CyOSH 2025 Conference

Occupational Safety & Health Challenges … The Way Forward

 The Cyprus Safety and Health Association (CYSHA) is organizing CyOSH 2025, an International Conference on “Occupational Safety & Health Challenges... The Way Forward”. The Conference is under the auspices of the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance and will take place on the 26th of June 2025 at the EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY CYPRUS, in Nicosia. CyOSH 2025 is supported by CERIDES – Excellence in Innovation and Technology and the Department of Labour Inspection.  The conference is addressed to Health and Safety Professionals, Safety Officers, Architects, Engineers, Inspectors, External Protection and Prevention Service Providers, Members of the Safety Committees, Students, etc.

Distinguished Scientists, Academics, and Practitioners in the field of Occupational Safety from European countries and well established organizations, will share their knowledge and present their work on innovative topics and pioneering methods, with reference to the new OSH challenges, e.g. digitalization, ageing, psychosocial risks, climate crisis, etc., aiming to preserve safety, health and well-being of workers and sustainability of business. 

CyOSH 2025 is part of the promotional activities of CYSHA, towards raising awareness on the impact of digitalization on occupational safety and health, supporting the ongoing Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2023 - 2025 of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) on “Safe and Healthy Work in the Digital Age”.

PROGRAM

08:30 – 09:00

Registration / Welcome Coffee

09:00 – 09:30

Opening Addresses

• Yiannis Panayiotou, Minister of Labour and Social Insurance
• Professor Andreas Efstathiou, Rector, European University Cyprus
• Professor George Boustras, Director of CERIDES
• Irene Chrysou, President of the Cyprus Safety & Health Association

09:30 – 09:45

"OSH Challenges: The Way Forward"

Session 1:
Digitalization & Innovative Approaches

09:45 – 10:05
"Shaping the Future of OSH: Ageing Workforce in the Digital Era"

• Dr. Cleo Varianou-Mikellidou, Lecturer in OSH, Operation Manager at CERIDES – European University Cyprus
• Michalis Vrachimis, PhD Candidate, European University Cyprus
  
  

10:05 – 10:25
"Leveraging AI and LLMs for Enhanced Construction and Workplace Safety"

• Dr. Ioannis Dokas, Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
  
  

10:25 – 10:45
Discussion

10:45 – 11:15
Coffee Break / Networking

Session 2:
Occupational HealtH

11:15 – 11:35
"Together for Mental Health – Outlook on the EU-OSHA Campaign 2026–2028"

• Julia Flintrop, Research Project Manager, EU-OSHA
  
  

11:35 – 11:55
"Occupational Ergonomics: Past, Present, and Future"

• Professor Nélson Costa, Human Factors & Ergonomics, University of Minho
  
  

11:55 – 12:15
"Work-related Cancer"

• Dr. Athanasios Athanasiou, First Medical Officer, Medical Services & Services of Public Health, Consultant Occupational Physician, Ministry of Labour & Social Insurance
  
  

12:15 – 12:35
Discussion

12:35 – 12:50
Coffee Break / Networking

Session 3: 
Climate Crisis / Vision Zero

12:50 – 13:10
"Hidden Reasons for Accidents at Work: Insights from Research in Latvia"

• Dr. Linda Matisane,  Leading Researcher, Riga Stradins University, Institute of Occupational Safety and Environmental Safety
  
  

13:10 – 13:30
"The Impact of Disasters from Natural Hazards on Occupational Safety and Health Practices"

• Dr. Christos Dimopoulos, Associate Professor of Computer Science, European University Cyprus, Director of Science in Civil Protection
  
  

13:30 – 14:00
Discussion / Closing Remarks

14:00 – 15:00
Light Lunch / Networking

Moderators:

Dr. Cleo Varianou-Mikellidou

Dr. Olga Nicolaidou

Irene Chrysou

CYSHA President

Dr. Olga Nicolaidou

Occupational Safety and Health Researcher

Maria Theocharidou

CYSHA Member

Eliana Antoniou

CYSHA Secretary

Dr. Cleo Varianou-Mikellidou

Lecturer in OSH, EUC

Andreas Chrysos

CYSHA Board Member

Andreas Kameris

CYSHA Board Member