The summit where safety gets real.

Global Safety Innovation Summit 2027
Dates: 7–10 February 2027
(Welcome Reception: Sunday 7 February; Summit: Monday 8 – Wednesday 10 February)
Venue: Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 

Here's the honest version: most safety conferences leave you with a folder full of slides and a vague sense that you should do things differently. You fly home, get back to your inbox, and things carry on much as they did before.

GSIS exists because that's not good enough.

The Global Safety Innovation Summit  returning to the Gold Coast in February 2027  is built around a simple idea: that the people who want to genuinely improve safety at work deserve more than a day of presentations. They deserve real access to the people doing the best thinking in the field, real time to dig into what it means for their organisation, and real conversations with others wrestling with the same challenges.

We know a lot more about why people get hurt at work than we did twenty years ago. The research is there. What's often missing is the bridge between that research and what actually happens on Monday morning. That's the bridge we're trying to build.

So no, this isn't a regular safety conference. There are no rows of chairs, no hard sells, and nothing that feels like professional development you have to sit through. What's here instead is three days of genuinely useful work  with some of the sharpest minds in safety, and some of the most committed practitioners you'll ever share a room with.


We deliberately keep numbers small. Because access matters. And because the best conversations happen when people actually have space to talk.

"The best personal development opportunity I have undertaken in 20 years."

"Gamechanging, inspiring  at times confrontational, but overwhelmingly worthwhile and one of the highlights of my safety career."

"I have worked around the world in multiple industries and attended many similar conferences. This one was by far the most impressive lineup I have ever seen."  2024 Delegates

Who Attends?

This one's not just for the safety team.

People get hurt at work because of decisions made at every level of an organisation  not just by the safety department. So GSIS is designed for everyone who has a hand in how work actually gets done

That includes:

  • If safety is your job, this is the event that will challenge, refresh and re-energise your practice. Come ready to think differently.

  • Safety performance starts with leadership. Day 1 of the Summit is specifically designed for senior leaders who want to understand what the evidence says  and what it asks of them.

  • The people closest to the work have the most influence over it. GSIS gives operational leaders practical tools they can use straight away.

  • Safe workplaces don't happen in silos. HR, legal and insurance professionals bring perspectives that are increasingly essential to the conversation  and often missing from it.

  • What does genuine safety assurance look like beyond a policy library? GSIS creates space for regulators and policy-makers to explore that question alongside the people they work with.

  • Safety science is moving fast. GSIS brings researchers and practitioners into the same room  and the cross-pollination is one of the things that makes it different.

  • We keep a number of fully-funded places for current students. If that's you, head to the Student Program section to find out how to apply.

"An essential event for Executives, CEOs and Boards."

"The best networking, learning, sharing, 'no-sales' summit you will attend in the safety domain."

"A collection of the leading minds in safety  a must for business leaders." 

2024 Delegates

WHY ATTEND?

Three days that give you what years in the field sometimes can't.

"You'd be hard pressed to pack as much depth and breadth of experience as you'll find at GSIS. It's three days where you'll take away learning that might otherwise be years in the making."

"An outstanding event, it covers the underpinning science, how to engage executives, and gives practical examples of integration. Attending this conference supercharges your ability to save lives."

"It was the most valuable safety event I have ever attended."

"Safety is never boring and #GSIS is the proof." 

2024 Delegates

THE SPEAKERS ARE GENUINELY WORLD-CLASS AND THEY’RE ACTUALLY IN THE ROOM WITH YOU.
We're not talking about a lineup assembled for name recognition. These are the researchers and practitioners whose work is reshaping how organisations think about risk, leadership and learning. And at GSIS, they're not just presenting, they're facilitating workshops, answering your questions, and having lunch at the table next to you.

GSIS 2027 brings together leading voices in safety science, human factors, organisational psychology, safety law and frontline practice  from Australia and from some of the world's most respected universities and research institutions.


YOU DON’T JUST ATTEND. YOU ACTUALLY WORK.
Day 1 gives you the big picture  keynotes and expert presentations that set the intellectual foundation. Days 2 and 3 shift into hands-on workshops where you work in smaller groups, directly alongside the experts, on challenges from your own workplace. You leave with specific actions, not a notebook full of ideas that will never quite make it off the page.


YOU BUILD YOUR OWN PROGRAM
With 12 workshops running concurrently in each session block on Days 2 and 3, every delegate chooses what's most relevant to them. Whether you're focused on leadership, fatigue risk, psychosocial hazards, AI tools, contractor safety, how to make the business case for change — there's a room for you.


THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM ARE WORTH AS MUCH AS WHAT’S ON STAGE
GSIS attracts senior safety professionals, operational leaders, researchers and regulators who are genuinely invested in doing things better. The calibre of conversation  in the sessions and between them  is consistently cited by attendees as one of the things that sets GSIS apart.