Program

Opening Session

Opening Lecture

• 

  SHANTHA M.W. RAJARATNAM, PHD

  keynote speaker

Coffee break

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

• 

  HEIDI LAMMERS VAN DER HOLST

  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.

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.

• 

  MAAIKE VAN DER RHEE

  speaker

12:10 - 12:30

Questions and answers

Lunch

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

• 

  HELENE GARDE

  chair
• 

  IMELDA WONG

  chair

14:00 - 14:20

Implementation of the FIOH Working Time Traffic Light recommendations in the social and health care in Finland

• 

  MIKKO HÄRMÄ

  speaker

14:20 - 14:40

Why prescription and risk management approaches to Shiftwork and fatigue regulation are inevitably doomed

• 

  WILLIAM DAWSON

  speaker

14:40 - 15:00

Lessons learned from working in the US Federal government

• 

  IMELDA WONG

  speaker

15:00 - 15:20

Experiences with upstream implementation of research based recommendations on shift work scheduling in a Danish context

• 

  HELENE GARDE

  speaker

15:20 - 15:40

Experiences from Austria in jointly planning new shifts & schedules in companies

• 

  JOHANNES GAERTNER

  speaker

15:40 - 16:00

Questions and answers

Coffee break

Poster Session

Dinner

Event for Young Researchers / WTS Board Meeting

Lecture

• 

  SIRI WAAGE, PH.D.

  keynote speaker

Coffee break

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

• 

  MIKKO HÄRMÄ

  chair
• 

  CLAUDIA ROBERTA DE CASTRO MORENO

  chair

10:30 - 10:55

Night shift work and sleep disturbances in women

• 

  CLAUDIA ROBERTA DE CASTRO MORENO

  speaker

10:55 - 11:20

Night shift work and female breast cancer risk – update of epidemiologic evidence

• 

  JOHNNI HANSN

  speaker

11:20 - 11:45

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

11:45 - 12:10

Payroll-base data of working hours and health. A treasure trove for studies on detailed exposure to shift work and health.

• 

  MIKKO HÄRMÄ

  speaker

Lunch

Oral Session

Poster Session 2

Coffee break

Free time

Dinner

Trivia

Lecture

• 

  STEPHEN M. POPKIN, PH.D.

  keynote speaker

Coffee break

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

• 

  NILS BACKHAUS

  chair
• 

  ANNA ARLINGHAUS

  Co-Chair

10:30 - 10:55

Long Work Hours: Does Regional and Occupational Prevalence Influence Differences in Occupational Health and Safety?

• 

  IMELDA WONG

  speaker

10:55 - 11:20

Insights into employees’ working time preferences and findings on health impacts.

• 

  NILS BACKHAUS

  speaker

11:20 - 11:45

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

• 

  KATI KARHULA

  speaker

11:45 - 12:10

Reduced Working Hours, Job Satisfaction and Well-Being: Field Studies From Austria

• 

  ANNA ARLINGHAUS

  speaker

12:10 - 12:30

Questions and answers

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

• 

  TULIO RODRIGUES

  chair

10:30 - 10:55

The speaker will present recent results from Fadigômetro research that address the complex relationships between rostering workload metrics and self-rated fatigue and sleepiness scores, also proposing mitigation strategies in some key performance indicato

• 

  TULIO RODRIGUES

  speaker

10:55 - 11:20

Biomathematical models use observed or estimated sleep as a critical input for making fatigue predictions. Scheduling and rostering optimizers therefore often rely on sleep estimations informed by prior observations and operational experience. Even so, es

• 

  HANS VAN DONGEN

  speaker

11:20 - 11:45

The speaker will discuss the pathway between the scientific principles of biomathematical modeling and successful implementation of modeling as part of an FRMS. Examples will include the role of the software interface, science communication, working with

• 

  JAIME K DEVINE

  speaker

11:45 - 12:10

Biomathematical models: when not to use them.

• 

  WILLIAM DAWSON

  speaker

12:10 - 12:30

Questions and answers

Lunch

Oral Session

General Assembly

Coffee break

Free time

Social Activity and Gala Dinner

Disco night

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

• 

  ALWIN VAN DRONGELEN

  chair

09:30 - 09:40

Opening and explanation of the study objectives and methods used.

• 

  ALWIN VAN DRONGELEN

  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

• 

  DOROTHEE FISCHER

  speaker

10:00 - 10:10

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

• 

  MIKAEL SALLINEN

  speaker

10:10 - 10:20

Conditions, circumstances, and reasons for flight crew members to use Controlled Rest

10:20 - 10:30

Other than airport standbys: timing, circumstances and maximum hypothetical flight duty periods

• 

  KATI KARHULA

  speaker

10:30 - 10:40

Conclusions and recommendations for regulators, airlines, and flight crew.

• 

  ALWIN VAN DRONGELEN

  speaker

10:40 - 11:00

questions and answers

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

• 

  KYRIAKI - PAPANTONIOU

  chair
• 

  HEIDI LAMMERS VAN DER HOLST

  Co-Chair

09:30 - 09:55

Night shift work and biomarkers of disease risk in observational mechanistic studies.

• 

  KYRIAKI - PAPANTONIOU

  speaker

09:55 - 10:20

Diurnal rhythms of melatonin and cortisol among permanent night workers.

• 

  HELENE GARDE

  speaker

10:20 - 10:45

Short and long-term effects of a dynamic light intervention in shift workers

• 

  SYLVIA RABSTEIN

  speaker

10:45 - 11:10

Behavioral and sleep interventions in shift workers to improve health.

• 

  HEIDI LAMMERS VAN DER HOLST

  speaker

11:10 - 11:30

Questions and answers

Coffee Break

Closing Session