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

WHSS Victoria 2026 Speakers
Amy Morris
Senior Safety Systems & Standards Manager / Bega Group
WHSS Victoria 2026 Speaker
Amy Bell
General Manager, Workplace Relations & Wellbeing / Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
WHSS Melbourne 2026 Speakers
Arthur Papagiannis
CEO & Founder / AP Psychology & Consulting Services
WHSS Victoria 2026 Speaker
Bea Tomlin
Director / Beaspoke Safety
WHSS Victoria Speaker
Ben Shanks
Senior Director, APAC & N. America / Novade Solutions
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Caroline Davie
Group Leader, Health / WorkSafe Victoria
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Cath Jeffries
Director Health Safety and Wellbeing / Monash Health
WHSS Brisbane 26 Speakers
Chanelle McEnallay
Group Chief Safety Officer / Ramsay Health
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Craig Bleakley
Safety & Risk Specialist / ecoPortal
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Daniel Watts
Head of CM3 / CM3
WHSS Victoria 2026 Speakers
Daryan Rosic
Mental Health Program and Initiative Specialist / Allianz
WHSS26 Speakers
David Schelbach
Chief Sustainability Officer / IXOM
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Dr Donna Stemmer
Founder / WorkRight23
WHSS Victoria Speaker
Elinda Hartin
Partner and Principal Consultant Psychologist / APS
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Erin Gooey
Head of Health / Safety & Wellbeing, Medibank
WHSS Speakers
Felix Hall
Co-Founder / MindMuse
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George Pantazis
CEO / Pan Software/Riskware
WHSS VICTORIA SPEAKER
Georgina Castles
Psychosocial Inspector / WorkSafe Victoria
WHSS Victoria Speaker 2026
Georgina Poole
Co-Founder & Director / Event Learning Australia
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Dr Georgi Toma
Director / HeartBrain Works
Greg Murphy
Ambassador / AutoSense
WHSS Victoria Speaker 2026
Guy Terkelsen
Certified Partner / Physiotherapist / FitWorker360
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Hannah Phillips
General Manager / Cert Australia
WHSS Victoria 2026 Speakers
Heather Miller
Director - Health & Safety / Ambulance Victoria
WHSM 2026 Speaker
Dr Helen Lingard
Director, Construction Work Health and Safety & Distinguished Professor / RMIT
WHSS Victoria 2026 Speakers
Hong K. Nguyen
Senior Health, Safety & Environment Advisor, Region Lead VIC/TAS / CSIRO
WHS VIctoria 2026 Speaker
Howard Wolfsohn
Director / Lungela
WHSS Victoria 2026 Speaker
James Kolozsi
Senior Director / Forge Works
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Jamie Mallinder
Global Leader - Content and Industry Expertise & Principal Consultant / Forwood Safety & Independent Consultant
WHSS BRISBANE SPEAKER
Jason Allan
Product Marketing Manager / Rapid Global
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Jeff Walker
Principal Consultant & Trainer / JKG
WHSS Victoria 2026 Speakers
Jerome Carslake
Director / National Road Safety Partnership Program delivered by Monash University
WHSS Victoria 2026 Speakers
Jo Kitney
Managing Director / Kitney
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Joel Anderson
CEO / Foremind
WHSS Brisbane 26 Speakers
Jorgen Gullestrup
Chief Executive Officer / MATES Australia
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Josh Lambert
Head of Business Development - Digital Health & Ventures / Medibank
WHSS VIctoria 2026 Speaker
Julie Gratton
Safety, Health, Environment & Wellbeing Director / AECOM
WHSS Victoria Speaker
Justin Koschitzke
Former St Kilda Saints AFL Flayer & Co-Founder / Acumind
WHSS Victoria 2026 Speaker
Justine Youl
Founder / SiteSherpa
WHSS Victoria Speaker 2026
Katrina Aubrey
Fatigue and Sleep Specialist / AutoSense
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Laura Chapman
Director of Sales, APAC / Sine by Honeywell
WHSS Brisbane 26 Speakers
Dr Laura Sowden
Partner | Workplace Relations, Employment & Safety / Mills Oakley
WHS COS NOMINEES
Leneila Lynne
Co-Founder & CEO / Acumind
WHSS Victoria 2026 Speaker
Liz King
Manager, Skin Cancer Prevention Unit / Cancer Council NSW
WHSS Victoria 2026 sepaker
Madelaine Fleet-Barry
Psychological Health Program Officer / WorkSafe Victoria
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Mel Larsson
Senior EHS Product Manager / Ideagen
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Melanie Moffatt
Senior Corporate Health and Wellbeing Lead / Medibank
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Melanie Windust
National Health and Safety Operations Manager / Cleanaway Waste Management
WHSS Victoria 2026 Speaker
Melo Calarco
Mindfulness and High Performance Coach / Mindful Mooves
WHSS Victoria 2026 Speaker
Merryn Courtney
Partnership Manager / EML – Mutual Menefits Program
WHSS Brisbane 26 Speakers
Mike Hagan
Principal Consultant / Mike Hagan Consulting Services
WHS Brisbane Speakers
Mike Duffield
Sales Principal / Rapid Global
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Dr Natalie Flatt PH.D
Chief Mental Health Advisor / Superfriend
WHS VIctoria 2026 Speaker
Natalie Rouillon
Head of Psychosocial Safety and Culture / Foremind
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Nathan Chzanowski
Inspector / Worksafe
WHS Victoria 2026 Speaker
Nicole Sinosich
Group Leader - Health Integrated Industry Pilot Program / WorkSafe Victoria
WHSS Brisbane 26 Speakers
Niru Tyagi
WHS Consultant / Psychosocial Systems & Due Diligence / WHS Guard
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Dr Patrick Aouad
Founder and CEO / CU Health
WHS Victoria 2026 Speakers
Pia Cerveri
Program Manager, Healthcare & Social Assistance / WorkSafe Victoria
WHSS VIctoria 2026 Speaker
Rachael Ford
Manager Policy and Regulation / Workers Compensation, Suncorp
WHSs Speaker
Rae Bonney OAM
Workplace Psychosocial Safety & Men’s Health Specialist / Rae Bonney
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Regi Penn
Health and Safety Manager / Laing O'Rourke
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Richard Rowe
EHS Product Manager / Ideagen
WHSS Victoria 2026 Speaker
Rod Maule
Principal / Strategic Advisory, The Safe Step
WHSS Victoria 2026 Speakers
Sally McLeod
Head of Health & Safety / PWC
WHSS Victoria 2026 Speaker
Sarah Cuscadden
GM Health Safety & Environment / AGL
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Scott Barber
CEO / WAHA
WHSS BRISBANE SPEAKER
Scott Reardon
Paralympic Gold Medallist & Founder / SISU Collective
WHS Victoria 2026 Speakers
Simon Joice
Senior Director Health & Safety / Queensland Health
WHSS Victoria speakers
Sonya Law
Human Resources Director / SL Human Resources Consulting
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Tennille Zahra
Head of HSEQ / Kinetic
WHS Speakers
Tim Cameron
Senior Implementation Lead / Sine by Honeywell
WHS Melbourne Speaker
Tim D'Ath
Head of Safety & Wellbeing / Yarra Valley Water
WHSS Victoria 2026 Speaker
Dr Vanessa Cook
Head of Positive Safety / Sentis
WHSS Victoria 2026 Speakers
Wayne Richards
Head of Health , Safety & Environment / Ridley Corporation