wednesday, April 22, 2026
Wednesday | Thursday
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Sessions may change without notice.
8:00 am - Registration opens
9:00 - 10:15 am - Annual Meeting and Opening Keynote
Bill Toms - The Safety Pirate
"7,200 Volts Later: The Shortcut That Changed Everything"
10:15 - 11:00 am - Break w/Exhibitors
11:00 am - 12:00 pm - Breakout Sessions 1
- 1A: Using FMEA to Reduce Safety Risks
Carl Vass - Falcon Safety
- 1B: Beyond Pounds: The Hidden Truths Behind Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Data
Misty Sinclair, P.E. - Trinity Consultants
- 1C: Do Better, Be Better
Tom VanderLinden - ABC of Iowa
- 1D: Proposed Changes to NFPA 70E - 2027
Jason Wolf - The ESCO Group
- 1E: High Expectations
Kirk Dighton - DC Taylor Company and Imperial Safety Solutions LLC
12:00 - 1:00 pm - Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 pm - Breakout Sessions 2
- 2A: Metal Safety Flooring to Prevent Slips and Falls
Kevin Buchanan - SLIPNOT
- 2B: When Virtual Became Reality: How VR Training Created Jobs, Cut Accidents, and Transformed Safety
Steve Drake - Virtual Forklift, LLC
- 2C: OSHA Update
Brian Bothast - U.S. Dept of Labor - OSHA
- 2D: The Role of Recovery in Building Safe and Productive Workplaces
Dr. Adam Moskowitz & Diane Rohlman, PhD
- 2E: Basic Understanding of Workers’ Compensation and Your Experience Modification Rate
Jill Darin - World Insurance Associates, LLC
2:15 - 3:15 pm - Breakout Sessions 3
- 3A: Elephants in the Room: Unspoken Factors that Impact Safety Conversations
George Gruetzmacher - WI State Laboratory of Hygiene - UW Madison
- 3B: Safety that Pays: Turning Wearable Leading Indicator Data and Predictive Analytics into Measurable Business Value
Tom West - MakuSafe Wearable Tech
- 3C: Safety and Health is NO Accident
Peggy Peterson - State of Iowa - Iowa OSHA Consultation and Education
- 3D: NFPA 70e the 101’s and Updates
Kam Alipour - Cintas Corp
- 3E: Export Manifests & e-Manifests: What Shippers and Generators Must Do in 2026
Andrew Ewald - Trinity Consultants
3:15 - 3:45 pm - Break w/Exhibitors
3:45 - 4:45 pm - Breakout Sessions 4
- 4A: The Hidden Factor in Building a Culture of Safety
Karen Schumacher - Crescendo Leadership Development
- 4B: Beyond the Hard Hat: How Virtual Reality and AI Are Rebuilding the Way We Train
Edward G. Weiss - EG Weiss & Associates
- 4C: Teaching the Skill of Working Safely - Equipping Your Workforce with Mental PPE
Richard Flynt - National Safety Council
- 4D: Every Breath You Take - A Review of Toxic Gases
Dr. Pamela Moore & Dr. Rebecca Kusko - University of Iowa Health Care System
- 4E: The Sound of Safety
Jennifer Holliday, CIH - Terracon Consultants, Inc.
4:45 - 6:00 pm - Networking Reception
Time w/Exhibitors, Networking, Drinks, Snacks and Door Prizes Drawings!