When: February 29, 2024
Where: Rodef Shalom Congregation | 4905 Fifth Ave. | Pgh, PA 15213
Pittsburgh has a long and accomplished history of advancing safety innovations to prevent injury/harm in industrial manufacturing, transportation, energy, cybersecurity, and military medicine.
This one-day conference will examine interventions that have proved successful in multiple industries, while exploring newer safety solutions made possible by AI/ML, robotics, and other frontier technologies.
This event will be a fact-gathering and visioning session, bringing together innovative leaders in industrial manufacturing, energy, transportation, and cyber with the technology and engineering expertise at Carnegie Mellon University, life sciences expertise at the University of Pittsburgh, R&D at other academic institutions, a vibrant startup ecosystem, and our world-class health systems.
This presents a novel opportunity to share learnings across industries, explore opportunities for new ventures, and shape Pittsburgh’s future.
Agenda
8:30 a.m. – Registration
9:00 a.m. – Welcoming Remarks
9:20 a.m. – Western Pennsylvania’s Legacy in Industrial Safety and Potential to Become a Global Leader in Safety Technologies –
Jan Wachter, ScD, MBA, former professor of safety sciences, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
9:40 a.m. – Autonomous Transportation Panel – Moderated by Michael Wagner, CEO, Edge Case Research
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10:40 a.m. – Break
10:50 a.m. – Energy Panel – Moderated by Pam Walaski, President-elect, American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) Board, and Part Time Faculty Member of IUP Department of Safety Sciences
Panelists:
11:50 a.m. – Lunch
12:30 p.m. – Fireside Chat with Christopher Johnson, Co-CEO, TeleTracking, and Karen Feinstein: The Frontiers of Automated Monitoring and AI Tech to Anticipate and Prevent Harm
12:50 p.m. – Remarks by Jen Gilburg, PA Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED), Deputy Secretary for Technology and Entrepreneurship
1:05 p.m. – Union Panel – Moderated by Steven D. Irwin, JD, PRHI Board Co-Chair and Partner of Leech Tishman
Panelists:
1:40 p.m. – Break
1:50 p.m. – Manufacturing Panel – Moderated by Joseph Losko, PhD, Assistant Professor in Safety Management at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Panelists:
2:50 p.m. – Break
3:00 p.m. – Medical Pathbreakers Panel – Moderated by Ron Poropatich, MD, Director of the Center for Military Medicine Research (CMMR), University of Pittsburgh
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4:00 p.m. – Closing Remarks & Next Steps
Karen Feinstein, President and CEO, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative
Audrey Russo, President and CEO, Pittsburgh Technology Council