OPEX23 | EHS Operational Excellence
May 17 - 18, 2023
Virtual Event
OPEX23 Speaker Abstracts
About the Conference
NAEM’s software and technology conference has been a unique event in the EHS and Sustainability marketplace since 2001. The objective of the event is to showcase a variety of EHS and Sustainability software applications and data management practices in one venue to support the EHS and Sustainability Managers in their challenges, including needs assessments, selection, implementation, and on-going use of tools that will enhance the strength of their programs. View 2022 Tech conference here.2023 Agenda Tracks
We are seeking abstracts that address how corporate Sustainability, ESG and EHS leaders are using software and technology tools to manage data, achieve business objectives and meet reporting requirements. We will organize the conference around three tracks
that will broadly address:
- EHS Management & Compliance
- Carbon Accounting & GHG Data Management
- Corporate ESG Reporting
NAEM is looking for proposals that also explore:
- How emerging technologies are being used to mitigate risk, unlock new data insights, increase operational efficiency (examples include: faster permitting, creating comprehensive training programs, conducting ergonomic assessments, reducing SIFs, etc.)
- Case studies from companies that have built integration between their EHS&S systems with other business systems (like HR, ERM or Operations) as well as between different EHS&S systems within their own department
- How to create data and reporting infrastructure to respond to the urgency of ESG issues
Presenter Eligibility and Expectations
- Presenters must be in-house EHS/Sustainability manager(s) who work directly with the software or technology being used and can discuss the project or management challenge the tool is addressing
- Presenters do not have to be NAEM members
- All sessions are 1 hour including audience Q&A
- Software vendors accompanying a customer presenter are allowed to act as session moderator. This includes introducing the session and the speaker(s), supporting the client speaker and answering any general questions about the application during the Q& A portion at the end of the session
- NAEM conferences stress sharing best practices as well as lessons learned. Presenters will be expected to speak frankly not only about their successes but also about the challenges they worked through and their lessons learned for how to get the most value out of their software and technology systems
Selection Process
- Abstract submissions are due by December 8, 2022
- NAEM will aim to select abstracts that:
- Align with the topic and format guidelines conveyed above
- Showcase a variety of the leading software systems in the environmental, health, safety and sustainability marketplace
- Feature software or technology tools that have bee fully implemented and offer sample reporting data and/or examples of improvements or outcomes that the software is enabling
- Showcase emerging technologies for improving EHS&S and ESG performance
- Abstracts will be reviewed, and submitters will be notified the week of December 20, 2022