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‘Safe and healthy work in the digital age’ is making great strides!

In Greece, our focal point Hellenic Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs is launching the newest edition of the Healthy Workplaces Campaign with an event that will shed light on its content, objectives and priority areas.

New ways of working, such as Digital platform work is all paid work provided through, on or mediated by an online platform – that is, an online marketplace operating on digital technologies that facilitate the matching of demand for and supply of labour. and remote and hybrid work, will be explored, along with the application of Umbrella term to indicate digital systems for monitoring and enhancing workers’ safety and health including for example smart PPE (that can identify levels of gases, toxins, noise levels and high-risk temperatures), wearables (able to interact with workers, with sensors that may be embedded in hardhats or safety glasses), mobile or static systems that use cameras and sensors (e.g. drones that effectively reach and monitor dangerous areas of work sites avoiding to put humans in danger in the construction and the mining industries). to the field of occupational safety and health (OSH). A particular emphasis will be placed on the psychosocial and ergonomic risks associated to digital technologies at work as well as on the potential and challenges of worker management through (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). .

The focal point and representatives from Greece’s social partners will present their positions and commitments to ensure that the campaign reaches all sectors and regions.

The seminar will serve as a meeting point for the entire OSH community in Greece. Employers and workers, OSH professionals, occupational doctors, members of the Greek Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) and other national OSHVET and OSH networks, academics, teaching staff and students will have the opportunity to engage in discussions with one another and the speakers and share best practices.

Speakers:

• Dr. Ioannis Konstantakopoulos, PhD, Mining & Metallurgy Engineer, member of the Management Board of EU-OSHA and Head of the Department of the National Focal Point & OSH Promotion Policies (National Focal Point of EU-OSHA), Hellenic Ministry of Labour and Social Security - Directorate for Safety & Health at Work.
• Mr. Manolis Souvlis, Msc, Chemical Engineer, Hellenic Ministry of Labour and Social Security - Directorate for Safety & Health at Work.
• Mrs Sofia Ntoussi, Social worker,  Department of the Center for OSH Research and OSH Measurements for the Determination of the Detrimental OSH Factors, Hellenic Ministry of Labour and Social Security - Directorate for Safety & Health at Work.
• Mr. Alexandros Chamailidis, Occupational Psychologist,  Hellenic Ministry of Labour and Social Security - Directorate for Safety & Health at Work.
• Dr. Theoni Koukoulaki, Surveying Engineer, Ergonomist, Eur.Erg., Coordinator of the Research and Development Sector, Hellenic Institute for Occupational Hygiene and Safety (ELINYAE)
• Mrs Eleni Kozabuyuk, Msc, Hygienist, Hellenic Ministry of Labour and Social Security - Directorate for Safety & Health at Work.
• Dr. Georgios Gourzoulidis, PhD, Medical Physicist, Department of the Center for OSH Research and OSH Measurements for the Determination of the Detrimental OSH Factors, Hellenic Ministry of Labour and Social Security - Directorate for Safety & Health at Work.