REGISTER HERE!
Reserve your hotel room: Call (508) 765-8000, state Discount Code “VPPPA REGION 1“
A call for speakers, presenters, sponsorship, and exhibitors! Information and applications below!
Opening Speaker: Ron Gantt
The annual conference is the premier Safety and Health conference in New England focusing on OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program and VPP Excellence. We expect approximately 150 attendees for this conference at the Southbridge Hotel & Conference Center.
Speakers & Presenters
Sponsorship Opportunities
Vendors & Exhibitors
Southbridge Hotel & Conference Center
Southbridge, MA
Phone: 508-765-8000
Call to book your hotel room!
We are actively planning this year’s annual conference and exposition! We will be requesting exhibitors, speakers, and presenters.
An agenda of the day’s events, as well as conference and hotel registration coming soon!
Things to do at the Conference!
Points of interest in Southbridge MA
- Optical Heritage Museum
- Notre Dame Parish
- Eyeglasses Monument (at the Southbridge Hotel and Conference Center)
- Charlton Street Mountain Bike (or Hiking) Trails
- Southbridge Downtown – “For several blocks on Main Street, Southbridge’s center has all of the grandeur of a prosperous Victorian-era manufacturing city.” https://www.thecrazytourist.com/15-best-things-to-do-in-southbridge-ma/
- “Check out the Notre Dame Parish Church (1916), the Romanesque Revival Town Hall (1888), the old Universalist Church (1840), and the Renaissance Revival Elm Street Fire House (1899), all on the National Register of Historic Places.”
- Ruth Wells Center for the Arts
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Passenger Depot (Southbridge Station)
- Quinebaug Valley Rail Trail
Points of interest near Southbridge MA
- Old Sturbridge Village
- Westville Lake Recreation Area (also has the Westville Dam) – place to picnic, hike, and fish.
- Wells State Park on Walker Pond and the rock cliff face of Carpenter Rocks
- Saint Anne’s Shrine in Sturbridge
- Tree House Brewing Company in Charlton, MA
- Altruist Brewing Company in Sturbridge, MA
- The Center at Hobbs Brook (shopping mall) in Sturbridge, MA
