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4th Innovative HSE Management Summit

  • 2nd – 3rd March 2020
  • Austria flag Austria Vienna
  • Meliá Vienna Donau City Strasse 7, 1220

The world of health, environment and safety management is undergoing changes every year. This B2B event will help participants to engage with each other and gain valuable insights on future demands.

The Summit will bring together directors, managers, senior health and safety decision-makers and business leaders from all over the globe to discuss current practices, the latest developments and industry challenges.

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The conference will provide a better understanding of how to overcome obstacles and implement new ideas. Experts will focus on recent findings and the latest trends. We will discuss key topics such as the role of technologies in HSE, digital safety and safety standards. We know how important mental health is and will trace the safety success of Johnson & Johnson.

The 4th Innovative HSE Management Summit provides a great opportunity for industry professionals to connect face-to-face in an annual meeting.

We invite you to become a part of our Summit and share your innovative ideas with us.

Who Should Attend

CEOs/Presidents/MDs, CCOs/CMOs/CDOs, Chief Executives, Directors, Vice Presidents, Heads, Leaders and Managers specialising in:

  • Environment
  • Sustainability
  • Recycling
  • Waste Management
  • Security
  • HSEQ
  • Operational Safety
  • Product Safety
  • QHSSE
  • Risk Management
  • HSSEQ
  • Training
  • Corporate Safety
  • Safety
  • HSE
  • Water Resources
  • QHSE
  • Quality
  • Tech Innovations
  • Process Safety
  • Industrial Safety
  • HSSE
  • Equipment Inspection
  • Implementation
  • OHS
  • Occupational Health & Safety

Key Practical Learning Points

  • Digital transformations in OSH management
  • Safety leadership basis: how to ensure security
  • Innovation for sustainability 
  • Digital safety: desirable, achievable, fact or fiction?
  • Best practices in adopting and utilising HSE digital technologies
  • Mental health and how to improve it
  • Incident investigations and future accidents prevention
  • Mining: developing world class safety
  • Pharmaceutical production with control of emission
  • Communicating HSE effectively

Jan Vangeel, BE

QHSE Manager, Training & Communication

BESIX

Jan Vangeel started his career as a health and safety consultant for different large companies with a high-risk profile in oil and gas, automotive and port sectors. He joined BESIX in 2009 and spent nearly 10 years in various operational HSE positions, going from HSE manager for the Flanders region of BESIX to QHSE manager for the business unit Europe, driving awareness and accountability for OHS performance and system throughout the organisation. In 2018, he took the role of QHSE manager of training and communication for BESIX Group worldwide. In this role he designs and develops programs that centre around cultural and behavioural change.

Davide Scotti, IT

Head of HSE Culture, Communication & Training

Saipem

Davide Scotti, 42, graduated in 2001 with an honors degree in management studies from the University of Aberdeen. He then joined the oil and gas industry, working four years for Vetco Gray. In 2005, he joined Saipem in Milan, where he contributed to the development of the “Leadership in Health & Safety” program (LiHS) and managed its rollout globally. Today he is head of HSE culture, communication and training at Saipem. Since 2010, he has been general manager of the LHS Foundation, a non-profit organisation constituted by Saipem with the aim to share the “Leadership in Health & Safety” methodology within both the industry and society. He is the creator of “Italia loves sicurezza”, a movement gathering hundreds of professionals and citizens who want to impact the safety culture in Italy. He is author of “Il libro che ti salva la vita” (The Book that Saves Your Life), an Italian best seller with 6,500 copies sold. From 2015-18 he was HSE technical director of the So­ciety of Petroleum Engineers in Italy and he is currently VP of the Club Prevention of Large Organisations, created by AIAS, Italy’s biggest safety professional association. He is an international safety speaker and likes to create and share content through social media.

Christian Polivka, DE

Director, EHS Solution Management

SAP

Christian Polivka is a director with SAP SE. He is an innovation evangelist and futurist in environment, health and safety. In EHS solution management, Christian is responsible for the go-to-market and overall strategy. Christian comes with 20 years’ EHS domain expertise. Prior to his career at SAP, Christian was employed at an EHS business consultancy where he faced the EHS challenges of the manufacturing industry on a daily basis. It was during that time that he developed a passion for how technology could dramatically support environment and safety practitioners. Today, Christian draws on nearly two decades of EHS experience to drive continuous innovation in support of EHS practitioners. Christian holds an MBA from the University of Glasgow and a bachelor’s in environmental engineering from the University of Cooperative Education in Karlsruhe.

Nuno Marques Peiriço, FR

Director of OHS Auditing & Performance

Veolia

At the age of 46, Nuno Marques Peiriço is the director of OHS performance at Veolia, the company that he has been working at for the last 18 years, first in Portugal and lately in the company HQ in Paris. With a multidisciplinary pathway of more than 20 years of management in areas such as sustainability, human resources, OHS, quality and environment, in multicultural and international environments, he has developed an expertise in driving behavioural change and culture transformation programs aligned with performance, accountability, business development and sustainability of organisations. Nuno holds a master’s degree in technological chemistry from the University of Lisbon and a master’s degree in sustainable management from Imperial College London. In addition, after a certification as global executive coach at HEC Paris, Nuno acts as an internal coach at Veolia, accompanying managers on their career pathway.

James Pomeroy, UK

Group HSES Director

Lloyd’s Register

James Pomeroy is the group HSES director for Lloyd’s Register, a global technical and business services organisation. James is responsible for advocating and delivering high standards, thought leadership and best practices in health, safety, environmental and security management across LR’s global operations. With 25 years of experience, James has extensive experience in designing and implementing successful behaviour change within organisations and embracing a positive approach. He has considerable experience in enhancing human performance and safety culture through behavioural intervention. He is known for his insights into strategic directions that im- prove effectiveness and outcomes. People and culture change has been a consistent theme in James’ career. An engineer by training, James has been involved in leading and transforming global HSES programmes in a variety of sectors, including upstream oil and gas, aviation, mining and heavy manufacturing. James holds an MSc in HSE management, an LLM in environmental law and an MBA. He is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), a Chartered Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) and a Chartered Environmental practitioner.

Per Renman, SE

Group Safety Director

Boliden

Per Renman has a background in the construction industry where he worked on large com­plex infrastructure projects across the world for 30 years, in which many of these projects included underground work. He spent his first 15 years in production and then in various positions related to EHS, which include BU global EHS manager. He has a degree in civil engineering. He has been the group safety director for the Boliden Group since 2014 with a special assignment in improving their safety culture.

 

Eduardo Blanco-Munoz, FR

Global HSE & Industrial Risks Director

Lisi Aerospace

Eduardo Blanco-Munoz is the global HSE and industrial risks director of Lisi Aerospace, a global manufacturer of aircrafts’ fasteners and structural components, operating 20 plants in 10 countries. His career started as QHSE manager at Akzo Nobel Chemicals France, in charge of a Seveso upper tier site and the French distribution business. He then served as environmental manager of Essilor’s European Rx activities (23 plants over 12 countries). Later he joined Alstom Power as QEHS and continuous improvement manager for the hydro division in Europe, responsible for projects tendered and managed from 12 locations in eight countries and executed in five continents. In parallel to his professional activities, Eduardo teaches BBS and safety culture at University of Paris 13.

Johan Geerinck, BE

Global VP of EHS

Johnson & Johnson

Johan Geerinck is currently global VP of environment, health and safety for Johnson & Johnson (J&J). He is responsible for the global coordination of EHS in all J&J companies worldwide, leveraging their global EHS professional network, capabilities and assets across geographies, segments and functions to deliver excellence in EHS culture and performance. The global EHSS team consists of about 450 EHSS professionals. J&J encompasses approximately 130,000 employees, 125 manufacturing sites, 265 operating companies in more than 60 countries and has total sales in excess of $75 billion. He holds a degree in industrial engineering from the University of Ghent, a safety engineering degree from the University of Brussels, an environmental engineering degree from the University of Antwerp and a degree in business administration from the University of Leuven. He has 30 years of EHSS experience in the pharmaceutical, medical devices, consumer and chemical sector. He has significant experience in EHS2 leadership (strategy and implementation) and he has a proven track record in developing leaders and developing, deploying and integrating EHS2 programs and processes into the business processes at franchise level and at the global level (across all J&J business franchises). He took the initiative to set up a Janssen Global Pharmaceutical Sustainability Council that developed a strategic framework to capitalise in the marketplace on all the efforts that the pharmaceuticals group is doing to make its supply chain green. This strategy was complemented with additional strategic areas of focus to broaden the concept of sustainability in the area of access to medicine and employee communication/engagement.

Michael Cooke, CH

SVP, HSE & Sustainability

ABB

Michael Cooke has held senior HSE positions in various industries ranging from pharmaceuticals, chemicals, inks and coatings to engineering. In these roles he has led the business to world-class performance against industry peers when benchmarked against all industries. Michael has also held senior positions outside of HSE – as business leader for a pharma division and strategy, mergers and acquisition director for EMEA/Asia regions. Currently, Michael heads HSE and sustainability for ABB globally, based at their Zurich HQ. In this role, Michael balances the various functional activities from site and people security, corporate responsibility and human rights, HSE and links this to a clear and effective sustainability strategy.

Gerry Mulholland, UK

HSEQ Director

Amey

Gerry Mulholland is currently the HSEQ director for Amey Utilities, covering water, power, telecoms and metering portfolios. He is a member of the executive leadership team for the utilities business and the HSEQ function across the wider Amey business. He has over 30 years’ experience in a wide variety of HSE roles within the construction and energy sectors, he’s a Chartered Fellow of IOSH and he has a master’s degree in occupational behaviour change. He is currently leading the Amey Utilities 2020 Challenge to ensure “no street work excavations are left open overnight by 2020”.

 

Rafael Pérez, UK

Global Director of Health & Safety

The We Company

Rafael Pérez is the global director of health and safety at WeWork. WeWork provides members around the world with space, community, and services through both physical and virtual offerings. Its mission is to create a world where people work to make a life, not just a living. WeWork has 828 locations across 149 cities and 38 countries. WeWork's 693,000 memberships represent global enterprises across multiple industries.

Rafael and his team of global and regional health and safety managers believe in a holistic, people-first approach that empowers individuals to achieve health and safety excellence.

Rafael has over 15 years of experience in health and safety and has lead health and safety globally for organisations such as Bupa and Virgin Active.

Rafael is a Chartered Member of IOSH and holds a bachelor's degree in environmental sciences from the Universidad Europea de Madrid.

Dermot Reddy, IE

Specialist, Global Safety and Environment

MSD

Dermot Reddy is a professional engineer and a specialist with MSD’s global safety and environment team. Dermot is currently responsible for providing EHS guidance and leadership to MSD Ireland’s Carlow facility. MSD Carlow is a state-of-the-art sterile fill-finish facility responsible for producing a number of MSD’s key immunotherapy-based oncology treatments and vaccines and is a strategic site in the company portfolio. Prior to joining MSD, Dermot spent over 10 years with Byrne Ó Cléirigh, a multidisciplinary firm of professional engineers and management consultants. During this time, Dermot undertook a wide range of assignments in the areas of energy, risk management and environmental compliance for both private and public sector clients. Dermot’s sectors of experience included: pharmaceutical, medical device, energy (supply and end-use), waste and brewing & distillation. Dermot is a Chartered Engineer, holds an honour’s degree in mechanical engineering from UCD Dublin and an honour’s master’s degree in project management from the UCD Michael Smurfit School of Business.

Wael El Kordy, UK

Operational HSE Senior Consultant

Anotech Energy

Wael El Kordy has spent more than 20 years in HSE management and process safety in oil and gas businesses’ chain at upstream and downstream operations as well as projects. He is currently based in Paris after joining Anotech Energy in mid- 2019 in the role of operational HSE senior consultant. Previously, Wael worked for three major oil and gas companies, namely BG Group, BP International and Saudi Aramco, moving internationally between North Africa, UK, Middle East and Europe. Wael is a chemical engineer holding BSc and MSc degrees in process safety and loss prevention (PSLP) from the University of Sheffield, UK. He also holds an executive diploma in management, specialised in contractors HSE performance management, from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), London, UK.

Jan Vangeel, BE

QHSE Manager, Training & Communication

BESIX

Davide Scotti, IT

Head of HSE Culture, Communication & Training

Saipem

Christian Polivka, DE

Director, EHS Solution Management

SAP

Nuno Marques Peiriço, FR

Director of OHS Auditing & Performance

Veolia

James Pomeroy, UK

Group HSES Director

Lloyd’s Register

Per Renman, SE

Group Safety Director

Boliden

Eduardo Blanco-Munoz, FR

Global HSE & Industrial Risks Director

Lisi Aerospace

Johan Geerinck, BE

Global VP of EHS

Johnson & Johnson

Michael Cooke, CH

SVP, HSE & Sustainability

ABB

Gerry Mulholland, UK

HSEQ Director

Amey

Rafael Pérez, UK

Global Director of Health & Safety

The We Company

Dermot Reddy, IE

Specialist, Global Safety and Environment

MSD

Wael El Kordy, UK

Operational HSE Senior Consultant

Anotech Energy