Victor D’Amato
Networks Senior Leader National Safety Council
Seminars
Tuesday 24th March 2026
Workshop D: Beyond Compliance: Building Sustainable Safety Cultures Across All Sites from Top-Down Leadership
1:00 pm
This interactive session explores how biopharma organisations can evolve beyond compliance-driven EHS systems to embed sustainable, human-centred safety cultures across global operations. Through real-world examples and group discussion, delegates will examine the interplay between compliance, behaviour, and cultural context. Participants will walk away with actionable insights on engaging leadership, strengthening psychological safety, and integrating softer
skillsets and wellbeing practices into rigorous EHS frameworks to ensure that safety is lived, not just logged.
Key Questions to Be Addressed
- How can biopharma organisations shift from compliance to a culture integrating human performance, soft skills, and behavioural insight?
- How can EHS leaders adapt global safety culture to local norms while maintaining consistent standards?
- How can management become active champions of EHS, fostering both top-down and bottom-up engagement?
- What role do wellbeing, stress management, and open dialogue play in sustaining trust and participation?
- How can we challenge legacy mindsets to nurture curiosity, psychological safety, and innovation in EHS culture?
Thursday 26th March 2026
Roundtable Discussion: Closing the Loop Between Banding, Training, & Real-World Competence
10:00 am
- How can biopharma organisations ensure that exposure banding knowledge translates into practical containment behaviour on the lab floor, not just compliance on paper?
- What collaborative models between EHS, toxicology, and operations can align risk communication, training, and validation to create a shared language of safety across global teams?
- How can training data, incident feedback, and OEB reclassifications be looped back into continuous learning frameworks to sustain competency as modalities evolve?
Thursday 26th March 2026
Panel Discussion: Embedding Mental Health into Biopharma EHS Culture
12:00 pm
- How can data on fatigue, ergonomics, and incident trends be used to make a compelling business case for mental health investment in biopharma?
- How can EHS teams meaningfully integrate mental health and stress management into existing safety programmes without diluting their core mission?
- What practical interventions, from workload design to leadership training, have proven most effective in preventing burnout and promoting psychological safety on site?
