Why Present?

This conference is expected to bring together over 500 workplace health and safety stakeholders including employers; union, government and academic leaders; support organizations and others who share a goal to ensure that the safety and physical and mental health of workers is an organizational priority. This important event will allow attendees at all phases of their career lifecycle to share their knowledge and experience. Showcasing, collaborating, sharing and learning from each other and networking with allies engaged in health and safety, the conference will maximize the engagement of participants, acknowledge their individual and collective experiences and provide opportunities for all to learn from those experiences. This promises to be an enlightening, informative and engaging event. Don’t miss this opportunity to present.

Compensation for your accepted presentation comes in the form of a complimentary conference registration. Thank you for sharing your expertise and insights in support of Safety Services Nova Scotia’s non-profit mission to create safer workplaces and stronger communities.

Presentation Themes

Presentations should be related to one of the themes listed below. The Nova Scotia Workplace Health & Safety Conference Committee welcomes proposals for creative, innovative sessions within the parameters of the themes. The Program Committee is also interested in other timely or relevant topics that may provide value for attendees by providing updates on policy, procedures, and best practices.

Submissions should be specific to one or more of the themes below.

Health & Wellness

Safety Committee

Safety Professional / Advanced

Technical / Legislation

Technology / Cybersecurity

Presentation Details

Presentations will be 60 minutes and must allow time for audience Q&A.
Deadline to submit is Friday, October 24, 2025.
Presentations must be non-proprietary in nature, and cannot advertise a product or service.
Session attendance is voluntary and is influenced by the needs and interests of the participants.

The Program Committee will review the submissions for:

Relevance to one or more of the conference themes

Timeliness and interest of the topic to safety professionals

Innovative ideas

Promising practices with demonstrated impact

Qualification(s) of the presenter(s)

General Guidelines

To be considered, presentations must be submitted electronically via the form accessed at the bottom of this page.

If your presentation is selected, audio-video recordings, photographs and/or print reproductions may be made of your presentation and copies made available to conference attendees. Should this happen, your permission will be requested prior to such distribution.

Presenters must register for the Nova Scotia Workplace Health & Safety Conference.

Preparing Your Presentation Submission

1 Your presentation submission must include the following:

name(s) of presenter(s)

presenter(s) position and organization/affiliation

title of the session

session overview (max. 250 words)

brief bio of presenter(s) (50 words max.)

headshot of presenter(s) (min. 600px wide)

learning outcomes

2 Submission will be in English.

3 Please single-space your submission.

4 The body of the presentation should be typed as one paragraph and should not exceed 250 words. Should your submission be accepted, this overview will be used on the conference website and program for promotion purposes.

5 Our presentation submission form requires all sections (fields) to be completed. Incomplete submissions will not be accepted. We suggest that you first develop your submission in a word processing app and copy-n-paste information to the appropriate fields. When you are ready to submit your presentation, click the presentation form button at the bottom of this page.

Acceptance

Presenters will be notified of their presentation acceptance on or before Tuesday, January 13, 2026.

Cancellation

If for unforeseen reasons a presentation must be cancelled, the presenter should contact the Conference Secretariat at or (902) 422-1886 (toll-free: 1-877-731-1333) as soon as possible so the space may be filled.