Meet the speakers

Wednesday, 20 – Thursday, 21 May, 2026
Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre

Industry leaders, frontline voices and decision-makers sharing practical safety insight.

Speakers include

Alicia Gardini
General Manager / Certex International
Amy Morris
Senior Safety Systems & Standards Manager / Bega Group
Amy Bell
General Manager, Workplace Relations & Wellbeing / Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Arthur Papagiannis
CEO & Founder / AP Psychology & Consulting Services
Bea Tomlin
Director / Beaspoke Safety
Ben Shanks
Senior Director, APAC & N. America / Novade Solutions
Chanelle McEnallay
Group Chief Safety Officer / Ramsay Health
Craig Bleakley
Safety & Risk Specialist / ecoPortal
Daryan Rosic
Mental Health Program and Initiative Specialist / Allianz
David Schelbach
Chief Sustainability Officer / IXOM
Donna Stemmer
Founder / WorkRight23
Elinda Hartin
Partner and Principal Consultant Psychologist / APS
Erin Gooey
Head of Health / Safety & Wellbeing, Medibank
Felix Hall
Co-Founder / MindMuse
Georgina Castles
Psychosocial Inspector / WorkSafe Victoria
Georgina Poole
Co-Founder & Director / Event Learning Australia
Dr. Georgi Toma
Director / HeartBrain Works
Greg Murphy
Ambassador / AutoSense
Guy Terkelsen
Certified Partner / Physiotherapist / FitWorker360
Heather Miller
Director - Health & Safety / Ambulance Victoria
Dr Helen Lingard
Director, Construction Work Health and Safety & Distinguished Professor / RMIT
Hong-K Nguyen
Senior Health, Safety & Environment Advisor, Region Lead VIC/TAS / CSIRO
Howard Wolfsohn
Director / Lungela
James Kolozsi
Senior Director / Forge Works
Jason Allan
Product Marketing Manager / Rapid Global
Jeff Walker
Principal Consultant & Trainer / JKG
Jerome Carslake
Director / National Road Safety Partnership Program delivered by Monash University
Jo Kitney
Managing Director / Kitney
Joel Anderson
CEO / Foremind
Julie Gratton
Safety, Health, Environment & Wellbeing Director / AECOM
Justin Koschitzke
Former St Kilda Saints AFL Flayer & Co-Founder / Acumind
Justine Youl
Founder / SiteSherpa
Katrina Aubrey
Fatigue and Sleep Specialist / AutoSense
Dr. Laura Sowden
Partner | Workplace Relations, Employment & Safety / Mills Oakley
Leneila Lynne
Co-Founder & CEO / Acumind
Liz King
Manager, Skin Cancer Prevention Unit / Cancer Council NSW
Madelaine Fleet-Barry
Psychological Health Program Officer / WorkSafe Victoria
Mel Larsson
Senior EHS Product Manager / Ideagen
Melanie Moffatt
Senior Corporate Health and Wellbeing Lead / Medibank
Melo Calarco
Mindfulness and High Performance Coach / Mindful Mooves
Mike Duffield
Sales Principal / Rapid Global
Natalie Rouillon
Head of Psychosocial Safety and Culture / Foremind
Nicole Sinosich
Group Leader - Health Integrated Industry Pilot Program / WorkSafe Victoria
Niru Tyagi
WHS Consultant / Psychosocial Systems & Due Diligence / WHS Guard
Dr. Patrick Aouad
Founder and CEO / CU Health
Rae Bonney OAM
Workplace Psychosocial Safety & Men’s Health Specialist / Rae Bonney
Rachael Ford
Manager Policy and Regulation / Workers Compensation, Suncorp
Richard Rowe
EHS Product Manager / Ideagen
Rod Maule
Principal / Strategic Advisory, The Safe Step
Sally McLeod
Head of Health & Safety / PWC
Sarah Cuscadden
GM Health Safety & Environment / AGL
Scott Barber
CEO / WAHA
Scott Reardon
Paralympic Gold Medallist & Founder / SISU Collective
Simon Joice
Senior Director Health & Safety / Queensland Health
Sonya Law
Human Resources Director / SL Human Resources Consulting
Tennille Zahra
Head of HSEQ / Kinetic
Tim D'Ath
Head of Safety & Wellbeing / Yarra Valley Water
Dr Vanessa Cook
Head of Positive Safety / Sentis
Wayne Richards
Head of Health , Safety & Environment / Ridley Corporation