Why Attend AIHA Connect

AIHA Connect is designed to support your essential work: keeping our workplaces and communities healthy and safe. Have you considered what you'll gain from attending? With your eyes on the prize, nothing can stop your success.
 

• Education sessions are the heart of the conference. These hour-long presentations given by experts in OEHS topics will help you keep up with developments in your professional areas of expertise, learn new issues arising in the changing global workplace, and delve into OEHS topics outside your primary focus. TIP: Consider attending a few sessions on topics you know less about, which may provide context for issues you deal with daily or expose you to new solutions to current challenges you may be facing.
• Professional development courses (PDCs), which occur in the days before and after the conference, dive deep into OEHS topics and skills such as leadership, communication, and conflict management, which may help you be a more effective OEHS professional. 
• Earn the most certification maintenance hours available in one setting to prepare for CIH certification or recertification. If you miss a session, have to choose between several, or need more CM contact hours, your registration also includes access to AIHA Connect OnDemand, which provides recordings of most AIHA Connect sessions and is available in the weeks following the conference. 
• Connecting with other OEHS professionals may help you find job or research opportunities, increase your visibility in the profession, build confidence, and gather information about how your field works, such as what employers look for or what skills are essential in which focus areas.

Learn and Earn CM Contact Hours

AIHA Connect is the best place to access practical, cutting-edge education covering a variety of OEHS topics and spanning several industries. If you’re working towards earning or maintaining a certification, attending the full in-person or virtual conference qualifies for 17 contact hours. 

• Preview our education sessions, led by experts in their field – you can even search by interest such as: 
  • Hazard Recognition/Exposure Assessment
  • Climate Change Hazards and Risks
  • Management and Leadership 
  • Student Research and Early Career Professionals Discussions via the Students and ECP Track
  • Total Worker Health®
• Take a Professional Development Course for a deep dive into what interests you most. 
• Drop in to an Education Pop-Up for quick, bite-size learning on a topic (or topics!) relevant to your daily work.
• Supplement your learning by attending an Innovation Station session or a Learning Pavilion presented by OEHS industry partners. 
• Register for the full conference or for one day only to get AIHA Connect OnDemand included so you can earn additional contact hours post-event. 
• Get all the information you need regarding attendance and certification maintenance.

Explore Expo Innovations

You’re constantly working to improve your ability to protect workers and their communities from occupational and environmental hazards. With dedicated Expo hours Monday through Wednesday, you'll stay ahead of the curve and see what’s on the horizon for the industry and how we work.

• Connect with our exhibitors and sponsors in the Expo Hall and our online exhibitor directory to get innovative ideas, sample products, and see what they have to offer to make your work life so much better.
• Attend an Innovation Station session to stay up-to-date on products and services you’ve been anxious to try out or get your hands on.
• Participate in a hands-on demonstration of confined spaces or work at height rescue scenario. 
• Learn about the products and services AIHA leadership, staff, and member volunteers provide to improve the OEHS professional worldwide in short, bite-sized learning sessions at the AIHA Main Stage in the AIHA booth.

Expand My Network and Connect With My Colleagues

Get ready to mix and mingle with the best and brightest in occupational and environmental health and safety:

• Attend our networking events to meet up with old friends and make new ones:
  • First-Timers' Meet & Greet sponsored by DuPont (Monday, June 1; 6:30 a.m.-7:30 a.m. CT)
  • Expo Hall Networking Reception
  • Student & Professional Poster author attend times 
• Grow your leadership skills by attending an AIHA committee meeting. Search Event Type = Volunteer Groups for times and locations.
   
• Speed network with the best of them! Visit the Career Advantage Fair to dust off your networking skills and make valuable connections.
• Visit the Nexus Lounge for students and early career professionals to network, recharge, and enjoy exclusive presentations from industry leaders.
• Follow up with the new people you meet on LinkedIn. While you’re at it, join the conversation and buzz around AIHA Connect by searching for #AIHAConnect on AIHA’s LinkedIn, TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram feeds.

Enjoy the Experience

Creative breaks are essential in the learning process. Give your brain some space to breathe and don’t forget to enjoy yourself!

• Gain inspiration from our opening and closing keynotes.
• Give back to the profession when you participate in the AIHF Fun Run.
• Take a breather in the Expo with connection and social impact activities, including puppy petting, food and beverage tastings of authentic Texas cuisine, hospital art projects, line dancing, and spice rub mixology.
• Refresh and recharge with Health and Wellness sessions and yoga.