The Top Conference for Safety, Security, and HR Professionals in Trucking
ATA’s Safety Management Council’s and Transportation Security Council’s Safety, Security and Human Resources National Conference has moved to a virtual event that will now take place November 30 – December 4. We know how important it is for our Council communities to get together to connect and stay up-to-date on the latest trends in our industry. That’s why we are committed to providing you with the latest actionable content to address common industry challenges geared towards keeping your company safe and secure, accessible from the convenience of your home or office.
The virtual #SSHR20 program provides you with the latest safety, security and HR training and educational sessions to help you and your team deepen your knowledge of the recognition, avoidance, and prevention of accidents and making the workplace safer and more secure. We have designed our program with specific tracks for safety topics, security topics, and HR topics to help your team quickly identify sessions of most interest to attend.
Stay abreast of what’s happening in the industry – check out the schedule below and get registered today!
Keynote Speaker: Harold Sumerford, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, J&M Tank Lines, ATA Second Vice Chairman
Opening Speakers:
Lisa Gonnerman, Vice President, Safety & Security, Transport America, Safety Management Council Chair
Mark Landry, Senior Manager – Corporate Strategic Security, FedEx Freight, Transportation Security Council Chair
Elisabeth Barna, Executive Vice President, Industry Affairs & Senior Advisor to the President, American Trucking Associations
Chair: Lisa Gonnerman, Vice President, Safety & Security, Transport America
Presenter: Doug Marcello, Attorney, Marcello & Kivisto, LLC
Awards: ATA State Association Recognition Program
Sponsored by Great West Casualty Company
Presenter: Drew Bossen, PT, MBA, Executive Vice President Atlas Injury Prevention
The attitudes toward wellness programs are evolving within the Transportation industry. What was once a topic for the “fringes” is clearly becoming more mainstream. That said, very little data exists on the population from which to draw industry-specific recommendations. This presentation will draw upon a large data set of over 100,000 transportation employees. We will review several significant findings within this presentation including, Musculo-Skeletal Health (Sprains & Strains), Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) Health, and the impact of ongoing Wellness Coaching as a means to achieve sustainable outcome within the population.
Presenter: Doug Marcello, Attorney, Marcello & Kivisto, LLC
Awards: Truck Safety Contest – General Commodities Truckload and Tank Truck Divisions
Sponsored by Great West Casualty Company
Presenter: Jim Briggs, OTR/L
Why are major companies loosing EEOC and DOL challenges to their Physical Employment Test? What does the EEOC mean when they intend to eliminate barriers to employment? What makes a physical ability test a medical exam? Is my test legal? If you don’t know the answer to all of these questions, you need to attend this session.
Chair: Mark Landry, Senior Manager – Corporate Strategic Security, FedEx Freight
Presenter: Doug Marcello, Attorney, Marcello & Kivisto, LLC
Awards: Truck Safety Contest – General Commodities LTL and Flatbed Divisions
Sponsored by: Great West Casualty Company
Keynote Speaker: Commissioner William J. Bratton
Security Awards – Presented by:
Presenter: Doug Marcello, Attorney, Marcello & Kivisto, LLC
Awards:
Sponsored by Great West Casualty Company
Presenters:
The supply chain is constantly inundated with bad actors and smugglers attempting to move contraband. Trucks are regular targets for dealers to move large amounts of illegal products domestically and across borders. In this session, discover what motor carrier security professionals are doing to prevent contraband movement in their fleets and learn how you can work with law enforcement to stop the movement of illegal goods
Presenter: Doug Marcello, Attorney, Marcello & Kivisto, LLC
Awards: Industrial Safety Contest – General Commodities Truckload and LTL Divisions
Sponsored by Great West Casualty Company
Moderator: Mark Landry, Senior Manager – Corporate Security, FedEx Freight
Panelists:
With the threats to your operation, your fleet, and your cargo constantly evolving, it is of the utmost importance that you as a security professional continue to raise the baseline of your operations security. In these two sessions, dive into case studies on what motor carriers are doing to take advantage of security technology and listen to a panel of industry experts on the upcoming trends in transportation security.
Moderator: Ross Froat, Director, Technology & Engineering Policy, American Trucking Associations
Panelists:
Awards: Industrial Safety Contest – Truckload and LTL Divisions
Sponsored by Great West Casualty Company
Technology continues to evolve the way motor carriers conduct business and apply safe practices within their organization. Staying at the forefront of safety technology and making full use of the products, systems and data only bolsters a motor carrier’s ability to maintain a safe operation. Whether you are already using AI or just thinking about incorporating it into your safety program, you will benefit from attending this session. Learn what AI can offer, how it can make your job as a safety professional easier and help you run your safety program smoothly and efficiently.
Presenters: Sarah Hathaway, Manager, Clinical Consult, R3 Continuum;
In the transportation industry, employees are uniquely positioned with a heightened degree of exposure to potentially disruptive and traumatic events because there are so many variables beyond the control of the driver and fleet operations. Whether it’s a critical crash, or an unexpected act of workplace violence, organizations will ultimately be faced with the immense responsibility of ensuring adequate care for those directly impacted. This presentation will focus on addressing the various psychological complications that can stem from a critical incident, and that affect an individual’s capacity to maintain a normal, healthy, and productive life. In addition, the presentation will seek to provide acute insights regarding early intervention response mechanisms that have proven to be effective tools in improving stay-at-work/return-to-work outcomes, enhancing post-event employee retention, and improve participation in the claims process.
Presenter: Timothy Hindes, Chief Executive Officer, Stay Metrics
Stay Metrics co-founder, Tim Hindes, will speak about current driver capacity and answer the question every fleet owner wants to hear: Why do drivers leave? Hindes will share tips, strategies, and tools that will help carriers better understand their turnover and how to effectively recruit the new demographic of the driver. Hindes will close with a passionate call for building a, “Wow Factor Workplace.”
Presenter: John Hahn, Captain, Hazardous Materials Section, Colorado State Police
Since the signing of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 farm bill), Interstate transportation of industrial hemp is legal, and states are not legally allowed to prohibit interstate transportation of hemp and hemp products. However, technicalities within the rulemaking process have caused confusion and some drivers and carriers have been cited for transporting hemp. Learn from Captain John Hahn of the Colorado State Patrol on the future of hemp transportation from law enforcement perspective.
Seven Sins of Safety: Curing Bad Behaviors That Are Predictors of Accidents
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Isabel Perry, The Safety Doctor
The Seven Sins of Safety are often behaviors that are precursors of near misses and, even worse, accidents. The Safety Doctor will identify these systemic ailments, provide examples based upon your industry or environment, and prescribe the antidotes to help you recognize and cure the problems in your organization.
Live Award Presentation: 2019 ATA President’s Trophy, 2019 ATA Safety Director of the Year, & 2019 ATA State Association Excellence in Safety Award
Sponsored by Great West Casualty Company
Presented by John Joines, Vice President, Safety, Great West Casualty Company
Moderator: Abigail Potter, American Trucking Associations
Panelists:
Presenter: Scott Cornell, Crime & Theft Specialist, Travelers
Strategic theft methods have changed over the years. There was a time when two tactics were primarily utilized—identity theft and fictitious pickups—but in recent years, we have seen more than a dozen different methods used. These types of cargo theft involve the use of fraud and deceptive information intended to trick shippers, brokers, and carriers into giving the load to the bad guys instead of the legitimate carrier. In this session, learn from industry expert Scott Cornell on ways to protect your cargo, vet brokers, and deter thieves from attacking your operation.
Presenter: Kelly Anderson, President, Impact Solutions, Inc.
The principles outlined in this presentation are true game-changers in the lives of Safety and Human Resource professionals and the people they lead. Kelly will share how to get out of the whirlwind and start working with a clearly defined purpose. Kelly has helped many of his clients implement these “Techniques of Success” and they have realized phenomenal, measurable, and lasting results.
A few of the talking points include:
Moderator: Mark Landry, Senior Manager – Corporate Security, FedEx Freight
Panelists:
With the threats to your operation, your fleet, and your cargo constantly evolving, it is of the utmost importance that you as a security professional continue to raise the baseline of your operations security. In these two sessions, dive into case studies on what motor carriers are doing to take advantage of security technology and listen to a panel of industry experts on the upcoming trends in transportation security.
Moderator: Mylene Patterson, Director, Business Development, Driverfacts
Panelists:
Join a panel of industry experts to hear them discuss the first year of the Clearinghouse with its unique and common experiences for drivers, carriers, MROs and C-TPAs. The panel will have an open and informative dialogue, talking about the benefits and pain points to ensure motor carriers are maintaining the necessary compliance to enhance safety in their fleets. Closing out the session, the panelists will join in a Q&A with the attendees.
Presenters:
The supply chain is constantly inundated with bad actors and smugglers attempting to move contraband. Trucks are regular targets for dealers to move large amounts of illegal products domestically and across borders. In this session, discover what motor carrier security professionals are doing to prevent contraband movement in their fleets and learn how you can work with law enforcement to stop the movement of illegal goods
Chair: Mark Landry, Senior Manager – Corporate Strategic Security, FedEx Freight
Presenter: Doug Marcello, Attorney, Marcello & Kivisto, LLC
Chair: Lisa Gonnerman, Vice President, Safety & Security, Transport America
Live Award Presentation: 2019 ATA National Driver of the Year
Sponsored by Eroad
Nothing is more important to our industry than safety, and to work with like-minded people who have the same issues that we have day in day out is invaluable.
Heath Arnold, Senior Manager-Safety, ABF Freight
The SSHR conference gives carrier personnel within the trucking industry the opportunity to join professionals at a higher level to get information from great speakers and exchange ideas in the round tables working alongside with fellow safety professionals.
Alfred LaCombe, CDS, Vice President of Safety & Risk Management, Dupré Logistics
The SSHR meeting is the gathering of safety professionals from all types of carriers from all over the country. It is the main meeting of the year for safety professionals.
Sam Faucette, Vice President Safety Compliance, Old Dominion Freight Line
If you have safety and HR at your company, you should be attending the SSHR conference. There are a lot of benefits that come out of the conference including being involved in the committees, networking, getting to know the regulators, and being part of the conversation. There’s a huge opportunity to really talk to others and understand how other companies do things that you may be able to take back to your company.
Lisa Gonnerman, Vice President, Transport America
We are working on developing a plan to provide our sponsors with virtual opportunities! Please check back for updates!
If you require immediate assistance, please contact Janine Taylor at JTaylor@trucking.org, 703-838-1923 or Daniel Duggan at DDuggan@trucking.org, 703-838-1756.
