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May 2020
Online Webinars – stay tuned for details!
The Forest Industry Safety & Technology conference showcases new practices, systems and tools for improving forest safety – focused on local and practical outcomes.

The Forest Industry Safety & Technology 2020 series is going ONLINE!

Given the directives from the New Zealand and Australian Governments on running events and the current COVID-19 global pandemic, we have decided that this year's Forest Industry Safety & Technology 2020 conference will be transformed into an online webinar series! Further details will be sent to all delegates, speakers and sponsors.

While it is disappointing that we can no longer hold the physical events, we look forward to having you join us online for a new version of this conference.

Click here to read the full event terms and conditions.

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Event Details

#1 People and Culture

People and culture are a strong driver of safety improvement. Our keynote speakers focus on how CEOs need to initiate and own changes in safety attitudes. A major theme is what drives culture change and how everyone in the workplace can benefit from learning from incidents in a informative and positive way.

#2 Technologies and Systems

At the same time as software is making safety administration easier, machinery technologies are changing fast at the leading edge of primary and extraction industries. Our focus is to bring leaders with relevant experience in exciting new technologies that can help us in forestry. Technologies from within (think Waratah’s developments on chainshot) and autonomous control from outside (think Rio Tinto’s Mine of the Future at Pilbara) will be showcased. Many of these innovations, which have already been successfully adopted by the industry, will be highlighted throughout the event.

Event Dates & Locations

Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
16-17 September 2020
Rotorua, NEW ZEALAND
22-23 September 2020

Who Attends?

  • Forestry contractors
  • Forestry managers
  • Forestry owners
  • Forestry consultants
  • Health & safety leaders
  • Harvest planners
  • Transport operators
  • Government representatives

Keynote Speakers

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ROGER HARRIS, Ombudsman, BC Forest Safety, Canada

Roger Harris has experience in many areas of the forest sector. He has worked as a dishwasher in a logging camp, been a board member for a Local of the IWA and has owned and operated his own phase logging contract business.

Harris knows firsthand the importance of safety and the impact that injuries and fatalities can have on workers and their families. In 1986 while working as a falling contractor, his right hand was nearly severed when his chainsaw kicked back. His brother-in-law was killed in a forestry accident at age 18.

"I have a passion for the woods becoming a safe place because I've been there. I've lived the worst side of it, but I think it's still the greatest occupation in the world. I want the Ombudsman's office to be a vehicle that deals with issues before we have incidents."

LANCE BURDETT, Founder & Director, WARN International, New Zealand

With 22 years critical workplace safety experience including time as a crisis negotiator, protection officer, and emergency responder, Lance brings a unique approach to workplace health and safety.

He combines an understanding of how psychology can be used to enhance safe practices, ways to mitigate dangers through teamwork, and personal resilience tips to boost energy and stay alert to risk.

Returning for a second year, Lance will bring an extension to last year’s presentation on important topics including; why it is that we reflect on ourselves when speaking with others, the different ways in which we ‘think’ about events, what are these thoughts that we keep having, and how to significantly reduce our worry. He will also show us how to identify when a mate is struggling, why it is that they are reluctant to reach out for help, and what to say and do to help them. This promises to be another engaging presentation with yet more practical tools for us all to use.

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Speaker Expressions of Interest

If you are keen to be a speaker at our conference and you are an early adopter, developer, innovator, technology supplier, service provider or researcher within the forestry sector specifically around safety, our conference team would like to hear from you.

Contact the FIEA Office on 07 921 1382 and ask to speak to John Stulen, Programme Manager for this event. Alternatively, email John at john.stulen@fiea.org.nz.

Program

Conference Day 1 | Wed 16 September 2020
11:00amRegistration opens
12:45pmWelcome from Conference Hosts
John Stulen, FIEA and VicForests
KEYNOTE SESSION: TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR SAFER PEOPLE IN WORKPLACES
1:00pmWhat is fatigue: Why does it matter and practical steps to reduce fatigue risk in your organisation
Fiona Johnston, Managing Director, Shiftwork Services, NEW ZEALAND
1:45pmWorkplace Fatigue Q+A Session

2:00pmAssess, Trial, Implement - How to improve technology adoption to ensure a safe and sustainable workforce
James Tibbett, CEO & Founder, SeePilot
2:45pmTECH TALKS
3:00pmCoffee Break + Networking
SESSION 2: TECHNOLOGY SHIFTS FOR SAFER WORK AND WORKPLACES
3:30pmSafety and Efficiency - New Technology for Log Scaling
Ben Reyngoud, Product Leader – Port Logistics, Robotics Plus, NEW ZEALAND
4:00pmDrug Testing at Work: Standards, Substances, Methods and Devices
Stefan Hildebrandt, Product Manager Impairment Checks, Draeger
4:30pmNetworking Session + Refreshments & Canapes

Conference Day 2 | Thurs 17 September 2020
SESSION 3: MAKING DAILY HEALTH & SAFETY MORE PEOPLE-CENTRIC
8:15amLessons learnt over a Decade: An Independent View of Key Drivers and Outcomes for Improving Forest Workplace Health and Safety
Roger Harris, BC Forest Safety Ombudsman, CANADA
9:00amPeople-Centred Outcomes – Part 2
Lance Burdett, Founder, Warn International, NEW ZEALAND
9:45amTECH TALKS
10:00amCoffee Break & Networking
SESSION 4: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN SAFETY CULTURE & ‘EASY-TO-USE’ TECHNOLOGY
10:30amWhy Safety Matters
Dallas Adams, Founder, DC Adams Group
11:15amKalari’s journey with in-cab fatigue monitoring
Gareth Troy, Regional Manager Green Triangle, Kalari and TBA, Seeing Machines
12:15pmLunch & Networking
SESSION 5: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN SAFETY CULTURE & ‘EASY-TO-USE’ TECHNOLOGY CONT’D
1:00pmUsing Map App to Meet Regulatory Challenges
Tony Brown, Technology & Innovation Specialist, FCNSW
1:30pmUsing Technology to Monitor, Coach and Improve Driver Performance and Behaviour
Daryl Hutton, Managing Director, ANC Forestry Group
2:00pmIFA Young Foresters Panel
Patrick McCarthy, Graduate Forester, HVP Plantations
Kelsey Johnson, ForestSmart Services Officer, PF Olsen
2:30pmT-Winch - European logging techniques for harvesting forest slopes: Latest innovations for safer operations
Ian Wilton, Business Director, FORCO
3:00pmConference Concludes
Download Australia Program
Download New Zealand Program

Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities

The Forest Safety 2020 Conference offers a tremendous opportunity for companies involved in forest safety to maximise their exposure to New Zealand and Australian forestry companies. This is a major event for this regions forestry sector.

Exhibition spaces for these events are at a premium. FIEA has a well-deserved reputation of providing both sponsors and exhibitors with a unique platform for promoting their products and services to the industry in BOTH New Zealand and Australia.

For a full range of sponsorship opportunities, please contact Gordon Thomson.

Gordon Thomson, Sponsorship & Marketing Manager, (+64) 7 921 1384, gordon.thomson@fiea.org.nz.

2020 Principal Sponsors

2020 Event Sponsors

FIEA Partners

Media Partners

Supporting Organisations

Registration

Early Bird Rate Until 27 March 2020

$795

+ GSTPer Person

Group Rate For 3 or more attendees

$795

+ GSTPer Person

Standard Rate From 28 March 2020

$990

+ GSTPer Person
Register for New Zealand
Register for Australia
PLEASE NOTE:

  • For the New Zealand Event, all transactions will be billed in New Zealand dollars and all prices exclude GST (15%). A credit card fee of 2.9% will also apply to credit card transactions.

  • For the Australian Event, all transactions will be billed in Australian dollars and all prices exclude GST (10%). A credit card fee of 1.75% will also apply to credit card transactions.

  • To be eligible for any special rates, registrations and payment must be received on or BEFORE the dates listed. All discounts require payment at the time of registration and before the cut-off date in order to receive any discount. Any additional discounts offered (including group discounts) require payment at the time of registration.

  • Your conference registration payment covers the morning and afternoon teas, lunches, refreshments, networking drinks session, a conference handbook and access to presentations (electronic download for those presentations where presenter approval has been given).

  • Cancellation policy: For cancellations made on or before Friday 17 April 2020, a 10% administration fee applies. Cancellations received after this date are non-refundable, however, they are transferable. Please allow 30 days for refunds to be processed.

  • If you wish to transfer your registration to another individual from within your company, please provide us with at least 24 hours advance notice.

  • The organisers reserve the right to change the programme when required.


    Full Registration Terms & Conditions

    • Venues

    Distinction Hotel, Rotorua, New Zealand

    390 Fenton Street, Rotorua | Tel: +64 07 349 5200 | Visit website
    With its beautiful garden setting, the affordable Distinction Rotorua Hotel is the perfect place to relax and unwind after enjoying the wealth of attractions and activities that Rotorua has to offer.

    Distinction Rotorua is located just minutes from the city centre and offers guests a range of mountain bike facilities including bike hire and a wash down facility as well as a purpose built, individual locker bike storage unit, FREE unlimited WiFi and complimentary guest car parking making the hotel a superb base for exploring the Rotorua area.
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    Bayview Eden Hotel, Melbourne, Australia

    6 Queens Road, Melbourne | Tel: +61 3 9250 2222 | Visit website
    Surrounded by green parks and minutes from the beach yet within easy reach of buzzing downtown Melbourne, Chapel Street shopping and nightlife, the Bayview Eden Melbourne has the best of both worlds. Many of our hotel’s 192 comfortable, stylishly refurbished rooms and suites overlook the picturesque Albert Park with its lake and golf course, while the rooftop spa and gym provide panoramic views of the Central Business District skyscrapers.
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    Contact

    FIEA

    Since 1998 the Forest Industry Engineering Association (FIEA), a division of Innovatek Ltd, has run an extensive series of technology related events for Australasian forest products companies. Over 200 conferences, trade shows and exhibitions have been run for local companies.

    FIEA’s objective is to improve the performance and productive capability of forestry and wood products companies in the region. It is now recognized as one of the most effective information providers for the Australasian forestry & wood products industries.

    FIEA Contact Details

      (+64) 7 921 1382
      1800 126 398 (from Australia)

    • Rotorua Office

      Forest Industry Engineering Association
      Building X91, Sala Street,
      Rotorua 3010, New Zealand

      PO Box 1230,
      Rotorua 3040, New Zealand

      Ph (+64) 7 921 1382

    • Dunedin Office

      Forest Industry Engineering Association
      c/o Distinction Dunedin Hotel,
      6 Liverpool Street,
      Dunedin 9016, New Zealand

      PO Box 904,
      Dunedin 9054, New Zealand

      Ph (+64) 3 470 1902


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