It’s EIDR #2
Join us for the Second Early Intervention Done Right Symposium focused on managing injury and illness in the workplace – right. Looking for answers that actually work? You need to be in the room with the right people – at EIDR#2.
Our Speakers
And what they’re talking about:
Dr Sara Pazell, ViVA health at work, ViVID Design Labs
Breakfast – Live WhyWork Podcast – ‘Early Intervention Under Cross Examination – Band-Aids, Bureaucracy, and Better Design‘
“Case managers see the human cost of poor work design – they are the translators between organisations and real-world, human experiences, and they recognise design opportunities. If organisations embrace design-led thinking, they can convert the case manager role from firefighting to prevention and creative invention.”
Alan Girle, Solicitor, AG Law
Breakfast – Live WhyWork Podcast – ‘Early Intervention Under Cross Examination – Band-Aids, Bureaucracy, and Better Design‘
“I’ve defended employers who genuinely wanted to do the right thing, but their systems were not ready. That’s where Early Intervention fails – not through intent, but through poor or incomplete design strategy.”
Associate Professor, Trajce Cvetkovski, Australian Catholic University
Breakfast – Live WhyWork Podcast ‘Early Intervention Under Cross Examination – Band-Aids, Bureaucracy, and Better Design‘
“Rehab coordinators and claims officers are on the front line of system failure. They’re the ones who see when policies written for compliance don’t measure up or work for people. We’re putting those stories under the microscope for dissection.”
Tom Raeburn, McCullough Roberston
Psychosocial masterclass: Getting beyond the risk assessment and prevention plans
As psychosocial prosecutions increase, and the line between traditional HR issues and WHS continues to blur, practitioners are constantly being challenged about how to ensure psychosocial safety. In this masterclass, we unpack contemporary trends, compliance initiatives (beyond a basic risk assessment) and give practical guidance on how to navigate the complex industrial, regulatory and societal expectations psychosocial safety puts on all WHS duty holders.
Dr Kris McQuaid, Phoenix Occupational Medicine
Addressing the “default LTI” for workers treated in Emergency Departments
For many work-related injuries, an emergency department is the most suitable location for acute assessment and management. But what happens after the scans, the stitches and the splints is not always best practice with regards to injury management. Dr McQuaid will explore how early assessment with injury management specialists after acute injury treatment can facilitate earlier return to work, better health outcomes and avoidance of the “default LTI”. Dr McQuaid will use data from his recent audit of emergency department work capacity certificate completion to highlight key targets for intervention and improvement in the management of workplace injuries after treatment in emergency departments.
Sarah Yip, KEASE International Consulting and Leaders Lounge
Your Emotional Wake: Leading with Emotional Intelligence Before, During and After Hard Conversations
Every interaction leaves a mark—an emotional wake—on the people we work with. For leaders and managers, that wake can either build trust and psychological safety or trigger fear, uncertainty, and disengagement. In this eye-opening session, Sarah Yip explores the concept of the emotional wake through the lens of emotional intelligence (EQ) and psychosocial safety. She’ll equip HR professionals, safety and health leaders, and return-to-work coordinators with tools to recognise and regulate their own emotional patterns, especially in high-stakes or difficult conversations. The session will focus on strategies to protect your own wellbeing while supporting others, manage micro-moments that impact team culture, and reduce the unintended harm that can happen before, during, or after a conversation.
Peter Gould, Urban Utilities
Early Intervention Through Worker Engagement and Design
We know that engaging workers in the design of health and safety systems, procedures, and environments delivers major practical and cultural benefits. Hear about Peter Gould’s experiences in early intervention across a range of workplaces – delivered through effective worker engagement – or as he puts it, ‘being curious’.
Dr Sid O’Toole, Phoenix Occupational Medicine
Shoulder Injuries: Deciphering the paradox
Serious claims for shoulder injuries increased by 27% from 2019-20 to 2020-21, according to Safe Work Australia statistics.
The significance of shoulder disorders becomes clear when considering the emergence of new treatment approaches and the increased burden of shoulder pain that results in higher cost of treatment over the last decades.
The paradox of the increase in shoulder claims is that these are occurring against a background of work that is decreasing in its physical demands. Dr O’Toole’s presentation will explore what is happening behind these statistics and how we can intervene early with to manage the shoulder injury ‘epidemic’.
Matt Latemore, Guardian Exercise Rehabilitation
Early Lifestyle Intervention: Working with the Whole Person
In occupational injury management, the long-standing distinction between “physical” and “psychological” injury is no longer merely fading—it is firmly a thing of the past. The evidence is clear: every injury triggers a whole-person response involving biological, psychological, and social pathways that shape pain, recovery, and long-term function.
This session will explore the critical role of lifestyle modifications in early intervention and rehabilitation, and its practical application via a multi-disciplinary allied health approach.