Executive Q&A: Footwear Fit - Driving Worker Safety and Performance -- Occupational Health & Safety

Executive Q&A: Footwear Fit - Driving Worker Safety and Performance

Date: Thursday May 1, 2025 at 2:00pm ET - 1:00pm CT - 11:00am PT

As an EHS professional, you know safety management is a great balancing act and often, it’s all you can do to simply stay on top of daily tasks to ensure compliance and keep your safety program afloat. But how do you go from this manner of reactive, task-driven safety management and move your program up the curve to achieve a mature safety program rooted in employee engagement and culture?

Join OH&S Editor David Kopf on Thursday, May 1, at 2 PM Eastern as he interviews Dan Feeney, Ph.D. - Vice President of Partner Product Innovation and Development for BOA Technology, about advancements that have been made in protective footwear and how they are driving improved workers safety and performance.

Better yet, a large portion of the program is dedicated to answering your pressing and important questions related to foot protection. This webinar will allow you to get direct expert insights and tap into Dan Feeney’s expertise. Bring your pressing work footwear questions and get direct answers. This is more than a webinar; it’s your chance to gain practical knowledge and actionable advice.

Topics this Q&A will cover during the session include:

The evolution of work footwear and where it’s headed
Customizing fit & shoe selection for specific workers and roles
Technological and design advancements that enhance safety and performance
Implementing improved footwear adoption across all workers
Building a business cage that resonates with management

Speaker:

Dan Feeney
Vice President of Partner Product Innovation and Development
BOA Technology
Dan Feeney is the Vice President of Partner Product Innovation & Development at BOA, which integrates biomechanical testing, materialization, design, and development in one department. Dan has been at BOA for 7 years and holds a Ph.D. in Neuromechanics from the University of Colorado Boulder. He has a passion for integrating innovation from over 25 peer-reviewed scientific papers and patents into design and development, creating end products that push the limits of human performance, making the best gear even better.

Moderator:

David Kopf
Executive Editor and Publisher of OH&S
A career business media professional, David Kopf has led OH&S since January 2023. He has been with OH&S’s parent company 1105 Media since 2007, previously publishing and editing titles for the post-acute healthcare market. Prior to that, Kopf has served in various editorial capacities in the telecommunications, data communications, banking and power sports industries. Kopf is committed to reinforcing and expanding OH&S’s value and range of services for workplace safety professionals, and the Executive Q&A webinar series is the latest example of that initiative.

Date: May 01, 2025

Time: 2:00 PM ET

Duration: 1 Hour

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