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A day full of insightful sessions awaits work safety professionals from Croatia as they gather for the launch of the ‘Safe and healthy work in the digital age’ campaign in Zagreb.

The central theme of the event will revolve around the challenges and benefits to safety and health at work presented by digitalisation, with a particular focus on hybrid working models within Croatian companies.

An array of topics will be explored, ranging from the potential of digital technologies to enhance occupational safety and health (OSH) to the impact of robotics on the mental health of workers, 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). and collaborative Use of systems or technical procedures to allow a device or system to execute (partially or fully) a function that was previously, or conceivably could be, carried out (partially or fully) by a human. driven by (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). . Moreover, the specifics of the latest edition of the Healthy Workplaces Campaign, set to run until 2025, will be unveiled.

This seminar, organised by Ministarstvo rada, mirovinskoga sustava, obitelji i socijalne politike, EU-OSHA’s focal point in Croatia, will feature prominent speakers from major companies, ministries and academia.

Moderator:

• Tin Bašić, journalist and conference host

Speakers:

• Dražen Opalić, director of the Directorate for Labor and Occupational Safety, Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy
• Marina Prelec, Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy
• Snježana Štefok, Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy
• Tea Friščić, occupational safety expert, Rimac Technology
• Marija Petras Palačić, Manager for operational excellence, development and quality and safety at work, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d.
• Snježana Poljak Cingesar, Project Manager, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d.
• Kruno Stražanac, Director of Customer Success Management, Gideon Brothers
• Dušan Drljača, Head of Corporate Security, Atlantic Grupa d.d.
• Ph.D. Darko Palačić, prof.v.š., Head of the Department of Safety at Work, Polytechnic of Safety Studies
• Assoc. Ph.D. Bernard Vukelic, prof. stoc. stud., Polytechnic in Rijeka
• Prof. Ph.D.Sc. Marinko Učur, Faculty of Metallurgy, University of Zagreb