The City of McAllen Risk Management Department is once again hosting the Risk and Safety Expo June 22-23. The sixth annual conference includes sessions, meals, an awards ceremony and welcome reception at at the McAllen Convention Center.
The conference is open to risk and safety professionals in addition to anyone who is responsible for developing and implementing workplace safety and risk management policies from various organizations. These include municipalities, counties and school districts as well as private businesses. Highlights of the conference include a Safety Recognition Awards luncheon with a keynote address by international motivational speaker John Drebinger.
There are also multiple breakout sessions throughout event. Session topics cover workplace safety culture, cyber security and insurance claims mitigation. Other breakout sessions include workers’ compensation trends, and legislative landscape drug and alcohol programs.
Reinforcing Best Practices
“The City of McAllen promotes a safety culture that reflects employee commitment to injury prevention and safety,” said Yolanda Perez, director of Risk and Safety for the City of McAllen. “The success of our safety culture is attributed to our employees, who naturally embrace a teamwork approach as opposed to individualism in the workplace. Providing continuing education, including this Risk and Safety Expo, on emerging risks and trends is vital to our colleagues in this industry and demonstrates that the City of McAllen is committed to advancing knowledge in the areas of risk and safety within our community and adjacent partners.”
The McAllen Risk and Safety Expo is the only conference of its kind in South Texas. For organizers, it was important to host a risk and safety conference for the smaller communities in the area. These potential attendees may not have the budget to travel to locations out of area for similar conferences. Over the years, the conference has also drawn risk and safety professionals from many different parts of the state.
“Ultimately, the risk and safety industry’s focus is on identifying and managing workplace health and safety risks, which is a top priority to ensure that every employee makes it home safely at the end of the day,” said Perez. “This conference will have the best experts in the field reinforcing best practices and preparation for upcoming trends and challenges so attendees may go back to their workplaces and implement all that they have learned.”