A+A Congress 2021 | Congress Program

The knowledge and the corresponding presentations, which were presented and conveyed at the 37th International A+A Congress 2021, are available here for all congress participants to download.

Here you will find all the congress presentations of the individual events, which were made available to us, in the original version. Some of them are only available in German. Please note that for various reasons not all presentations are available to us.

For each event, the presentations were summarized as a ZIP – file. As the size of the files varies, download times may differ. As a visitor of the congress, the password has been sent to you by e-mail. If you are interested in accessing the presentations, please contact info@basi.de.

The links will be available until 30 April 2022.

A+A Congress Programm

Strategies for safety and health at work

• Opening of the A+A 2021
• German Occupational Safety and Health Award
• Panel discussion: Occupational safety and health of the future
• Sustainability within the supply chain
• Vision Zero Prevention beyond Borders and for a better Future I

Safety

• Occupational safety and health and REACH

Health

• Night and shift work

Health hazards at the workplace and their prevention

• Work premises

Strategies for safety and health at work

• Prevention strategy for carcinogenic substances in SMEs
• Vision Zero Prevention beyond Borders and for a better Future II
• The Great Reset – Vision Zero I

Covid-19 and biological substances

• Occupational safety and protection against infection at the workplace

The digital transformation

• Remote working from home
• Mobile working

Management and leadership

• New Work: agile working and new forms of organization

Safety

• Masks and the pandemic

Health

• Musculoskeletal loads

Sectors

• Waste managment
• Freight

Strategies for safety and health at work

• Members of employee representative councils and occupational safety and health
• OSH management forum
• The Great Reset – Vision Zero II

Covid-19 and biological substances

• Biological substances: observations and experience gained from the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in a workplace context

The digital transformation

• Smart assistance systems, robot systems

Management and leadership

• Safe order management
• Occupational safety and health management systems

Safety

• Safe machinery
• Workplace safety

Health hazards at the workplace and their prevention

• Safe handling of carcinogenic hazardous substances 1
• Safe handling of carcinogenic hazardous substances 2

Welcoming address by Hubertus Heil, Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs

Since the outbreak of the corona pandemic, we have observed new interest in the topic of occupational safety and health. The subject is not only the focus of the upcoming A+A Congress 2021. Safe and healthy work has also become a core issue during combating of the corona pandemic.
In conjunction with all responsible institutions, the German government has acted quickly and decisively. With the occupational safety and health standard and the SARS-CoV-2 occupational safety rule, we moved quickly to lay down binding workplace provisions concerning this infectious disease. In particular however, the high number of corona cases in the meat-processing industry revealed a need for us to do more in order for occupational safety and health to be effective. With the drafting of new legislation for enforcing occupational safety and health, we are laying down the foundation for greater responsibility on the part of companies, setting out standards harmonized throughout Germany for the inspection work of the state authorities‘ labour inspectorates, and substantially increasing the number of companies that we inspect. The focus will lie upon companies presenting a particularly high potential hazard.
In addition, the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs will in future have powers to impose particular occupational safety and health requirements temporarily, including in unusual crisis situations like those of the current pandemic.

However, the challenges presented by the corona pandemic cannot be resolved by politicians alone. We need the support of experts and practitioners in research, industry and institutes. I therefore cordially invite you, with this call for participation, to submit your ideas during the preparations for the A+A Congress 2021. Share your research findings, practical experience and reflections on strategy with your colleagues. Only together will we be able to overcome the challenges facing occupational safety and health now and in the years to come.