Jan Hayes is a Professor of Organizational Accident Prevention at RMIT University. She is a sociologist with 35 years’ experience in safety and risk management. She is a Program Leader for the social science safety research activities of the Future Fuels Cooperative Research Centre and a Board Safety Assurance Advisor for Airservices Australia. Her research interests all connect to preventing major disasters and include professionalism, experiential learning, expertise, decision making and use of standards.

Jan will be presenting at the Chemeca 2025 and Hazards Australasia Conference Dinner on Monday 29 September.