2024 CONFERENCE - DAY 2
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
SESSIONS
Peer to Peer Conversations: Key Event Safety Topics | ESAC Board of Directors & Friends
This session creates an opportunity for different sectors to connect with their peers to discuss key topics. Facilitated by some of the best in the industry, these conversations will dig into specific health and safety challenges that we face every day.
Safe & Effective Response to Emergency Situations From A Team Perspective | Aaron Billesberger
Join Aaron in this interactive and participant engaged workshop focused on planning, preparing and responding safely and effectively to emergency situations in various event settings.
This session will draw on Aaron's experience in safe event planning and preparation, delivering Tabletop Exercises, working as a Command Centre Lead and member of Incident Management Teams, and responding to different types of incidents and emergencies. It will also draw on the knowledge and experience in the room through interactive questions and group scenarios addressing emergencies that have happened at events.
Key topics covered will include: effective incident and emergency planning and preparation; and safe and effective response to emergency situations. Different response options will be discussed and explored with a focus on not under-responding or over-responding.
Demystifying Workplace Mental Health and Psychological Safety | Dagan Nish
This session is intended to be a foundational lecture covering the following three subjects: mental health first aid, psychological safety, and psychological health and safety in the workplace. The presentation aims to demystify these approaches to health and safety by addressing how they are often misunderstood or misused interchangeably. Attendees will be presented with an overview of the definition and history behind each methodology, how they are separate from each other in terms of their scope and target outcomes, how they are complimentary to one another as far as their scale and implementation, where reliable training or resources can be found for those wanting to use each approach, and how they all fit together into a robust occupational health and safety program.
Safety and Due Diligence for a Multi-Employer Workplace | Claire Mocock
Implementing health and safety at a multi-employer worksite can be challenging, particularly with the temporary nature of events and workforces. However, it is required and it can be done. Recognizing that health and safety legislative requirements with definitions of “constructors” and “prime contractors” may differ across provinces, however the key elements of contractor safety management are the same. Claire provides an important overview on the key activities surrounding contractor safety management and coordination of a multi-employer workplace.
Claire will walk participants through health and safety elements of coordinating a multi-employer workplace with examples specific to live events. She lays the framework in building and refining your plan to ensure elements such as: written agreements, pre-qualification, site-specific orientations, tailboard/tool-box talks, safety representatives, safety boards, inspections, meetings, incident reporting/investigations along with first aid and emergency procedures are in place.
Claire focuses this presentation on clearly explaining each element of contractor safety management, with a focus on the key activities that support safety and due diligence for each. Participants will gain a holistic understanding of contractor safety management and what coordinating a multi-employer workplace really means in terms of occupational, health and safety. Further to this, participants will walk away with simple actions they can implement to progress and continually improve safety at their event’s workplace which translate to an overall safer event for workers, contractors and vendors, guests along with the neighbouring community and external stakeholders.
From Security to Risk Management | Martin Deslaurier
Established in 1963, How the largest cultural complexe in Canada is embracing modern Risk Management best practices in order to maintain a safe and welcoming environment within an industry facing post pandemic reality and new challenges.
Event Healthcare - Who's Involved and What's Needed? | Haddon Rabb
This is intended to be a general overview of event medical support which ties in onsite care, hospital involvement, ambulance support, and general guidance around what medical care is needed at events.
Intense Safety: Considerations for Event Tents | Doug Bruce
This discussion will cover a range of topics related to the use of tents, including variations in their design, some best practices, and what you may look for when considering tent use. Tents are among the most common event assets, but their application varies as wide as their style and design.
Predicting Weather and Protecting Workers | Kevin Kloesel, Taryn Toic, Mitch Davies
Session Description Coming Soon!
Ignite the Night: Fireworks, Special Effects, and Drone Shows in the Canadian Entertainment Industry | Kelly Guille
Join us for an electrifying keynote presentation by fireworks & special effects event company owner, Kelly Guille, as he delves into the world of fireworks, live event special effects, and cutting-edge drone swarm shows. Discover how these spectacular displays not only enhance the crowd experience but also address critical environmental and safety concerns. With years of industry expertise, Archangel Fireworks Inc. owner Kelly will showcase the latest innovations that make these awe-inspiring shows safer and more sustainable than ever. Don’t miss this engaging presentation where we will explore the future of live entertainment and its positive impact on both audiences and the planet.
I Spy With My Safety Eye | Kait Farrar
Session Description Coming Soon!
We Are The First Responders | Steve Adelman
We generally refer to public safety officers as "first responders," but when anything goes sideways during an event, the first responders are the people already there - Us. This session will discuss the need to react quickly and decisively in the most foreseeable emergencies. None of this is so difficult, but it's better to have thought about it BEFORE lives hang in the balance.
SPEAKERS
Steve Adelman Steve Adelman is a lawyer focused on safety and security at live events, and he is Vice President of the Event Safety Alliance. He led the creation of the American National Standards for Crowd Management and for Event Security, and a Parade Safety standard is well into development. |
Aaron Billesberger Aaron Billesberger is the Director of Special Projects & Training for Guardteck Security Co., a visionary leader in providing security services with a focus on customer service, client experience, harm reduction, teambuilding and partnerships, safety, and service excellence. |
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Mitch Davies Speaker Bio Coming Soon! |
Martin Deslauriers, CPP.PSP.PCI Risk management professional with over 30 years in corporate security, asset protection and risk management. Having worked within two large international corporations since 1994, he is now exercising his passion by acting as Director of Security at the Place des Arts. |
Kait Farrar Kait Farrar (she/her) wants to live in a world where her phone is always charged and every event is a safe event. |
Kelly Guille Kelly has been in the fireworks industry since 1993 and has been the sole owner of Archangel Fireworks Inc. since 2003. Kelly is a knowledgeable, respected and forward thinking pillar of the Canadian fireworks and stage special effects industry. He is passionate about putting on a great show, while ensuring the utmost safety for ALL involved. |
Kevin Kloesel Speaker Bio Coming Soon! |
Claire Mocock Claire Mocock, MBA, CRSP is an accomplished health and safety professional with an extensive background spanning over 15 years across diverse industries, including research and education, property management, gaming and casinos, transportation, construction, and live events encompassing professional sports, concerts, and festivals. |
Dagan Nish Dagan was active in community theatre throughout his childhood and has 14 years of professional experience in the motion picture industry. With a background in acting and teaching, he holds a BA in emergency and security management. He is also certified in psychological first aid, mental health first aid, and as a workplace psychological health and safety advisor. He has worked as an OHS consultant managing health and safety departments for several episodic series and an award-winning independent feature film. He has since completed his first year and a half as a safety advisor with Actsafe Safety Association. Since joining the organization, Dagan has spearheaded a new strategic initiative focused on workplace psychological health and safety. He also serves as a member of the Calltime Mental Health Champions campaign as well as ESTA's new Mental Health & Well-being Management Working Group. |
Haddon Rabb Haddon Rabb is a Registered Nurse working with BC Emergency Health Services as their Manager of Planned Event, supporting the medical needs of events throughout British Columbia. Haddon has been working in the event medical industry for the last decade where he’s been involved with complex events in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec. Haddon is a published researcher with the UBC Mass Gathering Medicine Interest Group where the focus is on sharing operational learnings and theories within the field of Mass Gathering Medicine. In addition to a nursing and first responder background, formal education has been gained in Tropical Nursing (i.e., low resource healthcare) and Crowd Safety. |
Taryn Toic Speaker Bio Coming Soon! |
Programming and speakers are subject to change.
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