Overview

The AMR Safety Summit brings together mining’s safety decision makers, innovators and frontline experts for two days of powerful discussion and practical insight.

Hosted in Perth, the summit combines a high-level conference program with a boutique exhibition. From zero harm and human performance to hands-on workshops on critical controls, the focus is on what actually changes outcomes on site.

If you influence safety outcomes — or your work supports the people who do — The AMR Safety Summit is your opportunity to help strengthen the systems that keep people alive.


Speakers

Chloe Coutinho

Managing Editor

The Australian Mining Review

Dale Harris

Chief Operating Officer

Hancock Iron Ore

Warren Wellbeloved

Group HSS Officer

BHP

Rachel Jones

Head of Health and Safety

Fortescue

Chris Harris

Head of Mental Health

Mineral Resources

Hon David Michael MLA

Government of Western Australia

Zara Fisher

VP Health, Safety, Environment & Training

Perenti

Tony Robertson

Director WorkSafe Mines Safety

Matt Collier

Head of Health, Safety and Environment

IGO Limited

Danielle Pukeroa

Senior Manager Health and Safety

Wyloo

Jesse Forgues

Head of Product, HaulX

Fortescue

Ray Spires

Regional Health and Safety Director

Alcoa

Kado Muir

Activist & Impact Entrepreneur

Dilji Group Holdings

Helen Fitzroy

Work Safety Advocate, Author & Speaker

Chris Owen

Partner

Norton Rose Fulbright

Paul Lucey

Director

Project 48

Chris Coutinho

Manager- Sustainability and ESG

Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia

Nathan Rooney

Senior Risk and Compliance Advisor

Westgold

Annett Koenig

Neuroscientist

Ryan Binedell

Head of HSEQ

Warrikal

Craig Domoney

MMP Technical Services Manager

Maptek

Sujith Panikkar

Principal Consultant

HIMA

Sean Lavin

Learning and Development Partnerships Manager

Everyday Massive

Hassan Qadri, B.Eng

Technical Sales Manager

Geographe

Stephanie Clarke, BSc(Hons)OT

Lead Occupational Therapist

Multi-Coached

Michael Marinovich

Technical Director

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Agenda

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TimeSessionSpeaker(s)
9:00am

Opening Remarks & Acknowledgement of Country

Welcome
9:10am

Ministerial Address

Address
9:40am

Thought Leadership Panel: Critical minerals, critical controls

Panel
10:20am

Networking & Refreshment Break

Networking
11:00am

Regulator’s Address

Regulator
11:30am

Just a Number

Keynote
12:00pm

Leader Fireside: Safety Starts at the Top

Fireside
12:40pm

Networking & Lunch

Lunch
1:40pm

Country, Closure and Cultural Risk: Mining’s Next Governance Frontier

Panel
2:10pm

Keynote: Mind Matters: giving mental health the same priority as physical health and safety

Keynote
2:40pm

Networking & Refreshment Break

Networking
3:10pm

The Business of Doing Better: From Compliance to Commitment

Session
3:40pm

Q&A: The Real Risks and Rewards of AI for Mining Safety

Q&A
4:10pm

Closing Remarks from the Chair & Networking Function

Close
TimeSessionSpeaker(s)
9:00am

Opening Remarks

Welcome
9:10am

Fortescue’s Collision Avoidance System (CAS)

Tech
9:40am

Critical Risk Refresh: From paper-safe to real-safe

Keynote
10:00am

ESG litigation: what’s new, what’s coming and what should you be worried about?

Legal
10:30am

Networking & Refreshment Break

Networking
11:00am

From footnote to front page: Putting a dollar value on safety

Session
11:30am

When You Work for Everyone: Supplier Realities and the Safety Lessons Nobody Talks About

Panel
12:00pm

Networking Lunch

Lunch
TimeSessionSpeaker(s)
Day 1
9:30am-10:00am

Operational Risk, Assurance & Accountability: What ‘Good’ Looks Like in 2026

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  • The evolving risk and compliance expectations for mining operations under modern WHS law
  • How to align risk systems, controls and behaviours to prevent MAEs
  • Common failure patterns in risk assurance and how to build systems that catch drift early
  • Turning compliance requirements into practical frontline actions that improve safety
  • Strengthening accountability across site leaders, supervisors and contractors
  • What effective evidence, verification and governance look like during audits and investigations
  • Lessons learned from real-world risk breakdowns, and how to prevent repeat failures
11:00am-11:45am

Guidelines for Analysis, Selection, Design and Operation of Safety Instrumented Systems

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Mining is high-risk, and managing it requires structured hazard analysis and strong safeguards. Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) are critical in preventing incidents and protecting people, assets, and the environment.

12:00pm-12:30pm

Muscular Skeletal Injuries (MSI’s) within the mining industry – How safer working practises and engineered solutions can aid prevention.

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This session will explore the growing challenge of musculoskeletal injuries in the mining industry. The session will reinforce the critical role of safer work practices, training, and early intervention strategies as well as demonstrate how engineered solutions such as purpose built tooling, ergonomic equipment design, and lightweight components can significantly reduce physical strain on workers. Attendees will gain practical advice to minimising injury risk, improving worker wellbeing, and driving safer, more sustainable outcomes for their team members.

2:00pm-2:40pm

Helping BUMA Australia turn frontline leadership into an operational discipline

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Great supervision shouldn’t depend on who’s leading the shift.

In practice, supervisors can find themselves constantly squeezed between production targets and their crew’s immediate needs.

As a result, the noise of urgent demands leaves frontline leaders stuck in a cycle of just ‘getting it done’.

In this showcase, we share how we collaborated with BUMA Australia to bridge the gap between organisational expectations and site reality to help build real leadership consistency that shifts the daily experience from ‘spinning wheels’ to ‘gaining traction’.

We’ll explore:

The productivity trap: Why supervisors feel more productive when they fix the urgent, even as it steals energy needed to get ahead of the day.

Compliance to culture: How shifting mindsets from compliance to performance helps build real, consistent capability.

Gaining traction: How a simple framework for building small, daily habits helps leaders make real progress in both their day-to-day work and across different roster cycles.

3:40pm-4:10pm

Pressure, Load, and the First Signs on Site

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Serious incidents in mining are rarely the result of poor intent, lack of skill, or a single procedural breach. More often, they emerge when sustained cognitive load, extended shifts, fatigue and production pressure quietly erode judgment and decision-making long before an error, deviation, or safety event becomes visible.

Grounded in clinical neuroscience, contemporary research on stress and fatigue and mining safety data, this session examines how sustained cognitive load reshapes attention, situational awareness, judgment and risk perception at a neurological level.

These changes develop gradually, most often in experienced operators, supervisors and leaders who continue to function while operating closer to their cognitive limits, making early degradation difficult to detect through traditional safety metrics or lag indicators.

Day 2
11:00am-11:30am

Improving Underground Mobile Mechanised Mining Productivity with Safety in Mind

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Is your underground CAS actually keeping your people safe, or just giving you confidence it doesn't deserve?

Join Craig Domoney, MMP Technical Services Manager at Maptek, for a data-driven workshop that challenges some uncomfortable assumptions about collision avoidance in underground hard rock mining.

In this session you'll discover:

  • The 13.5 km/h problem: Why the system protecting your operators may only be safe at speeds your trucks routinely exceed, and what the ISO standards actually require
  • Real data from a real mine: Two years of haul truck data from an Australian hard rock operation reveals how often vehicles are operating in the danger zone. The numbers may surprise you
  • The maths behind the margin: A clear, standards-aligned model that shows exactly how much detection distance you need at moderate speeds, and why 50 m simply isn't enough
  • A proven technology that already solves this: Originally built for the automotive world, one communications technology is demonstrating 100 m+ NLOS detection underground today
  • The productivity bonus hiding in your safety investment: How closing the detection gap could unlock one additional trip per truck per shift, giving your CFO a reason to care as much as your safety team

If you manage underground mobile equipment, this session will change how you think about what safe actually means.


Pricing

Full Delegate Pass - Two Days

$1,295 + GST

Free workshop sessions

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Sponsors

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Limited premium sponsorship packages and exhibition opportunities are available. Register your interest below and we’ll get back to you with availability and a tailored proposal.

When & Where

Dates: 21–22 May 2026

Venue: Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre (PCEC)

21 Mounts Bay Rd, Perth WA 6000

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