NSC 2025 Safety Congress & Expo coming to Denver Sept. 12-18

The National Safety Council (NSC) will hold its 2025 Safety Congress & Exposition Sept. 15-17 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado.

This year’s snow will feature around 1,000 exhibitors. Over 12,600 safety, health and environmental professionals, as well as PPE and product distributors attended the 2024 show, which NSC said marked its third-straight year of double-digit growth and the largest post-COVID-19 pandemic attendance.

The exposition floor will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. MDT Monday and Tuesday, and until 1:00 p.m. Wednesday.

Pricing for non-members ranges from $160 for a one-day ticket to the exposition only, to $1,167 for full access including over 130 technical sessions and the ability to earn continuing education units (CEU) and recertification credits. Full attendance for NSC members and U.S. government employees is reduced to $955.

See the show FAQ page for additional registration, travel, and attendance information.

Professional development seminars offer CEUs, COC, CM

For an additional fee, attendees can pre-register for professional development seminars (PDS) being held before and after the exposition Sept. 12-14 and 17-18.

Registrants will be provided class materials and text books, and will become eligible to earn CEUs, continuance of certification (COC), and certification maintenance credits (CM) upon completion of each course.

NSC is offering 27 PDS at its 2025 conference, including 10 new topics. Prices range from $280 to $1,340 for NSC members and U.S. government employees, and from $385 to $1,575 for non-members, depending on the length of each course.

Four-day PDS sessions

$1,340 for NSC members & U.S. government; $1,575 for non-members

• Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene
• Principles of Occupational Safety & Health

Three-day PDS sessions

$965 for NSC members & U.S. government; $1,190 for non-members

• Associate Safety Professional (ASP) Examination Preparation Workshop
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Examination Preparation Workshop

Two-day PDS sessions

$670 for NSC members & U.S. government; $790 for non-members

• Effective Safety Management Practices
• NSC Safety Leadership Program

One-day PDS sessions

$500 for NSC members & U.S. government; $580 for non-members

• Advancing Safety Excellence: Implementing the NSC SIF Prevention Model and Risk Assessment Tools
• NEW: Applied Ethics for Health, Safety, and Environmental Professionals
• Bold OHS Leadership and Emotional Intelligence
• Building Your Bridge: From Compliance to Excellence
• NEW: Conducting Ergonomic Assessments in the Office
• NEW: Implementing the New z490 Standard: A Systems Approach to SH&E Training
• Incident Investigations
• Job Safety Analysis
• NEW: Leading and Lagging Metrics for SIF Prevention
• NEW: Managing Psychosocial Hazards
• Measuring Safety Performance: A Comprehensive Approach
• NEW: Never Be Boring Again
• NSC First Aid, CPR, and AED Standard
• Risk Assessment Workshop
• Safety Culture: What It is, What It is Not, and How to Create It
• What Neuroscience Teaches Us About People Behaving Safely and How We Can Use It to Improve Safety

Half-day PDS sessions

$280 for NSC members & U.S. government; $385 for non-members

• NEW: Exoskeletons in Action: Exploring, Evaluating, and Implementing Exoskeletons
• NEW: The Leadership Blueprint: Roadmap to Success in Serious Incident Prevention
• NEW: Prioritizing and Controlling SIF Risk: Incorporating Lagging and Leading Methods within a Systems Framework with ASTM Standards
• NEW: Safety Culture: From Sour Grapes to a Priceless Vintage

Keynote speakers include OSHA acting assistant secretary

Five keynote presentations are scheduled during the exhibition.

Opening Keynote: Decision-Making to Win at the Game of Life

• Monday, Sept. 15 from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m.
• Chaunté Lowe, a four-time Olympian and breast cancer survivor, will use engaging activities, empowering exercises, and stories from her own experiences as an athlete to help equip attendees with an arsenal of tools to support decision-making during a conversation with NSC CEO Lorraine Martin.

Campbell Institute Forum: From Reactive to Proactive: Advancing EHS Performance Through Leading Indicators ASTM Standards

• Monday, Sept. 15 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• This session will explore the evolving role of ASTM standards in establishing Serious Incidents and Fatalities (SIFs) classification criteria, as well as guiding the shift toward leading indicators for practical steps organizations can take to embed prevention into the core of their EHS systems. Panelists include:
  • Elif Erkal, Construction Safety Research Alliance associate director of research & strategy
  • Marty Stern, Colgate - Palmolive VP of global EHS
  • Catherine West, Amentum VP of environment, health & safety
  • Moderated by Jason Kunz, NSC senior consultant for networks

Occupational Keynote: Safety is a Shared Responsibility

• Tuesday, Sept. 16 from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m.
• Amanda Wood Laihow, OSHA acting assistant secretary for occupational safety and health, will speak on today's safety challenges for workers and the role of American businesses and others in addressing them to prevent injuries and fatalities. Following her keynote remarks, she will join Martin for a fireside chat.

Leadership Keynote: Engaged, Aligned, Accountable: Leading People Safely During Times of Tremendous Change

• Tuesday, Sept. 16 from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
• Brian Fielkow, Acrisure EVP of risk resources, will offer practical strategies safety leaders can use to drive enterprise-wide engagement, foster employee ownership, align the C-suite with frontline operations, connect safety to business outcomes, build accountability at every level, and position safety as a competitive advantage.

Closing Keynote and Safety Innovation Challenge: Bringing Impossible Ideas to Life

• Wednesday, Sept. 17 from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m.
• Chris Barton, Shazam founder and creator, helps audiences imagine and create new visions. In this keynote, he will share stories about creating the Shazam app and show how innovation comes not just from an idea, but from a series of insights to overcome obstacles along the way.