Monday, November 9th, 2020
7:30 AM
Sign In and check technology – Committee Only, Moderators
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Opening Remarks & Welcome
8:15 AM – 9:15 AM General Session I
Keynote – ASSP President, Deborah Roy
Safety Professional’s Role in Pandemic Planning
Deborah Roy is current President of SafeTech Consultants, Inc, consulting on global safety and health management systems, Total Worker Health, risk assessment and sustainability. She recently retired as Corporate Director of Health, Safety and Wellness at L.L.Bean where she led a staff and programs that impacted 10,000 employees globally for twelve years. She was inducted as a Fellow by both the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses and the American Society of Safety Professionals. Deborah is the current President of ASSP. She has been presenting webinars and podcasts addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic since its onset.
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Breakout Sessions
Salvatore Caccavale
Strategies for Getting Employees to Bring a ‘Safety Attitude’ to Work Each Day
Richard Schleckser
Leaning Forward: Developing a Risk Based Safety System
10:25 AM – 11:25 AM Breakout Sessions
Jamie Evans & Mike Sample
Behavioral Health in Construction Impact, Awareness and Solutions for the Construction Workforce
Randy Pittman
ISO 45001
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Breakout Sessions
John Spath
Hierarchy of Controls Re-examined
William Verhayden
Safe Waste Container Handling in the Workplace
12:30 – 1:00 PM
Lunch Break
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
VIRTUAL EXHIBITION – 10 minutes per Exhibitor
2:05 PM – 3:05 PM Breakout Sessions
Dale Lesinski
Safe 4 the Right Reasons (download pre-session brochure here)
Glenn Speight
Inspection and Maintenance Utilizing Rope Access Techniques
3:10 PM – 4:10 PM Breakout Sessions
Adam Henson
OSHA Compliance and Risk Management: Using One Hand to Wash the Other
Tim McCarty & Alexis Flink
Safety Certifications & Designations – Where to Go? (download pre-session resource here)
4:20 PM – 5:20 PM Breakout Sessions
Natalia Olive
Safety Metrics That Really Count
Eric Munz
Public Safety – Elevator/Escalator Repair
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
7:30 AM
Sign In and check technology – Committee Only, Moderators
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Opening Remarks & Welcome
8:15 AM – 9:15 AM General Session I
Keynote – Tim Irving
OSHA Update
Tim Irving will present a variety of OSHA updates at both the Regional and National evel to include; OSHA COVID-19 in the workplace update and available resources as well as and review, new enforcement guidance, rulemaking status and Compliance Assistance Campaigns. Tim Irving is the Deputy Director for the Directorate of Construction in the OSHA National Office. Previously Tim worked as the Assistant Regional Administrator (ARA) working in the OSHA Boston Regional Office with the Cooperative and State Programs team, as a Compliance Assistance Specialist and a Compliance Safety and Health Officer on the construction strategic team in the Boston South Area Office. Tim has been with OSHA since 2001 and holds both journeyman and master electrician licenses, he has his degree in management from the University of Massachusetts, has earned professional designations in risk management, construction safety, and is a Certified Safety Professional.
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Breakout Sessions
John Kowalski
A Systematic Approach to Safety Performance
Vahid Ebadat
Safe Handling of Flammable Liquids and Explosive Powders (download pre-session article here)
10:25 AM – 11:25 AM Breakout Sessions
Dave Crowley & Remi Fleuette
Organizational Partnering to Enable EHS Advancement
Salvatore Caccavale
Understanding Your Environmental Responsibilities
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Breakout Sessions
Dan McDavitt
The ‘New’ Silica Construction: What We Now Know About its Implementation
Dale Lesinski
Improving Your Safety Culture: It’s Not as Tough as You Think (download pre-session brochure here)
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch Break
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
VIRTUAL NETWORKING
2:05 PM- 3:05 PM Breakout Sessions
Shawna Fraser Nagle
Developing a Culture of Caring in Construction – Every Worker is a Safety Advocate!
Fran Sehn
Risk and Safety Intersect in the Standards for Program Success
3:10 PM – 4:10 PM Breakout Sessions
Jessica Richardson
Certifications (BCSP)
Vahid Ebadat
Dust Explosion Control, Requirements of NFPA 652 (download pre-session article here)
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM General Session II
Closing remarks