Pre-Conference Workshop Day

Monday, December 1, 2025

9:00 am Registration & Refreshments

10:00 am Exploring Smarter Prequalification & Onboarding Processes to Align Vendor Management With Safety Expectations

  • Taylor Hood Environmental, Health & Safety Manager, QTS Data Centers
  • Prince Carouthers Regional Manager - Environment, Health & Safety, QTS Data Centers

Synopsis

  • Improving the prequalification process beyond paperwork (e.g. interviews, past safety metrics and competency-based validation) to ensure vendors meet robust EHS and regulatory standards from day one
  • Leveraging technology and automation to scale and track training and certifications to ensure real-time compliance across a growing pool of vendors
  • Establishing clear safety performance benchmarks and continuous monitoring protocols post-onboarding to identify and address risks early in the project lifecycle.

12:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm Rethinking How We Are Tracking EHS To Optimize Data Capture & Drive Real Improvements

  • Nick Sunseri Regional Safety Engineer, Amazon Web Services

Synopsis

  • Understanding the limitations of traditional safety metrics (e.g. TRIR) to move beyond lagging indicators to more proactive measures
  • Exploring new approaches for safety indicators and analysis to unlock deeper insights for EHS incident prediction and tracking
  • Implementing integrated data capture systems combined with clear data governance across project partners and teams to ensure consistent, accurate and reliable EHS reporting

3:00 pm Afternoon Refreshments

3:30 pm Building EHS Standards for Streamlined Adherence & Collaboration Across The Data Center Industry

Synopsis

  • Establishing baseline EHS requirements to align project partners to common expectations throughout the project lifecycle
  • Identifying the top high-risk activities that should be universally recognized to drive consistency across projects and programs
  • Understanding the unique challenges and solutions for maintaining consistent EHS standards and procedures across different project partners and teams

5:30 pm End of Pre-Conference Workshop Day