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The 39th International A+A Congress will take place from November 4 to 7, 2025 in Düsseldorf and offers an excellent opportunity for experts in the field of occupational health and safety to expand their knowledge and exchange ideas with other professionals. Read 5 reasons why you should be there…
From 2 to 4 May 2024 TOS+H Expo will open its doors for the fifth time continuing its impressive success story. The trade fair, which has become established as an indispensable platform for occupational safety health experts in Turkey and the region, registers very high demand and plenty of space bookings, which impressively underscores the strongly growing interest in this key event in the region.
Spring brings more sunny days – and therefore risks for people who work outdoors. This is because solar radiation can cause sunburn in the short term and light skin cancer in the long term. The example of energy supplier WEVG Salzgitter shows how companies ensure good UV protection.
Bicycles with electric motors are popular: every fifth person over the age of 55 owns a pedelec. This is the result of a recent representative survey conducted by the opinion research institute Kantar Public on behalf of the German Road Safety Council (DVR). “The pedelec has become part of everyday life for older road users: 71 percent of over 55-year-olds ride their electric bike at least once a week,” says DVR President Manfred Wirsch. “Tour de Freude – sicher unterwegs mit dem Pedelec” (Tour of Joy – safe cycling on a pedelec) is the name of the DVR’s nationwide prevention campaign to prevent accidents involving pedelecs.
Dr Christian Felten, Managing Director of Basi, gave an interview on the work of Basi, the A+A Congress 2023 and occupational safety and health in general for the latest KAN Newsletter from the Commission for Safety and Standardization. He can also be heard in detail as an expert on these topics in the KAN podcast – which represents the interests of occupational safety and health in standardization.
The Chairwomen of the Basi Executive Board, Saskia Osing and Dr. Sebastian Schneider, look back on eventful times and into the A+A year 2023. In the double interview, they talk about key experiences, challenges and many current topics relating to safety and health at work.
Ergonomic tools of the future such as exoskeletons are an important topic at the 38th International A+A Congress 2023. WearRAcon Europe is an important conference in this field and will take place at A+A for the first time from 25-26 October 2023. Under the motto “People matter”, A+A 2023 is all about the most important trends of our time: sustainability and digitalization.