Provinciehuis Vlaams Brabant, Leuven, Belgium
Provinciehuis Vlaams Brabant, Leuven, Belgium
Due to the economic and political tendency to raise
retirement age, people will have to work longer. A policy of
keeping people longer at work can only be successful if their
employability is maintained in a sustainable way throughout their
entire career. Inevitably, both private and public organizations
will have to deal with the challenges of promoting and maintaining
the employability of their workers.
Occupational Health Services and Human Resource Managers are the
protagonists within the action field of sustainable employability.
It is therefore important that both fields interact with each other
as well as with their respective scientific communities.
The first International Conference on Sustainable Employability was
held in September 2016 and aimed to bring together scientists and
practitioners within the fields of Occupational Health & Safety
and Human Resources.
The successful first edition and the numerous positive reactions of
the participants, showed the need for more dialogue between science
and practice and encouraged us to organize a second International
Conference on Sustainable Employability: “Employability in
the 21st Century”.
The conference is an initiative of Securex and is organized in
collaboration with the Ghent University, the University of
Liège and the Scientific Committee “Aging and
work” of the International Commission on Occupational Health
(ICOH).
Presentation by Wim De Vilder
Building bridges between science and practice.
The conference aims to bring together scientists and professionals
of all disciplines involved in sustainable employability. This
second edition will continue to strive for an enhanced
understanding and mutual communication between the scientific and
the practitioners world.
We invite scientists to present scientific studies, and
practitioners (both from private and public sector) to present
practical cases or company policies. In return we offer them a
unique international platform to exchange scientific knowledge and
practical know-how and for discussions and interactions in an
informal and constructive environment.
Who should attend?
Everybody involved in
sustainable employability: scientists and researchers in the fields
of Occupational Health & Safety and Human Resource Management,
company leaders, HR professionals (HR directors, HR managers, HR
business partners, HR consultants), Occupational Health &
Safety professionals (occupational physicians, occupational
psychologists, occupational health and safety services),
governmental institutions, employer organizations and trade
unions.
We would like to spark debate. Academics are encouraged to present
their work in a comprehensible manner and professionals are
encouraged to express their expectations towards the academic
world.
Click here for
more information, the program and to sign up
NVP members can get a 10% discount by using the code
"hrpro".
Provinciehuis Vlaams Brabant, Leuven, Belgium