Call for 2026 Speakers

We’re now inviting speakers to help shape the 2026 conference program. If you have a topic you’re passionate about, submit your proposal through our speaker form and tell us what you’d like to present.

Deadline to apply: March 15, 2026

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2024

SpeakerS AND SESSION TOPICS

TRINA POLLARD, CEO Actsafe Safety Association

Day 1 Opening / Welcome

ELISA KILBOURNE, Threads of Life

The Face of Workplace Tragedy

TANYA STEELE, CHSC

Keynote: The Importance of Effective Education & Training in the BC Arts & Entertainment Industry

MARIA WEAVER, Associate Director, Suicide Prevention & Life Promotion, CMHA BC

Moving Toward Thriving – Addressing Psychological Safety in the BC Arts and Entertainment Industry

SIMON HUNT, Spark Solutions Ltd. & JORDAN MYERS, City of Vancouver

A Crash Course in Emergency Planning for Events

PAUL BERGIN, Occupational Safety Officers, WorkSafeBC & KELLY MEAN, Manager of Prevention Field Services at WorkSafeBC

Industry Safety Trends: From a WorkSafeBC Officer Perspective

CASEY CHAN, CRST & MARETT ALEXANDER, Safety Advisor, Actsafe Safety Association

Young & New Workers Bring About Safety Culture Change

CLAIRE MOCOCK, MBA, CRSP, Founder and Principal Consultant, Canary Safety and Risk Consulting

Before and After a Workplace Injury: Tips For Conducting Effective Investigations

DALE ALCOCK, Supervisor, Prevention Field Services, WorkSafeBC

Traffic Assistants & Road Safety

TOM O’CONNELL & KEVIN JONES, Odyssey Medical

Event Control Rooms

AMANDA CUTTING & MEGAN GILRON, Principal Intimacy Professionals

Setting the Stage: Safer Spaces for Sensitive Scenes

MONA SHUM, Aura Health and Safety

Social Event Mixer, Pre-Gala Break

DAVID C. JONES, Entertainer

Actsafe Safety Awards Gala - Dinner & Presentation

TODD MCDONALD, Head of Prevention WorkSafeBC

Day 2 Opening / Welcome

AARON BILLESBERGER, Guardteck Security Co.

Security and Crowd Management

JODI HUETTNER, Helga Wear

PPE for Women; Don’t Shrink It and Pink It

LAURIE LOWES

Mental Heath First Aid in BC Arts & Entertainment

KRISTIAN MARTENS, Salish Safety

How Your JHSC Can Have Impact Across Production

ALYCIA GARCIA, Vice President of Production Safety, Paramount Pictures

CLAIRE MOCOCK, MBA, CRSP, Founder and Principal Consultant, Canary Safety and Risk Consulting

JANET SELLERY, Chair, Event Safety Alliance Canada

JORDAN MYERS, Film & Special Events Public Safety Project Manager, City of Vancouver

SCOTT PARSONS, Sr. production Safety Manager, The Walt Disney Company

SHANE ROGERS, Director, Production Safety, Warner Bros. Entertainment

DAGAN NISH, Actsafe Safety Advisor, Panel Moderator

Industry Panel - Black Swan vs. Gray Rhinos