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FLEET SAFETY24-25 June 2019 | Grand Millennium, Auckland

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HEAR INSIGHTS ON:

•  Monitoring driver fatigue and behaviour

•  Case studies focusing on the organisational implementation of fleet safety programs

•  Health and safety regulations, compliance and accountability for fleet safety

•  Worker mental health and its impact on productivity

• Electric vehicle safety

•  Change leadership and engagement

BJORN REVFEIMManaging DirectorCivic Contractors

KIRSTEN CORSONGeneral Manager Yoogo Share

CHARLES DAWSONCEOAutoSense

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DAY ONE: 24 JUNE 2019

AGENDA

8:30 Registration and coffee

9:00 Opening remarks from the Chair Caroline Perry, NZ Director, Brake the Road Safety

Charity

9:10 Advanced fleet safety management: Moving beyond the standards

Simply adhering to compliance standards is no longer acceptable. In this insightful session, explore how innovation to drive safety on New Zealand roads is being embraced by leading organisations:

•  Exploring cutting edge methods of managing fleet safety

•  Measuring the effectiveness of innovative fleet safety systems

•  Does new technology equal new risk – what do you need to be aware of and how can you manage the risk?

Casey Molloy, National Sales Manager, Smartrak

9:40 Could the fleet procurement process compromise safety?

In an industry with unforgiving profit margins, the purchase of fleet is strongly influenced by price. Is the pressure to get the best deal compromising fleet safety, and are there deeper consequences for a blinkered cost-saving focus?

•  Race to the bottom: Is the lowest bidder the safest choice?

•  Are operators’ average size and weight adequately taken into consideration at the procurement stage?

•  Unintended consequences of a poor procurement process

• Safe fleet procurement guidelines

10:20 Morning break

10:50 How the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 applies to fleet: Are you meeting your legal requirements?

With fines for breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 now hitting six figures, it is critical for businesses to ensure compliance:

•  Exploring common pitfalls: Ensure your safety policy is up-to-date and compliant

• Clarification of grey areas and ambiguities • Avoid Act breaches when dealing with PCBU •  What are the consequences of non-compliance,

and how are courts considering breaches of the Act?

James Cairney, Partner, Meredith Connell

11:30 PANEL: Driving the safety of your fleet and people This panel discusses and addresses the issues that

surround the safety of an organisation’s fleet and its people

•  Addressing the road safety issues that organisations are often faced with – vehicle issues versus human issues

•  Exploring the use of technology currently in play – how is this helping improve the management of the fleet and people

•  Creating strategies for driver improvement – what do you need to consider?

•  Balancing safety and the need to reduce operational costs – how can this be achieved?

Peter Mattock, Road Freight Operations Manager - Nationwide, OJI Fibre Solutions

Matt Doody, Fleet Support, Environment Canterbury12:30 Lunch break

1:30 CASE STUDY: Championing workplace mental health in a traditional workforce | Fonterra

The stigma of mental health, particularly in a traditional workforce, is not easily removed. Hear how Fonterra has championed workplace mental health (and how they overcame challenges along the way).

Julio Rodriguez, GM Health and Safety, Global Operations, Fonterra

2:30 TABLE TALKS: Worker mental health Question one: What steps could be implemented

today to begin the journey towards protecting worker mental health?

Question two: How do you feel a traditional workforce would react to a new workplace mental health programme, and how would you overcome the “she’ll be right” mentality?

2:50 Afternoon break

3:20 Safety implications of electric vehicles New and emerging engine technology means new

and emerging risks. What safety risks do electric vehicles pose to employees, and how can they be mitigated?

•  Examine the risks of electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles involved in crashes

•  What hazards are specific to electric vehicle driving, maintenance and repair, and how do you keep your workers safe?

•  The transition from self drive EV’s into autonomous ones, what is the transition going to look like

Kirsten Corson, General Manager, Yoogo Share

4:20 CASE STUDY: Showcasing ECan’s fleet management operations

•  Sharing insight in ECan’s fleet journey – what are they wanting to achieve?

•  Flipping the Fleet to safer vehicles and providing fit for purpose vehicles

•  Understanding the safety measures that ECan are taking – Health and Safety; GPS and more

Matt Doody, Fleet Support, Environment Canterbury

5:00 Summary remarks from the Chair and networking drinks

Road death and crash statistics are rising every year and the safety of the New Zealand freight fleet is under increasing scrutiny. This has led to the growth of fleet safety measures across the freight and supply chain industries, including light vehicle fleets and passenger vehicles. The Fleet Safety Conference provides a unique and important forum for

DAY TWO: 25 JUNE 2019

safety professionals and fleet managers from across New Zealand to come together. The event explores the challenges of improving the safety of New Zealand’s fleet and reviews a broad range of best practice case studies and technical solutions. Giving you the tools to ensure your team and the public are safe on New Zealand’s roads.

9:00 Opening remarks from the Chair

9:10 Create an effective workplace safety culture that produces results

Turning around an industry which has a long-serving workforce with traditional values is never going to be easy. Explore creative ways to embed a culture of safety in this engaging session:

•  Creating an industry-leading safety culture with active worker engagement

•  Moving beyond the blame game: How to change the perception of accountability

•  Embedding culture change through open communication and effective relationship building

Bjorn Revfeim, Managing Director, Civic Contractors

9.50 Change leadership: implementing new processes the right way

Worker push-back, disengagement, and outright sabotage are costly risks to organisations when significant change is implemented in the wrong way. Which change management strategies get the best response, and which are best avoided?

•  Meaningful workforce engagement and consultation

•  Change management strategies that work •  What should be avoided when implementing

change? •  Measuring the effectiveness of change

management throughout the process Kirsty Allott, Director and Senior Consultant,

Vargo + Lewis

10:30 Morning break

11:00 CASE STUDY: Vehicles in the workplace | Countdown

In this session, Countdown will discuss the safety practices they have implemented in keeping their fleet and people safe.

•  Demonstrating the security measures to keep track of driver behaviour

•  Implementing a safety culture in the organisation •  Planning for the future – how can the safety

practices encourage safe measures going forward Representative from Countdown

11:40 Operator risk assessment and on-going training You’re only as good as your people is particularly

accurate when considering safe operation of large, complicated vehicles. How do you accurately risk-assess drivers and operators, and identify training needs?

•  Pre-qualify new drivers and operators at the interview stage

•  Quickly overcoming inherited bad habits and increase competency

•  Ongoing training strategies that engage workers and produce results

•  Streamline fleet to improve safety Charles Dawson, CEO, AutoSense

12:20 Lunch break

1:20 An insight into driver and fleet management | Cloud Vehicle Technologies

Understanding the tools that are available for the safe and effective management of both fleet and drivers

•  Utilising data collected to implement safe practices

• Showcasing best practice fleet management Andy Slater, Managing Director, Cloud Vehicle

Technologies

2:00 Chain of Responsibility: Obligations A thorough understanding of the Chain of

Responsibility (CoR) is key to protecting business interests and mitigating potential liabilities:

•  What is CoR and how is this regulated in New Zealand?

•  How will the changes to Australian CoR requirements affect organisations in New Zealand?

•  How do you best protect your business? Simon Cartwright, Partner, Hesketh Henry Sam Houliston, Senior Associate, Hesketh Henry

2:40 Afternoon break

3.10 Measuring safety ROI: How do you calculate intangible benefits?

A crash that didn’t happen is hard to quantify, prove, and link back to expensive safety investment. How can you measure ROI on intangible outcomes, and should organisations just be thinking about financial outcomes?

•  Demonstrating the business cost of a laid-back approach to safety

•  Should corporate branding and reputation be a consideration?

•  Can safety be considered a business function? •  Overcoming the challenges of measuring ROI on

intangible outcomes Ian Taylor, National Portfolio Manager Commercial

Motor, IAG

3:50 Join the closing session delivered by KiwiRail at the Freight Futures 2030 conference:

Closing address: Turning freight dreams into freight reality

What targets should the New Zealand freight environment focus on first to encourage uptake of emission reduction practices and improve long-term sustainability •  Finding common ground on which methods and

best practices to follow to ensure smoother supply chain and logistics flow

•  The practicalities and challenges of implementing advances in technology into the New Zealand transport environment

Todd Moyle, Chief Executive Officer, KiwiRail

4:30 Closing remarks from the Chair and end of conference

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