CERIDES Director Professor George Boustras, and CERIDES Research Associate Mr. Jason Senekkis, participated in the 3rd Hellenic Conference on Occupational Health and Safety, which took place in Athens on the 10th and 11th of November, 2022. The Conference was organised by the Hellenic Institute for Occupational Health and Safety – ELINYAE.
The conference was attended by hundreds of participants from Greek and European universities, private entities, state organisations and officials. The conference main aim was to respond to the challenges of the new world where the boundaries between work and other social activities are fluid, from an anthropocentric perspective and view, in an effort to trace today’s challenges in occupational health and safety.
Professor George Boustras, who was amongst the conference’s keynote speakers, delivered his main speech during the “Health and Safety Cultures” session on the 15th of November, entitled “Cultures of safety, past and future of safety and health science”.
Research Associate Jason Senekkis presented the work of the RESPOND-A H2020 project, coordinated and implemented by the CERIDES team of Professor George Boustras, Dr. Cleo Varianou-Mikellidou and Mr. Jason Senekkis, during the session “New technologies – Contemporary challenges for Occupational Safety and Health”. The presentation was entitled “New technologies for the improvement of the safety of first responders” and provided the audience with insights and details of the technologies and products developed in RESPOND-A.
Mr. Jason Senekkis also participated in the session “Occupational Safety and Health management in economic sectors” with a presentation of the study currently conducted at CERIDES, in collaboration with the Cyprus Police, about the Occupational Safety and Health of professional drivers and its effects on road safety in Cyprus. The current status of road safety and the Occupational Safety and Health challenges for professional drivers in Cyprus was discussed during the presentation. A brief analysis of the road crashes’ statistics for the period 2008-2020 was also presented.