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This year's conference is shaping up to be another great educational day full of interesting speakers and topics.
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Our Facilitator:Jack Slessor is a Certified Safety and Health Consultant (CHSC) with over 18 years of experience as a workplace safety and health professional. Jack’s experience includes his time as a Workplace Safety and Health Officer with the Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Branch and as a Prevention Consultant with SAFE Work Manitoba. He retired from SAFE Work Manitoba in September 2022, but continues to bring his passion for people and their safety to every presentation he provides as an independent trainer and consultant because he still loves what he is doing! |
Keynote Address: SafeOperations is one word
This process allows the amalgamation of operational excellence and world class safety culture. It probes into the fact that it is all based on the pillars of people and leadership. That business goals are in fact as important as safety and safety is in fact as important as the business goals. They can not be separate if a business or organization wants to be successful.
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About the Speaker - Kirk RegularKey Themes Across His Career Progression: Frontline trades → superintendent → senior manager → director Kirk Regular built his career from hands-on mining roles into a senior operations executive, becoming a recognized leader in safety culture, risk management, and operational excellence across both mining and manufacturing sectors. |
Amendments to Manitoba’s Asbestos Regulations and Guidelines
The Government of Manitoba recently amended Part 37 Asbestos of Manitoba Regulation 217-2006, in December 2025. Subsequent to these amendments, Safe Work Manitoba released an updated asbestos guideline titled “Asbestos Management Guide February 2026”. Some of the amendments to the regulations came into effect December 5, 2025, while the remainder of the amendments take effect June 1, 2027. Revisions to the Guideline were made to bring it into alignment with amended regulations. This presentation provides an overview of the revisions to the regulations and guideline with highlights to the key changes that have been incorporated into the documents.
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About the Speaker - Edwin WoosterEdwin Wooster is a Senior Technical Manager in the Hazardous Materials group at Pinchin Ltd. Edwin holds an Engineering Design and Drafting Technology diploma from Red River College. Edwin has over 35 years of experience, with more than 30 years in project management of environmental audits and hazardous materials management. As a Senior Technical Manager and a Training Specialist out of Pinchin's Winnipeg Office, he has a wide range of experience providing consulting services throughout Manitoba, as well as Saskatchewan, Northwestern Ontario, and Nunavut. He provides a variety of training sessions on various subjects including Asbestos, Lead, PCB's, Confined Space, Working at Heights, Spills Response, and WHMIS 2015. Edwin is certified to provide the Safe Work Manitoba Asbestos Abatement Worker Training and Asbestos Inventory Development Training that has been adopted under recent revisions to Manitoba's Workplace Safety and Health Regulation MR 217-2006. Project management experience includes a comprehensive asbestos reassessment project for a national financial institution consisting of over 700 branches across Canada. He has conducted in excess of 500 asbestos survey and inspection projects and is extremely proficient at the collection of field data for the purpose of hazardous building materials surveys. |
Panel Session:
Emergency Response: Expectations vs. Reality
This topic explores the gap between what workplaces often expect during an emergency and what actually happens when emergency services respond. Many workplaces assume that calling 911 is the complete emergency or rescue plan; however, in reality, EMS response can take longer than expected due to location, access challenges, availability, weather, or the nature of the incident.
For example, in a fall arrest situation, a workplace may believe that calling 911 is enough. But if a worker is suspended in a harness, time is critical. Delayed rescue can lead to serious injury or death if the workplace has not developed and practiced its own rescue plan.
The purpose of this discussion is to encourage workplaces to think beyond simply relying on emergency services. Employers should consider what immediate actions are needed before help arrives, develop practical emergency and rescue plans, train workers, reduce hazards, and minimize situations where 911 becomes the only option. Effective emergency planning means being prepared to act quickly, safely, and realistically when every minute matters.
Panelists:
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Raj SharmaDirector of Safety and Health |
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David ShaperaIncident Commander |
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Ryan SneathApplications of AI to Improve Safety Performance
Artificial intelligence is now embedded in everyday safety practice, offering powerful capabilities to process data, identify patterns, and improve communication, but it does not replace human judgment. When used thoughtfully, AI can automate routine tasks, enhance data-driven insights, and support clearer communication with workers and leadership, enabling safety professionals to focus on higher-value activities such as risk interpretation and decision-making. Increasingly, AI is also being applied directly in safety through tools like predictive analytics and monitoring systems that help identify emerging hazards and enable earlier intervention. However, AI has clear limitations: it lacks judgment, ethical accountability, and the ability to understand context, culture, or human behavior. The primary risk is not the technology itself, but overreliance, using AI as a crutch rather than a tool. Responsible integration requires transparency, critical thinking, and professional oversight, ensuring that all outputs are verified and owned by qualified practitioners. Ultimately, AI’s value lies in partnership: it can enhance, but never replace, the expertise, ethics, and leadership that define effective safety practice..
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About the Speaker - Glyn JonesGlyn is the Principal Engineer at Bravo Target Safety. Based in Calgary, he leads a team of 50 consultants working in the EHS Consulting Division of Bravo. He is a Professional Engineer and a CRSP with 40 years of experience. For the past 2 years he has been leading efforts in the Alberta safety community to learn about AI and how it come be used to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the work safety professionals. |
SCHEDULE:
| 9:00-10:15 am | Keynote Address - Keynote Address: SafeOperations is one word |
| 10:15-10:45 am | Refreshment Break - Visit the Booths |
| 10:45-12:00 pm | Amendments to Manitoba’s Asbestos Regulations and Guidelines |
| 12:00-1:00 pm | Luncheon |
| 1:00-2:15 pm | Panel Session: Emergency Response: Expectations vs. Reality |
| 2:15-2:45 pm | Refreshment Break - Visit the Booths |
| 2:45-4:00 pm | Applications of AI to Improve Safety Performance |
| 4:00 pm | Wrap-Up |
FEES
| IPAM Members | $220.00 |
| IPAM Members: 3 or More from One Company | $200.00 |
| Non-Members | $285.00 |
| Non-Members: 3 or More from One Company | $265.00 |
| Students: | $75.00 |
CANCELLATION POLICY:
Cancellations received by 4:00 pm, November 13th are accepted without charge. If cancellation is not received by the specified time frame the amount is due in full. Substitutions are welcome.
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