August 2025
Explosion Safety of Bulk Material Plants - Module "Packaging"
New module for the explosion safety of bulk material plants published: module packaging.
Read more: https://www.safe-machines-at-work.org/explosion-p…
Read moreWebinars on Digital Manufacturing “From lab to line: practical OSH strategies for digital manufacturing”.
The Project Group “Digital Manufacturing” is excited to announce a new international webinar series “From Lab to Line: Practical OSH Strategies for Digital Manufacturing”
focusing on the intersections of Occupational Safety and Health, Wellbeing, AI, Digitalization, and Industrial Security. Experts from around the world will share insights, strategies, and innovations shaping the future of safe and sustainable workplaces. This series will highlight cutting-edge technologies, policy developments, and best practices across industries. Whether you're a researcher, policymaker, or practitioner, this is your opportunity to connect and collaborate globally. Stay tuned for further dates and register for each event!
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 3rd, 2025 |
Dr. Keyao (Eden) Li, Senior Lecturer, Edith Cowan University; Perth, Australia | Balancing Tech and Wellbeing - Rethinking Work in the Digital Age |
Industries are aiming to create healthier, safer, and more productive workplaces. Understanding psychosocial work factors is key to achieving sustainable improvements. AI and digital technologies can have both positive and negative impacts on workers’ physical, psychological, and social well-being. It is important to deeply understand the impacts—and, even more crucially, the interventions that can optimise the benefits and mitigate risks. This knowledge can guide the design of human-centric workplaces with continuous evaluation and feedback. |
Registration Link |
| Sept. 8th, 2025 |
Fabian Klein, Deputy section manager of Security Services at DGUV | Securing the Route: How Digital Technologies Safeguard Personnel in Cash Transport |
Every day, we hear or read about society becoming increasingly brutal and more and more acts of violence, including the use of weapons. This troubling trend raises critical questions about how to ensure the safe transportation of cash without contributing to an escalation in armament. A fundamental rethinking of the safety strategy is needed, with a focus on protecting valuables and thus protecting cash couriers. The goal of a robbery is to get hold of the money. Through the use of digital technologies, this money can be permanently destroyed, thereby reducing the incentive for robbery. |
Registration Link |
| Sept. 25th, 2025 |
Ing. Radim Hercik, PhD., Head of Laboratory Smartfactory, Ing. Tomáš Jahn, PhD Student, VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava | Testbed Smart Factory and Its Technologies as a Platform for Research and Development in Industrial Safety | Smart Factory is a platform designed according to Industry 4.0 principles, serving as a modern, well-equipped environment for education, demonstration, and applied research in industrial digitalization. It enables collaboration between academia and industry through practical testing and experimental development of advanced technologies. In addition to industrial safety, the platform also supports research in cybersecurity, offering the ability to simulate real-world scenarios and assess vulnerabilities in smart manufacturing systems. The combination of physical infrastructure and digital tools provides a unique opportunity for integrated safety and security research. | Registration Link |
| Oct. 6th, 2025 |
Matthias Weitz, State-certified electrical engineer DGUV | Common Security Advisory Framework (CSAF) for Developers |
This talk is aimed at developers who build, maintain, or secure digital products — and who will soon be on the front lines of implementing the EU's Cyber Resilience Act. Every manufacturer of products with digital elements stands to benefit from adopting CSAF (Common Security Advisory Framework), an open, machine-readable standard for publishing security advisories. With new legal obligations to report and mitigate vulnerabilities quickly, the current patchwork of delayed, manual, and inconsistent communications is no longer viable. CSAF, built on JSON, enables automated processing of advisories, allowing manufacturers to publish clear, actionable information and operators to respond faster. When paired with the VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange) profile, CSAF can even confirm when a vulnerability is not exploitable in a product, eliminating guesswork and overload. We'll explore how CSAF improves scalability, automation, and transparency in vulnerability management—using real-world examples like Log4Shell. Developers will come away with a clear understanding of how CSAF works, why it matters, and how to integrate it into secure development and release pipelines. |
Registration Link |
The project group Digital Manufacturing is supported by
- BGN - Berufsgenossenschaft Nahrungsmittel und Gastgewerbe
- IFA - Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance
- AUVA - Allgemeine Unfallversicherungsanstalt
- INAIL - Istituto nazionale per l'assicurazione contro gli infortuni sul lavoro
- SUVA - Schweizerische Unfallversicherungsanstalt
- University of Greenwich
- VSB - Technical University of Ostrava
Your host will be Jonas Stein (IFA) (Linkedin)