2019 EHS&S Management Forum Agenda - Track 2
Risk and Resilience
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
7:00 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. |
Registration Open Metro Foyer |
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. |
Breakfast in Exhibit Hall Metro Centre/West |
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
Opening Remarks |
8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. |
Opening Keynote: How Climbing Mount Everest Helped Me to Be a Better EHS Leader Metro East As the first African American to successfully scale Mt. Everest, Sophia Danenberg's story is one of extraordinary discipline and determination. Not only did it test her endurance, but it also made her a better EHS leader. She will share her experiences with you and explain how she incorporated her lessons from the summit into her EHS strategy role.
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9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall Metro Centre/West |
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Session 2: How to Effectively Assess & Communicate EHS&S Risk to the C-Suite Harbour C EHS&S programs and initiatives often compete against each other's priorities for financial resources; however, unaddressed EHS&S risks can be costly to corporations. To effectively mitigate and manage EHS&S risk, industry leaders need to understand and assess corporate risk thresholds. They then must have strategies to communicate those risks succinctly to non-EHS&S leaders. This will allow the Executive team to fully understand potential negative consequences of not appropriately addressing EHS&S risk. This session will provide EHS&S leaders with strategies to help effectively communicate EHS&S risk with everyone from the non-EHS&S decisionmakers all the way to the front line/facility level.
 
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12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
NAEM Excellence Awards Ceremony Luncheon Metro East
NAEM Excellence Awards recognize and elevate leaders in the corporate environmental, health and safety, and sustainability community, and showcase best practices in corporate EHS&S management.
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1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Session 7: Advance Your Climate Risk and Resiliency Planning Harbour C Does your company have a process for assessing climate risk? How are companies communicating climate risk and preparing for possible disasters and business disruptions that could come from climate-related events? This session will look at examples of how EHS leaders have performed a climate risk assessment and what concrete actions they took because of those efforts. It will provide EHS leaders who have facilities or assets at risk for weather-related disasters with valuable insights on how to identify and communicate that risk effectively within their business and build a resiliency plan that will reduce downtime.
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3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. |
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall Metro Centre/West |
3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. |
Session 12: Addressing Emerging Health & Safety Risks Around Opioids, Cannabis and Mental Health Harbour C Opioid addiction is at an all-time high and more states are starting to legalize cannabis for recreational and/or medicinal use. At the same time, we are gaining a deeper understanding of how mental health challenges affect individuals both at work and home. What are practical approaches and solutions to managing worker health and safety considering these emerging risks? What policies are companies implementing to stay in line with state and federal laws while addressing the unique needs of their workers. Join this session to learn how companies are maintaining or improving their safety protocols considering these emerging issues.
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5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
Opening Networking Reception Metro Centre/West
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Thursday, October 17, 2019
7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Registration Open Metro Foyer |
7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. |
Breakfast, Exhibit Hall Opens Metro Centre/West |
8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
Opening Remarks |
8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. |
Keynote: Championing Sustainability Into Organizations at Every Stage Metro East Together, business and sustainability have the power to drive and inspire business purpose and meaningful sustainability impacts. Targets and improvements on energy, waste and water are common; while these are necessary fundamentals, will they solve our global climate crisis? The time has come to see sustainability as the catalyst for business growth, resiliency and leadership, instead of a "nice-to-have." This lens will inspire and benefit profitable growth, attract and retain the best employees, and ensure license to operate across markets and industries.
This session highlights different companies' quests toward deeper purpose and sustainability integration — internally and externally — by exploring hurdles overcome, actions taken, and movement from values to impact. Attendees will come away with insights about incremental and transformational opportunities to leverage their efforts as EHS&S professionals in shifting their own organization's sustainability paradigm.
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9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. |
Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall Metro Centre/West |
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. |
Session 17: From Due Diligence to Post-Merger Integration: Managing EHS During M&A Harbour C Once the deal is inked, EHS leaders must integrate programs, cultures and people from the two companies and work with EHS and other functional teams to support the due diligence process effectively. This panel discussion will share tips, strategies and examples of ways to approach both due diligence and post-merger integration and highlight things to watch out for as you navigate the process. The session will also look at how you go about keeping the best from both organizations and managing the challenges that come with this process.
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12:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Business-to-Business Lunch Metro East |
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
Session 22: Strategies for Managing Chemical Risk in Products and Supply Chains Harbour C How do you manage the diversity of requirements regarding chemicals? How do/will you manage potential business disruptions from chemical suppliers? Are global chemical restrictions challenging the management of products, operations, and responsibility through the life cycle? This session will provide case studies from a trading company, an automotive firm, and a polymer manufacturer with strategies for optimizing chemical management in automotive, chemical & electronics, metal, mining, paper, cosmetic, food, ink and other diverse applications. The panelists will offer lessons learned, tools, effective practices, and elimination opportunities at various stages of a product’s value chain. The discussions will provide insights of the global implications and opportunities to minimize the impact of "chemicals of concern" throughout the life cycle of products and services.
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3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Networking Break Metro Foyer |
4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. |
Keynote: Global Citizenship — Change Your Mind, Change Your World Metro East National Geographic Explorer Chris Bashinelli, using real-life visual examples from the slums of Haiti to the fields of Uganda to the Mongolian Steppe, will illustrate how the key to productivity, meaning and connection lies in transforming not our external conditions, but our internal ones.
Hear Chris explain how Global Citizenship, using our everyday work and lives as a vehicle to grow inwardly, helps us become the best version of ourselves. When we embody the qualities of a Global Citizen — presence, empathy and inspiration — then we can truly inspire those around us.
With the mindset of the Global Citizen, every challenge in our work and lives — from a disagreement with a coworker to the loss of someone we love — becomes fuel for us to grow inwardly and reach our potential. It begins with realizing we already have everything we need to be happy right now. You'll leave this session with a better understanding of the Global Citizen concept and how it can help you.
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5:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
Closing Remarks |
6:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m |
Dinner and Networking at the Hockey Hall of Fame Enjoy a great night of food, drinks, entertainment and interactive games at the historic Hockey Hall of Fame!
Transportation will be provided beginning at 6:00 p.m. Buses depart from the front entrance of the Westin.
Cost: $95
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View Other Tracks |
Track 1: Driving Business Value |
Track 2: Risk and Resilience |
Track 3: Skilled Leaders, Strong Culture |
Track 4: Foundational EHS&S |
Track 5: Planning for a Sustainable Future |
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