Musculoskeletal disorders - conference in cooperation with the Portuguese Presidency

Programme

Day 1, Day 2

Thursday, 11 October 2007

09.00Registration of participants

09.30Opening

• Paulo Morgado de Carvalho, Portuguese Presidency Inspector General of Labour / Working Conditions Authority

• Jorma Karppinen, Director, European Foundation [presentation, pdf, 166kb]

• Antonio Cammarota, Administrator – Policy Officer, European Commission [presentation, pdf, 87kb]
  The European Commission initiative on work-related musculoskeletal disorders - Recent developments

11.00 Coffee break

Session one:Introductory session

11.15Presentation and discussion

The findings of the EWCO report on musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)

• Jean-Michel Miller, Research Manager, Eurofound [presentation, pdf, 347kb]

• Mario Giaccone, Researcher, Fondazione Seveso, Milano [presentation, pdf, 107kb]

13.00Lunch

Session two:Room to manoeuvre and prevention policies

14.30MSDs and room to manoeuvre of the actors: the orientations
Fabien Coutarel, Professor, University Bordeaux 2 [presentation, pdf, 71kb]

15.15 Presentation and discussion of the findings of the ANACT study MSDs and work organisation
Anne-Marie Nicot, Project Manager, ANACT Health and Work department (EWCO correspondent for France) [presentation, pdf, 74kb]

16.15Coffee break

16.30 Risk factors of Occupational MSD and strategies for solutions: History, Present & Future
Jørgen Winkel, Professor, Dr. & Med Cand. Scient / National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark & Department of Work Science Gothenburg University, Sweden [presentation, pdf, 20mb]

17.15 “Lighten the Load” the campaign of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Zinta Podniece, Project Manager, Bilbao Agency [presentation, pdf, 4mb]

18.00End of day 1

19.00Reception (invitation of the Portuguese Presidency)

Friday, 12 October 2007

Session three: The national realities and the debate among the social partners
9.00Introduction

9.15 Presentation of the findings of the national reports from several countries:

• Portugal - Heloísa Perista, Senior Researcher / Jorge Cabrita, Researcher, EWCO correspondents for Portugal (Centro de Estudos para a Intervenção Social) [presentation, pdf, 77kb]

• Estonia - Kaia Philips, EWCO correspondent for Estonia, Associate Professor Institute of Economics [presentation, pdf, 94kb]

• Denmark - Paul Andersson, EWCO correspondent / Analyst, Oxford Research [presentation, pdf, 330kb]

• Netherlands - Marjolein Douwes, EWCO correspondent / Lead Researcher, TNO [presentation, pdf, 138kb]

11.30Coffee break

11.45 The way forward: the social partners’ point of view: BUSINESSEUROPE

• Sven-Peter Nygaard, Consultant, Confederation of Danish Employers - DA [presentation, pdf, 41kb]

• Roland Gauthy, Research Officer, European Trade Union Institute [presentation, pdf, 301kb]

12.45Conclusions
Jorma Karppinen, Director, European Foundation [presentation, pdf, 241kb]

13.00End of conference