23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work

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Caring for Our People: Preventing Mental Health Harms

Symposium

11:15 am

28 November 2023

Darling Harbour Theatre

Themes

Corporate Governance

Diversity

Human-centred Design

Inclusion

Leadership

Mental Health

Risk Factors

Safety Culture

Frontline

Session Description

Our Experts

Dr Aimee Gayed

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Black Dog Institute - Randwick, Australia

Brent Sutton

Founder

Learning Teams Inc - Auckland, New Zealand

Carmen Schroder

ISCRR Research Officer

Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research (ISCRR), Monash University - Melbourne, Australia

Elisa Ansoleaga

Professor

Universidad Diego Portales - Santiago, Chile

Dr. Ro-Ting Lin

Associate Professor

China Medical University - Taichung, Taiwan

Steven Worrall

Managing Director

Microsoft

Tom Oxley

Owner Director

Bamboo Mental Health - Norwich, United Kingdom

Session Programme

11:15 am

Caring for Our People: Preventing Mental Health Harms

Dr Aimee Gayed - Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Black Dog Institute, Brent Sutton - Founder - Learning Teams Inc, Elisa Ansoleaga - Professor - Universidad Diego Portales, Dr. Ro-Ting Lin - Associate Professor - China Medical University, Tom Oxley - Owner Director - Bamboo Mental Health, Carmen Schroder - ISCRR Research Officer - Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research (ISCRR), Monash University, Steven Worrall - Managing Director - Microsoft

Mental health is serious business. Each year, an estimated 12 billion working days are missed due to depression and anxiety costing US$1 trillion in lost productivity worldwide. Workers and employers alike are incorporating workers’ mental health into OSH.

But how do we go from understanding, to creating systemic change and impact? Join this symposium to learn from proven practices to positively impact mental health.