Preliminary Program

                   ERGONOMICS IN AND FOR EUROPE                   
                       
QUALITY OF LIFE: SOCIAL, ECONOMIC & ERGONOMIC CHALLENGES FOR AGEING PEOPLE AT WORK

 

 

Sunday 10/10

15:00 - 19.00
REGISTRATION and Welcome Drink
19:00 Meeting Keynotes and Organizers

 

Monday 11/10 :

Plenary Session

08:00 - 09:00 Registration    Chair  Rookmaaker, P. (NL)

Co-Chair:  De Neve, C. (BE)

09:00 - 09:10 Welcome address President FEES             
09:10 - 09:20 Welcome address President IEA   
   
A. Imada, President (US)
 
09:20 - 09:30 Welcome address Belgian Government (2010 Task Force ?)      Minister of Foreign Affairs  
09:30 - 10:00 Working longer: A policy agenda    De Vos, M. (BE)  
10:00 - 10:30 Quality of Life and ageing employees   Rantanen, J. (FI)  
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break and Poster Viewing

   
11:00 - 11:10

Introduction   

 Chair Smets, J.  (BE)  
11:10 - 11:30 Risks in land transport   Dirk Sterckx, Member of the European Parliament  
11:30 - 11:50 Physiology of physically demanding jobs   Meeusen, R. (BE)
 
11:50 - 12:10 The role of rehabilitation in employment
  Vanderstraeten, G.  (BE)  
12:10 - 12:30 Impact of activities on living  conditions of elderly active people      Karppinen, J. (IE)  
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH                        Satellite symposium
                                   Satellite symposium
                                   Satellite symposium
  Acoustic Intelligence: critical foundation for the ageing workforce
Postural load in office work
CREE
 

 Group Sessions: Scientific Statements

  SESSION : TRANSPORT    SESSION:  EMERGENCY JOBS SESSION: EMPLOYMENT SESSION: E-WORK, E-HEALTH
  Chair: Wilson, J (GB)
 Chair    Louhevaara, V. (FI)  Chair    Bruder, R. (DE)  Chair    Berns, T.  (SE)
   Co-Chair:   Co-chair  Co-chair  Buckle, P. (GB)  Co-chair    Vanhoutte, P.  (BE)
         
14:00 - 14:05  Introduction  Introduction  Introduction  Introduction
14:05 - 14:25    

 Driver's Information processing
& decision making

Simoes, A. (PT)   

 Assessment and improvement
of ergonomics in healthcare
Goossens, R.H.M. (NL)

 Ageing and workability (CVL, MSD)
Nygård C.H. (FI)   
 Benefits, draw-backs and potential risks
Burov, O.  (UA)
14:25 - 14:45

Vehicle design for smarter driving
Young, M. (GB)   

Increased working life and
quality of working conditions

Volkoff, S.  (FR)

 Long life learning and working
conditions for skills development
Delgoulet, C (FR)

 Smarter Health@home: Potential
and pitfalls of age-sensitive
technologies in the e-health field

Ziefle, M.  (DE)

 14:45 - 15:05

 Psychosomatic health status
and driver's capacities

Costa, G.  (IT)   

 Manual handling in health care
Hignett, S.  (GB)

Working late: Strategies to enhance productive
and healthy environments for the older workforce   

Haslam, C. (GB)

 Working topology and acoustic intelligence:
Foundation for smarter working for the ageing workforce.
Vanhoutte, P. (BE)

15:05 - 15:35 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
     

 Group Session: Applied Research & Cases

  SESSION : TRANSPORT SESSION:  EMERGENCY JOBS SESSION: EMPLOYMENT
  Chair Bekiaris, A. (GR) chair    Taylor, T. (ES - UK) chair    Molenbroek, J.  (NL)
  Co-Chair:
co-chair    Op De Beeck, R.  (B) co-chair    Llaneza, J. (ES)
       
15:35 -15:40 Introduction Introduction Introduction
15:40 -16:00

Manual tasks related to delivery
truck transportation: From analyses
t
o actions within work system
Väyrynen, S. (FI)   

Heat stress and Protective clothing
Parsons, K. (UK)
Age management in practice
Mykletun R.J. (NO)
 
16:00 - 16:20    Railway system design and
man-machine interactions
Rentzsch, M. (DE)
Maintenance and safety and
health at work
Sas, K.  (ES)   
When learning difficulties and
specificities of older workers
stand to show training deficiencies
Gaudart, C. (FR)   
16:20 - 16:40   

Ageing & fitness in transport   
Herregods, D. (BE)

Healthcare ergonomics and
patient safety
Bellandi, T. (IT)
Lighting the workspace to support
well-being and performance of the
ageing workforce
Knoop, M. (NL)   
16:45 - 17:15  One Minute Poster Presentations      chair    Bellandi, T. (IT)
co   O'Neill, D. (UK)
17:15    PLENARY     Reception offered by the Minister of Labor and Equal Opportunities - Belgium
20:00    CONFERENCE DINNER
Art of ageing  - Wisdoms on age    Strasser, H. (DE)
 

 

Tuesday 12/10

Plenary Session

    Chair Cammarota, A. (IT) Co-Chair

08:50 - 09:00
Introduction    
09:00 - 09:20 Ergonomics: Strategic and  Methodological considerations
  Maes, C. (BE) -
Vanwonterghem, K. (BE)
09:20 - 09:40 Strategy about elderly workers WHO   Kim, R. (WHO)
09:40 - 10:00 Ergonomics at work and occupational safety and health
  Niu, S. (ILO)
10:00 - 10:20 Fit for Work Europe
  Bevan, S.  (GB)
10:20 - 10:50 Questions    
10:50 - 11:30 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
   
11:30 - 11:40 Introduction Chair Zink, K. (DE) Co-Chair
Graveling, R. (GB)
11:40 - 12:00 The law of age discrimination in the European Union
  Kloss, D. (UK)
12:00 - 12:20 CEN - Role and responsibility to take into account the needs
of older people and people with disabilities in standardization (CEN Guide 6)
  Kraemer, G. (DE)
12:20 - 12:40 Position of Trade unions about Quality of Life and ageing
 
12:40 - 13:00 Views of Employers on the ageing problem
  De Meester, K.  (BE)

13:00 - 14:30    Group discussions in separate rooms
with lunch

SESSION : TRANSPORT SESSION:  EMERGENCY JOBS SESSION: EMPLOYMENT SESSION: E-WORK, E-HEALTH
Group discussions in preparation of concluding reporting in preparation of white paper - 10 min introductions chairpersons
Discussions include questions from the floor.

 
Chair:          Simoes, A. (PT) Chair:          Koningsveld, E.  (NL) Chair:        Poriau, S. (B)  Chair:
Co-Chair:    Bengler, K. (DE) Co-Chair:     Graf, M. (CH) Co-Chair:   Louhevaara V. (FI) Co-chair:    Burov, O. (UA)
Secretary:       
Secretary:    Op de Beeck, R. Secretary:  Delgoulet, C. (FR) Secretary:  Piette, A. (BE)
Reporter:     Wilson, J. (GB) Reporter:      Taylor, T. (ES) Reporter:    Hermans, V. (BE) Reporter:

 

14:30-15:00 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing

Plenary Closing Session
 

15:00 SREP    Report Session Transport Wilson, J. (GB)
15:15 SREP    Report Session Emerging jobs    Taylor, T. (ES)
15:30 SREP    Report Session Employment Hermans, V. (BE)
15:45 SREP    Report Session E-work         
16:00 Closing remarks

Rantanen, J.
Rookmaaker, P.

16:30 END OF CONFERENCE