Shiftwork 2025


2025-11-10 (Monday)

  MAR CASADO
19:00 19:00 - 22:00

Shiftwork 2025

Welcome Reception

22:00

2025-11-11 (Tuesday)

  plenary 1
08:30 08:30 - 09:00

Opening Session

Opening Session

09:00 09:00 - 10:00

Opening Lecture

Opening Lecture: Developing sleep and circadian health solutions for shift workers: From physiology to practice

Foto: SHANTHA M.W. RAJARATNAM

SHANTHA M.W. RAJARATNAM

KEYNOTE SPEAKER AUSTRALIA keynote speaker
10:00 10:00 - 10:30

Coffee break

Coffee break

10:30 10:30 - 12:30

Symposium

Tailoring Health Interventions for Shift Workers: Exploring Personalized Approaches and Evidence-Based Strategies

Foto: HEIDI LAMMERS VAN DER HOLST

HEIDI LAMMERS VAN DER HOLST

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR NETHERLANDS chair

10:30 - 10:55
The Healthy Heroes Randomized Control Trial,” focusing on the personalization of a time-restricted eating schedule for 24-Hour Shift Workers.

Foto: EMILY MANOOGIAN

EMILY MANOOGIAN

UNITED STATES speaker

10:55 - 11:20
SleepSync: A Personalized Digital Intervention for Sleep and Well-Being in Australian Shift Workers

11:20 - 11:45
Personalized Light Therapy for Night Shift Work: A Precision Medicine Approach to Reducing Insomnia and Sleepiness.”

11:45 - 12:10
GRIP study: a Personalized Sleep and Nutritional intervention to Combat the Adverse Effects of Night Shift Work.

Foto: MAAIKE VAN DER RHEE

MAAIKE VAN DER RHEE

PHD STUDENT NETHERLANDS speaker

12:10 - 12:30
Questions and answers

12:30 12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

Lunch

14:00 14:00 - 16:00

Symposium

From research to practice – how research on working hours is applied

Foto: HELENE GARDE

HELENE GARDE

PROFESSOR DENMARK chair
Foto: IMELDA WONG

IMELDA WONG

DIRECTOR, SURVEILLANCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY CANADA chair

14:00 - 14:20
Implementation of the FIOH Working Time Traffic Light recommendations in the social and health care in Finland

Foto: MIKKO HÄRMÄ

MIKKO HÄRMÄ

PROFESSOR FINLAND speaker

14:20 - 14:40
Why prescription and risk management approaches to Shiftwork and fatigue regulation are inevitably doomed

Foto: WILLIAM DAWSON

WILLIAM DAWSON

RESEARCH PROFESSOR AUSTRALIA speaker

14:40 - 15:00
Lessons learned from working in the US Federal government

Foto: IMELDA WONG

IMELDA WONG

DIRECTOR, SURVEILLANCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY CANADA speaker

15:00 - 15:20
Experiences with upstream implementation of research based recommendations on shift work scheduling in a Danish context

Foto: HELENE GARDE

HELENE GARDE

PROFESSOR DENMARK speaker
Foto: JESPER MADSEN

JESPER MADSEN

DIRECTOR DENMARK speaker
Foto: JAN KRISTENSEN SCHMIDT

JAN KRISTENSEN SCHMIDT

ARBEJDSTAGER REPRÆSENTANT DENMARK speaker

15:20 - 15:40
Experiences from Austria in jointly planning new shifts & schedules in companies

Foto: JOHANNES GAERTNER

JOHANNES GAERTNER

XIMES AUSTRIA speaker
Foto: ANNA ARLINGHAUS

ANNA ARLINGHAUS

CEO AUSTRIA speaker

15:40 - 16:00
Questions and answers

16:00 16:00 - 16:30

Coffee break

Coffee break

16:30 16:30 - 18:30

Poster Session

Poster Session

18:30
19:00 19:00 - 20:30

Dinner

Dinner

20:30 20:30 - 22:30

Shiftwork 2025

Event for Young Researchers / WTS Board Meeting

22:30

2025-11-12 (Wednesday)

  plenary 1
09:00 09:00 - 10:00

Lecture

Assessment and management of shift work disorder

Foto: SIRI WAAGE

SIRI WAAGE

KEYNOTE SPEAKER NORWAY keynote speaker
10:00 10:00 - 10:30

Coffee break

Coffee break

10:30 10:30 - 12:30

Symposium

Shift work, long working hours and health among women - new knowledge and research possibilities

Foto: MIKKO HÄRMÄ

MIKKO HÄRMÄ

PROFESSOR FINLAND chair
Foto: CLAUDIA ROBERTA DE CASTRO MORENO

CLAUDIA ROBERTA DE CASTRO MORENO

PROFESSOR COTIA / SP chair

10:30 - 10:55
Night shift work and sleep disturbances in women

Foto: CLAUDIA ROBERTA DE CASTRO MORENO

CLAUDIA ROBERTA DE CASTRO MORENO

PROFESSOR COTIA / SP speaker

10:55 - 11:20
Night shift work and female breast cancer risk – update of epidemiologic evidence

Foto: JOHNNI HANSEN

JOHNNI HANSEN

SENIOR EPIDEMIOLOGIST DENMARK speaker

11:20 - 11:45
Long shifts of 12+ hours in healthcare: consequences for staff health and patient safety

Foto: CHIARA DALL'ORA

CHIARA DALL'ORA

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR UNITED KINGDOM speaker

11:45 - 12:10
Payroll-based data of working hours and health. A treasure trove for studies on detailed exposure to shift work and health

Foto: MIKKO HÄRMÄ

MIKKO HÄRMÄ

PROFESSOR FINLAND speaker
12:30 12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

Lunch

14:00 14:00 - 15:00

Oral Session

Oral Session

15:00 15:00 - 17:00

Poster Session

Poster Session 2

16:00 16:00 - 16:30

Coffee break

Coffee break

16:30
17:00 17:00 - 19:00

Shiftwork 2025

Free time

19:00 19:00 - 20:30

Dinner

Dinner

20:30 20:30 - 22:00

Shiftwork 2025

Trivia

22:00

2025-11-13 (Thursday)

  plenary 1 plenary 2
09:00 09:00 - 10:00

Lecture

The Impact of 50 years of research and practice on improving the lives of shiftworkers

Foto: STEPHEN M. POPKIN

STEPHEN M. POPKIN

KEYNOTE SPEAKER UNITED STATES keynote speaker
10:00 10:00 - 10:30

Coffee break

Coffee break

10:30 10:30 - 12:30

Symposium

Shaping the Future Workweek: Global Trends and Effects of Longer vs. Shorter Work Hours

Foto: NILS BACKHAUS

NILS BACKHAUS

RESEARCHER / UNIT MANAGER GERMANY chair
Foto: ANNA ARLINGHAUS

ANNA ARLINGHAUS

CEO AUSTRIA Co-Chair

10:30 - 10:55
Long Work Hours: Does Regional and Occupational Prevalence Influence Differences in Occupational Health and Safety?

Foto: IMELDA WONG

IMELDA WONG

DIRECTOR, SURVEILLANCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY CANADA speaker

10:55 - 11:20
Insights into employees’ working time preferences and findings on health impacts.

Foto: NILS BACKHAUS

NILS BACKHAUS

RESEARCHER / UNIT MANAGER GERMANY speaker

11:20 - 11:45
Examination of workplace-level interventions and trials of reduced working time and their implications for well-being.

Foto: KATI KARHULA

KATI KARHULA

RESEARCHER FINLAND speaker

11:45 - 12:10
Reduced Working Hours, Job Satisfaction and Well-Being: Field Studies From Austria

Foto: ANNA ARLINGHAUS

ANNA ARLINGHAUS

CEO AUSTRIA speaker

12:10 - 12:30
Questions and answers

10:30 - 12:30

Symposium

Fatigue Management in Aviation: Scientific Principles, Regulatory Aspects and the Role of Biomathematical Models

Foto: TULIO RODRIGUES

TULIO RODRIGUES

RESEARCHER SÃO PAULO / SP chair

10:30 - 10:55
Aircrew Rostering Workload Patterns and Associated Fatigue and Sleepiness Scores in Short/Medium Haul Flights in Brazil

Foto: TULIO RODRIGUES

TULIO RODRIGUES

RESEARCHER SÃO PAULO / SP speaker

10:55 - 11:20
Fatigue risk management in aviation and other 24/7 operations: the challenge of predicting when people choose to sleep

Foto: HANS VAN DONGEN

HANS VAN DONGEN

PROFESSOR UNITED STATES speaker

11:20 - 11:45
More than Math: Practical Applications within Fatigue Risk Management Systems.

Foto: JAIME K DEVINE

JAIME K DEVINE

DIRECTOR OF SLEEP SCIENCE UNITED STATES speaker

11:45 - 12:10
Biomathematical models: when not to use them

Foto: WILLIAM DAWSON

WILLIAM DAWSON

RESEARCH PROFESSOR AUSTRALIA speaker

12:10 - 12:30
Questions and answers

12:30 12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

Lunch

14:00 14:00 - 15:00

Oral Session

Oral Session

14:00 - 15:00

Oral Session

Oral Session

15:00 15:00 - 16:30

Coffee break

General Assembly

16:00 16:00 - 16:30

Coffee break

Coffee break

16:30 16:30 - 18:00

Shiftwork 2025

Free time

18:00 18:00 - 21:00

Shiftwork 2025

Social Activity and Gala Dinner

21:00 21:00 - 24:00

Shiftwork 2025

Disco night

24:00

2025-11-14 (Friday)

  plenary 1 plenary 2
09:30 09:30 - 11:00

Symposium

Do Flight Time Limitations prevent fatigue in flight crew? A symposium on the findings of the FTL 2.0 study

Foto: ALWIN VAN DRONGELEN

ALWIN VAN DRONGELEN

RESEARCH SCIENTIST NETHERLANDS chair

09:30 - 09:40
Opening and explanation of the study objectives and methods used.

Foto: ALWIN VAN DRONGELEN

ALWIN VAN DRONGELEN

RESEARCH SCIENTIST NETHERLANDS speaker

09:40 - 09:50
Multiple sectors in a one flight duty period - is it good or bad?

09:50 - 10:00
Feeling jet-lagged? Effects of flying in an unknown state of acclimatization on crew fatigue

Foto: DOROTHEE FISCHER

DOROTHEE FISCHER

GERMANY speaker

10:00 - 10:10
Sleepiness and fatigue during long flight duties “at the most favourable time of the day”

Foto: MIKAEL SALLINEN

MIKAEL SALLINEN

RESEARCH MANAGER FINLAND speaker

10:10 - 10:20
Conditions, circumstances, and reasons for flight crew members to use Controlled Rest

Foto: LAURIE MARSMAN

LAURIE MARSMAN

 / speaker

10:20 - 10:30
Other than airport standbys: timing, circumstances and maximum hypothetical flight duty periods

Foto: KATI KARHULA

KATI KARHULA

RESEARCHER FINLAND speaker

10:30 - 10:40
Conclusions and recommendations for regulators, airlines, and flight crew.

Foto: ALWIN VAN DRONGELEN

ALWIN VAN DRONGELEN

RESEARCH SCIENTIST NETHERLANDS speaker

10:40 - 11:00
questions and answers

09:30 - 11:30

Symposium

Mechanistic studies in shift workers: understanding the biological mechanisms and designing interventions to mitigate the risks

Foto: KYRIAKI - PAPANTONIOU

KYRIAKI - PAPANTONIOU

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AUSTRIA chair
Foto: HEIDI LAMMERS VAN DER HOLST

HEIDI LAMMERS VAN DER HOLST

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR NETHERLANDS Co-Chair

09:30 - 09:55
Night shift work and biomarkers of disease risk in observational mechanistic studies.

Foto: KYRIAKI - PAPANTONIOU

KYRIAKI - PAPANTONIOU

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AUSTRIA speaker

09:55 - 10:20
Diurnal rhythms of melatonin and cortisol among permanent night workers.

Foto: HELENE GARDE

HELENE GARDE

PROFESSOR DENMARK speaker

10:20 - 10:45
Short and long-term effects of a dynamic light intervention in shift workers

Foto: SYLVIA RABSTEIN

SYLVIA RABSTEIN

RESEARCHER GERMANY speaker

10:45 - 11:10
Behavioral and sleep interventions in shift workers to improve health.

Foto: HEIDI LAMMERS VAN DER HOLST

HEIDI LAMMERS VAN DER HOLST

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR NETHERLANDS speaker

11:10 - 11:30
Questions and answers

11:00
11:30 11:30 - 12:00

Coffee break

Coffee Break

12:00 12:00 - 12:30

Shiftwork 2025

Closing Session

12:30