2026 Program Schedule

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Monday, April 20, 2026: Conference Day One

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Tuesday April 21, 2026: Conference Day Two

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Wednesday April 16, 2025 (Post-conference professional development courses)

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Please Note: All sessions, speakers, events, times and descriptions are subject to change without notice. Pacific Safety Center Ltd reserves the right to limit quantities and to correct errors or omissions. For the latest information and updates please check the home page.

Photography & Film Footage Will Be Taken During This Event
Please be advised that a photographer and videographer will be attending the Western Conference on Safety. By entering the conference your image may be included in some shots. If you do not wish to be included be identify yourself to the photographer/videographer and so indicate your wishes to them. Otherwise your presence here will constitute your consent to being photographed and/or video’ed and your acknowledgement that such photography/film may be used for promotional, archival or media purposes.

Scent Friendly:
The Western Conference on Safety is a scent-free environment. In consideration of others, please be “scent-sitive” and reduce or avoid your use of perfume or other personal scents. Your fellow conference attendees will appreciate you for it.

Session Descriptions:

Monday April 20, 2026

7:00am

Registration and Safety Tradeshow Open

8:30 – 9:00am

Welcome and Opening Remarks  (Regency Ballroom “D”, 3rd Floor)

Master of Ceremonies:
Welcoming Remarks by:

9:00 – 10:00am

Opening Keynote: To Be Announced (TBA) (Regency Ballroom “D”, 3rd Floor)

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10:00 – 10:30am

Safety Tradeshow and Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:45am

Session 2A: 
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

Session 2B: 
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

Session 2C:
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

Session 2D: 
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

11:45am – 1:15pm

Safety Tradeshow and Lunch (On own for lunch)

1:15 – 2:45pm

Session 3A: 
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

Session 3B: 
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

Session 3C: 
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

Session 3D: 
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

2:45 – 3:15pm

Safety Tradeshow and Coffee Break (Tradeshow closes at 3:30pm)

3:15 – 4:30pm

Session 4A: 
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

Session 4B: 
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

Session 4C: 
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

Session 4D: 
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

Tuesday April 21, 2026

7:00am

Registration and Safety Tradeshow Open

8:30 – 9:45am

Session 6A:
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

Session 6B:
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

Session 6C:
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

Session 6D:
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

9:45 – 10:15am

Safety Tradeshow and Coffee Break

10:15 – 11:30am

Session 7A: 
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

Session 7B: 
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

Session 7C: 
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

Session 7D: 
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

11:30am – 12:45pm

Safety Tradeshow and Lunch (On own for lunch. Tradeshow closes at 12:45pm)

12:45 – 2:00pm – Super Sessions

Super Session 8A: 
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

Super Session 8B: 
To Be Announced 
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Speaker: To Be Announced

2:00 – 2:15pm

Room Change

2:15 – 3:30pm

Closing Keynote:To Be Announced
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Speaker: To Be Announced

3:30pm – Conference Concludes

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Post-Conference Courses:

Wednesday April 22, 2026

8:30am – 4:30pm

Course PC-1
Fundamentals for Joint Health and Safety Committees Course  
This course is ideal for new safety committee members needing to comply with WorkSafeBC’s Safety Committee Member training regulations as well as existing members looking to upgrade their safety knowledge and skills. If your organization is setting up its first safety committee or looking to makes its existing committee more effective, this one day course is just what you need.

Topics include: applying the process of safety inspections and accident investigations, participating in constructive committee meetings, helping your committee work together and much more.

Fees: TBA    GST extra

Course PC-2
Accident/Incident Investigation Course  
Great course for safety committee members, supervisors or anyone who is required to conduct and/or review accidents and incidents in the workplace. It will help you to effectively investigate accidents with the objective of reducing or preventing future accidents. This is one of our most popular courses.

Fees: TBA

Course PC-3
TBA
Description to follow
Fees:  TBA

Course PC-4
TBA
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Fees: TBA