Your Guide to the ACSA 2026 Conference

Alberta’s construction community is coming together Oct. 28 and 29 at the JW Marriott ICE District in Edmonton for the ACSA 2026 Conference. Built on the theme of Safety Foundations: Constructing a Culture of Excellence, this year’s conference explores how collaboration strengthens workplace safety and supports business excellence.

No two work sites are the same, but the challenges are shared. Multiple employers on one project. First-year workers finding their footing at a company or site. New workers learning the trade. Emerging risks that outpace old procedures. The ACSA 2026 Conference is built around a simple idea: the industry solves these challenges better together than any one company can alone. Join leaders, workers and partners from across Alberta, and leave with actionable insights to keep your crews safer and your projects on track.

A keynote that speaks everyone’s language

Keynote speaker Lisa Nakamura kicks things off with “Building Common Language on a Construction Site for Worker Safety,” showing how a shared language for safety strengthens leadership and improves performance. When everyone on site understands safety the same way, from the newest apprentice to the project executive, expectations get clearer and conversations get easier. Accountability becomes how the crew works, not a box to check.

Nakamura delivers practical ways to drive accountability and lead safety at every level of your organization. Whether you manage one crew or oversee operations across the province, you will leave the keynote with approaches you can put to work on your next shift.

Two days built around your biggest challenges

Over two days, you get access to:

• Breakout sessions that cover safety leadership across multi-employer work sites, psychological health and safety, critical risk management, serious injury prevention and lessons from real-world incidents. These sessions offer unique perspectives from experts at Ledcor, Bird Construction and Graham, alongside industry partners Opening Minds and Alberta Occupational Health and Safety (OHS).
• The Partners Panel, uniting top industry leaders, including Lisa Nakamura and representatives from TransAlta, Goldbar Contractors and Graham, for a candid look at what it takes to build safety together across shared work sites.
• Safety Spotlight talks that bring emerging safety research and technology to the front line, including wearables making crane communication safer, augmented reality that catches ergonomic risks before they become injuries and a look at how Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) is preparing the next generation of the construction workforce.
• The Exhibitor Hall, connecting you with industry partners through live demonstrations from vendors shaping the future of work site safety, and the chance to meet the experts and innovators behind them.
• One-on-one Health and Safety consultations, providing your team with personalized support, whether you’re preparing for your next Certificate of Recognition (COR) and Small Employer Certificate of Recognition (SECOR) audit cycle or figuring out your next step in managing workplace health and safety. Bring your specific questions and get answers tailored to your organization from ACSA’s COR/SECOR team.

What you’ll take away from the ACSA 2026 Conference

You’ll hear directly from Alberta’s construction leaders on how they manage critical risk, prevent serious injuries and build cultures that hold up under real-world pressure. You’ll get face time with the regulators, partners and innovators shaping where the industry goes next, and leave with a shared safety language your crew can start using on the very next shift.

Be part of what Alberta’s construction community builds next

Save with early registration pricing before it ends Aug. 25. Secure your seat today at yourACSA.ca/conference, while seats last.

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