Occupational Health and Work Environment Management
November 1-2, 2023, Mombasa
The theme for 6th International OSH Conference: Occupational Health and Work Environment Management.
The 6th International OSH Conference 2023
The 2023 Conference covered among others topics:
- OSH policies and practices
- Psychosocial work environment management
- Mental health and well-being
- Workplace ergonomics management and prevention of muscular-skeletal disorders
- Workplace toxicology and chemicals safety
- Intricacies of HSE management at a large workplace
There were also be symposiums and workshops on selected topics, posters presentations, quiz, and other short presentation of various topics.
6th International OSH Conference 2023 Program
Program Day 1
| Work environment and occupatioinal health (No presentation) |
Abdulqadir Mohamad Suleiman OSH Pro Services |
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| Regulatory perspectives in occupational health management MURUKA – Regulatory perspectives in occupational health safety and management_FINAL |
Dr Andrew Muruka, Director WIBA, DOSHS, Kenya |
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| Workplace Ergonomics Management Ergonomic management |
Ms. Marwa Awadi, Senior Advisor Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority |
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Effective occupational health and safety operations management |
Dr Sofia Carvalho Barata, Operation Manager/HSE Specialist, Vetroplàs LDA, Portugal |
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| Understanding occupational health and safety as a business strategy OSH as Business Strategy |
Ms Mary Mwangi, HSE Manager, Equity Group, Kenya |
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| Mental health challenges -Worklife balance REVISED WORKLIFE BALANCE-2023 |
Dr Salma Bashir, Consulting Clinical Psychologist, Chiromo Hospital Group, Kenya |
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| Hands-on approach for dealing with workplace psychosocial challenges Dealing with psychosocial work environment |
Ms Caroline Schønning-Andreassen, Senior Workplace Inspector, Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority |
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| Significance of psychosocial work environment management Significance of psychosocial work environment |
Dr Gunn Robstad Andersen, Manager, Section for Work Environment, Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority |
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Program Day 2
| Workplace toxicology: What do you know about endocrine disruptors (ED)? Endocrine disruptors |
Abdulqadir Mohamad Suleiman, NLIA/OSH Pro Services |
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| Healthy workers, healthy nations – Importance of ensuring good occupational health among workers. (No presentation) |
Dr Ahmed Ouma Ogwell, Ag. Director General, Africa CDC, Ethiopia |
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| Chemicals and occupational health management/UN GHS System application Chemicals and occupational health management |
Dr Seble Mekonnen, Wood, Norway |
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| Training program for professional workers handling chemical mixtures Training program for professional workers handling chemical mixtures |
Ms. Giulia Sebastio, DUCC Manager, Belgium | ||||
| Keynote: | |||||
| Technostress in organisations Technostress in org – Kenya |
Ass. Prof. Raluca Alexandra Stana, Roskilde University, Denmark. | ||||
| Conference evaluation | OSH Pro Services | ||||
The purpose of the symposiums is it to have more discussions on specified topics to get more hands-on feeling for the topic.
All delegates will get opportunity to participate in all the symposiums.
Symposium 1: Work environment management – Industry perspectives. (Sofia Carvalho Barata)
Symposium 2: Workplace ergonomics management (Marwa Awadi)
Symposium 3: Dealing with mental health in organisational work programs (Dr Salma Bashir/Ms Waffiyah Hamid)
Symposium 4: Developing work environment (Ms Andreassen/Mr Suleiman)
The esteemed speakers
Ms Sofia Carvalho Barata
Operations Manager/Senior HSE Specialist, VETROPLÁS, LDA. Portugal
Dr Ahmed Ogwell
Ag. Director General, Africa CDC, Ethiopia.
Ms Marwa Awadi
Senior Advisor, Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority
Dr Gunn Robstad Andersen
Manager, Section for Work Environment, Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority
Dr Andrew Muruka
Director WIBA, DOSHS, Kenya
Dr Seble Merid Mekonnen
Technical work environment engineer, wood., Norway
Ms Caroline Schønning-Andreassen
Senior Inspector, Norwegian Labour Inspector Authority
Ms Giulia Sebastio
Manager, Downstream Users Chemicals Coordination Group, Belgium
Ms Mary Mwangi
HSE Manager, Equity Group, Kenya.
Dr Raluca Stana
Assistant Professor, Roskilde Univ., Denmark
Dr Salma Ali Bashir
Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Chiromo Hospital Group, Kenya
Mr Abdulqadir Mohamad Suleiman
Chief engineer, NLIA/OSH Pro Services
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