ICOH Events

2 October 2025 - Goiania, Brazil - From 16.30 to 18.00

Round Table: Work-related ophthalmologic diseases

3 october 2025 - Webinar via zoom - 8.00am (Perú time)

Occupational Medicine: Remember, Learn and Trascend

• Part 1:
  • Origin and evolution of Occupational Medicine (OM) (15min) - speaker Steven Ronsmans (representing SC History)
  • Key lessons from History of OM: Have we really learnt? (15min) - speaker Rajen Naidoo (representing SC History)
  • OM as Medicine speciality: how can we trascend in workers' life? (15min) - speaker Tongai Mukwewa (representing SCOM)
  • Questions and Answers (10min)
• Part 2:
  • Roundtable session "Occupational Medicine: facing barriers, up to opportunities" (with 1 panelist from America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania) (45min)

• Dr. Steven Ronsmans, from the ICOH Scientific Committee on History of Prevention of Occupational and Environmental Diseases
• Dr. Rajen Naidoo, Secretary of the ICOH Scientific Committee on History of Prevention of Occupational and Environmental Diseases
• Dr. Tongai Mukwewa, SCOM Steering Committee member
• Prof. Jason Glaser, Chair of the ICOH Scientific Committee on History of Prevention of Occupational and Environmental Diseases
• Dr. Gerald Mendez, ICOH member from Costa Rica
• Prof. Dragan Mijakoski, NS for North Macedonia
• Dr. Ade Mutiara, Secretary of the ICOH Scientific Committee on Occupational Medicine
• Dr. Claudina Nogueira, NS for South Africa
• Dr. Moazzam Zaidi, SCOM Steering Committee member

6 - 7 October 2025 - Hamburg, Germany

Biohazards at the workplace - magnitude of the problem and potential solutions

• ILO's initiatives related to biohazards
• Biohazards in wastewater plants
• Silico-Tuberculosis
• Work-related COVID-19 outside of the healthcare system
• Resilience of OSH-Systems - what can be learned from the pandemic
• All other subjects related to biohazards at the workplace

6 - 9 October 2025 - Utrecht, the Netherlands

Preventing Occupational Disease - 30th EPICOH conference

• The prevention of occupational diseases requires trans-disciplinary research, involving etiological studies, exposure studies, and the development of early-warning systems.
• Focus on the scientific process as well as the use of scientific knowledge in policy.
• Highlighting trans-disciplinary research to inspire real-world impact and implementation of scientific knowledge.
• An inspiring program with keynote lectures, mini-symposia, and poster sessions.
• Opportunities to network, including events for early career researchers.
• Registration opens shortly – mark the dates!

11 - 14 November 2025 - Guaruja, Brazil

25th International Symposium on Shiftwork and Working Time!

• Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel)
• Associação Brasileira de Sono (Brazilian Sleep Association)
• FAPESP: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (The São Paulo Research Foundation)
• Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (Federal University of Uberlândia)
• Universidade de São Paulo (University of São Paulo)

Topics: The central theme this time is "Basic-to-Translational Science for Preventing and Managing Chronic Diseases in Shift Workers: Challenges and Barriers Hindering Progress." The event will focus on the need to discuss fundamental and applied issues in the field of shift and night work, a labor modality that accounts for approximately 30% of the global workforce and is associated with an increased risk of various health disorders, particularly sleep, metabolic, cardiovascular, and psychological disorders, as well as the risk of workplace accidents, according to scientific literature.

The deadline for submitting abstracts and applications for funding opportunities has been extended to March 17.

In addition to the two existing funding types, the Working Time Society (WTS) will offer five awards for early-career researchers to support their participation in the 25th International Symposium on Shiftwork and Working Time. These awards will follow the same eligibility criteria as the five awards provided by SRBR.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach out.

10 - 12 December 2025 - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Joint Congress of ICOH-WOPS and APA-PFAW 2025 - Imagine. Shaping tomorrow: work and well-being

11 - 13 December 2025 - Lima, Perù

3rd International SC Occupational Medicine Conference

15 - 17 April 2026 - Leuven, Belgium

8th International Conference on the History of Occupational and Environmental Health

7 -10 May 2026 - Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia

4th International Conference of ICOH SC on Occupational Medicine & 3rd Macedonia Congress on Occupational Health

• Plenary Sessions
• Semi-plenary Sessions
• Special Sessions
• Free Paper Presentations
• Workshops