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Session |
Description |
Lead |
Topic |
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T1 |
OSH resilience and sustainability in enterprises Resilient organizations have the capacity to anticipate, monitor, respond and learn, especially in the face of unexpected challenges. As an emerging concept, resilience in OSH management holds the potential to enhance an organization’s capacity to respond to unexpected and complex risk management situations, by improving the number of things that go right, rather than by reducing the number of things that go wrong. The Technical Session will discuss this potential paradigm shift including the potential application of engineering principles to enhance safety management systems. |
ILO |
1 |
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T2 |
Regulating OSH in future of work – New forms of work, workers, employers, workplaces and working relationships Labour markets, business models and technology are changing at a fast pace. New forms of work using new technologies such as platforms, the increase of self-employed and often blurred employment status and the interconnection between companies at national and cross border level makes it difficult for regulators to effectively govern occupational safety and health, both in terms of responsiveness of legislation as well as the regulatory capacity of compliance mechanisms. The technical session will debate these challenges and introduce innovative practices on how are countries preparing for the future of work. |
ILO |
2 |
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T3 |
The Tripartite Model The tri-partite model for the governance of OHS policy development has been an effective approach to strengthening worker health protection in Canada. Many other countries have adopted principles of tri-partite governance. This technical session will review global innovations in tripartite governance, both in individual workplaces and in the context of policy, regulation and standard development. It will consider opportunities and challenges in the new world of work, and examine how the model can and has supported a culture of prevention that includes return to work. |
Canada |
1,2,3 |
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T4 |
Global Call for Innovations: Achieving safe and healthy work Innovations in occupational safety and health are occurring all over the globe. This session will showcase leading examples collected through an open call for submissions and reviewed by experts in prevention and innovation. Innovations in this context will be broadly defined to include approaches to governance, regulation, education, program development and implementation, measurement, and institutional structures. Attention will be paid to the full breadth and meaning of innovation, and focus will be put on innovations with potential for broad application. |
Canada |
1,2,3 |
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T5 |
Vision Zero A global Vision Zero campaign was launched by the ISSA at the XXI World Congress on Safety and Health at Work in Singapore. It promotes a comprehensive prevention strategy for safety, health and wellbeing and calls for a safe future for all without accidents, diseases or harm at work. The Technical Session looks at how Vision Zero has developed from a campaign into a global strategy. It will discuss the ways and methods that were used to mobilize and inspire voluntary commitment by political decision-makers, social partners, business leaders, authorities and occupational health professionals to promote a safe and healthy working environment for all, supported by the application of Seven Golden Rules. Vision Zero Companies, Partners and Trainers from all continents will present the results of their activities so far and plans for the future to develop and promote a global prevention culture to achieve Vision Zero. Special emphasis will be on the sharing of practical experiences amongst the global Vision Zero Community. |
ISSA |
3 |
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T6 |
OSH in the Digital Economy The digital economy is a game changer for the way we work and live. Future scenarios of robots working side by side with human beings are no longer an utopia but already exist. New forms of work, such as platform work, lead to a major increase in self-employment and non-regular employment. While automation so far mainly has affected the industrial sector, the digital economy will impact all sectors and all types of work. This presents both a risk and an opportunity for the world of work as we know it and consequently also for safety, health and wellbeing. In this Technical Session, experts will showcase how technical achievements related to the digital economy already help prevent occupational accidents and diseases, monitor health and support rehabilitation, but will also look at the new risks related to new technologies, automation and work organisation. A critical issue will be a discussion of how current prevention systems and actors should adapt to successfully address the new and emerging risks and reach out to non-standard types of employment. |
ISSA |
2 |
