14th Annual OHS Leaders Summit, Australia “The great safety correction”
Redifining risk, responsibilities & results
17th – 18th and 19th of March 2026, Novotel Sunshine Coast Resort
& Sunshine Coast Convention Centre
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Join us at the 14th Annual OHS Leaders
Australia Summit

“The great safety correction”
Redifining risk, responsibilities & results

17, 18 and 19th of March 2026, Novotel Sunshine Coast Resort & Sunshine Coast Convention Centre.

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Reclaiming the purpose of safety in Australia before it’s lost

Safety in Australia has reached a tipping point. Overregulation, inflated claims, and reactive frameworks have shifted focus away from prevention and performance and onto paperwork. 

“The Great Safety Correction” calls time on the imbalance.

Our upcoming 14th annual summit will once again bring together 250 of the nations most senior WHS leaders to confront what’s gone wrong and chart a new course, one where leadership, innovation, and accountability replace administrative overload. It’s about restoring trust, credibility, and clarity to the profession, returning safety to its true intent, protecting people through practical, evidence based action.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Sunshine Coast in 2026, for what will be the most significant and important health and safety event ever delivered in Australia.

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SPEAKERS

Emma Hoult
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Emma Hoult

Emma Hoult, Head of Health, Safety & Wellbeing, NAB

Llewelyn Spink
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Llewelyn Spink

AI Corporate, Governance Lead, Human Technology Institute

Louise Rademan
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Louise Rademan

Senior Director, Health, Safety, Security, Environment, DP World

Lisa Crawford
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Lisa Crawford

General Manager, Health & Safety, Jemena

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WHAT’S NEW FOR 2026

For 13 years, we’ve listened, learned, and now we’re ready to lead. The Great Safety Correction is our call to action. Because if we don’t redefine safety’s future, who will?

This year, it’s not about endless sessions, it’s about fearless conversation, grounded in real data. We’re creating experiences that push past comfort zones, so we can finally talk openly about what needs to change.

Curated program derived solely around our latest research

We’ve gone beyond the usual voices, uncovering fresh insights from 12 months of deep research, now ready to share with the country through sessions and speakers aligned with what the data tells us.

Interactive workshops

24 sessions created by us to ensure greater collaboration and collective sharing with your peers around the issues we need to be discussing.

Golf Tournament

They say the best relationships are made on the golf course, so what better way to start an event then playing golf with your peers to create some new supportive partners.

New location and fresh approach

We’ve made some exciting changes to ensure you do the same, moving to our new home on the Sunshine Coast in 2026 and extending the event to a 3 day hybrid experience.

Private hosted dinners

Held on day one, these sessions enable attendees to concentrate their conversations on one key topic, fostering more meaningful dialogue.

One group, one voice advocating for positive change

Drawing on the findings and learnings shared, we’ll unite at the end of each day to collaboratively shape a national submission that drives positive reform in
psychosocial risk and technology and AI adoption.

PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK - TOPICS INCLUDE

  • The Psychosocial Blind Spot

    Exploring how unclear definitions, weak documentation, and fragmented assessment processes are leaving critical psychosocial risks unmanaged.

  • Regulators and the Confusion They’ve Created

    Unpacking the inconsistent messaging and regulatory contradictions that are
    leaving organisations uncertain about what real compliance looks like.

  • Are the Right Experts Leading the Conversation

    Examining how advice from non risk practitioners is shaping the agenda and what critical elements are being overlooked as a result.

  • The Rising Cost of Psychosocial Injury Claims

    Exploring the financial and organisational strain caused by increasing psychosocial injury rates and what’s driving the escalation.

  • The Maturity Gap in Psychosocial Integration

    Delving into the widening divide between policy and practice and how disjointed systems continue to undermine psychosocial risk governance.

  • From Safety Leaders to Administrators

    Revealing how excessive psychosocial paperwork and process overload are pulling safety professionals away from strategy, leadership, and people.

  • When Support Turns Into System Abuse

    A candid look at how some employees are misusing psychosocial policies and the cultural impact this is having on accountability and trust.

  • The Hype Around
    What We Were Already Doing

    Examine how tried and tested wellbeing efforts are now being reframed as breakthroughs and why this is stalling the results the agenda promised.

TECHNOLOGY, AI & INNOVATION - TOPICS INCLUDE

  • The Cost of Late Involvement Why Timing Matters More Than Ever

    A deep look at how the stage at which WHS enters the technology decision process can make or break safety outcomes.

  • Technology, Liability & Workplace Fatalities

    Exploring how emerging technologies are reshaping legal accountability in serious incidents and what safety leaders must understand before it’s too late.

  • When WHS & IT Work as One

    Understanding how cross functional collaboration influences success in digital
    safety transformation and the cultural shift it demands.

  • The Rising Cost of Psychosocial Injury Claims

    Exploring the financial and organisational strain caused by increasing psychosocial injury rates and what’s driving the escalation.

  • Who’s Accountable When Technology Fails

    As automation and AI-driven systems enter the safety arena, where does legal
    responsibility lie when decisions made by algorithms contribute to harm?

  • Future Ready or Future Fragile

    Rethinking what readiness really means as WHS leaders face rapid AI evolution,
    system complexity and the challenge to lead through change.

  • The Human Cost of Digital Acceleration

    Revealing how constant transformation is reshaping the people side of safety,
    culture, and wellbeing and what’s being lost along the way.

  • AI’s Double Edge, Balancing Innovation, Privacy and Trust

    Examining the emerging tensions between AI’s potential to predict risk and
    the ethical challenges it introduces for leaders and organisations.

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Exchange Best Safety Practices Across Industry.

Interact and engage directly with your peers at the same level, from Australia’s most prominent companies.

“This year was even better than last! The calibre of attendees is like no other event in the Australian marketplace. This was a very impressive group of the countries most senior safety professionals and presenters, while the one to one meetings with suppliers has allowed me to really understand where I need to be investing. Count me in for next year.”

 

– LINFOX

“Our First year we took a 7 meeting package, the second year we took a 14 meeting package and now in our 3rd year we were gold sponsors. Our business has now done 10x since working with the OHS Leaders team and we have already signed up to be diamond sponsor for 2021.”

 

– DONESAFE

“The OHS Leaders Summit continues to provide a fantastic opportunity to listen to peers, their journeys, opinions & lessons learnt. Once again I am going away feeling inspired and energised. Thank you.”

 

– SUPER RETAIL GROUP

“We have joined this summit for the last 5 years and have been the major sponsor for the last 3. This event has been invaluable for our business, the opportunity to meet with the countries most senior safety leaders one on one has been fantastic. It all starts here at the summit and then it’s up to your teams to foster these relationships.”

 

– PREMIUM HEALTH

“It’s the only event my colleague and I attend. High quality presentations, high quality providers, engaging workshops, and plenty of networking opportunities.”

 

– VEOLIA

“Great networking opportunity, with providers and delegates. Learnt new ideas, what is working well in the industry, international perspective was enlightening. Very positive experience and is refreshing to hear from new approaches in industry that are delivering results.”

 

– JLL

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