VPPPA Region VIII 2025 Safety Summit Agenda
October 7th, 8th and 9th
Salt Lake City, UT
Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
7:00 am Registration Opens
7:00 to 8:00 am Continental Breakfast: Parley 1 & 2
8:00 am to Noon VPP Application Workshop: Mill Creek
Strengthening Star Workshop: Red Butte
Noon to 1:00 pm Lunch: Parley 1 & 2
1:00 to 4:00 pm VPP Application Workshop: Mill Creek
VPP 101 Workshop: Red Butte
Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
7:00 am Registration & Vendor Hall Open
8:00 am Breakfast: Parley 1 & 2
8:30 am Opening General Session and Annual Business Meeting: Parley 1 & 2
9:00-9:45 am Keynote Speaker: Ted Schick: Parley 1 & 2
10:00 to 10:45 am OSHA Federal and State Updates: Eric Wollan, Lance Naef, and Evelyn Partner: Parley 1 & 2
11:00 to 11:45 am Breakout Sessions -
Uses of AI Technology: Jason McCree, Everguard: Parley 1 & 2
Where Leadership Goes, Safety Follows: Ted Schick, Schick Corporate Learning: Mill Creek
NFPA Essentials: What Every Facilities Team Needs to Know About Arc-Flash and Maintenance Safety: Chris Griego and Dan Hart, Sturgeon Electric; Rueben Wahab, MYR Group: Red Butte
Noon to 1:30 pm Lunch and OSHA Award Presentations: Parley 1 & 2
1:45 to 2:30 pm Breakout Sessions -
Kickoff to Safety Success: A 90-day playbook for new EHS managers: Adam Sandbek, Oshkosh AeroTech: Cottonwood 1
Compliance, Communication, and Leadership – What’s Missing: Dustin Richartz, Lockton Companies: Cottonwood 2
Implementing Successful Change: Ted Schick, Schick Corporate Learning: Mill Creek
Common Error Traps and HPI Tool Use: John LaFrance, INL: Red Butte
2:45 to 3:30 pm Breakout Sessions -
Practical Applications for Interpreting IH Data: James Seidel, Hellman & Associates: Cottonwood 1
Understanding How Things Go Right: The Power of Pre-Accident Investigations: Erin Keiss, Streamline Safety: Cottonwood 2
Leading and Defining High Performance Teams: Ted Schick, Schick Corporate Learning: Mill Creek
From Resistance to Resilience: Jodee Bock: Red Butte
3:45 to 4:30 pm Breakout Sessions -
Fix the System, Not the Worker: Operationalizing Accountability Without Blame: Erin Keiss, Streamline Safety: Cottonwood 2
Making Safety Training Effective – a Train-the-Trainer Class: Ted Schick, Schick Corporate Learning: Mill Creek
60-minute session - REAL Leadership: Tools for Leading People, Not Just Processes: Jodee Bock: Red Butte
Thursday, October 9th, 2025
7:00 am Registration
7:30 to 8:30 am Breakfast: Parley 1 & 2
8:45 to 9:30 am Breakout Sessions -
8:30 am start - Culture: Beyond the Buzzword: Jodee Bock: Cottonwood 1
Little Things That Matter: Tony Stoner, Cardinal IG: Cottonwood 2
EAP – Are You Prepared? : Lane Miller, Work Site Safety: Mill Creek
Heat Related Illness Can Affect Anyone: Tammy Robinson, Clean Harbors: Red Butte
9:45 to 10:30 am Breakout Sessions -
Fire Up but Don’t Burn Out: Jodee Bock: Cottonwood 1
A Deeper Dive into JHAs: Tony Stoner, Cardinal IG: Cottonwood 2
90 min session - Hardcore HazCom: Lane Miller, Work Site Safety: Mill Creek
Industry VPP Workgroup: Leveraging Knowledge into Excellence: Kelli Heflin, Probi: Red Butte
10:45 to 11:30 am Breakout Sessions -
Making Safety Stick – Using Games & Microdosed Learning to Boost Retention: Mike Courouleau, Cajun Safety: Cottonwood 1
The Energy Wheel: Revealing the Unseen Hazards: Chris Griego and Dan Hart, Sturgeon Electric: Cottonwood 2
Continued - Hardcore HazCom: Lane Miller, Work Site Safety: Miller Creek
The Employee Engagement Effect: Kara Felber, Cardinal IG - Fargo: Red Butte
11:45 am to 12:45 pm Closing and Boxed Lunch: Parley 1 & 2 (Subject to change)