THE WESTERN CONFERENCE ON SAFETY IS NOW SOLD OUT. As of today, Monday March 25/19 the only seats still available are for the Post Conference Course, Supervisor Safety Training (SST) being held Wednesday April 10/19. All other conference and post conference course seats are fully sold out. Due to the limited number of seats on this course we ask that you call 604 233-1842 or email registration@pacificsafetycenter.com to purchase one of them. We expect even this remaining post conference course to sell out shortly so we strongly suggest you do NOT make any travel arrangements until your registration is confirmed.
Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists (CROBH) has awarded 2.0 Registration Maintenance (RM) Points for full attendance at this conference. See www.crboh.ca for details.
Future Western Conference on Safety Dates:
April 6 & 7, 2020
April 26 & 27, 2021
THE WESTERN CONFERENCE ON SAFETY IS NOW OVER. Thank you to the over 1200 people who participated in the 2019 conference. We are already hard at work planning the 2020 Western Conference on Safety being held April 6 & 7, 2020 in Vancouver. Watch this space for more details coming this fall.
Attending the Conference? Last Minute Information to Help You
- Commuting to the conference? It’s located in the Hyatt Regency Vancouver, 655 Burrard Street, Vancouver. The best way to reach it is via Skytrain with the Burrard Skytrain station located right beside the Hyatt Regency. Canada Line’s Vancouver City Centre station is located just 2 blocks away. Parking will be very full at the Hyatt but there is a fair number of public parking facilities located close by.
- Arriving on Sunday April 7? Beat the Monday morning rush and pick up your registration package at the conference registration desk. Open Sunday from 3:30 – 6:30pm on the 3rd floor
- Monday/Tuesday Conference registration desk hours are Monday 7:00- 4:30, Tuesday 7:00 – 2:45pm.
- Lunch is NOT provided as part of your conference registration. The hotel features the Mosaic Grill restaurant, plus there is a large food court located in the Royal Centre Mall located under the Hyatt Regency hotel and just next door in the Bentall Centre Mall there are 2 more food courts. Outside at street level there are many popular restaurants and food trucks located within 1-2 blocks.
- The entire conference is a scent-free environment. In consideration of others, please avoid the use of perfume or personal scents.
The Western Conference on Safety is the largest Occupational Health & Safety Conference in Western Canada. Now in its 24th year and featuring 2 keynote presentations, 20 conference seminars, 5 post conference courses and 80 safety tradeshow booths this year’s conference promises to be the biggest and best yet. Last year’s 2018 Western Conference on Safety sold out with more than 1000 attendees, 180 exhibitor staff, and 30 speakers. Each year the advisory committee travel across Canada and the USA to find the most interesting, latest and best sessions and bring them to Vancouver. If you only go to one conference in 2019 make it this one!
Relevant, Practical, real world topics, speakers and info. Obtained tools & techniques to implement the next day at work.
Todd Martin, Manager of Health & Safety, Murray Latta, Progressive Machine
Latest News:
The Western Conference on Safety is almost completely sold out. As of today, Tuesday March 18/19 the only seats still available are for Tuesday April 9th ONLY and for some Post Conference Courses. Due to the limited number of these seats we have disabled the on-line registration form and ask that you call 604 233-1842 or email registration@pacificsafetycenter.com to purchase one of them. We expect these Tuesday only seats still sell out shortly so we strongly suggest you do NOT make any travel arrangements until your registration is confirmed.
As of today (March 8) the conference is 95% sold. There are a very limited number of regular registration seats and Tuesday Only seats still available. (Check the conference “Registration” webpage ” for the latest on availability). The conference should sell out by mid next week at the latest. Come and hear our wonderful opening and closing keynote speakers! Meet WorkSafeBC’s annual safety committee training requirements. Earn maintenance points towards your designation. Hear the latest findings and information on OSH. Don’t miss out! Have questions? Call us at (604)233-1842 or drop us an e-mail.
Yes its true. If you want to register for the full conference (ie: Monday and Tuesday) or just the single day Tuesday of the conference there are still lots of seats available. But if you were hoping to purchase a single day registration for just Monday April 8/19 those Monday only seats are now SOLD OUT. But to repeat, there are still lots of full conference seats and Tuesday Only seats available.
The 2019 Western Conference on Safety is off to a great start. Delegate registrations are rolling in and all the booths in the safety tradeshow have been spoken for. with 7 of the last 8 conferences selling out and 2018 setting record levels for attendance 2019 promises to be one of the best conferences yet. Don’t miss out, register and reserve your spot today!
Bring Your lunch and join WorkSafeBC as we screen this year’s finalists in the 2019 Student Safety Video Contest. Expect creative and compelling health & safety messages from B.C. high school students with a series of 2 minute films. Then vote for your favorites and help determine this year’s winners! Join us from 12:15 – 1:00pm Monday April 8/19. Sit back, enjoy, cast your votes and enter for a chance to win an emergency preparedness kit. See you at the movies!
The Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists has awarded 2.0 Registration Maintenance (RM) points for the 2019 Western Conference on Safety under their award number 2018-25. For more information visit the CROBH website at www.crboh.ca Yet another great reason to attend the Western Conference on Safety.