-ENABLED INCIDENT INSIGHTS: Ecolab’s journey on Unlocking Safety Intelligence

  • Mining safety record data with completeness scoring to focus on what matters.
  • Leveraging the Ecolab Incident Investigator to streamline root cause analysis and corrective actions.
  • Using SH&E-focused AI prompts to enhance hazard identification, simplify and improve engagement.
  • How AI implementation will personalise safety within Ecolab.

Steven Binkhorst, Safety, Health & Environment Manager Center Of Excellence Europe, Ecolab

15:00 – 15:30

“Enhancing Operational Learning with HOP-Informed AI Tools”

  • How to implement advanced EHS technologies to improve safety outcomes and environmental performance in chemical operations.
  • Strategies for integrating sustainability into EHS programs, balancing safety with environmental impact reduction.
  • Best practices and case studies on compliance with current and emerging EHS regulations in the chemical industry.

Remy D.J.Wierenga, Group Director Health & Safety, Refresco

15:35 - 16:25

COFFEE BREAK

16:30 - 17:00

Shaping Company Culture to Achieve Safe Operations

  • Best practices for consulting and engaging internal stakeholders to influence EHS culture positively.
  • How to promote a positive culture around mental health and wellbeing.
  • Overcoming geographical and linguistic challenges to help implement EHS strategy and best practices on a global scale.
  • Addressing cultural challenges and navigating diverse priorities resulting from varying health and safety legislation across the world.

17:00 – 17:30

Considering Mental Health and Wellbeing to Make a Comprehensive EHS Strategy

  • Creating mental health and wellbeing KPIs to enable analysis of what variables and strategies significantly impact wellbeing and mental health.
  • Ensuring robust risk management by controlling these variables to improve psychological safety.
  • What a meaningful culture that addresses mental health and wellbeing positively, thereby improve EHS performance, can look like.
  • Devising a comprehensive mental health and wellbeing strategy by accounting for the latest neurological research, increased hybrid working patterns, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Planned Investment Areas

  • Plant safety risk assessment
  • OH&S risk management systems|OH&S risk management systems
  • Legislative compliance and Due Diligence Programs
  • Connected Worker
  • Process Automation
  • Accident/Incident Investigation
  • Electrical Safety
  • Training & Development|Training & Development
  • Compliance Assessments & Implementation|Compliance Assessments & Implementation
  • CCTV/Video Solutions for OH&S|CCTV/Video Solutions for OH&S
  • Industrial Worker Safety
  • Workforce Enablement
  • Risk auditing
  • In-line Vision Inspection Systems
  • PPE & Fall Protection|PPE & Fall Protection
  • Change Management
  • Digital Tools for Safety
  • Industrial hygiene
  • Worker health complaints investigation
  • Risk Management Information Systems
  • Chemical management
  • HVAC
  • Process safety management
  • Virtual reality for workplace health
  • Augmented reality in safety
  • AI support for future EHS Management

17:30 - 18:00

Proactive H&S Scorecard: Answering Your CEO's Most Important Question

Stop reacting to incidents. Start predicting and preventing them.
This session cuts through the noise of endless hazards to focus on the high-impact risks that genuinely threaten your people and your business. Sebastien Chaigneau will share a pragmatic, data-driven methodology for building a powerful EHS scorecard based entirely on leading indicators.
Move beyond injury rates! Learn how to transform your EHS management into a predictive powerhouse that provides a clear, concise, and compelling answer to your leadership: “Should I worry about Health and Safety?”

  • Pinpoint Critical Risks: Master a technique to identify and prioritize the few risks that truly matter.
  • Develop Predictive Indicators: Build a leading-indicator-based scorecard that forecasts performance and drives pre-incident intervention.
  • Gain Leadership Confidence: Learn to present EHS data that earns trust and clearly articulates the state of safety to your CEO.

Don’t just track performance—drive it.

Sebastien Chaigneau, Global HSE Director, BMI Group

18:00 - 19:00

DRINKS RECEPTION

DAY 2

08:55 – 09:00

CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS

09:00 – 09:30

Generative AI in EHS

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the field of Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS), offering powerful capabilities to better monitor and assess risk in today’s dynamic, complex work environments.
  • How we are using leveraging AI to not only identify and prioritize life-saving controls but also sharpen our data insights that prime organizational learning and continual improvement

09:30 – 10:00

From Strategy to Execution: Shaping HS Culture for Sustainable Performance

  • Strengthen Leadership & Culture: build people leader and employees capabilities
  • Enhance Critical Risk Control: focus time and resources to eliminate and control high risks
  • Accelerate Continuous Improvement – Improve standards adoption, calibrate audit capabilities, implement structured SA and audit cycles region-wide
  • Strengthen HS Compliance Systems, leverage use of Technology

Marieta Yordanova, Health, Safety & BCM Director, Asahi Europe and International

10:00 - 10:30

Industrial Hygiene and Digital Transformation – Exploring new technologies

  • Exploring new technology developed for the industrial hygiene industry to evaluate health hazards and assess risks to human health, including real-time air monitoring instrumentation with lower detection limits and immediate data presentation capabilities.
  • Discussing the use of new platforms for evaluating indoor air quality concerns, as well as the latest ambient air monitoring equipment, to identify potential hazards and ensure a healthy work environment.
  • Detailing unique digital visualization and virtual reality training tools designed to enhance EHS programs, providing immersive learning experiences for hazard recognition, evaluation, and control.
  • Showcasing how EHS professionals can leverage new technology to address workplace health hazards effectively in the digital age, highlighting the benefits of using advanced tools for risk assessment and management.

10:35 - 11:25

COFFEE BREAK

11:30 – 12:00

Mitigate Operational Risks and Advance Safety with Digital Work Permits

  • In this workshop, we will show how you can ensure more efficient processes across all sites by digitalizing work permits, with software-supported workflows and automations. Learn about the business reasons for permit-to-work software, how to have a successful software implementation, and the benefits you can expect.

12:00 – 12:30

Risk Assessments and New Technologies to Reduce Incidents and Serious Injuries and Fatalities

  • Crucial legal obligations that should be on every EHS professional’s radar when conducting risk assessments.
  • Strategies for acquiring specialized knowledge, honing essential skills and harnessing cutting-edge technologies to effectively manage specific and niche EHS hazards.
  • Insights into increasing stakeholder engagement in the risk assessment process, fostering collaboration and buy-in from all necessary parties.
  • Determining to what extent traditional risk assessments lack effectiveness and what can be improved.

12:30 – 13:00

Minimizing Risks of Automation & Additive Manufacturing Machinery to Safeguard Your Employees

  • Navigate new risks posed by constantly advancing additive manufacturing and automation machinery
  • Control hazards associated with occupational exposure to dust and fire and explosion risks
  • Explore advanced machine and automation safety control
  • Understand international standards in the field of additive manufacturing and automation in industry

Planned Investment Areas

  • Plant safety risk assessment
  • OH&S risk management systems|OH&S risk management systems
  • Legislative compliance and Due Diligence Programs
  • Connected Worker
  • Process Automation
  • Accident/Incident Investigation
  • Electrical Safety
  • Training & Development|Training & Development
  • Compliance Assessments & Implementation|Compliance Assessments & Implementation
  • CCTV/Video Solutions for OH&S|CCTV/Video Solutions for OH&S
  • Industrial Worker Safety
  • Workforce Enablement
  • Risk auditing
  • In-line Vision Inspection Systems
  • PPE & Fall Protection|PPE & Fall Protection
  • Change Management
  • Digital Tools for Safety
  • Industrial hygiene
  • Worker health complaints investigation
  • Risk Management Information Systems
  • Chemical management
  • HVAC
  • Process safety management
  • Virtual reality for workplace health
  • Augmented reality in safety
  • AI support for future EHS Management

13:05 - 13:55

LUNCH

14:00 – 14:30

H&S strategy from scratch, lessons learned

  • Involvement & engagement
  • Going through all the phases (Bradley curve)
  • Yes, success!
  • Or not…

Robert Hofmans, Global Head of HS&S, Trivium Packaging

14:30 - 15:00

Prioritizing EHS Through Organizational Change: The Power of a Growth Mindset

  • This presentation explores the crucial integration of Environment, Health, and Safety priorities within organizational change.
  • Emphasizing the transformative impact of a growth mindset, it delves into how fostering this mindset helps create a culture that values and prioritizes environment, health, and safety goals.
  • The presentation will highlight successful instances in strategically implementing a growth mindset to drive positive EHS outcomes.

15:00 - 15:05

CHAIRPERSON’S CLOSE

Please note the agenda can be subject to change