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The Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Summit is designed to share best leadership and safety practices with industry professionals hoping to achieve world-class safety within their companies. This one-of-a-kind learning and networking conference will focus on uniting manufacturing executives from across the United States. Attendees will focus on best practices in environment, health and safety along with becoming a better leader. This summit promises to provide high-level safety professionals with implementable ideas they can take back to their facilities to improve their operations and achieve world-class safety.

Wednesday April 27, 2022

11:00 AM - Introduction and Welcome

11:15 AM - Keynote: Safety Insights from a Naval Aviation Perspective
Christian Buhlmann

Former ARPM Board President and US Navy Captain-Retired, Christian Buhlmann, will kick off the 2022 EHS Summit with safety insights from a naval aviation perspective. Built on the foundation of what he learned while serving in the US Navy, Buhlmann will share insights on what the manufacturing industry can do to further their own safety preparedness and exercise those plans to test your organizations readiness for any disasters that it may face. This keynote presentation will set the stage for the 2022 EHS Summit through a deep dive into why everyone is here - to keep your people alive and safe.

12:15 PM  - Disaster Planning Panel 
Moderator: Jon Medo, Federated Insurance
Panelists: Marel Riley-Ryman, Southern Michigan Rubber;

No one expects a disaster will happen to their organization, and that is what makes them so devastating. They are unplanned, unexpected, and can be catastrophic to the organization and it's employees. To protect your organization, planning for disasters and disaster recovery is an essential practice, and during this panel attendees will hear stories from industry peers who have experienced disasters. Led by Jon Medo of Federated Insurance, the panelists will share what happened at their organization, what it impacted, and how their business practices have changed because of it.

1:15 PM - Peer Networking

This session is back by popular demand! Growing peer-to-peer networks is a primary component EHS Summit. Attendees will have the chance to interact with peer groups during this session on topics that are unique to their job functions in their specific groups. Driven by past attendee feedback, these focused sessions have been highly requested and are expected to be one of the biggest hits of this year's event. They are a perfect way for professionals to find new ideas, expand their professional networks, and explore new methods of improvement.

2:00 PM – Six Years Later…What Does TSCA Reform Mean for the Rubber Industry?
Michelle Baker, Zeon Chemicals

In 2016, President Obama signed the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act into law. The Lautenberg Act, also know as TSCA Reform, was intended to boost confidence in chemical safety in the US by strengthening regulations. The updated law gave the US Environmental Protection Agency sweeping new authority to ensure that the tens of thousands pf chemicals in everyday products do not pose unreasonable risks to human health and the environment. This presentation will explain some of the new requirements and give practical advice to ensure compliance.

2:00 PM – Sustainability

Presenter/more information to come.

3:00 PM – ICSAVE

Presenter/more information to come.

4:00 PM – Day 1 Ends

Thursday April 28, 2022

11:00 AM - Humanizing Safety - A Roadmap for Organizational Safety Through Individual Empowerment
Patrick Nelson, Loyalty Point Leadership

Leveraging a battle-tested Safety Leadership strategy that has resulted in a 57% reduction in the TRIR (Total Recordable Incident Rate) for Fortune 500 organizations, Patrick will give your safety and operational leaders a playbook to make safety personal and a driver of workplace excellence. The audience will leave with: a playbook on how to leverage storytelling to create deeper safety engagement, a non-traditional approach to maximizing positive safety outcomes through Servant Leadership and Forward-Looking Accountability, and an inspired growth-oriented mindset to help propel them to start making proactive shifts in their safety culuture that will motivate and engage others. 

12:00 PM - Your View, Your Attitude, Your Life
Chad Dunlap, UpShift with Chad

Rising above his own struggles in life, Chad decided to turn his experience into something positive in hopes of inspiring others. As an experienced and esteemed public speaker since 2019, Chad aims to deliver education, inspiration and entertainment to his audience. Conquering many hurdles in his own life, Chad drives home a powerful message to those who are battling heavy topics such as depression or suicide. He strives to make every event a memorable experience, placing a large emphasis on delivering motivating content. Get ready to be inspired in an authentic way that leaves you ready to upshift your view, your attitude, and your life.

1:00 PM – Revolutionizing Worker Safety Using Connected Worker Technology
Darrell Graham, Aware 360

In 2019, the number of preventable work deaths increased by 2%, totaling 4,572 and work-related serious injuries totaled 4.64 million in the United States. We are committed to the NSC’s Work to Zero initiative to end workplace fatalities by 2050 using technology. Ultimately, safety programs are developed to ensure every worker makes it home at the end of the day. Technology-based connected worker solutions have the power to help businesses achieve their safety goals and save lives.

2:00 PM - Marketing Safety to Improve Your Safety Culture
David Thurwanger, Yaskawa America

The days of dusty safety policy binders and motivational posters are long past us—or at least they should be. To get to the next level of organizational safety, you need to develop a safety culture in which each employee is fully committed to the safety effort. In this session, you will learn several strategies and tactics to engage all your employees in the process of hazard identification, risk mitigation and safety improvement in formats that resonate with today's diverse workforce.

2:00 PM – Power Your KPIs with BI
Lori Carson, Zeon Chemicals

This May, I mark my 30th year as an Environmental Safety & Health professional. Much like my peers, spreadsheets were my loyal friend throughout the years. To be honest, I still use them (make new friends but keep the old, one is silver but the other is gold), but my new best friend is Microsoft Power BI. I am going to talk about my experience learning how to use it. More importantly, I want to tell you how it has positively impacted our safety programs and ultimately why it has made my job as Director of Safety Health & Environment a little easier. Power BI is very user friendly after you stop thinking of it as Excel. It is easy to visualize large sets of data and create professional reports that can be shared throughout my company. In my team, we now spend more time analyzing trends than manipulating data into charts. This analysis has transformed our KPIs that used to be one boring Report Card. Now we have dozens of charts to help us share insights and make data-driven decisions that drive strategic action. By removing the human manipulating the data, reports are more accurate and update in seconds.

3:00 PM - EHS Awards and Closing 

The 2022 Safety Awards recognize companies in the manufacturing industry that have achieved excellent safety techniques that go beyond the average regulations. The awards will be given out based on OSHA 300's Log of work-Related Injuries and Illness statistics and Safety Best Practices. 

Registration

Member cost: $475. Non-member cost: $525. Group rate (4+ attendees): $1,600.

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