Another day of great presentations – informative, challenging and entertaining. The CEO panel, which included Pat Jacobsen of TransLink, Robert Taylor of Weyerhaueser and Paul Henning of Alcan Primary Metal, was one of the highlights of this day for me. Hearing their definitions of safety, effective safety management within their organizations, how they see the role of the professional and themselves allowed me to look at different ways that our profession and CEOs can “Partner in Practice”.
The conference, for the executive, is not just about going to see speakers. We hold many different meetings with outside organizations and with groups within the CSSE to foster relationships and invest in the future of the CSSE. One such meeting was a luncheon with the international organizations: ASSE (Mike Thompson & Fred Fortman) and IOSH (Lisa Fowlie and Sasha Lemen) the BCRSP (Peter Lineen) and CSSE Executive (Art Nordholm and Andrew Cooper). Having an informal “meeting of the safety association minds” allows for free exchange of ideas and generations of future plans, as well as strengthens our working relationships. In the past these meetings have resulted in INSPHO, selling of resources on our website and a further commitment to NAOSH Week. At this meeting we had further discussions on competencies, activities around NAOSH Week and the possible expansion of a Safety Professional Day across North America. There will be follow-up on these topics and others discussed around the table in the very near future. As the conference theme this year – partnerships in practice – we recognize that we can be so much farther ahead with IOSH, ASSE & CSSE working together, than separate. This meeting also emphasized the relationship that CSSE and BCRSP can have and we confirmed a joint meeting of the board in February 2008 to discuss this further.
The CHSC & Professional Member Reception and the BC Chapter Social Night provided great opportunities for all who attended the conference to mingle, interact and let our hair down a little. Social activities and networking opportunities are just others way to connect and find ways to “Partner in Practice”.
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