The 2022 SAF€RA symposium

SAF€RA’s 2022 symposium titled Safety in the new economy and energy transition was held on May 19 and 20 in Rome, Italy.

Dates: lunchtime on Thursday May 19^th 2022 to lunchtime on Friday May 20^th
Location: central Rome, kindly hosted by Inail. The symposium will be hosted in the Palazzo Inail on Piazzale Pastore in Rome (see map).
Programme (PDF)

What to look forward to?

Presentation of cutting edge research on industrial safety from SAF€RA-funded projects
Keynote presentations on risks related to hydrogen as an energy carrier in the green economy
A forum discussion on risks and benefits of platform work (the “gig economy”)
A brokerage event for researchers interested in finding partners for SAF€RA’s 2022 joint call

Symposium presentations

Slides of some of the presentations made during the symposium are available below. Other material presented concerning SAF€RA-funded research projects is available in the SAF€RA project database.

Welcome address by Paolo Bragatto, Chairman of SAF€RA
Welcome address by Corrado Delle Site, head of the INAIL center for major accident hazards.
Keynote on the challenges in organisation and research of risk governance in nanotechnologies by Monique Groenwold, RIVM.
Keynote on hydrogen safety and green economy challenges by Patrick Neumann, BAM.
Introduction to SAF€RA’s 7th joint call for proposals by Eric Marsden, SAF€RA call secretariat
Statements from participants in the panel on platform work

Picture of Rome courtesy Luc Mercelis, CC BY-NC-ND licence.