Professional Speaking
Captain Shawn Pruchnicki (Ret.) PhD FRAeS ATP CFII
Professional Speaking
Shawn has been described as a prolific speaker and the current list shows 77 speaking events but there are numerous examples that have been repeated many times and are not included in this count. He is frequently sought out at both the international, national, and local levels for speaking opportunities. All the presentations he gives as part of training programs that are developed for organizations with safety problems are not included here as the names of those organizations are proprietary as part of the consulting agreements. Neither is the over 1000 hours of classroom instruction he has given as an Assistant Professor/Lecturer over the last 14 years.
His international invitational/accepted presentations have included countries, some multiple times (England & Sweden especially) such as Australia, Canada, England, Spain, UAE, Taiwan, Netherlands, Sweden, and a webcast that went out to 30 countries. Additionally, below there is an extensive up-to-date listing of both national and local speaking engagements as well.
| Date | International Forums |
|---|---|
| August 2022 | Accepted presentation: “Collaboration of Cultures: Aviation and Healthcare in Helicopter Air Ambulance Service” International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI) Seminar. Brisbane, Australia. |
| April 2022 | Invited presentation: “Resilience and operations in complex environments”. Presentation for Energy Safety Canada Human and Organizational Performance Community of Practice. Calgary, AB. |
| March 2022 | Invited presentation: “Safety Differently, Pilot Error?” Webinar for the Helicopter Association International (HAI). Monthly safety webinar meeting. Attendees from 30 different countries. |
| March 2019 | Accepted presentation: “Training for Unexpected Events – A Model of Resilient Behaviors” Simulation and training for resilience and safety conference. London, England. |
| June 2018 | Accepted presentation: “Exploring Facilitated Debriefing Techniques Using a Diary Study” Proceedings from the 8th International Conference in Air Transportation. Barcelona, Spain. |
| April 2016 - 19 | Accepted presentation: “Understanding human error - How to develop a just culture at your fire department. An investigator’s perspective. FDIC International Conference. Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| May 2017 | Accepted presentation: “The Perfect Storm” Lexington, KY & Comair Flight 5191”. International Symposium on Aviation Psychology. Dayton, Ohio. |
| May 2017 | Accepted presentation: “Exploring Facilitation Debriefing Techniques Using a Diary Study.” International Symposium on Aviation Psychology. Dayton, Ohio. |
| Nov 2015 | Accepted presentation: “Resilience Engineering as a Perspective in Understanding Accident Causation.” Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors. Human Factors in Aviation Safety. East Midlands, England. |
| May 2015 | Accepted presentation: “Top Ten Ways to Destroy Your Safety Culture.” International Symposium on Aviation Psychology. Dayton, Ohio. |
| May 2015 | Accepted presentation: “Effects of Angle of Attack Displays on Approach Stability” International Symposium on Aviation Psychology. Dayton, Ohio. |
| Nov 2014 | Accepted presentation: “Surprise on the Flight Deck – A Full Motion Simulator Study. Flight Safety Foundation – IASS. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. |
| Aug 2014 | Invited Keynote Presentation: “Just Culture – Operations Beyond the Textbook”. Also, panel member with Dr. Sidney Dekker and Clark Lin Director of CAA. China Airlines Just Culture conference. Taipei, Taiwan. |
| Aug 2014 | Accepted presentation: “The Perfect Storm” Lexington & Comair 5191. 2014 FAA Worldwide Airport Technology Transfer Conference. Galloway, NJ. |
| Aug 2014 | Accepted presentation: Wrong Runway Departures – How are we doing? 2014 FAA Worldwide Airport Technology Transfer Conference. Galloway, NJ. |
| June 2013 | Accepted presentation: “Cognitive Demands of Staying in Control on Highly Automated Aircraft When Faced with Surprise” The 5th Resilience Engineering Association (REA) Symposium. Soesterberg, Netherlands. |
| June 2012 | Invited speaker: “Second Victims: One Accident Investigator’s Experience”. Presented at the Learning Laboratory for Human Factors Investigators. Master’s Program. Lund University. Lund, Sweden. |
| Sept 2011 | Accepted presentation: “Designing Realistic Full-Mission Human-in-the- loop Aviation Simulation Studies: Lessons Learned.” Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Annual meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada. |
| May 2011 | Accepted presentation: “Human Factors Issues of Navigation Reference System Waypoints” International Symposium on Aviation Psychology. Dayton, Ohio. |
| Nov 2010 | Invited speaker. “The Lexington air disaster - analyzing an air accident, step by step”. Risky Business Conference. London, England. |
| Mar 2006 | Invited speaker. “The Use of Color in Aircraft Flight Deck Displays” Human Factors in Aviation Safety Course. Instructors Captain Robert Sumwalt and Dr. Najmedin Meshkati. University of Southern California (USC). Viterbi School of Engineering. Los Angeles, CA. |
| Aug 1991 | Invited speaker. “Pre-Hospital Emergency Pharmacology.” Presented at the International Fire and Rescue Conference annual meeting. Columbus, Ohio. |
| Date | National Forums |
|---|---|
| November 2022 | Invited Keynote Presentation: “The Operationalization of Safety 2”. Also, panel member for all day workshop on various implementation of safety programs and management struggles. EPRI Fall Workshop in Human Performance. Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Chicago, IL. |
| May 2019 | Invited Keynote Presentation. “Safety Differently”. Risk Control conference. Chicago, IL. |
| April 2019 | Invited Speaker. “Unexpected Events and Flight Crew Resilience” Presented at the 2019 Human Systems Integration Summit, CAMI, Oklahoma City, OK. |
| March 2019 | Invited speaker. “Automation’s impact on safety and operations”. Presented at the 2019 Air Charter Safety Symposium. National Transportation Safety Board Training Academy. Ashburn, Virginia. |
| October 2018 | Invited Keynote Presentation: “Human Performance and Research Opportunities”. Also panel member with Dr. David Marx. EPRI Fall Workshop in Human Performance. Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Dallas, Texas. |
| May 2018 | Invited panelist. Air Line Pilot’s Association. Trained for Life: Human-centered Approach to Safety Conference. Panel “Training for the Unexpected: A Focus on Resilience”. Washington, D.C. |
| October 2016 | Accepted presentation: Illuminating Engineering Society of North America – Aviation Lighting Committee. “Linear Airfield Lighting Evaluations: From the Laboratory to the Field.” San Diego, CA. |
| July 2016 | Invited Speaker. EAA Air Venture, “General Aviation Research Update.” Oshkosh, Wisconsin. |
| July 2016 | Invited panelist. National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Annual Technology conference. Panel “Human Performance Factors Related to the use of Technology”. Oakland, CA. |
| January 2016 | Accepted presentation: “Increasing General Aviation Safety through Data Analysis”. Presented at ERAU AirCon3, Phoenix, AZ. |
| January 2016 | Accepted presentation: “Surprise on the Flight Deck A Full Motion Simulator Study”. Presented at ERAU AirCon3, Phoenix, AZ. |
| September 2012 | Invited speaker. “Automation Problems and the Need for a New Design Paradigm”. Presented at the Human Factors and Wings Seminar. Pensacola, Florida. |
| March 2011 | Invited speaker. “Building a Positive Safety Culture in Your Organization”. Presented at the 2011 Air Charter Safety Symposium. National Transportation Safety Board Training Academy. Ashburn, Virginia. |
| September 2010 | Invited panelist. “Safety Culture – It’s Not Just an Accident”. At the 62nd Annual National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention. Presented at the Safety Town Hall Meeting. Atlanta, GA. |
| June 2010 | Accepted presentation: “Human Factors Considerations for Incident Investigations”. Presented at FAA Aviation Shared Vision conference. San Diego, CA. |
| March 2010 | Invited speaker. “Creating a Just Culture in Your Organization”. Presented at the Human Factors and Wings Seminar. Dallas, Texas. |
| January 2010 | Invited speaker. “System Safety and Crew Resource Management”. Presented at the Boeing Executive Flight Operations Safety meeting. Palm Springs, California. |
| March 2009 | Invited speaker. National Transportation Safety Board’s Human Error, Just Culture and Resilience Meeting. Presented case report of Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 with Sidney Dekker. Washington, D.C. |
| Date | Regional/Local Forums |
|---|---|
| March 2019 | Invited speaker. Safety Differently. The Center for Disease Control (CDC)/NIOSH. Cincinnati, Ohio. |
| September 2016 | Invited speaker: Cognitive Engineering – An Overview. Local IISE chapter at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. |
| September 2016 | Invited speaker: US Airways 1549 - The Role of CRM & Human Factors in a successful accident. Local HFES chapter at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. |
| February 2016 | Invited speaker: The Comair 5191, Lexington Accident – An Investigator’s Perspective. EAA Chapter 9, held at The Ohio State University airport, Columbus, Ohio. |
| December 2014 | Invited Speaker: CRM and the Making of a Resilient Health Care Team. Nationwide Children’s Hospital – Education Day, Hospital staff. Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Columbus, Ohio. |
| April 2014 | Invited panelist: Battelle Center Tech Talks – International Aviation, Technology and Policy in the 21st Century. John Glenn School. Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio. |
| February 2014 | Invited speaker: The Role of Human Factors in Flight Safety and Accident Investigation. Local HFES chapter at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. |
| July 2012 | Invited speaker: CRM and the Making of a Resilient Health Care Team. “Grand Rounds” Trauma Team. Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Columbus, Ohio. |
| July 2012 | Invited speaker: OTC Medications and Decision Making Traps. The Scioto Valley Chapter of the Women’s Ninety-Nines. Columbus, Ohio. |
| March 2012 | Invited speaker: CRM and the Making of a Resilient Health Care Team. “Grand Rounds” The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Wexner Medical Center. Columbus, Ohio. |
| January 2011 | Invited speaker: Human Error and a Viable Safety Culture in Health Care. Pharmacy 850: Seminar for MS in Health Systems. The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. Columbus, Ohio. |
| February 2008 | Invited speaker: “Comair 5191, Situational awareness and lessons Learned”. Professional Pilot’s Association of Central Ohio. Columbus, Ohio. |
| November 2006 | Invited speaker: “Human Factors”. Pharmacy 816: Medication Use System Management. Dr. Phil Schneider. Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Administration. The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. Columbus, Ohio. |
| October 2004 | Invited speaker. “Toxicology: Clinical Management of the Overdosed Patient” Pharmacy 779D: Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics. The Nontraditional Doctor of Pharmacy Program: The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. Columbus, Ohio. |
| August 1996 | Invited speaker. “Management of the Overdose Victim”. Fairfield- Licking-Perry County Fire School. Lancaster, Ohio. |
| October 1994 | Invited speaker. “Toxicology Update.” Presented at the Ohio Association of Emergency Medical Services Annual State Meeting. Columbus, Ohio. |
| July 1993 | Invited speaker. “Revenge of the Toxic Toddler.” Presented at the Ohio Association of Emergency Medical Services Annual State Meeting. Columbus, Ohio. |
| Date | Workshops and Courses |
|---|---|
| April 2019 | Invited presentation: “Safety Differently” workshop. With Bobby Halton and Mike Teague. FDIC International Conference. Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| April 2018 | Invited Speaker: Oregon state fire officials and investigator. Serious Accident Review Team Training Course & workshop Including investigators and upper rank fire officers. Portland, OR. |
| June 2017 | Invited Speaker: Sacramento Fire Department. Serious Accident Review Team Training Course. Workshop with three local metro fire departments including investigators and upper rank fire officers. Sacramento, CA. |
| May 2017 | Invited Speaker: Safe Passage Inc. & Lund University Workshop. Current trends in Resilience Engineering. Workshop with Chris Nemeth, John Allspaw, Anthony Smoker & Kathy Fox. Lund University Learning Lab, Lund University held in Tarrytown, NY. |
| April 2016 | Invited presentation: “Understanding human error - How to develop a just culture at your fire department. An investigator’s perspective. FDIC International Conference. Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| August 2015 | Invited Speaker: Theory of flight and airport operations. Presented at the Port Columbus Regional Airport Authority – Fear of flying course for the public. Port Columbus Airport. Columbus, Ohio. |
| Sept – Nov 2013 | Invited speaker. In theater, post-film question and answer sessions with audience. Topics range from investigative methodologies to film production interests. Chicago, Ill & Napa, CA. |
| Sept 2009 & Sept 2007 | Invited speaker: “The New View and Comair 5191”. Presented at the Learning Laboratory for Human Factors Investigators. Master’s Program. Dr. Sidney Dekker. Lund University. Lund, Sweden |
| October 2004 to May 2008 | Instructor. “Human Factors in Accident Investigation”. The ALPA Basic Accident Investigation Course. Presented twice a year in several locations. Herndon, VA, San Diego, CA, & San Antonio, TX |
| March 2006 | Instructor. “Survival Factors in Aircraft Accidents”. The ALPA Basic Accident Investigation Course. Presented in San Antonio, Texas. |
| March 2005 | Invited Facilitator for on-line workshop. “Toxicology: Clinical Management of the Overdosed Patient” Pharmacy 779D: Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics. The Nontraditional Doctor of Pharmacy Program: The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. Columbus, Ohio. |
| October 1998 | Instructor. “Weapons of Mass Destruction, Chemical Terrorism” Disaster Planning International. Domestic Preparedness Training. Tucson, Arizona. |
| November 1997 | Instructor. “Hazardous Material Operations”. HAZ/MAT DQE. Good Sheppard Hospital. Barrington, Illinois. |
| September 1997 to February 1996 | Invited speaker. “Hazardous Materials in the Emergency Department” Presented to seven different emergency departments throughout Ohio. |
| June 1996 | Course Coordinator & Instructor. “Hazardous Materials Operations and the Poison Center Staff”. A four-part lecture series. Central Ohio Poison Center, Children’s Hospital. Columbus, Ohio. |
| January 1995 | Instructor. “Pediatricks.” Presented for the Children’s Hospital Emergency Department staff. Columbus, Ohio. |
| July 1993 | Course Coordinator & Instructor. “Toxitricks”, Presented for Guernsey Memorial Hospital staff. Cambridge, Ohio. |
| July 1993 | Course Coordinator & Instructor. “Toxitricks.” Presented at Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conference. San Antonio, Texas. |
| January 1992 | Instructor. “Pediatricks.” Presented at Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conference. Austin, Texas. |
| September 1991 | Instructor. “Pediatricks.” Presented for the Ohio State University Emergency Department staff. Columbus, Ohio. |
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Human Factors Investigation and Education
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