ICOH Events

2 May 2025 - Webinar - 1.00pm GMT

From Sea to Safety: Prioritizing Health in the Fishing Sector

• Dr. Julie Sorensen, Director for The Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety - Research Looking at Sleep, Fatigue and Health Impacts in Four U.S. Fisheries
• Cor Blonk, Chair for Fishing Industry Safety and Health (FISH) Platform, Netherlands - Improving Safety at Sea
• Dr. Norvil Antonio Mera Chu, ICOH National Secretary for Peru - Emergency Response Plan for Artisanal Fishermen in Peru: Sharing the Experience

16 - 18 May 2025 - The Trans Resort Bali, Indonesia

The Indonesian Occupational Medicine Updates 2025 (IOMU 2025), with the theme “The Future of Work: Prioritizing Health for Greater Productivity”

• Occupational Health Management in the Industry
• Climate Change & Extreme Heat
• Communication and Leadership
• Work Productivity
• Worker's Wellbeing and Mental Health
• The Role of Occupational Medicine Specialist in the Hospitals
• Occupational Fatigue
• Worker Health Examination Standard
• Workplace Vaccination Program
• Specific Worker’s Group (Healthcare workers, Offshore worker, Welder, Migrant Workers, Seafarers)
• Medical Emergency Response and Medical Evacuation
• The Collaboration of Occupational Medicine and Neurology and Cardiology Services at the Hospital
• Update on Health Insurance for Workers
• Ergonomics in the Occupational Health Setting
• Cancer Survivorship and Work
• Biological Monitoring Update on Occupational Diseases (Rare Cases)
• Digitalization in Occupational Health

• Workshop 1: Industrial Hygiene in Occupational Medicine Perspective
• Workshop 2: Return to Work on Chronic Illness
• Workshop 3: Functional Capacity Evaluation in the Workplace
• Workshop 4: Impairment Evaluation based on AMA Guide

22 May 2025 - Webinar via zoom - 12.00 Pm (Perú time) / 18.00 (CET)

9th Webinar - ICOH National Secretary for Perú - Strategies for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Prevention in workers

• Sleep deprivation and cardio-metabolic risk in workplace: role of the autonomic nervous system and prevention strategies;
• Good practices on Metabolic Disorders Prevention and Health Promotion in workers in Nepal;
• Ergonomics as a tool for Health Promotion and improving cardiovascular health of workers in work environments.
• Cardio-Healthy Workplaces: strategies, challenges and opportunities

• Dr. Franca Barbic, Secretary of the SC Cardiology in Occupational Health. Associate Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20072 Pieve Emanuele – Milan, Italy;
• Prof. Sunil Kumar Joshi, Head, Department of Community Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College, Nepal / Visiting Professor, University of the West of England, UK/ Country Lead Investigator. Occupational Medicine/Hygiene and Diabetology, alongside a PhD in Public Health and Community Medicine focusing on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion;
• Dr. Juan Ignacio Rincón, Msc in Safety and Health at work, Msc in Ergonomics, lecturer in undergraduated and post graduated programs in Colombia. Active member of the ICOH SC Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH).
• Dr. Mayra Garrafa (Perú), Job Medicine Specialist. Master in Job Risk Prevention with mention on Safety at work, Industrial Hygiene and Applied Psychosociology. Specialist at Hospital Gregorio Marañon-Spain.

20 - 22 August 2025 - Bangkok, Thailand

The 8th International Conference on Work Environment and Cardiovascular Diseases

• The Changing Nature of Work and Recent Trends in Cardiovascular Diseases
• Psychosocial Work Environment and Cardiovascular Diseases
• Long Working Hours, Shift Work and Cardiovascular Diseases
• Occupational Physical Activity, Ergonomics and Cardiovascular Diseases
• Chemical and Physical Exposures at Work and Cardiovascular Diseases
• Social Inequality in Work and Cardiovascular Diseases
• Vulnerable Populations, Work and Cardiovascular Diseases
• High Risk Occupations and Cardiovascular Diseases
• Biological Mechanisms Linking Work Environment to Cardiovascular Diseases
• Total Worker Health and Cardiovascular Diseases
• Workplace Intervention / Work Redesign
• Return-To-Work Strategies after Cardiovascular Events
• Occupational Cardiology and Multidisciplinary Interactions

9 - 12 sept 2025 - Milan

International Symposium on Biological Monitoring

• Analytical chemistry applied to biological monitoring
• Biomarkers of exposure and effects
• Field studies in occupational settings
• Field studies in environmental settings
• Biological limit values and reference values useful for risk assessment, with the contribution of Biological Exposure Indices Committee of the ACGIH and the MAK commission of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
• Major ongoing studies at EU and international level
• The initiatives of the working group Human Biomonitoring of the European chapter of the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES)
• Omics and biomonitoring
• Citizen science and biomonitoring
• Epigenetics
• Green jobs
• PFAS

09 - 12 September 2025 - Tübingen, Germany

The 12th International Conference on Prevention of Work-related musculoskeletal Disorders

• Preventing work-related musculoskeletal disorders in a changing world of work.
• Aging workforce and work-related musculoskeletal disorders
• Biology and physiology of work-related musculoskeletal disorders
• Constrained postures and work-related musculoskeletal disorders (e.g., sitting, standing)
• Diversity and work-related musculoskeletal disorders risk / prevention
• Digital interventions for preventing work-related musculoskeletal disorders
• Effects of compensation systems on outcomes of work-related musculoskeletal disorders interventions
• Epidemiology of work-related musculoskeletal disorders
• Global and national burden of disease studies: Insights into work-related musculoskeletal disorders
• Health economics
• Innovative research methods in work-related musculoskeletal disorders prevention
• Implementation research and work-related musculoskeletal disorders: Challenges along the process of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
• Musculoskeletal disorders in the informal sector
• Occupational diseases of the musculoskeletal system
• Problems observed in occupational practice
• Psychosocial dimensions of work-related musculoskeletal disorders
• Robotics and exoskeletons (as prevention of musculoskeletal disorders) in an occupational setting
• Risk assessment for preventing work-related musculoskeletal disorders
• Reducing health inequities in work-related musculoskeletal disorders
• Return to work and rehabilitation after work-related musculoskeletal disorders
• Surrogate parameters for describing work-related musculoskeletal disorders risk
• Work-related musculoskeletal disorders risk due to new ways of working
• Work-related musculoskeletal disorders prevention: from scientific evidence to public policy
• Wearable technologies for exposure detection and assessment
• Work-related musculoskeletal disorders prevention and complex interventions

• (extended) Deadline for Abstract submission: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 11:59:00 PM (CET) Take advantage of the extra time to finalize and submit your abstract!
• Early registration until Tuesday, July 1, 2025

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

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