Speakers
Our speakers
A H Khan
Larsen & Toubro
Vice President & Head – Operations (Mumbai)
Aaron Prather
FedEx
Senior Technical Advisor
Akira Izumi
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Specially Appointed Professor
Alan Stevens
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
Head of Strategic Engagement
Alberto Schiavon
Pirelli
Group Safety Manager
Andreas Mainka
Mainka Bau GmbH & Co. KG
Owner / Managing Director
Anna-Maria Teperi
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH)
Research professor
Anne Marie La Rosa
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Senior Policy, Legal and Labour Rights Specialist
Annick Sunnen
Accident Insurance Association of Luxembourg
Head of Prevention Department
Antoine Vanlaeys
L'Oréal
Chief Operations Officer & Member of the Executive Committee
Antti Koivula
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH)
General Director
Antti Leino (Matti Palomäki, peer presenter)
Skanska
Vice President, Health, Safety, Environment, Business Unit Skanska Finland
Ariane Adam-Poupart
Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec (INSPQ)
Scientiic Advisor at Dep. of Biological Hazards & OH
Arif Zaman
Commonwealth Businesswomen's Network
Executive Director
Atsuko Saruhashi
JISC
ISO TMB member
Atsushi Yamada
IBM
IBM Distinguished Engineer
Audrey Canning
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
Director, Virkonnen Ltd, UK IEC SC65A representative on IEC ACOS and ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC42 IEC Convener MT61508-3
Audrey Tang
Public Digital Innovation Space
Digital Minister of Taiwan
Azlan Darus
Social Security Organization of Malaysia
Head of Prevention
Azusa Nakagawa
Japanese Standards Association Group (JSA)
Executive Director
Benoit Moreau
Caisse Centrale Mutualite Sociale Agricole (CC MSA)
National Advisor on Occupational Risk Prevention
Bernard Foe
International Labour Organization (ILO)
VZF Madagascar Project Manager
Bernd Treichel
International Social Security Association (ISSA)
Senior Technical Specialist in Prevention and Social Security
Bonnie Yau
Occupational Safety and Health Council (OSHC)
CEO
Busola Alofe
YF Talent Partners
Principal Partner
Catherine Trask
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Associate Professor
Chris Agius
IEC-IECEx
Executive Secretary
Chris Laszcz-Davis
Occupational Hygiene Training Association (OHTA)
Co-Chair
Christoph Bordlein
University of Applied Sciences Wuerzburg-Schweinfurt (FHW-S)
Professor
Claudio Colosio
University of Milan
Associate Professor of Occupational Health
Davide Scotti
LHS Foundation
General Secretary
Dietmar Elsler
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
Project Manager | Prevention and Research Unit
Dietmar Reinert
Institute of Occupational Safety & Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA)
Director
Dooyong Park
Asian Network Occupational Hygiene (ANOH)
President
Dorothy Amaleck Ngajilo
World Health Organization (WHO)
Consultant, Occupational and Workplace Health
Dr. Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed
Social Security Organization of Malaysia
CEO / Director General
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
World Health Organization (WHO)
Director General
Dr. Tommi Alanko
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH)
Director of Occupational Safety Unit
Ehi Iden
OSH Africa
President
Elham Tabassi
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Chief of Staff, Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)
Elizabeth Nkumbula
Envis Consulting Ltd.
Chairperson
Emi Ohyoshi
Daikichi Farm
President
Emma Johansson
Volvo
Technology Specialist: Human factors and automation
Erich Koch
Sozialversicherung für Landwirtschaft, Forsten und Gartenbau (SVLFG)
Head of international Relations
Erik Jørs
Odense University Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor
Evans Lwanga
International Labour Organization (ILO)
VZF Ethiopia Project Manager
Faudzi Mohd Yasir
Petronas
Head of Electrical, Group Technical Solutions, PD & T Division
Felipe Bunster Echenique
Mutual de Seguridad
Gerencia general
Felix Nii Tettey Oku
Asian Development Bank
Senior Safeguard Specialist
Franco Dutto
Tsubaki Nakashima
Senior Vice President, Chief HR and Sustainability Officer
Gerard Zwetsloot
Gerard Zwetsloot Research & Consultancy
Research Team Leader of the ISSA Vision Zero Indicator Project
Griet Cattaert
United Nations Global Compact
Head of Labour Rights
Guy Ryder (TBC)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Director General
Hans-Horst Konkolewsky
International ORP Foundation (FIORP)
President
Helmut Ehnes
International Social Security Association (ISSA)
Chairman
Hideo Kamaishi
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
Safety Division, Health and Safety Department, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Hidesato Kojima
Shimizu Corporation
General Manager, Civil Engineering Division
Hiroaki Kita
Daifuku
Corporate Officer, Safety and Health Management
Hirohisa Hirukawa
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Invited Senior Researcher, Information Technology and Human Factors
Hirokazu Anai
FUJITSU Ltd.
Head of Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Hiroki Murakami
IHI Corporation
Technical Advisor of Corporate Research & Development
Hiroo Kanamaru
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Advanced Technology R&D Center, Senior Engineer
Hiroshi Hashimoto
NEXCO
General Manager, Facilities Management Office, Facilities Division
Hisashi Aita
Nippo
General Manager, Production Development Centre, General Engineering Department
Hisashi Ichijo
Toyota Industries Corporation
Senior Executive Officer
Houshang Darabi
University of Illinois at Chicago
Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Isaac Abril Muñoz
Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo (INSHT)
Director of the dep. of working conditions in agriculture and fisheries
Ivan D. Ivanov, MD, PhD
World Health Organization (WHO)
Head, Occupational and Workplace Health, WHO Headquarters
Ivan Puentes Arango
Grupo Energía Bogotá
Group H&S Manager
Jan Zimmermann
Institute of Occupational Safety & Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA)
Section Manager: Principles, Methods and Software Solutions
Jay Vietas
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Chief, Emerging Technologies Branch
Jean-Christophe Blaise
Institut National de Recherche et de Securité (INRS)
Work Equipment Engineering division
Jillian Hamilton
Manage Damage
Managing Director
Joaquim Pintado Nunes
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Officer in Charge, Labour Inspection and Occupational Safety and Health Branch,
Johan van Middelaar
TNO
Senior consultant Health and Safety
José Raul González
Cementos Progreso S.A.
Chief Executive Officer
José Saenz
Fraunhofer IFF
Business Unit Robotic Systems Group leader
Josep Maria Verdejo
AGBAR
Director
Juan Manuel Cruz
Acciona
Industrial relations,H&S and Sustainability Director
Jukka Takala
International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH)
President
Junichi Tsujii
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Director of AI Research Center
Kannan Krishnan
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
Chief of the Air & Site Assessment and Climate Indicators Branch at OEHHA
Karina Nielsen
The University Of Sheffield
Professor of Work Psychology
Karl-Heinz Noetel
ISSA Section on Prevention in the Construction Industry
President
Katsuichi Takei
Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association (JISHA)
Education & Zero Accident Promotion Dept,Deputy Director
Kazuhiko Ishimura
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
President, CEO
Kazuhiko Tsutsumi
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
Vice President & Chair of Market Strategy Board (MSB)
Kazuo Tase
SDG Partners
President, CEO
Kazutsugu Suita
Toyota
Elemental Technology Development Project Manager
Kazuyuki Inoue
Shimizu Corporation
President and Director
Kenichiro Asano
Social Health Strategy Research Institute (SHSRI)
Representative Director
Kerrie Waring
International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)
Chief Executive Officer
Kevin Bulatek
OMRON Management Center of America
Senior Director, Risk, EHS and Facilities
Kevin Mooney
WCB Saskatchewan
President of the Board of Directors
Koichi Konishi
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Digital Architecture Research Center
Koji Akamatsu
IDEC Corporation
Senior Executive Officer in charge of Manufacturing & SCM
Koji Demachi
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
IEC/SC65A Chair, IEC/TC65/WG20 Convenor
Kota Shimomoto
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
Researcher, Institute of Agricultural Machinery
Krishna Mohan
IIT Hyderabad
Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering & Dean
Kristina Kurths
International Labour Organization (ILO)
VZF Vietnam Project Manager
Lars Hoffmann
Siemens
Head of EHS Expert Center
Lars Tornvig
Danish Vision Zero Council
Director and host
Lenka Adamickova
Bosch Rexroth AG
Specialist Engenieer in BBS at the department of Safety and Environment Lohr HSE-Lo
Lesley Kavanagh
Nike
Senior Director, Partner Responsibility
Liên Wioland
Institut National de Recherche et de Securité (INRS)
Head of studies
Louise Hosking
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
IOSH President. Director/Owner of Hosking Associates & OneWISH
Magdalena Wachnicka-Witzke
Agricultural Social Insurance Fund (KRUS)
Director of the Communication and International Cooperation Office
Maggie Graf
International Ergonomics Association (IEA)
Vice President and Secretary General
Malcolm Staves
L'Oréal
Global Vice President Health & Safety
Manal Azzi
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Senior Occupational Safety and Health Expert
Manfred Schoch
BMW
Chairman of BMW Group Works Council
Margaret Kitt
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Deputy Director
Maria Neira
World Health Organization (WHO)
Director of Department of Public Health
Mariana Infante
International Labour Organization (ILO)
VZF Myanmar Senior Technical Officer
Marianne Levitsky
Workplace Health Without Borders (WHWB)
Founding President and Board Secretary
Marijana Zivkovic Mtegha
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
Strategic Engagement Manager
Marilu Melo Zurita
UNSW
PhD
Martina Hesse-Spötter
ISSA Section for Electricity, Gas and Water
President
Martina Macphersen
ODDO BHF
Global Head of ESG Strategy
Marvin Cheng
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
General Research Engineer/Team Lead of Safety Control Team
Masahiro Indo
Shimizu Corporation
Senior Managing Officer General Manager, Construction Technology, Robot ICT
Masahiro Morioka
FANUC
ROBOT Business Division ROBOT Mechanical Development Laboratory Chief Engineer
Masao Dohi
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
ACOS JP Member
Masatada “Seichu” Kobayashi
Rakuten, Inc.
Group Managing Executive Officer Chief Well-Being Officer
Megumi Teshima
International Council of Nurses (ICN)
Board Member. Professor, Graduate School of Nursing, Chiba University
Michelle Robertson
International Ergonomics Association (IEA)
PhD, CPE
Mitsuo Matsumoto
ISO
Vice President
Miwa Yamada
Sekisui House, Ltd.
Executive Officer, Diversity and Inclusion Promotion Department Chief Manager
Muneki Tomita
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
Head of System Safety Engineering Research Area
Nadia El-Salanti
Novo Nordisk A/S
Organisational Psychologist
Naotaka Kikkawa
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan (JNIOSH)
Senior Researcher
Norhazlina Mydin
Petronas
Head, HSSE Change & Communications Group HSSE
Norma McCormick
ISO
Covener
Norman Khoza
African Union Development Agency (AUDA)
Senior Program Officer
Ockert Dupper
International Labour Organization (ILO)
VZF Global Programme Manager
Päivi Wallin
Mela
Director
Patric Bezombes
CEN-CENELEC
Vice-chair of the CEN-CENELEC JYC 21 on AI standardization, Convenor of the JTC 21 Strategic Advisory Group
Patrick Ossi Okori
Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale (CNSS)
Director General
Paul A. Schulte
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Consultant (former Director, Division of Science Integration)
Paul Gordon Haining
Skanska
Chief Environmental Health & Safety Officer
Pernille Thau
Human House
Head of Department International Vision Zero Consultancy
Pete Kines
National Research Centre for the Working Environment
Senior Researcher, Safety Culture and Accidents
Peter Jacobs
International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA)
Past-president
Philippe Delbecq
L'Oréal
Corporate Industrial Hygiene Toxicologist
Phillip Hibbs
International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA)
Principal Consultant Hibbs & Associates Pty Ltd
Pirjo Virtanen
Greenstep
Senior Manager, Environmental Sustainability (Ex. Vice President, Metso Outotec)
Professor Dr. Joachim Breuer
International Social Security Association (ISSA)
President of the International Social Security Association (ISSA)
Professor Dr. Masao Mukaidono
Institute of Global Safety Promotion (IGSAP)
Chairman of Japan Organizing Committee (JOC)
Rachel Cox
The Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM)
Professor, Psychosocial risks
Ralph Sporer
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
Vice President
Regina Geierhofer
Siemens Healthineers
Secretary, IEC TC62, SC62B and SC62C
Rene Leblanc
International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA)
IOHA Past-President 2020
Richard Bate
FIA Formula E
MD of Intuition Strategic Consulting Ltd and Principal OSH Consultant at the FIA Formula E World Championship Race Series
Rieko Hojo
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan (JNIOSH)
Senior Researcher, associate professor
Riikka Ruotsala
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH)
Researcher
Roberta Nelson Shea
Universal Robots
Global Technical Compliance Officer
Robyn Bennett
New Zealand Institute of Safety Management (NZISM)
President
Rodrigo Mogrovejo
International Labour Organization (ILO)
VZF Latin America Project Manager
Sabine Herbst
German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV)
Dep. Section Manager Strategic Co-operation
Sadao Takeda
Institute of Global Safety Promotion (IGSAP)
Director
Sakon Uda
Ebara Corporation
Independent Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors (Retired in March 2022)
Saori Taketa
Nippon Electric Control Equipment Industries Association (NECA)
Vice chair of Control Safety Committee
Satoru Miura
Kajima Corporation
Principle Researcher
Satoshi Iida
Kubota
Senior Technical Advisor
Satoshi Itoh
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Director General, Digital Innovation Unit
Sethu Vijayakumar
The Alan Turing Institute
Programme Director, Robotics and AI
Shawn Paulsen
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
IEC Vice President (CAB)
Shigekuni Inoue
AGC Inc.
Senior Executive Officer, GM of EHSQ General Div., GM of AGC Yokohama Technical Center
Shigeyuki Goto
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Shingo Saito
Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association (JISHA)
Chief Certification Officer/ Director
Shoken Shimizu
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan (JNIOSH)
Supervising researcher
Siong Hin Ho
Ministry of Manpower, Singapore
Senior Director
Sittichoke Huckuntod
Nike
Health and Safety Director
Stavroula Leka
University of Nottingham
Emeritus Professor of Work & Health Policy
Stefan Hussy
German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV)
Director General
Stefan Olsson
European Commission (EC)
Director, Working Condition and Social Dialogue
Steven Margis
UL
Director
Stine Moesmand
Human House
Department manager and organizational psychologist
Stuart Hughes
AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team
Head of Health and Safety
Susie Hardie
Schwarz Hara Consult
Senior Scientific and Technical Consultant
Susumu Amano
FUJITSU Ltd.
Corporate Executive Officer, Head of Employee Success Unit
Takashi Egawa
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Standardization Promotion Office
Takashi Kawata
Shimizu Corporation
Advisor
Takashi Maeno
Keio University
Professor, Graduate School of System Design and Management
Takuya Izumi
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Director for Information Policy Planning
Tamio Tanikawa
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Deputy Director, Research Center Team Leader
Tatsuhiko Kagehiro
Hitachi Ltd.
General Manager Center for Technology Innovation - Advanced Artificial Intelligence Research & Development Group
Thomas Fuller
International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA)
President
Thomas Tarp
Lego
Senior Director ,Global EHS
Timo Malm
VTT Technical Reseach Centre of Finland
Senior Scientist
Tomas Lagerberg
ABB Ltd.
Global Patent Officer, Robotics division and Robotics & Discrete Automation business area
Tomasz Zdziebkowski
Top Farms Sp. z o.o.
Chief Executive Officer
Tomohito Mori
Daiwa House Industry Co.,Ltd.
Chief, Safety Management Department
Tomonori Sanada
Kawasaki
Associate Officer Deputy Group Manager Product Planning Group,Sales Group Robot Business Division
Tony Funaki
IDEC Corporation
Vice President of Marketing (Product Marketing)
Toru Sugimoto
JGC Holdings Corporation
Corporate HSE Manager
Toshifumi Yoshizaki
NEC
Executive Vice President President of Digital Business Platform Unit
Toshihiro Fujita
Institute of Global Safety Promotion (IGSAP)
Director
Toshiyuki Kajiya
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
Vice-chair of IECEE Certification Management Committee of IEC
Touru Shumiya
Nippon Steel Corporation
Head of Safety Promotion Department
Ulrike Bollmann
European Network Education and Training in Occupational Safety and Health (ENETOSH)
International Cooperation Division - Institute for Work and Health of the DGUV
Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
Chief Executive
Vimal Mahendru
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
IEC Special Envoy for UN SDGs
Walter Eichendorf
Deutscher Verkehrssicherheitsrat (DVR)
President
Walter Ricciardi
World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA)
President
Wang Jian
China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC)
Vice President
Yessica Calvario
International Labour Organization (ILO)
VZF Mexico Project Manager
Yoji Yamada
Nagoya University
ISO/TC299, JP Member Professor
Yoshihiro Nakabo
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Senior Researcher
Yoshiki Seo
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Director, Information Standardization Office
Yoshitaka Morito
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
Director of Engineering Affairs Division
Yoshiyuki Sankai
CYBERDYNE Inc.
President and CEO
Yutaka Hiwatashi
Subaru Corporation
Technical supervisor, Technical Division
Yutaka Oiwa
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Deputy Director, Digital Architecture Research Center
Yves Yéboué Kouamé
Caisse Nationale de Prevoyance Sociale (CNPS)
Director of Prevention and Promotion