2026 Speakers.
NEXT EVENT
Wednesday 17 March, 2027
Thursday 18 March, 2027
BCEC
Industry leaders, frontline voices and decision-makers sharing practical safety insight.
Meet the speakers.
Alanna Ball
Founder and Principal Consultant / Women in Safety
Amanda Amaral
Co-Founder / GotSafe Media
Angela Wallbank
Group Manager, Policy & Consultation Group / Safe Work Australia
Anna Saunders
Psychosocial Risk Manager / Heart & Brain Works
Ben Carnell
Head of Client Solutions / Sentis
Brenda Myburgh
Workplace Health and Wellbeing Specialist / Medibank
Camilla Kelly
General Manager People, Culture & Safety / John Deere
Dr. Carol Hon
Associate Professor in Construction Management and Quantity Surveying / Queensland University of Technology
Chanelle McEnallay
Group Chief Safety Officer / Ramsay Health
Clayton Hill
Technical Discipline Manager ‑ Construction Materials & Services / SLR Consulting
Craig Bleakley
Safety & Risk Specialist / ecoPortal
Craig Salter
Founder / Safety Champion Software
Damien Lynes
Senior HSE leader / JBS
Dan Harte
Senior HSE Lead / Windlab
David Levingston
CMO / Aero Healthcare
David Sztrajt
Partner / HR Legal
David Tye
Group Head of WHS / PeopleIN (prev. Head H&S, Dominos)
Dean Smith
Category Manager Bool PT / TRu Brands
Dr Donna Stemmer
Founder / WorkRight23
Duane Goodger
General Manager - Safety, Wellbeing and Regulatory Compliance OTR Group / Viva Energy
Emma Munns
People Operations Manager / Carina Leagues Club
Erin Gooey
Head of Health / Safety & Wellbeing, Medibank
Felix Hall
Co-Founder / MindMuse
Georgie Chapman
Partner / HR Legal
Dr Georgi Toma
Director / HeartBrain Works
Georgina Poole
Co-Founder & Director / Event Learning Australia
Geri Sumpter
General Manager / Beyond Blue at Work
Glen Cook
Principal Community Safety Specialist / Energy Queensland
Greg Vakaci
Director Programs & Operational Support / Workplace Health & Safety Queensland
Jacci Quinlivan
Safety Advocate and Speaker /
Jason Allan
Product Marketing Manager / Rapid Global
Jeff Walker
Principal Consultant & Trainer / JKG
Joel Anderson
CEO / Foremind
John Leigh
Manager, Advisory Field Services, Policy & Workplace Services / WorkSafe Queensland
Jorgen Gullestrup
Chief Executive Officer / MATES Australia
Joshua Adams
Director, Workplace Relations, Safety and Wellbeing / Central West Hospital and Health Service
Karishma Mendiratta
Change Manager / Unity Water
Kirstine Sketcher-Baker
Executive Director - Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Service / Queensland Health
Lara Carolan
Manager, Strategy and Governance / WorkSafe Queensland
Dr Laura Sowden
Partner | Workplace Relations, Employment & Safety / Mills Oakley
Louisa Detez
Organisational Psychologist / Aus Psych Services
Mark Inglis
Health and Safety Manager / Bool PT
Mel Larsson
Senior EHS Product Manager / Ideagen
Mike Duffield
Sales Principal / Rapid Global
Naomi Oyston
Head of Capability & Growth / Shine Executive
Dr. Nick Mabbott
Director & Fatigue Risk Management Specialist / Beyond Midnight Consulting
Nick Thompson
CEO / MATES
Dr. Nikky Labranche
Dust & Respiratory Health Program Lead & Research Fellow - OHS in Mining / The University of Queensland
Niru Tyagi
WHS Consultant / Psychosocial Systems & Due Diligence / WHS Guard
Dr Patrick Aouad
Founder and CEO / CU Health
Phill Noble
CEO / Height Safety Engineers / WAHA Representative SF-015 Standards Committee Member
Rae Bonney OAM
Workplace Psychosocial Safety & Men’s Health Specialist / Rae Bonney
Renee Dawson
Principal Consultant / Action OHS Consulting
Richard Rowe
EHS Product Manager / Ideagen
Richard Turner
Global Head of Health, Safety, Security and Environment / Toll Group
Rowen Winsor
Chief People Officer / Bindaree Food
Ryan Hurley
Safety Systems and Regulatory Lead / Airservices Australia
Sam Bourne
Director / ComplyFlow | Risk Factors Australia
Sandra Lovaas
Chief People Officer / Lendlease
Sarah Alexander
Founder & Operational Safety Strategist / Bespoke Safety Group
Sasha Abram
Health, Safety, & Wellbeing Director / Suntory Beverage & Food Oceania
Simon Pedretti
Sales Director / SafetyLink / SF-015 Standards Committee Member
Scott Barber
CEO / WAHA
Scott Reardon
Paralympic Gold Medallist & Founder / SISU Collective
Sheri Greenwell
National Health & Safety Manager / ComDuc
Stephanie Graham
Head of Safety and Wellbeing Programs and Functions / Bunnings
Stephen Harvey
Founder / Hopscotch Safety
Susanne Le Boutillier
Leadership Advisor & Former Senior Health Executive /
Tania Ross
Chief Advisor, Psychological Health Unit, Specialist Response Services / Office of Industrial Relations
Tania Van der Stap
Author & Principal Director / ALIGN Risk Management
Tenneile Manenti
Founder / Mind Logistics
Tennille Zahra
Head of HSEQ / Kinetic
Toni McQuinn
Director / Body Armour