As part of the EU-OSHA campaign “Safe and Healthy Work in the Digital Age”. “AI and Automation of Tasks – Ensuring workers’ wellbeing while embracing digital transformation” takes place on 10 September from 10:00 to 11:30 hrs., online.

This webinar will explore how digital technologies can enhance health and safety in the workplace, with a particular focus on the retail and wholesale sectors. We will present insights from both company and association perspectives, highlighting how these technologies can support workers by reducing physical and/or cognitive tasks, among other benefits. Additionally, our speakers will address the challenges employers face in deploying such technologies and their concerns related to digital transformation overall.

Speakers:

  • Christel Delberghe, EuroCommerce Director General

  • Ioannis Anyfantis, Research Project Manager, Prevention and Research Unit, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

  • Dr. F. Jesús Alvarez Hidalgo, Policy Officer, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Unit Health and Safety at Work

  • Manuel Marcelino Pena Costa, Member invited by the President to the General Council of CCP, ACT (Prevention) Advisory Committee member, and Social Security in the Department of Health, Worker Accidents

  • Stephan Freundl, Head of Global EH&S Management at BayWa