Attendees check in, collect conference materials, and start the day with breakfast and informal networking. A chance to connect with peers, industry professionals, and exhibitors before the programme begins.

A scheduled break to pause sessions and continue conversations with peers, speakers, and exhibitors. An opportunity to reflect on the day’s discussions and connect informally with others working across electrical safety, operations, and engineering.

This keynote sets the tone for the conference by focusing on the real-world impact of electrical risk and why serious incidents continue to occur across industry.

It challenges the idea that electrical safety is purely a compliance issue, and instead highlights the importance of practical risk awareness, accountability, and decision-making in the field.

The session establishes the expectation for the day: open, experience-led discussion focused on real incidents, lessons learned, and practical improvements that can reduce harm in operational environments.

This keynote explores a critical but often overlooked risk area—how and why non-electrical workers continue to be involved in serious electrical incidents across industry.

It examines current injury and fatality trends, and highlights the hidden electrical exposures present in everyday work across construction, facilities, manufacturing, telecommunications, and utilities.

Drawing on real-world case studies, the session focuses on improving hazard recognition among workers who do not routinely work on electrical systems, and the practical lessons learned from recent incidents across sectors.

This session focuses on how electrical risk can be reduced at the design stage, before systems are installed, energized, or put into operation.

It explores Prevention through Design (PtD) principles and practical engineering controls used to reduce arc flash exposure and improve overall system safety. Key considerations include equipment layout, access, segregation, and labelling, as well as the role of human factors and maintainability in real-world environments.

The discussion also highlights how design decisions directly impact the safety of commissioning, operation, and maintenance activities.

This session includes a 30-minute panel discussion and audience Q&A.

A scheduled break to step away from sessions, refresh, and connect with fellow attendees. An opportunity to continue discussions from the morning presentations, meet industry peers, and speak with exhibitors in a more informal setting.

This panel brings together industry practitioners to discuss one of the highest-risk phases of electrical work—commissioning, startup, and initial energization.

The discussion will focus on where failures most commonly occur, emerging incident trends, and the practical challenges of managing energized work in real project environments.

Panelists will also explore effective approaches to planning, testing, and verification, along with the coordination required between contractors, owners, and commissioning teams to improve safety outcomes during these critical stages.

This session includes a 30-minute panel discussion and audience Q&A.

This session focuses on the challenges of safely managing electrical systems in live, operating environments, particularly where responsibilities are shared or divided.

It explores how low- and medium-voltage systems are managed across facilities, including the interfaces between utilities and customers, and how unclear ownership boundaries can introduce risk.

Key discussion points include maintaining accurate one-line diagrams and system documentation, managing change and configuration control, and ensuring operational readiness throughout the asset lifecycle.

A dedicated lunch break to step away from the sessions and continue conversations in the exhibit hall. Attendees can connect with peers, speakers, and exhibitors while exploring solutions and services relevant to electrical safety and operational risk.

This session examines the gap between documented procedures and the realities faced by field technicians and service personnel working in live environments.

It focuses on the electrical risks encountered during field work, and the challenges of ensuring competency, qualification, and effective training that translates into real-world performance.

The discussion will also address working safely on unfamiliar equipment and systems, the impact of production pressures and procedure drift, and the human performance factors that influence safety outcomes.

Insights will be drawn from contractor and service-provider experience, highlighting practical lessons from the field.

This session includes a 30-minute panel discussion and audience Q&A.

A scheduled break to pause sessions and continue conversations with peers, speakers, and exhibitors. An opportunity to reflect on the day’s discussions and connect informally with others working across electrical safety, operations, and engineering.

This panel explores how organisations can better learn from electrical incidents and near misses, moving beyond surface-level analysis to understand underlying causes.

Discussion will focus on the difference between root cause analysis and blame-driven investigations, and the role of human performance, system design, and organisational factors in shaping outcomes.

Panelists will also address how to build stronger reporting cultures and, importantly, how to translate lessons learned into practical, measurable improvements in safety performance.

This session includes a 30-minute panel discussion and audience Q&A.

This interactive session brings the conference themes together, encouraging attendees to reflect on key insights from the day and how they apply within their own organisations.

It focuses on shared lessons from incident reviews and peer discussions, and what these mean in practice for improving electrical safety performance.

The workshop will also support attendees in identifying clear, actionable next steps and commitments that can be taken back into their workplaces to drive meaningful change.

A brief closing session summarising key themes from the day, with acknowledgements to speakers, panelists, sponsors, and attendees.

An informal closing reception bringing together attendees, speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors to continue conversations from the day.

A final opportunity to connect, share insights, and build professional relationships across the electrical safety community before the conference concludes.