44th Annual Alaska Governor's Safety & Health Conference

Driven by Safety, Powered by People: Empowering Alaska's Frontline Industries.

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 & Wednesday, April 8, 2026

William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center Anchorage, Alaska

Welcome to the 44^th Annual Alaska Governor’s Safety & Health Conference

Join us April 7–8, 2026, as Alaska’s safety and health community comes together for two impactful days of learning, collaboration, and connection.

Driven by Safety, Powered by People: Empowering Alaska’s Frontline Industries.

This year’s conference brings together leaders, workers, vendors, and partners from across Alaska’s frontline industries to share practical solutions, innovative ideas, and proven strategies that strengthen workplaces and protect our workforce.

Whether you’re attending to learn, exhibiting to showcase solutions, or sponsoring to support Alaska’s safety mission, the Alaska Governor’s Safety & Health Conference is where commitment turns into action.

Exhibit

The exhibit hall for the 2026 Alaska Governor’s Safety & Health Conference is officially sold out. Thank you to our incredible industry partners for your strong support.

Sponsor

Align your brand with Alaska’s premier safety and health event. Sponsorship offers high-visibility opportunities to support workforce safety while building meaningful connections with industry leaders and organizations.

Program Tracks

Oil & Gas

This track focuses on safety challenges unique to oil and gas operations, including field work, remote locations, hazardous energy, pipeline safety, and high-risk tasks. Sessions should be practical and grounded in real-world operations, with attention to industry regulations that govern upstream, midstream, and downstream work.

Construction

This track covers safety in active construction environments, including planning, supervision, and execution of work. Topics may include fall protection, heavy equipment, excavation, electrical hazards, and managing safety on fast-moving, multi-employer job sites.

Healthcare

This track addresses safety in healthcare settings, where workers face both physical and psychological hazards. Topics may include workplace violence, ergonomics, infection control, fatigue, and protecting staff while delivering patient care.

General Industry

This track is designed for frontline industries including transportation, maritime, utilities, and mining. Sessions may address operational safety, human factors, emergency response, equipment use, and the realities of keeping people safe in high-consequence, day-to-day work environments.

Topic Suggestions

The Alaska Governor’s Safety and Health Conference invites safety professionals, employers, workers, educators, and industry leaders to share the topics they want to see addressed at this year’s event. Your perspective helps ensure the conference reflects real-world conditions, emerging issues, and practical solutions relevant to Alaska’s workforce.

Call for Speakers

We are seeking dynamic, knowledgeable speakers to share their expertise, experiences, and innovations in safety and health. If you specialize in safety practices, new-age innovations and everything in between- we invite you to submit a proposal and volunteer to speak at our event.

Each speaker will populate one of the following Program Tracks:

Oil and Gas
Construction
Healthcare
General Industry

Proposals are encouraged from industries represented in the Program Tracks, as well as Transportation, Maritime, Mining, Utilities, and related sectors.