2025 Agenda

• Empowering teams through collaboration 
• Embedding proactive safety practices 
• Developing a leadership-driven safety culture 

• How do you stay relevant and forward-focused as safety priorities & trends shift? 
• How can you strengthen your technical or operational capability while still building leadership credibility? 
• How do you identify the right mentors, sponsors or networks to support your career growth? 
• What approaches work to navigate resistance, bias, or pushback, including in male-dominated environments? 

• Communicating safety messages through clear, relatable storytelling 
• Managing stakeholders to align goals and overcome resistance 
• Leading change when introducing new systems, processes or programs 
• Collaborating across teams to embed safety into daily operations 
• Resolving conflicts to address safety issues and build consensus  

• Gaining respect and authority, including in male-dominated environments, without compromising who you are 
• Leading safety conversations with confidence and clarity 
• Navigating resistance and building trust across teams and senior leadership 
• Balancing empathy, credibility, and decisiveness to elevate your impact 

• Preparing for high stakes conversations so you stay calm, clear, and in control 
• Navigating conflict with difficult people while maintaining boundaries and authority 
• Responding with professionalism and confidence when you’re dismissed, challenged, or talked over 
• Reframing setbacks as learning opportunities that fuel long-term growth and resilience 

• Clarifying who is legally and practically covered under your safety obligations 
• Identifying hidden risks in non-traditional work arrangements 
• Managing communication, training and oversight for contractors and gig workers 
• Embedding consistent safety standards across a fragmented workforce 

• Recognising emerging risks linked to heat, weather extremes & environmental change 
• Updating policies to manage climate-related safety threats 
• Meeting duties in relation to outdoor work, heat exposure and natural disaster preparedness 
• Collaborating to integrate climate risk into safety systems 

• Consistently showcasing your strengths, values and achievements  
• Proactively expressing goals and interests that align with your desired career path  
• Confidently setting your own boundaries 
• Negotiating to achieve your goals, from pay to promotions to working arrangement 

• Streamlining reporting and case management through digital platforms
• Integrating systems for smoother communication and compliance
• Enhancing data accuracy and timeliness to improve decision-making
• Leveraging automation to reduce administrative burden and speed up responses

• Building robust systems that reduce risk and support consistent safety outcomes 
• Engaging teams & stakeholders to drive accountability and long-term culture change 
• Ensuring disciplined execution by aligning safety initiatives with business goals for measurable impact 

• How can you maintain safety standards without being seen as a blocker to productivity or profits? 
• How do you approach leadership when there’s misalignment between business goals and safety priorities? 
• What communication strategies help gain buy-in across frontline, middle management and executives?

Workplace wellbeing, mental health and psychological health and safety are interlinked concepts that create safer, healthier work. This session aims to foster a greater understanding of the critical role that employers have in shaping psychologically healthy and safe cultures that can help prevent mental harm and promote wellbeing.  

• Exploring how health, safety, wellbeing and work are fundamentally interlinked  
• Viewing wellbeing as a shared responsibility between HR, H&S and leaders  
• Approaching wellbeing like safety  
• Practical solutions to overcome challenges while seizing opportunities to drive improvement 

• Addressing both prevention and early intervention needs 
• Tailoring support to diverse workforce needs and roles 
• Training leaders and managers to recognise and respond to mental health issues 
• Measuring program impact and continuously improving support systems 

• Understanding the regulatory and environmental context of sexual and gender-based harassment as a psychosocial hazard 
• Practical considerations for the end-to-end WHS process: identifying, assessing, and controlling the risks, including meaningful consultation 
• Responding to reports and investigations using a trauma informed approach 
• Tools and resources available to organisations for additional support 

• Understanding recent trends in regulator enforcement activities related to managing psychosocial hazards and risks 
• Consideration of key factors that may increase prosecution risks for organisations 
• Strengthening systems and controls to mitigate psychosocial risks 
• Engaging leadership and teams to prioritise psychosocial safety 

Discuss ideas, gain practical tips, and work through challenges faced by your peers. Have all your questions answered while you network and build relationships with people you otherwise may not have access to. You can choose three of the below to attend with each roundtable running concurrently over three time slots:  

Round 1: 14:00 to 14.30  |  Round 2: 14.30 to 15.00  | Round 3: 15.00 to 15.30 

Today's health & safety professionals must navigate a perfect storm of challenges: dynamic workplaces, skills shortages, disruptive technologies, regulatory upheaval, and complex project demands. This masterclass equips you with essential management and leadership skills to thrive in this dynamic environment and empower your team to deliver exceptional results. 

In this immersive, hands-on, full-day workshop designed specifically for women in health and safety, you will:  

• Distinguish between leadership and management by learning how to effectively balance strategic vision with day-to-day operational excellence  

• Strengthen your influence and presence with techniques to project confidence, navigate challenging situations, and amplify your impact within your organisation and beyond   

• Build and sustain high-performing teams with strategies to boost engagement, foster accountability, and inspire peak performance  

• Define your management style by establishing clarity in your approach to decision-making, problem-solving, and team dynamics  

• Refine your leadership brand by communicating your values and purpose in a way that inspires trust and respect  

• Evaluate and enhance your capabilities by reflecting on your strengths while identifying opportunities for growth  

• Master tools for collaboration and productivity while gaining practical frameworks to enhance communication, resolve conflicts, and cultivate a culture of trust and innovation 

This workshop is tailored for aspiring, emerging & current leaders who are ready to invest in their growth and drive exceptional outcomes. Position yourself as a forward-thinking leader, equipped to lead with confidence and drive significant impact in your organisation.