We are thrilled to announce that WorkSafeBC has joined the 2026 Western Conference on Safety as the conferences’ Safety Sponsor. WorkSafeBC has helped sponsor the conference every year it has run since 1996, helping it become one of the best, if not the best OSH conference in the country!
Watch this space for more information coming fall of 2025
The 2026 conference will mark the 28th year of this renowned event, featuring two keynote presentations, 22 seminar sessions, 4 optional post-conference courses, and over 75 tradeshow booths. Consistently one of Canada’s largest and most popular occupational safety events, it has sold out for the 12 of the past 13 years! What sets this conference apart from others? Each year, the conference steering committee travels across Canada and the U.S. to find the latest, most engaging, and high-quality sessions and speakers, working diligently to bring them to Vancouver. If you attend only one conference in 2026, make it this one!
Click here to go to the registration page
Where? Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver, BC
2026 will be the 19th year the conference is being held at the Hyatt and special rates are available for conference attendees. Click here to go to the Accommodations webpage
If you have any questions, please feel free to email registration@pacificsafetycenter.com or call 604 233-1842.
Latest News:
The 2026 Western Conference on Safety opened on August 18, 2025 for previous exhibitors and over 32 booths were sold in the first hour! That is a new record, beating last years total of 27 in the same timeframe. The 2026 show will open at 10am September 2, 2025 for NEW exhibitors. As of today (August 21, 2025) almost 40 booths have been sold, leaving just over 40 still available. This show has sold out for the last 20 years(!) Don’t miss out, contact Mary at registration@pacificsafetycenter.com or 604 233-1842 to get your booth space.
Our conference steering committee will be starting its work on chosing the best topics and speakers for the 2026 Western Conference on Safety. If you have a great topic and would like to submit a topic for consideration to the conference steering committee, download the 2026 Call For Presentations Package by clicking here. Your application will be given a complete review and consideration. We regret that not all applications can be accepted. The committee will inform all applicants of the results of their submission.
Thank you to the nearly 1200 people who participated in the 2025 Western Conference on Safety. What a fun and educational conference it was too. 890 delegates, 102 post-conference course participants, 194 exhibit staff, 30 speakers 12 volunteers and 7 staff participated in 2 keynote sessions, 22 breakout sessions, 80 tradeshow booths, and 4 post-conference courses. Whew! Watch for our 28th conference coming April 20 and 21, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver.