ASSE’s Safety 2014 Review
Keynote speaker Sidney Dekker, a professor, pilot, best-selling author of the books, “Safety, Differently” and “Just Culture: Balancing Safety and Accountability,” and an authority on human factors and safety, makes sure here the audience gets his point. Check out his website: http://sidneydekker.com
From across the pond… The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) President Tim Briggs brings greetings from his organization’s 44,000 members in more than 100 countries. No doubt about it, the safety world is a small world in 2014.
“Well look who it is…” ASSE’s annual conference is prime time for reunion time.
“What, you want me to answer another question about I2P2?” OSHA chief Dr. David Michaels appears to be saying. Check OSHA’s latest regulatory calendar: I2P2 barely makes the cut as a “long-term action item.”
Ah it’s good to be out of DC… OSHA chief Dr. David Michaels and NIOSH Director Dr. John Howard unwind at a sit down Q&A session.
Exhibitors love it when the expo aisles are crowded like this. Question: Can you pick out a single person wearing a tie? Not likely in Florida in June.
Attendees ready to assault the expo floor. Jackets, ties, oxfords, dresses and heels are optional relics from the “Mad Men” era, but you still can’t get into a trade show without your badge.
ASSE outgoing President Kathy Seabrook gets into the conference’s international flair and celebrates the end of her term. Check out the horn player to the right in the funky white and black striped suit. Safety folks love to cut loose.
“Yep boss, we hit the books hard at the education sessions.”
Balloon bombing primes the audience’s “situational awareness.”
ASSE’s new President Trish Ennis warms up to her job.
Keynote Speaker Charles Duhigg, author of “The Power of Habit,” and a Pulitzer Prize-winning staff writer at The New York Times, gets a laugh at the mouse’s expense. Doesn’t he know he’s in Orlando where The Mouse is sacrosanct? Check out his website at http://charlesduhigg.com
A gallery of photos from the sprawling Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, where ASSE’s annual professional development conference was held June 8-11. All photos courtesy of the American Society of Safety Engineers.
