PHSC Risk Management Conference
Seeing the
Whole Risk
Connecting people, systems and decisions
to see risk from every angle
Milton Keynes MK9 3FP
Why this conference matters
Risk rarely sits neatly within one team, one system or one report
Safety, quality, security, wellbeing and operational performance may be managed separately, but the conditions and decisions shaping them are closely connected.
Seeing the Whole Risk will bring together clients, external experts and PHSC specialists to explore the risks that can sit between traditional functions and reporting lines.
Through strategic keynotes, lived experience, client insight, panel discussion and specialist workshops, we will examine how organisations can recognise warning signs, connect information and make stronger decisions.
The event is CPD accredited and is designed for risk management professionals and leaders who want to understand what may sit behind an incident, beyond a risk register or between apparently separate areas of responsibility.
Conference programme
Bringing different perspectives together
Who should attend?
- Health and safety professionals and leaders
- Quality, ISO and management-systems professionals
- Technical and operational managers
- Senior leaders responsible for risk and assurance
- Retail security, asset-protection and loss-prevention professionals
- Those responsible for risk management in the education, leisure and tourism sectors
What will you gain?
- A broader understanding of how human, operational and organisational risks interact
- Answers to practical questions that reveal more than conventional incident and compliance measures
- Ideas for improving risk conversations with operational teams and senior leaders
- Sector specific learning through dedicated sessions
- Opportunities to exchange experience with peers and PHSC specialists
Conference programme
Plan your day
Explore the full timed agenda, including keynote talks, the panel debate, networking breaks and both rounds of parallel sessions.
Morning programme
Our first two speakers announced
Meet Rosie Russell and Tim Marsh, two renowned leaders in the health and safety profession, who will bring strategic insight and practical perspectives to our morning conference programme.
Rosie Russell
Co-President, IIRSM
Read Rosie’s biography
Rosie Russell is Co-President and Chair of Council of IIRSM. She has held a number of positions within the Institute, including chairing the Membership and Branches Committee and the Fellowship Approvals Panel.
She started her career as an organic chemist working in academic and biotechnology research and development laboratories, where she began taking an involuntary interest in health and safety matters following a laboratory accident.
This, and her wife’s academic background, led her to take on a health and safety role alongside laboratory management and continued laboratory work. She discovered that health and safety was her true vocation and is now Director of EHS & Sustainability for MeiraGTx, a research-phase, vertically integrated pharmaceutical company specialising in gene therapies.
Rosie has worked in research and development and biomanufacturing across academic, charity and private-sector settings for 30 years, with more than 20 of those involving health and safety.
As well as developing expertise across chemical, biological and radiation safety, she has a keen interest in the psychology of work and states that “It is not possible to be safe unless you are in the right state of mind.”
She therefore sees physical and psychological risks as inextricably intertwined. Rosie splits her time between Edinburgh and London and is a budding photographer, an avid reader and a keen cook.
Tim Marsh
Managing Director, Anker & Marsh
Read Tim’s biography
Professor Tim Marsh, then at UMIST, was one of the team leaders of the original UK research into behavioural safety in construction in the early 1990s.
He is one of only a small number of Chartered Psychologists who are also Chartered Fellows of IOSH. He is considered a world authority on behavioural safety, safety leadership and organisational culture.
Tim was awarded a President’s Commendation in 2008 by the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management and was selected to become its first Specialist Fellow in 2010.
The British Occupational Hygiene Society invited him to deliver the opening Warner Lecture at its annual international conference in 2013.
In 2014, he delivered a keynote to the Faculty of Medicine and the closing keynote at the inaugural Campbell Institute International Thought Leaders conference.
He subsequently delivered the opening keynote at Safeguard New Zealand and was a keynote speaker at the inaugural NEBOSH Alumni event in 2016.
afternoon programme
Tailor your afternoon
Select one session from Session One and one from Session Two. Places in individual sessions may be limited and will be allocated in registration order.
Session One
Human Factors in Practice
An interactive workshop that looks beyond individual actions to the conditions, systems and leadership influences surrounding behaviour.
Retail Security and Loss Prevention
A facilitated round table connecting crime, colleague safety, processes, technology, customer experience and commercial loss.
Upholding Safety Standards in Education
A practical discussion about maintaining consistent assurance across multiple sites, responsibilities and complex education environments.
Session Two
Supporting Colleagues in Crisis
An expert-led introduction to workplace suicide prevention, appropriate intervention and organisational support, informed by BS 30480:2025.
Aquatic Safety
A specialist session examining how competence, supervision, procedures, facilities and leadership assurance work together to control aquatic risk.
From Management System to Boardroom
A practical ISO 31000 workshop on translating assurance information into strategic risk insight that boards can understand and use.
Event details
Everything you need to know
Join us in Milton Keynes for a full day of strategic insight, practical discussion and cross-sector learning.
Booking options
- PHSC Group clients Complimentary with your client booking code
- Early bird Complimentary for bookings made by 20 September 2026
- Standard rate £175 per delegate from 21 September 2026
Your place includes
- Conference admission
- Two specialist afternoon sessions
- Refreshments and lunch
- Conference materials
