Program
Please note that all times are stated in local time, time zone UTC+2
Sunday, 22 September 2024 (2024-09-22)
As many of you will certainly have had a long journey, we look forward to welcoming you in a relaxed atmosphere with drinks and food.
Monday, 23 September 2024
T1 S1 Innovating Security, Safety, and Resilience for the Modern Workplace
Room: small hall, 1st floor
Chair: Marea de Koning, Tampere Uniiversity, Finland
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Cybersecurity of Machines - An Interdisciplinary Challenge
Arne Sonnenburg
Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (de) -
Overheating monitoring and prevention system for glasswork
Monika Kobus
Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute (pl) -
Pakistan 1st Digital Workplace Accident Monitoring System
Syed Wajid Ali Shah
Gajju Khan Medical College, Swabi (pk) -
On-line exchange of OSH data for compliance surveillance
Antonis Targoutzidis
Hellenic Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (ELINYAE) (gr) -
New ways to communicate about security incidents worldwide save time and money
Jonas Stein
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA) (de)
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Striking a Balance: Digitalisation, Skills Development, and Occupational Safety & Health
Ioannis Anyfantis
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) (es) -
Digitalisation surge in German schools , opportunities and risks for teachers health - A secondary evaluation of empirical surveys of teachers in Germany 2021, 2022 and 2023
Thomas Hardwig
Georg-August-University Goettingenn, Cooperation Office Universities and Trade Unions (de) -
From Tradition to Transformation: Exploring AI-Driven Productivity Changes in Sales and Marketing at Würth Germany
Nils Eisenhauer
Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG (de) -
Digital platform work and good occupational safety and health: are they incompatible?
Maurizio Curtarelli
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) (es)
T3 S1 Occupational safety in times of multiple crises and transformation
Room: workshop room 3, 2nd floor
Chair: Claudine Strehl, Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA), Germany
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Survey of workers on: The effects of climate change in relation to safety and health at the workplace
Maria Klotz
Institute for Work and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IAG) (de) -
Protecting workers in global supply chains against climate change induced heat stress: the experience of the Vision Zero Fund in Mexico
Paul Wallot
International Labour Organization (ILO) (ch) -
Minimising the climate risk of UV-induced diseases
Claudine Strehl
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA) (de) -
Attitude towards sun exposure in the construction industry
Franklin Grima
University of Malta (mt)
T4 S1 Vision Zero: ambition, committment & achieving excellence
Room: workshop room 4, 2nd floor
Chair: Bernd Treichel, International Social Security Association (ISSA), Switzerland
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Sense and nonsense about the value of Vision Zero
Gerard Zwetsloot
Gerard Zwetsloot Research & Consultancy (nl) -
Multi-party collaboration for a People-centered Prevention Culture achieving Quantum Leap in Safety, Health and Well-being Performance for the Construction Industry
Bonnie Yau
Occupational Safety and Health Council (hk) -
VISION ZERO, a national strategy towards a culture of prevention in Luxembourg
Annick Sunnen
Association d'assurance accident (AAA) (lu) -
The German Approach in VISION ZERO – 7 Years of Experience by BG RCI
Kai Rabald
ISSA Mining/BG RCI (de) -
Vision Zero for the Construction Industry: Prevention and Coordination of Occupational Safety and Health - The case of Cyprus
Evangelitsa Tsoulofta
CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, ISHCCO (cy)
T5 S1 New challenges for teachers and trainers in the digital age - standards and transfer to the world of work
Room: workshop room 1, 2nd floor
Chairs: Ulrike Bollmann, Institute for Work and Health of the German Social Accident Insturance (IAG) - ENETOSH, Germany & Lucie Kocurkova, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
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Increasing the digital competences of university teachers in the field of OSH
Lucie Kocurkova
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (cz) -
Competences for the digital transformation of qualification
Rüdiger Reitz
Institute for Work and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IAG), BG Verkehr (de) -
AI-based digitalisation: Risks and potential for teachers and trainers
Ulrike Bollmann
Institute for Work and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IAG) - ENETOSH (de) -
The integration of occupational safety and Health in technical and vocational training : Experience report from Senegal
Marie Diallo
Social Security Fund (sn) -
Empowering Ghanaian Workforces: Education and Training for Sustainable Safety in Dynamic Environments
Daniel Sarpong
GASSLIP/MSWR (gh)
T6 S1 New and innovative concepts of safety and risk management
Room: lounge in front of small hall, 1st floor
Chair: Christian Schenk, Allgemeine Unfallversicherungsanstalt (AUVA), Austria
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Measuring the WHO-Resilience Potentials with behavioral markers: case studies from health care
Thomas Mühlbradt
FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie & Management (de) -
Why is it working? Safety-II as an enrichment of the classic safety and health approach
Barbara Huber, Sylvia Ebner and Sabrina Schatzinger
Allgemeine Unfallversicherungsanstalt (AUVA) (at) -
Effects of an active back-supporting exoskeleton on physical strain during work-related tasks
Hannes Wackerle
Institute for Biomechanics, BG Unfallklinik Murnau (de) -
Taking risk perception and System 1 thinking seriously in safety related decision-making - a study of pilot risk management
Kenneth Pettersen
University of Stavanger (no)
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Digitization and Technological Solutions to Improve Safety and Well-being in the Work Environment – Hong Kong’s Experience
Ray Tsui
Occupational Safety and Health Council (hk) -
How AI is reshaping the art of managing workers: implications for occupational safety and health.
Maurizio Curtarelli
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) (es) -
Potential of AI-based Assistance Systems for Improving Ergonomics and Health Protection in Manual Production Processes
Sebastian Terstegen
ifaa - Institute of Applied Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics (de) -
Digitalization for prevention - How digitalization can support health, safety and well-being
Lars Hoffmann
Siemens AG (de) -
Chatbot guide. Developing guidelines for the use of Large Language Models in OSH
Swantje Robelski
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) (de)
T2 S2 New work – safe work? Diversity and ethics
Room: workshop room 2, 2nd floor
Chair: Evelien Jonkeren, ISSA Section on Prevention in Transportation, Germany
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New Work, Safe Work: Exploring New Work opportunities and challenges in the public sector
Sina Dobschall, Rainer Knittel
Unfallkasse Hessen (de) -
Ethical and fair recruitment of nurses from third countries as a way of attracting skilled workers
Ann-Christin Wedeking
Kuratorium Deutsche Altershilfe gGmbH (de) -
Migrant Workers and Occupational Health and Safety in Germany
Johanna Mai
Institute for Work and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IAG) (de) -
How can cultural diversity at work contribute to a culture of prevention?
Evelien Jonkeren
ISSA Section on Prevention in Transportation (de)
T3 S2 Risks and hazards due to climate change
Room: workshop room 3, 2nd floor
Chairs: Annick Starren, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), Spain & Mary Ogungbeje, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), United Kingdom
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Circular Economy developments as potential driver for OSH considerations in Europe
Annick Starren
EU-OSHA (es) -
Hydrogen mobility: The way of safe maintenance
Katerina Symonova
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (cz) -
Occupational Safety and Health in Extreme Conditions: Insights from Ukraine
Olha Bohdanova
BG BAU (de) -
Climate Change and Heat Stress at Work: German Regulations and Future Challenges
Sebastian Dohm
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA) (de)
T4 S2 Implementing Vision Zero worldwide: from theory to practice
Room: workshop room 4, 2nd floor
Chair: Paul Wallot, International Labour Organization (ILO), Switzerland
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Connecting the dots between Data & Prevention: How innovative AI services support the goals of Vision Zero
Ellen Hellmann
BG BAU (de) -
“VISION ZERO – Heading to Sustainable Supply Chains“
Helmut Ehnes
ISSA Trade c/o BGHW (de) -
Vision Zero Rating System India – A tool for reaching Vision Zero
Avneesh Singh
Dr. Avneesh SIngh (in) -
Vision Zero - Next Stop Osaka!
Hans-Horst Konkolewsky
International ORP Foundation (es) -
Utilizing Social and Behavior Change Approaches for Long-Term Transformational Changes in the Textile Sector
Sadiq Akbar
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (pk)
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Considering context in safety training: When? How? What?
Colin Pilbeam
Cranfield University (gb) -
Profiling OSH Trainers - Who will adopt new Training Methods and who won´t?
Katrin Boege
Institute for Work and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IAG) (de) -
The LISTEN project: Experience-based safety training using audio storytelling
Ly Lykke Møller
Tampere University (fi) -
Conceptualization of an occupational safety and health intervention using audio storytelling: the essential role of 'safety resonance'
Anders Pilmark
The National Research Centre for the Working Environment (NFA) (dk)
T6 S2 Systematic Health and Safety Management of risks at work
Room: lounge in front of small hall, 1st floor
Chair: Johnny Dyreborg, Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Arbejdsmiljø, Denmark
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Contributing factors to injuries on Danish-flagged vessels
Hanna Barbara Rasmussen
Centre of Maritime Health and Society, University of Southern Denmark (dk) -
Leveraging machine learning for analysing text-based data and assessing human factors identified in occupational incident reporting
Maria Tiikkaja
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (fi) -
Visual information to influence safe behavior
Myrthe von den Benken
Dutch National Institute for Health and the Environment (nl) -
How effective are certified occupational health and safety management systems in reducing severe accidents at work? A follow-up study of 13,102 workplaces
Johnny Dyreborg
Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Arbejdsmiljø (dk)
Special Session:
Foundations of safety science – ten years after
Following a session at the Working on Safety 2012 conference, the journal Safety Science published a special issue on the Foundations of Safety Science. Ten years later, we aim to revisit these foundations during WOS 2024. Significant progress has strengthened researcher networks and expanded our knowledge base. Rapid changes in the risk landscape have placed high demands on our community. This session aims to reflect on our scientific foundations and continue strengthening them.
Room: auditorium (aula), Akademiehotel, building 10
Chair: Kenneth Pettersen Gould, University of Stavanger
Panelists:
- George Boustras, European University Cyprus
- Ulrike Bollmann, DGUV
- Jean Christophe Le Coze, INERIS
- Teemu Reiman, Lilikoi Consulting
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
T1 S3 Ethics and Psychology: Shaping a Safer, Healthier Workplace
Room: small hall, 1st floor
Chair: Pedro Miguel Ferreira Martins Arezes, University of Minho, Portugal
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To what extent do the current skillsets & competencies of safety & health professionals enable them to manage the risks & opportunities presented by technological transformation?
Mary Ogungbeje
IOSH (gb) -
Understanding Psychosocial Risks in the Mining Workforce Amid Rising Digitalisation and Connectivity
Eden Li
Edith Cowan University (au) -
Safety monitoring and ethics – the need for considerations in working with new technologies in OSH
Jeppe Z. N. Ajslev
the National Research Centre for the Working Environment (dk) -
The right to digital disconnection
Ana Ercoreca
International Association of Labour Inspection (IALI) (es)
T2 S3 New challenges and solutions for systematic OSH
Room: workshop room 2, 2nd floor
Chair: Cleo Varianou-Mikellidou, European University Cyprus - CERIDES, Cyprus
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Managing ageing workforce and measuring performance
Cleo Varianou-Mikellidou
European University Cyprus - CERIDES (cy) -
Rethinking the world of work - accepting human errors
Nina Hanning, Florian Hafner
University of Wuppertal (de) -
Accident investigation by the labor inspectorate: a different approach
Jane Tijssen, Roy Huys
Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie (nl) -
Development of an effective Balance Training Programme to Prevent Slip, Trip and Fall accidents at Workplace
Alice Lam
Occupational Safety and Health Council (hk) -
Close up on public OSH experts – a scoping review on working conditions of labour inspectors
Swantje Robelski
Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (BAuA) (de)
T3 S3 Climate change and it's impact on the world of work
A world cafe conversation to explore global OEHS Perspectives!
Room: workshop room 3, 2nd floor
Chairs: Maria Klotz, The Institute for Work and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IAG), Germany & Andrea Hiddinga-Schipper, AHOH-projects, Netherlands
Join us for an engaging World Café session where we delve into the profound impacts of climate change on workers across industries. Through dynamic, small-group discussions, participants will explore the challenges and opportunities that arise as our workplaces adapt to an evolving climate. Together with experts on the topic of heat stress (Manal Azzi from the ILO, Sebastian Dohm and Marlen Cosmar of the DGUV) we'll uncover actionable insights and innovative strategies to safeguard worker well-being and build resilience in the face of environmental shifts.
T4 S3 Prevention through actionable committment!
Room: workshop room 4, 2nd floor
Chair: Ehi Iden, Occupational Health and Safety Managers, Nigeria
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Promotion of safety culture in workplaces: The social security fund strategies
Marie Diallo
Social Security Fund (sn) -
"Enhancing Vision Zero through Positive Leadership Training for managers and PERMA-Lead: A Path to Sustainable Occupational Well-being"
Frank Nesemann
flourishing-people (de) -
Vision Zero - Why continuing like this in occupational safety will get us nowhere!
Rene Lutat
Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA (de) -
Beyond the wheel – Hidden dangers for truck drivers
Nadja Schilling
ISSA Section on Prevention in Transportation; BG Verkehr (de)
T5 S3 Digital transformation of OSH training
Room: workshop room 1, 2nd floor
Chair: Nelson Costa, University of Minho, Portugal
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Improving the return on prevention through digital transformation of OSH training
Martin Schroeder, Julia Maier-Rigaud
BG ETEM; Central Prevention Division (DGUV) (de) -
Virtual Blasts: Enhancing Safety Training Outcomes through Virtual Reality
Jasmin Rein
adesso mobile solutions GmbH (de) -
Implications on work safety standards content when utilizing Virtual Reality instead of real equipment in practical training
John Derrick
BGHM (de) -
Use of generic AI in qualification: use cases and test experiences
Rüdiger Reitz, Julia Maier-Rigaud
Institute for Work and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IAG); Central Prevention Division DGUV (de) -
GUROM - a scientific based assessment tool of mobility risks for organizations: Scientific background, methodology, and workflow in the project team
Coline Kuche
German Road Safety Council (DVR) (de)
T6 S3 Integrated approaches to Workplace Safety and Health
Room: lounge in front of small hall, 1st floor
Chair: Pia Perttula, The Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), Finland
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Pre-Task Planning to Enhance Workers’ Safety and Health in Construction: Applied Tools and Resources
Babak Memarian
CPWR - The Center for Consruction Research and Training (us) -
Walking the safety talk
Sisse Grøn
The National Research Center for the Working Environment (dk) -
Optimizing Subcontractor Selection Processes: Integrating Occupational Health and Safety Criteria in Indonesian Construction Industry
Hana Fajrianti
Faculty of Public Health, University of Indonesia (id) -
Protection of Plants versus Protection of People: A Critical View on Explosion Protection Measures
Martina Silvia Scotton
FireEx Consultant GmbH (ch)
T1 S4 Smart Safety: Enhancing Occupational Health and Security with Intelligent Devices
Room: small hall, 1st floor
Chair: Jan Zimmermann, German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV), Germany
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Smart tools for monitoring of OSH at the workplace in practice: an analysis of 10 case examples.
Annick Starren
EU-OSHA (es) -
Digital technologies in the nursing sector: Results from a systematic review of reviews
Marlen Melzer
Federal Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (de) -
Workplace Digitalisation: Prioritising The Deskless Workers
Ehi Iden
Occupational Health and Safety Managers (ng) -
Identification of Heavy Lifting using simple wearables (LiftID): Development and Evaluation
Markus Jakobsen
Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Arbejdsmiljø (dk) -
Wearable technology for digital, measurement-based risk assessment
Kai Heinrich
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA) (de)
T2 S4 Burdens and risks of new forms of work
Room: workshop room 2, 2nd floor
Chair: Marlen Rahnfeld, Institute for Work and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV), Germany
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Individual and Organizational Safety and Health Competence: Definitions for the Context of Work
Christina Heitmann
Institute for Work and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IAG) (de) -
Physical strain during mobile computer work
Britta Weber
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA) (de) -
Safe Minds in Agile Times: The role of psychological safety for mental health in agile working environments
Nele Linka Reuter
Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité Berlin (de) -
Health risks of hybrid work due to fewer social exchange and less social connectedness - a challenge for work and organisational design
Thomas Hardwig
Georg-August-University Goettingen, Cooperation Office Universities and Trade Unions (de) -
How to recognize and cope with loneliness in the workplace
Marlen Rahnfeld
Institute for Work and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IAG) (de)
T3 S4 Strategies and solutions for a sustainable world of work: issues and solutions on different levels
Room: workshop room 3, 2nd floor
Chairs: Sisse Grøn, The National Research Center for the Working Environment, Denmark & Jamiu Badmos, QHSES Leadership Academy, Nigeria
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Beyond the compliance: integrating OSH strategies withing the CSR framework. Challenges and opportunites for joint work alliances between Germany and Colombia
Diana Catalina Copete Jiménez
International training center of the ILO (de) -
Climate changes occupational safety and health - Review on effects, issues and solutions
Magnus Nauth
Bergische Universität Wuppertal (de) -
“We should actually do a lot more” – climate change and options for action in a complex field
Marlen Cosmar
Institute for Work and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IAG) (de) -
Safetainability: Safe Thinking, Sustainable Living
Jamiu Badmos
QHSES Leadership Academy (ng)
T4 S4 VISION ZERO - Practical Insight and new possibilities to strengthen OSH in challenging working fields
Room: workshop room 4, 2nd floor
Chair: Gerard Zwetsloot, Gerard Zwetsloot Research & Consultancy, Netherlands
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Development of a decision-making tool to help classify work-related accidents due to overexertion: Preliminary results
Inês Lapa
School of Health of Polytechnic Institute of Porto (pt) -
Promoting Vision Zero through Industry Response Teams in the Textile and Fashion Industry of Punjab, Pakistan
Sadiq Akbar
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (pk) -
Fall Accidents at Work: An Analysis of the Accidents in Cyprus
Georgios Boustras
European University Cyprus - CERIDES (cy) -
Supporting the Mental Health of the Health Workforce: Key Challenges and Opportunities
Heather L Rogers
BioBizkaia Health Research Institute (es) -
Investigation of pulling-in forces at the entry point on foil guide rollers
Matthias Clermont
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA) (de)
T5 S4 Modern training in OSH - focus on young employees and raising awareness of risks
Room: workshop room 1, 2nd floor
Chair: Kai Rabald, ISSA Mining/BG RCI, Germany
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Seminar to increase the road safety behavior of young employees in Germany
Tanja Nagel
German Road Safety Council (de) -
Workplace Hazards in Textile Finishing – Development of OSH Training Concept for Indonesian Textile Companies
Aslihan Memisoglu
Hochschule Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences (de) -
Distracted Driving. An Interactive Learning Module for Novice Drivers to Raise Awareness of the Dangers of Multitasking.
Pia Ungerer, Lino Weist
Unfallkasse Hessen, Goethe University Frankfurt (de) -
Transfer of occupational safety knowledge between school and apprenticeships in farming
Sara Wienke Christiansen
The National Research Center for the Working Environment (dk) -
"arrive safely." - Successful communication on TikTok at eye level through a peer-to-peer approach
Kay Schulte
German Road Safety Council (DVR) (de)
T6 S4 Innovations in safety culture and OSH management models
Room: lounge in front of small hall, 1st floor
Chair: Maria Grazia Gnoni, University of Salento, Italy
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Evaluation of occupational risk management practices among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Czech Republic
Jakub Rehacek
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (cz) -
Development and validation of an Integral Risk Management Model for assessing Occupational Safety
Nelson Costa
University of Minho (pt) -
Safety Culture Award 2022 - 2023: Results and Lessons Learned
Ivana Slovackova
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (cz) -
Contributions of Safety maturity models for supporting near miss management systems in industrial companies
Maria Grazia Gnoni
University of Salento (it)
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
The name says it all! Go on a walk through the topic areas at our poster exhibition. The poster experts/owners await you there. Seek contact and in-depth discussions about the displayed projects. Find out about their approaches and solutions. Make appointments for further collaboration. Use our search/offer board to look e.g. for specific support or offer your knowledge on a topic. As the coffee break is included in this format you can have it all at once - coffee and experts! What more do you need for lively and intensive networking!