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Come See COVE In Houston!

COVE is excited to partner with the National Safety Council and the Campbell Institute to share “The Seeing Safety Experience” at the 2018 National Safety Congress in Houston! COVE will be part of the NSC Booth on the exhibit floor and visitors will be able to experience what visual literacy is all about. Highlights will include:

A visual literacy hands on experience that will illustrate our challenge in easily describing what we see to others.
Learning how lessons from art education can help us overcome our natural limitations and bias in interpreting what we see.
Case studies on the application of visual literacy in industrial applications.
In booth theater presentations that will teach why visual literacy is important in today’s world and analytics that have uncovered the contribution that not seeing effectively plays in incidents that occur.

COVE staff will be available in the booth to answer questions regarding visual literacy and its application to safety processes. Come see us and have some fun in “The Seeing Safety Experience” at the NSC booth!

To learn more nsc.org

Doug Pontsler

Doug is Chairman and Managing Director for COVE, the Center of Visual Expertise. Launched in 2018 by the Toledo Museum of Art, COVE is dedicated to the application of visual literacy for industrial and service applications with an emphasis on safety. In this leadership role he is responsible for all aspects of the enterprise including thought leadership, product development and client satisfaction. Prior to his current role, Doug was the former vice president of operations sustainability and EHS for Owens Corning. He joined Owens Corning in 2002 and held leadership positions including director of corporate services and vice president of global sourcing. Doug also served as a member of the National Safety Council Board of Directors and as the Chairman of the Campbell Institute at the National Safety Council. He is a recipient of NSC’s 2019 Distinguished Service to Safety Award. Follow Doug on LinkedIn