Keynote speakers

Richard Taylor

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RICHARD TAYLOR – CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER – LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY

Richard previously worked at the University of Leicester as Director of Corporate Affairs and Planning before becoming the Deputy Registrar. Prior to this, Richard held posts at Durham and Loughborough Universities. He grew up in Barnsley, South Yorkshire and attended Barnsley College before studying at Durham University where he was Students’ Union President in 1994-95. Richard was one of the prime leaders behind the successful search for King Richard III’s remains in Leicester City in 2012.

Tolga Durak

KEYNOTE 1

Dr. Tolga Durak, PhD, MBA, PE, ARM, CSP, CBO, CFO, CFPS

As MIT’s Managing Director of Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Programs, Durak is the responsible administrator for health, safety and environmental programs for all MIT academic and administrative units. Durak leads EHS to assure university activities are conducted in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, best business practices as well as by supporting development, implementation, and monitoring of prevention control strategies and initiatives.

Tim Marsh

KEYNOTE 2

Prof Tim Marsh PhD; MSc; CFIOSH; CPsychol; SFIIRSM

Tim Marsh was one of the team leaders of the original UK research into behavioural safety (in construction) in the early 1990s He is considered a world authority on the subject of behavioural safety, safety leadership and organisational culture, was awarded a “President’s Commendation” in 2008 by the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management and was selected to be their first ever ‘Specialist Fellow’ in 2010. He was made visiting Professor at Plymouth University in 2015.

Paul Verrico

KEYNOTE 4

Paul Verrico, CMIOSH and FIIRSM

Paul will address USHA on the subject of Assurance, using examples from recent cases to demonstrate why compliance alone is not an accurate measure of safety. Drawing from the field of Behaviour Change, he will also address the question of ‘why do people not follow the system?’ and, importantly, what can we do about it!

Gavin Harris

KEYNOTE 5

Managing Director – SMS Environmental

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Gavin has over 20 years practical and research experience in the field of water treatment and control with specific expertise in application of the HSE’s ACoP L8 and NHS Estates Health Guidance HTM 04/01. He acts as a consultant for health care trusts, county councils, universities, government departments and housing associations and has been instrumental in fostering a positive health and safety culture within SMS Environmental.

Nick Jennings

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Professor Nick Jennings is an internationally-recognised authority in the areas of AI, autonomous systems, cyber-security and agent-based computing.

He is a member of the UK government’s AI Council, the governing body of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and chair of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Policy Committee.

Richard Billingham

KEYNOTE 6

Executive Director of Human Resources and Organisation Development, Aston University

Richard Billingham is the Executive Director of HR and Organisational Development at Aston University. He has extensive experience working with leaders and organisations, across public and private sectors, both in the UK and internationally, to bring about change.

David Fletcher

KEYNOTE 7

Director of Performance Psychology and Management at Loughborough University

David's experience of consulting with high-level performers spans the past 23 years and includes working closely with Olympic and world champions from a variety of sports, special forces and military personnel, and senior business executives and their leadership teams in FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies.

Sarah Valentine

KEYNOTE 8

Sarah is a Principal Associate in our Corporate Compliance Group where she is frequently called in to advise organisations following fatal and serious workplace incidents, where urgent assistance is required in the face of Police and other regulatory authority investigations (HSE, Local Authorities, Fire Authorities, Environment Agency, CQC and the ORR).

Sarah Newton

KEYNOTE 9

Sarah has thirty years' experience of strategic planning, leadership and change management, dealing with complex issues across the business, voluntary and governmental sectors. She has considerable experience of building partnerships between diverse people and organisations to deliver shared aims. She has served on a wide range of boards and is currently a Non-Executive Director of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust.