Conference Themes
Occupational health impacts of climate extremes : Explore the occupational health impacts of extreme weather events, heat stress, including migration strategies and mental health well-being in industries, especially in unorganized sectors.
Workplace safety and industrial hygiene : Explore the workplace safety and role of industrial hygiene for women workforce, child labor issues and challenges within socio-demographic context of India: Guidelines vs. practices.
Indigenous knowledge and traditional practices : Indigenous knowledge and traditional practices in protecting workers’ health in climate-affected industries, especially in agricultural sectors.
Legislative frameworks and monitoring programs : Explore the workplace safety and role of industrial hygiene for women workforce, child labor issues and challenges within socio-demographic context of India: Guidelines vs. practices.
Environmental exposures and health outcomes : Examine the interplay between environmental exposures, including pollutants and toxins, vector-borne diseases, and workers’ health outcomes.
Innovative monitoring and mitigation technologies : Showcase innovative technologies for monitoring and mitigating occupational exposures in dynamic environments.
Cumulative health impacts of climate-related exposures : Assess the cumulative health impacts of multiple climate-related exposures on diagnostic indicators, with a focus on public health research.
Multi-systemic health effects and risk assessment : Explore the multi-systemic health effects of climate change concerning workers’ health, safety and risk assessment.
Climate Resilient Workplaces and Infrastructure : Develop climate-resilient workplaces, infrastructure and adaptation plans tailored to the specific sectors.
Policy Innovations and Occupational Health Education : Promote policy innovations, healthcare systems and regulatory frameworks for occupational health education and training to foster climate-resilient workplaces and communities.
Integration Into Health and Safety Management : Integrate climate change adaptation strategies into occupational health and safety management systems.
Emergency Preparedness and Mitigation Strategies : Develop, improvise and execute emergency preparedness and mitigation strategies to handle natural calamities induced by climate change at workplace.
Extreme Environment Management and Mitigation Strategies : Develop and implement extreme environment management, heat stress, etc. and mitigation strategies in various sectors, including farm workers and construction.
Assessing Climate Related Health Risks : Assess and forecast climate-related health risks among workers using state-of-the-art surveillance systems, novel methodologies, and innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML).
Environmental engineering and green chemistry : Apply environmental engineering, green chemistry, and mitigation strategies to reduce toxic pollutants from industries, aligned with the “One Health” program for workers in related industries.
Interdisciplinary Approaches for Climate Risk Assessment : Explore interdisciplinary approaches, including spatial epidemiology, big data analysis, and data mining from biomonitoring studies to enhance climate risk assessment.
Strengthening Early Warning Systems : Strengthen early warning systems for climate-related occupational hazards, especially in unorganized sectors.
Cross Sectoral and International Collaborations : Foster cross-sectoral and international collaborations, stakeholder engagement, and knowledge exchange to promote workers’ health and climate resilience.
Regional Case Studies and Innovative Strategies : Highlight successful regional case studies and innovative strategies for addressing climate-related workplace health challenges.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Climate Resilience : Examine the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in fostering occupational health, training programs, policies, and regulation for promoting climate resilience in workplace safety.
Human Rights, Green Tribunals, and Citizen Forums : Explore the role of human rights, green tribunals, and citizen forums in addressing workers’ health, occupational safety, and industrial hygiene.
Emerging Trends in Science and Worker Health : Explore emerging trends in nanotechnology, toxicology, immunology, and macromolecule research concerning climate change, industrial safety and workers’ health.
National Programs on Climate Change and Health : Assess Implementation of national program on climate change and human health, including control of infectious diseases and vector-borne diseases: current and future perspectives.
Waste Management and Industrial Hygiene : Evaluate India’s guideline on e-waste, biomedical waste, chemical waste and pharmaceutical waste management in the global context and their implications for industrial hygiene in a changing climate.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) : Analyze how sustainable development goals (SDGs) address emerging issues related to climate change and occupational health.
Economic Impact of Climate-Related Disease Burden
Advances in occupational disease prevention and control
Innovations in industrial hygiene practices
Impact of socio-economic factors on occupational health
Vulnerable worker populations and health equity
Integrating mental health into occupational safety frameworks
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of occupational disease
Biomarkers and exposure diagnostics for occupational health
Toxicological assessments and worker health outcomes
Environmental and occupational carcinogenesis
Omics technologies in occupational health research
Innovations in exposure diagnostic tools and techniques
Risk Assessment for Emerging Chemicals and Pollutants: Explore risk assessment strategies for emerging chemicals of concern, including persistent organic pollutants (POPs), metals, and other hazardous pollutants. Focus on their health effects, toxicity thresholds, toxicogenomic, toxicokinetics, and mechanistic approach to unravel the potential long-term environmental and/or occupational risks.
AI and Machine Learning in Environmental and Occupational Health Risk Prediction: Examine the use of AI and machine learning models in predicting health risks due to exposure to pollutants, emerging chemicals, or hazardous substances. Discuss predictive model development and implementation in global and Indian perspectives.
Remedial Strategies for Emerging/Existing Pollutants and hazardous substances: Highlight innovative remedial measures aimed at mitigating the effects of emerging/existing complex chemicals/hazardous substances/pollutants in the workplace, and in real-life situations. This includes both technological advancements and policy-driven approaches to reducing exposure on health outcome.
Toxicity and Impact Assessments of Emerging/Existing Chemicals: Focus on the latest research in toxicity studies, risk assessment, mechanistic approach and health impact evaluations related to newly identified, or less understood chemicals, or existing substances of composite nature, especially in the context of changing environmental and human health conditions.
Advanced Methods for Environmental and Human Health Risk Assessment: Discuss cutting-edge methodologies in assessing the risks posed by environmental pollutants and/or occupational exposures. This can include both traditional methods and new developments in analytical/biological techniques.
Integrated cellular and molecular approaches to address brain behavior pertaining to environmental and/or occupational toxicants: Focus on brain behavior, mental health, cognition, etc. with respect to emerging chemicals/toxicants and existing hazardous substances of complex nature. This can include pre-clinical and clinical phase trial study, translational study, etc. on the basis of lead molecule(s)/biomarker(s) pertaining to real-life situation, climatic/environmental changes/occupational set-ups.
