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Session 6C | Equipment, work environment and critical-risk design considerations

Stream C
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
10:20 AM - 12:20 PM
Golden Ballroom - South

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Mr Naaman Shibi
General Manager
Techs4biz - Pervidi

Digital integration of critical control verification within Australian mining regulatory frameworks

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

Biography

Naaman Shibi is the general manager of Techs4biz Australia, the provider of Pervidi, a leading digital & AI-powered inspection platform. With over twenty-five years of experience in inspection digitisation & mobile workforce solutions, Naaman works closely with asset managers and safety professionals to modernise compliance and improve operational safety. He specialises in the digital transformation of safety workflows, specifically bridging the gap between theoretical risk management and field-level execution. His work focuses on the application of mobile technology, AI-assisted tools, and predictive analytics to reduce administrative burden while increasing data accuracy. Naaman is passionate about human-centric innovation by leveraging the devices workforces already use to create seamless safety assurance frameworks that fulfill due diligence obligations under modern WHS legislation. A regular contributor to industry events, Naaman shares practical insights on how emerging technologies like voice-enabled and image-recognition AI are shaping the next generation of safety outcomes. He is committed to helping organisations transition from reactive compliance to proactive, data-driven safety leadership, ensuring that critical control management remains an active and sustained process.
Prof Trevor Kilpatrick
Chief Medical Officer
MX3 Diagnostics

Objective hydration monitoring: A proactive AI-driven risk mitigation approach to managing heat stress and fitness for work

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

Biography

Professor Trevor Kilpatrick is Chief Medical Officer and co-founder of MX3 Diagnostics, a health technology company delivering innovative saliva-based hydration testing for high-risk workplaces. With a distinguished career in neurology and translational research, he brings scientific rigor to developing tools that improve worker safety, reduce heat stress risk, and support evidence-based occupational health programs.
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Mr Simon Krismer
Managing Director
WQMS

A framework for best practice hot work safety management in the mining industry

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Biography

Simon is an expert in maintenance welding, metallurgy, asset management, safety and training. He has a Bachelor of Materials Engineering and a Cert IV in Training and Assessment. Together with Eddy Constable, Simon founded WQMS to support the mining industry for the specific requirements in maintenance welding. His mission is to leave a positive legacy by using a first principles approach to address the existing shortcomings, providing systems and sharing knowledge that will benefit industry now and for generations to come.
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Mr Damione Wright
Managing Director
Mechanix Wear

Bridging the gap between safety and performance - A behavioural science approach to hand protection compliance

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

Biography

Damione Wright is the Managing Director – Asia Pacific for Mechanix Wear, a global leader in hand protection and performance PPE. With over 20 years of international leadership experience across consumer, commercial, and industrial sectors, Damione has led business growth, market expansion, and team development across Australia, Asia, Europe and emerging markets. In his role, Damione works closely with utilities, mining, construction, manufacturing, and government organisations to improve worker protection outcomes through better PPE system design, task-fit solutions, and practical application in high-risk environments. His work focuses on bridging the gap between compliance, human behaviour, and real-world task performance. Damione brings a pragmatic, field-informed perspective to occupational health and safety, drawing on frontline experience, customer collaboration, and behavioural insights to help safety leaders achieve sustained PPE adoption without compromising productivity or worker identity. At the OHS Leaders Summit, Damione will explore PPE use through a behavioural science lens, examining why gloves are worn—or removed—and what safety leaders can do to design systems that truly work for people at work.
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Ms Yhana Lanwin
CEO
Reflectal

Co-designing management operating systems: a modern approach to systems-thinking in complex global mining operations

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Biography

Yhana Lanwin LLB, BCom, GAICD, MAusIMM is a strategic consultant and complex deployment leader specialising in applied behavioural economics and co-design. She is founder of Sans Prejudice Solutions and has led large organisational and technology change programs across resources, manufacturing, education and government. Yhana began her career designing geospatial data systems for the energy sector and extended her technical practice into industrial automation across mining and rail, leading strategy and delivery for maintenance and reliability systems, productivity innovation and functional safety. She founded Sans Prejudice Solutions in 2023 to connect human behaviour and decision biases with technology and performance outcomes. Yhana’s multi-disciplinary, evidence-led methodologies combine participatory co-design, hypothesis testing and quantitative and qualitative evaluation. She was awarded Best Technical Paper at the AusIMM 2024 International Mine Health and Safety Conference for her research into behavioural economics and functional safety in autonomous operations, as well as best presentation at the 2024 Future Mining conference for her analysis of manufacturing systems history. In addition to senior leadership roles in the resources sector, she has a strong track record of designing and scaling complex systems change.
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Session Chair

Q&A Session | 6c

12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

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