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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
Regulatory perspectives in occupational health management
MURUKA – Regulatory perspectives in occupational health safety and management_FINAL
Dr Andrew Muruka,
Director WIBA, DOSHS, Kenya
Workplace Ergonomics Management
Ergonomic management
Ms. Marwa Awadi,
Senior Advisor
Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority

Effective occupational health and safety operations management

Presentation_Sofia_Barata_Final_rev

Dr Sofia Carvalho Barata,
Operation Manager/HSE Specialist,
Vetroplàs LDA, Portugal
Understanding occupational health and safety as a business strategy
OSH as Business Strategy
Ms Mary Mwangi,
HSE Manager,
Equity Group, Kenya
Mental health challenges -Worklife balance
REVISED WORKLIFE BALANCE-2023
Dr Salma Bashir,
Consulting Clinical Psychologist,
Chiromo Hospital Group, Kenya
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
Significance of psychosocial work environment management
Significance of psychosocial work environment
Dr Gunn Robstad Andersen,
Manager, Section for Work Environment,
Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority

 

Program Day 2

Workplace toxicology: What do you know about endocrine disruptors (ED)?
Endocrine disruptors
Abdulqadir Mohamad Suleiman,
NLIA/OSH Pro Services 
Healthy workers, healthy nations – Importance of ensuring good occupational health among workers.
(No presentation)
Dr Ahmed Ouma Ogwell,
Ag. Director General, Africa CDC, Ethiopia
Chemicals and occupational health management/UN GHS System application
Chemicals and occupational health management
Dr Seble Mekonnen,
Wood, Norway
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
Ms Sofia Carvalho Barata

Operations Manager/Senior HSE Specialist, VETROPLÁS, LDA. Portugal

Dr Ahmed Ogwell
Dr Ahmed Ogwell

Ag. Director General, Africa CDC, Ethiopia.

Ms Marwa Awadi
Ms Marwa Awadi

Senior Advisor, Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority

Dr Gunn Robstad Andersen
Dr Gunn Robstad Andersen

Manager, Section for Work Environment, Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority

Dr Andrew Muruka
Dr Andrew Muruka

Director WIBA, DOSHS, Kenya

Dr Seble Merid Mekonnen
Dr Seble Merid Mekonnen

Technical work environment engineer, wood., Norway

Ms Caroline Schønning-Andreassen
Ms Caroline Schønning-Andreassen

Senior Inspector, Norwegian Labour Inspector Authority

Ms Giulia Sebastio
Ms Giulia Sebastio

Manager, Downstream Users Chemicals Coordination Group, Belgium

Ms Mary Mwangi
Ms Mary Mwangi

HSE Manager, Equity Group, Kenya.

Dr Raluca Stana
Dr Raluca Stana

Assistant Professor, Roskilde Univ., Denmark

Dr Salma Ali Bashir
Dr Salma Ali Bashir

Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Chiromo Hospital Group, Kenya

Mr Abdulqadir Mohamad Suleiman
Mr Abdulqadir Mohamad Suleiman

Chief engineer, NLIA/OSH Pro Services

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