tHE iNTERNATIONAL LINEUP

The Global Safety Innovation Summit will feature 60+ international presenters, interactive workshops, case study presentations and much more.

Keynote Speakers

Dr Todd Conklin

  • Todd spent 30 years at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the last 25 leading its Human Performance program as Senior Advisor for Organizational and Safety Culture. He has spoken to executives, teams and organisations worldwide about the relationship between frontline workers and the systems built around them, and has put that thinking into practice at major corporations globally, including supporting event investigations across industries. He is the bestselling author of Pre-Accident Investigations: An Introduction to Organizational Safety, and hosts a twice-weekly podcast of the same name. Todd lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and returns to GSIS after joining us for the 2024 Summit.

Dr Drew Rae

  • Drew is an Associate Professor in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences at Griffith University, where he mentors researchers engaging with industry, government and commercial partners, and teaches into the Bachelor of Arts and the Graduate Certificate in Safety Leadership. His research evaluates organisational policy and practice by examining the intersection between formal systems and the lived experience of front-line staff across a range of industries. Drew co-hosts the Safety of Work podcast and sits on the editorial board of the journal Safety Science. Attendees of our Brisbane think tank on safety metrics will already be familiar with his thinking.

Gretchen Haskins

  • Gretchen is a board member for HeliOffshore Ltd, an organisation dedicated to global aviation safety, and an internationally recognised expert in human factors and safety performance improvement. She previously served as CEO of HeliOffshore, sat on the board of the UK Civil Aviation Authority as Group Director of Safety, and was Group Director of Safety at NATS, the UK's air traffic company. Her career also spans nuclear certification, safety of intercontinental ballistic missiles, joint airworthiness trials for military aircraft, defense system design, and advisory work for NATO on human performance and safety critical systems. Gretchen flew jet and piston aircraft in the U.S. Air Force, and holds degrees from the US Air Force Academy and the University of Southern California in Human Factors Engineering.

Professor Arnold Bakker

  • Arnold is Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and holds visiting professorships in South Africa, Slovenia, Finland, Hong Kong and South Korea. His research examines how job demands and resources shape employee well-being, safety and performance, and he is best known internationally for his work on Job Demands-Resources theory, work engagement, burnout and job crafting. His research gives organisations a rigorous, evidence-based way to understand what drives people to do their best, and safest, work, connecting individual psychology directly to organisational safety outcomes.

Dr Fawaz "Fuzzy" Bitar

  • Fuzzy is a globally recognised energy executive with over 35 years of experience across six continents. He recently departed bp, where he served as SVP for Health, Safety, Environment & Carbon after previously heading the company's global operations, overseeing 40,000 staff across 28 countries, and serving as Chief of Staff to the Upstream CEO. From 2018 to 2023 he chaired the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP), and he now chairs safety and environmental assurance sub-committees for Aker BP and BPX, advises the McKinsey Crisis Advisory Board, and steps into his new role as incoming CEO of the Energy Institute. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Honorary Professor at the Universities of Aberdeen and Brunel.

Cindi Nandlal

  • Cindi is the HSSE Manager at Point Lisas Nitrogen Ltd, with 26 years of experience across the energy and non-energy sectors in Trinidad & Tobago and the Caribbean. Her leadership experience spans HSSE, process safety and corporate governance, including service as a non-executive director, and at PLNL she has oversight of HSSE and Process Safety Management while supporting the organisation's cultural transformation. Having experienced fatalities and serious injuries during her career, Cindi credits Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) with transforming her approach to safety and leadership, particularly understanding complexity, learning from work as done, and listening for context rather than judging outcomes. She is a Certified Safety Professional (BCSP) with postgraduate qualifications in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management and an MSc in Leadership, Strategy and Innovation.

Chris Hansen

  • Chris is a senior aerospace executive and former NASA leader with over 34 years of experience driving human spaceflight innovation and mission-critical program execution. He currently serves as Vice President of Program Management and Business Development for Amentum's Space Solutions portfolio. Before joining Amentum in 2024, he held senior leadership roles at NASA, most recently as Deputy Program Manager for the EVA and Human Surface Mobility Program, developing spacesuits and lunar rovers for Artemis. He managed NASA's EVA Office from 2015 to 2022, was Chief Engineer for the International Space Station Program from 2007 to 2014, and led the 2013 EVA Mishap Investigation Board. He received NASA's 2016 Federal Engineer of the Year Award and its 2025 Outstanding Leadership Medal.

Barbara Cristinziani

  • Barbara is a global leader in Human and Organizational Performance (HOP), operational learning, and leadership in complex industrial environments. At Bunge, an agribusiness and food company, she leads the integration of HOP and systems-based learning into management systems, leadership practices and organisational capability development. Drawing on more than 20 years at the intersection of behavioural science, organisational change, human resources, health and safety, and operations, Barbara is particularly interested in how leadership behaviour and organisational conditions shape the way work is actually performed. Her experience spans agribusiness, upstream oil and gas, and utility construction, and she holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Texas Tech University and a master's degree in Behavioral Sciences from the University of Texas School of Public Health.

invited Speakers & workshop facilitators

Diane Chadwick-Jones

  • Diane is a graduate of Imperial College, London, with a career spanning BP businesses and functions including Exploration & Production, Refining and Chemicals, working in Belgium, Brazil and Egypt in operations and safety roles. In her positions related to Safety Culture and Human Performance, she refreshed the BP values, delivering cultural change to better enable safety performance. This included operationalizing a systems thinking approach by improving the way work is set up to reduce the possibility of mistakes and make work more effective.

    Diane now focuses on education, mentoring and advocacy related to modernizing safety.

Ryan Beccarelli

  • Ryan is responsible for the safe, reliable and efficient operation of Pluto Scarborough LNG, with a focus on strong operational performance and long-term value. He has held a range of senior leadership roles at Woodside across operations, projects, strategy and new energy. Most recently he was Vice President Projects Australia and, before that, Vice President Climate Strategy.

Ruth Parris

  • Ruth is a recent graduate of Lund and CQ Universities with 15 years working alongside operational teams in New Zealand’s ports and rail sectors. Her roles have spanned process improvement, systems, security, health and safety, and compliance, before she became a specialist investigator. At KiwiRail, she combines robust investigation processes with the experience of the people involved, looking beyond individual factors to the systemic contributors. The result is staff who feel heard, and a more positive experience of a role once viewed with suspicion.

David Provan

  • Dr. David Provan is the Chief Executive Officer at Forge Works, a global safety consulting, training and software company. He is the former General Manager Health, Safety and Environment for Origin Energy and held several Safety Executive positions over his 20 year corporate career. David has a Bachelor of Behavioural Science, Master of Health Science, Master of Business Administration and a Doctor of Philosophy in Safety Science. He is an Adjunct Fellow at Griffith University. David currently advises Executive Teams and Boards globally across many high hazard industries on topics of leadership, culture, risk, strategy and performance. He is an independent expert safety consultant for the International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA), and the NASA Human Spaceflight Program.

Guillaume Alzina

  • Guillaume's career spans multiple continents, from high-risk technical field roles to global executive leadership. As Global Head of HSE and Sustainability, Hitachi Energy Service, he has led a shift from blame and punish to learn and improve across an organisation of 60,000 people. His international experience has shaped a leadership style grounded in humility, cultural awareness and adaptability, with a strong commitment to learning from others and building safe, sustainable workplaces.

Josie Boyd

Frank Pflueger

  • Frank Pflueger is a professional associated with Caterpillar Inc., a global leader in heavy machinery and industrial solutions. In his role, Pflueger contributes to initiatives that support operational excellence, product reliability, and customer-focused innovation across the company’s diverse portfolio.

    With experience in engineering, manufacturing, or business operations, he has been involved in projects aimed at improving equipment performance, streamlining processes, and enhancing service delivery. His work reflects Caterpillar’s emphasis on durability, efficiency, and meeting the evolving needs of industries such as construction, mining, and energy.

    Pflueger is known for his practical, results-oriented approach and his ability to collaborate across technical and commercial teams. He plays a role in advancing solutions that balance productivity with sustainability, aligning with the company’s broader goals of reducing environmental impact while maintaining high performance.

    Through his contributions at Caterpillar, Frank Pflueger supports the organization’s mission to help customers build a better, more sustainable world through innovative products and services.

Cal Chappel-Miller

  • Cal Chappel-Miller is a Process Operator and HSE Representative at Cleanaway, with five years’ experience in frontline operations. He has been directly involved in major site developments, including the construction of a PFAS treatment plant.

     

    As a frontline HSE Representative, Cal is passionate about ensuring the people doing the work have a genuine voice in how safety is managed and improved. He brings a practical, firsthand perspective on safety transformation, the importance of listening to frontline workers and how strong connections between workers and leaders can make work safer.

Susie Scott

  • Susie is Safety Practice Leader at Oliver Wyman Vector, where she advises airlines, MROs, rail operators and regulators on safety risk strategy, SMS effectiveness and operating model design. She was previously Safety Director at Delta Air Lines. Her current work includes safety risk strategy for the FAA, integrated safety risk workshops for major US carriers, and research on pilot training modernisation and safety data architecture. She has spoken at MRO Americas and the American Airlines SMS Industry Forum.

Andrew McLeod

  • Andrew is Chief Executive of Northpower, which has operations across electricity, fibre, construction and generation in New Zealand. He is passionate about positioning Northpower’s assets to support the economic growth aspirations of the Tai Tokerau region. Andrew works in support of Northpower’s business leaders and its 1,600-strong workforce as they roll up their sleeves to help enable New Zealand’s energy transition.

Kristian Gould

  • I am currently leading Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) implementation in Equinor. I have worked with safety and risk management across all parts of our business, including asset development and construction, marine operations, drilling, up- and downstream production and transportation. I have worked with method development and improvement in qualitative and quantitative risk assessment, organizational change, safety culture and human-machine systems. Prior to joining the energy industry, I did research on navigation safety in the Norwegian navy.

Zoe Nation

  • Zoë Nation is Director of On the Edge IQ, supporting organisations to improve safety and performance by involving the people closest to the work. With over 20 years in Human Factors and HOP across high-risk industries, she spent 10 years as Chevron Australia’s lead Human Factors/HOP advisor.

    Zoë focuses on turning contemporary research into practical approaches that work in the real world — sharing lessons from both successes and failures along the way. She is also a GSI Committee Member and PhD Coordinator, helping connect industry, research and practice.

Sergio Chinchilla

  • Sergio leads safety strategy and innovation at Delta Air Lines, one of the world's largest airlines. His current focus is bringing Human and Organisational Performance, operational learning and Learning Teams into Delta's frontline operations at scale. With more than 20 years' experience across aviation, entertainment, healthcare, education, manufacturing and military operations, he specialises in safety culture transformation, leadership development, risk management, and serious injury and fatality prevention.

Mark Schubert

  • Mark Schubert is CEO & MD of Cleanaway, with a strong track record in leading complex, high-hazard operations and transforming major energy and industrial assets.

    Over an 18-year career with the Shell Group, Mark held several senior leadership roles, including leading the Shell Geelong Refinery team. He later joined Origin Energy, where he led the Integrated Gas business and helped shape its strategy in a rapidly evolving global energy market.

    Throughout his career, Mark has been a strong advocate for safe, inclusive and high-performing workplaces, with a focus on leadership, operational excellence and continuous improvement. He also serves on the Advisory Board of Women & Leadership Australia, supporting its work to develop female leaders and increase the representation of women in business and community leadership.

    Mark holds a Master of Finance and Financial Law from the University of London and a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) from the University of Sydney.

Dr Anne Lyren

  • Anne is Chief Medical & Strategy Officer for the Children’s Hospitals’ Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) Network, a collaborative of 158 hospitals across North America and, most recently, Australia. She leads strategic efforts to eliminate healthcare-associated harm for both patients and staff. Anne previously held executive roles at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, including Vice Chair of Quality & Safety. She holds degrees from Harvard University, the University of Edinburgh and Case Western Reserve University.

Josh Bryant

  • Josh Bryant is General Manager, People, Risk, HSE and Sustainability at Mitchell Services, overseeing safety and risk across drilling operations in Australia and Papua New Guinea.

    With over 20 years of experience in mining and high-risk industries, Josh focuses on putting Human and Organisational Performance (HOP), Energy Based Safety and critical risk management into practice. His work centres on understanding how work really happens, learning from everyday operations and building systems that allow people to fail safely when things don't go to plan.  A particular interest is helping organisations surface the 'bad news' early and influencing how leaders and clients respond to what they're hearing. Josh works with operational teams to use what they're learning to improve work design, strengthen critical controls and make work better for the people doing it.  Josh is co-author of 4Ds for HOP and Learning Teams and is recognised internationally for sharing practical lessons on improving safety and operational performance across different industries.

Sam Elkington

Deborah Peach

  • Deborah Peach is an executive HSE and operational risk leader with over 25 years’ experience across Australia’s high-risk industries, including mining, oil and gas, waste management, and resource recovery. As Executive General Manager – HSE, Fleet & Asset Integrity and a member of Cleanaway’s Executive Team, she leads enterprise strategies for critical risk, operational resilience, and HSE performance.

    Throughout her career, Deborah has worked from the frontline through to the Boardroom, leading significant safety, risk, and cultural transformations. Passionate about practical, learning-focused safety, Deborah draws on Human and Organisational Performance and Operational Learning to strengthen frontline involvement and improve how work is designed. A consistent focus has been empowering frontline HSE Representatives to bridge work as imagined and work as done.

    She previously spent 16 years with Woodside Energy in senior operational, HSE, risk and governance roles. She is also a Non-Executive Director of Safer Together and Co-Chair of its Safety Leadership Group, advancing industry collaboration and frontline safety.

Benjamin Goodheart

  • Dr. Ben Goodheart is the founder of Magpie Human Systems, an international consultancy working with highconsequence industries to design organizations that are safe, resilient, and adaptable. He has 30 years of experience in industries that include aviation, healthcare, and power, and holds advanced degrees in safety science and organizational risk and culture, with a research focus on building safety capacity in complex, adaptive systems. Dr. Goodheart is recognized for making safety and leadership concepts accessible and practical in operations where the price of failure is high, and his work has taken him around the world to teach, learn, and connect with others who believe in the power of human-centered work.

Sue Bottrell

  • Sue Bottrell has worked in health and safety and workers’ compensation rehabilitation for the past 20 years. Sue is a suitably qualified OHS professional as defined by WorkSafe Victoria (2008) and has qualifications to Master level in both health and safety and law. Sue was the first safety professional in Australia to become a Certified Chartered Generalist OHS Professional Member of the Australian Institute of Health and Safety (AIHS). She has also served as AIHS Treasurer from 2009 – 2010 and as a National Board Member from 2013 – 2015. She has been instrumental in advancing the safety profession's standing in the community.

    Sue is a preeminent expert in both law and safety in contractor safety management and calls out the misunderstandings in this area of law and challenges the traditional approaches to contractor safety management systems, which place a significant administrative burden on employers and contractors, arguably increasing the liability of duty holders who engage contractors in the event of an incident, but which do little to improve safety.

    She has worked with hundreds of businesses, including Executives and operations teams, to simplify and improve contractor safety management and compliance and encourages us to change our point of view when thinking about contractor safety management. She also delivers regular professional development webinars and blogs on key cases and principles underpinning safety compliance and contractor safety management.

    Sue is the co-author of the Contractor Safety Management chapter currently being drafted for inclusion in the Australian Institute of Health and Safety Body of Knowledge, a globally recognised source of best practice for safety professionals.