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For Helmut Ehnes, his passion for prevention began 35 years ago as a labour inspector with the German Social Accidence Insurance Institution and continues today through his work as the President of ISSA Mining and the Chairman of the VISION ZERO Steering Committee of ISSA. We sit down to discuss his clear and unwavering focus on prevention of harm and what Helmut Ehnes wants OSH professionals to know about collaboration, education and a mindset shift to VISION ZERO.

Joseph Orangias works for the Secretariat of the Industrial Accidents Convention in the Environment Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). His work supports countries in strengthening laws and policies to protect people and the environment from industrial accidents. He is representing UNECE at the World Congress to discuss crisis management in a rapidly changing world and to share information on UNECE’s work in follow-up to the 2020 Beirut port explosion and other industrial accidents.

Howden Insurance Brokers Australia's People Risk specialists Jacqui Milson, Damien Stinson, and Shehan Peiris see a window of opportunity in the difficulties inherent in monitoring and developing workplace safety and health (WSH) systems to mitigate psychological risk in the workplace. Using ESG principles as a future focussed strategy to develop resilient responses that go above and beyond regulatory requirements.

As a leading researcher in the field of work, family, well-being and gender equity at The Australian National University’s (ANU) National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Dr Lyndall Strazdins describes herself as a creative connector. “My first degree was in Fine Arts, then I studied clinical psychology, which I love, because it’s creative, and academia is also creative. The connector is what I can do to make the world a little bit better – as a therapist, as an artist, and as an academic”.

In a candid conversation with Francois Barton, CEO of the Business Leaders' Health, and Safety Forum, we delve into his fresh perspective on the prevention of harm, not just for employees but also for the executives who guide them.

Throughout Eora/Eastern Dharug descendant Nareen Young's career, there is a thread of human rights, diversity, and inclusion, which are at the heart of occupational safety and health (OSH) for Nareen. From her early roles in TESOL and unions, to Chief Executive of the Working Women’s Centre, then leading the Diversity Council Australia (DCA), to her current dual roles in Indigenous Leadership and Engagement, and Indigenous Policy Research at the University of Technology Sydney, Nareen has clear goals when it comes to diversity and inclusion.