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7:00 am Registration & Networking Breakfast
7:40 am Advancing Data Centers Opening Remarks
7:50 am Chair’s Opening Remarks & Safety Brief
Strengthening Leadership & Workforce Resilience for Safe Delivery at Scale
8:00 am Understanding How Owner/Operator, General Contractor & Trade Contractor Leadership Models Must Evolve to Support Safe Delivery at Scale
- Defining leadership accountability across hyperscalers, colocators, neocloud providers, GCs and trade contractors to clarify how decisions, expectations and site presence influence EHS performance
- Strengthening the GC’s role as the central field coordinator to improve direction, communication and support across trade partners and high-risk work
- Embedding visible leadership and collaborative decision-making to maintain safe delivery across multiple buildings, phases and contractor teams
8:30 am Session Reserved for Autoloto
9:00 am Panel: Prioritizing Mental Health, Wellbeing & Fatigue Management to Strengthen Workforce Resilience in High-Pressure Conditions
- Integrating wellbeing considerations into project planning to manage quality-of-life challenges on rural data center sites
- Improving workforce planning, crew rotations and schedule management to reduce fatigue, burnout and unsafe decision-making
- Improving accommodation, rest days and family support initiatives to increase morale and retention for travelling workers
9:30 am Morning Refreshments & Speed Networking & Morning Refreshments
Track 1: EHS Construction & Commissioning Leadership Strategy
Track 2: EHS Execution During Construction & Commissioning
Track 1: EHS Construction & Commissioning Leadership Strategy
Building Trust, Learning & Accountability Across Project Partners
10:30 am Integrating Human & Organisational Performance (HOP) to Improve Learning & Risk Recognition
EHS Construction Lead, Tesla
- Applying HOP principles to reveal how work is performed across construction and commissioning activities
- Using event learning methods to capture operational context, frontline insight and system-level contributors after incidents
- Embedding HOP across leadership and EHS functions to strengthen continuous improvement and psychologically safe reporting cultures
11:00 am Building Safety Culture Across Project Partners to Strengthen Trust, Engagement & Personal Accountability
HSE Manager, PCL Construction
- Developing stronger partner relationships to improve trust, communication and safe decision-making at the point of work
- Creating psychologically safe reporting environments to improve hazard identification and early intervention
- Using worker engagement, buddy systems and field coaching to sustain personal accountability across complex data center project environments
11:30 am Panel: Defining Owner/Operator Responsibility Beyond Contractor Oversight to Strengthen EHS Outcomes Across Projects
Assistant HSE Director, Ace Electric
Regional EHS Manager, QTS Data Centers
Safety Director, Hoffman Construction
- Increasing owner/operator engagement in construction execution oversight to improve visibility of real site conditions and reduce blind spots in risk awareness
- Strengthening owner/operator, GC and trade contractor communication channels to improve alignment across multiemployer construction sites and reduce gaps in safety expectations
- Defining clear boundaries for owner/operator involvement to improve contractor autonomy while reducing confusion over who is responsible for directing and managing work onsite
12:00 pm Track Closed
Track 2: EHS Execution During Construction & Commissioning
12:30 pm Networking Lunch Break
Track 1: EHS Construction & Commissioning Leadership Strategy
Track 2: EHS Execution During Construction & Commissioning
Track 1: EHS Construction & Commissioning Leadership Strategy
Reducing Execution Risk Through Earlier Planning & Stakeholder Alignment
1:30 pm Case Study: Strengthening Pre-Construction Planning & Safety-in-Design to Reduce Execution Risk
Safety Director, Mortenson Construction
- Improving contractor pre-qualification beyond paperwork to verify competency, culture and high-risk work capability before mobilization
- Aligning EHS, GC and trade partner expectations before construction to reduce confusion around roles, permits, supervision and execution standards
- Standardizing planning tools and lookahead processes to improve coordination, workforce readiness and control of high-risk activities
2:00 pm Track Closed
2:10 pm Audience Discussion: Strengthening Community Engagement & Stakeholder Management to Reduce Permitting Delays & Opposition Across Projects
- Engaging local communities earlier to communicate construction impacts, infrastructure demands and mitigation plans before major site activity begins
- Addressing water usage, dust, noise, lighting, traffic and land disturbance concerns to reduce community opposition and permitting friction
- Strengthening community benefit strategies to improve social acceptance, local support and long-term stakeholder relationships
Track 2: EHS Execution During Construction & Commissioning
2:30 pm Afternoon Refreshments & Networking
3:00 pm Meet Your Speakers
Meet the experts who led today’s discussions and make the most of the chance to ask follow-up questions and dive deeper into key takeaways. Whether you’re looking to continue the conversation, gain further insights, or simply say thanks, this is your opportunity to engage directly with the voices shaping the agenda.
Driving Proactive Risk Management Through Field Leadership & Trade Learning
3:30 pm Strengthening Field Leadership to Improve Daily EHS Performance & Proactive Risk Management
- Defining superintendent and project manager EHS responsibilities to turn safety plans and owner/operator expectations into daily field execution
- Using daily field engagement and pre-task planning to verify crews understand the controls required before work starts
- Equipping field leaders with planning, coaching and risk-recognition tools to correct unsafe conditions before they escalate
4:00 pm Audience Discussion: Capturing Trade-Led Lessons Learned to Improve Cross-Contractor Risk Control & Prevent Recurring Issues Across Different Projects
- Creating structured trade-partner forums to share field-tested approaches from installation, sequencing and high-risk activity control
- Translating field-led lessons into corrective actions to improve planning, constructability and daily EHS execution
- Building repeatable continuous improvement approaches and feedback loops to prevent recurring risks across future data center projects