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The ‘Safe and healthy work in the digital age’ campaign is concluding in Finland with a webinar hosted by our focal point, Työterveyslaitos, during the European Week for Safety and Health.

The event focuses on the impact of (AI) AI refers to systems that display intelligent behaviour by analysing their environment and taking actions – with some degree of autonomy – to achieve specific goals. AI-based systems can be purely software-based, acting in the virtual world (e.g. voice assistants, image analysis software, search engines, speech and face recognition systems) or AI can be embedded in hardware devices (e.g. advanced robots, autonomous cars, drones or Internet of things applications). ( AI refers to systems that display intelligent behaviour by analysing their environment and taking actions – with some degree of autonomy – to achieve specific goals. AI-based systems can be purely software-based, acting in the virtual world (e.g. voice assistants, image analysis software, search engines, speech and face recognition systems) or AI can be embedded in hardware devices (e.g. advanced robots, autonomous cars, drones or Internet of things applications). ) at work, including how AI can be used to support people management and organisational decision-making in a responsible way that prioritises workers’ safety and health.

Through expert presentations, real-life workplace examples and a panel discussion, the webinar explores topics such as the challenges and benefits of A worker management system where simple (i.e. without ‘intelligence’) algorithms and digital technologies (e.g. worker-monitoring devices, computers or face recognition software) are used to manage workers in an automated or semi-automated manner. It provides the means to automate a large number of worker management tasks (e.g. schedule-making, shift- making and worker monitoring through wearable devices). AI-based worker management involves the intelligence simulation necessary to deal with uncertainty (e.g. providing different outputs based on changes in the environment), whereas algorithmic management is deterministic in nature (i.e. it always provides the same output, given the same input). , the use of AI refers to systems that display intelligent behaviour by analysing their environment and taking actions – with some degree of autonomy – to achieve specific goals. AI-based systems can be purely software-based, acting in the virtual world (e.g. voice assistants, image analysis software, search engines, speech and face recognition systems) or AI can be embedded in hardware devices (e.g. advanced robots, autonomous cars, drones or Internet of things applications). in time planning and task management, as well as strategies to ensure that leadership remains human-centred.

The webinar is aimed at team leaders and supervisors, human resources professionals, occupational safety and health experts, and anyone else interested in the topic.

Moderator:

• Reidar Wasenius, Finnish speaker, voice actor, entrepreneur and freelance journalist

Speakers:

• Kirsi Ahola, Director, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health  
• Anna Lahtinen, Senior Researcher, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences  
• Heidi Lahti, Researcher, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health  
• Ulla Broms, Chief Executive Officer, Foibekartano  
• Sinimaaria Ranki, Leading Specialist, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health  
• Taina Pääkkönen, Senior Specialist, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health