CONFERENCE: Safety on the Edge 2026
May 5 - May 6
Safety on the Edge 2026
Baltimore Convention Centre | Baltimore MD
Tom Krause will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2026 Safety on the Edge Conference and workshop May 5 – 6, 2026.
The announcement from Safety on the Edge reads:
The Safety On The Edge Global Forum is proud to announce Dr. Tom Krause as the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, recognizing a career that has profoundly transformed the science, leadership, and practice of safety.
As co-founder of Behavioral Science Technology (BST), Dr. Krause pioneered a shift from compliance-based models to human-centered, behaviorally informed safety strategies. His work has touched thousands of organizations worldwide—reducing serious injuries, fostering trust, and helping leaders see safety as a moral responsibility, not just a performance metric.
Dr. Krause’s legacy lies not only in his groundbreaking research and writing, but in his unwavering belief in the power of leadership, the dignity of workers, and the courage required to challenge the status quo.
His message is timeless: safety is not the absence of harm, but the presence of mindful leadership and deep respect for people.
Safety on the Edge is a global safety leadership forum designed to challenge traditional assumptions about safety and redefine what “good” looks like in high-risk work. Its mission is to move organizations beyond compliance and incident counting toward deeper learning, resilience, and genuine risk reduction. The conference brings together safety, operations, risk, and HR professionals who want to explore new ways of thinking about work, understand how complex systems really fail, and design work environments where people can adapt and succeed under pressure. Through immersive sessions, hands-on learning, and cross-industry dialogue, Safety on the Edge aims to build a global community committed to advancing modern safety science, strengthening organizational culture, and making work measurably safer and more sustainable.
