Programme

The title of Shiftwork 2027 is: Advancing Safety, Health, and Equality in Shiftwork for a Sustainable Future.

Within the conference we have three key themes of safety, health and wellbeing, and equality. There is one keynote address on each of these themes.

The meeting with start with a welcome reception on the evening of 14th June and conclude at lunchtime on 18th June.

Safety
Dr. Anna AnundKeynote speaker: Dr. Anna Anund
Research Director at VTI. Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute,
Associated Professor at Linköping University in Traffic Medicine

Anna Anund has a Phd in medicine from Karolinska Institute and is an Associate Professor in Traffic Medicine at Linköping University. She works at VTI as a Research Director with focus on human in the transport system. Anna has a history in applied statistics and performs research on driver fatigue and traffic safety. Annas focuses are also on applied research concerning design and evaluation of driver support systems, e.g. ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems), IVIS (In-Vehicle Information System) and vehicles with automated functions, but also infrastructure countermeasures e.g. milled rumble strips. She is responsible for the Living lab Ride the future (www.Ridethefuture.se) with focus on sustainable mobility solutions in future cities.

Participation and coordination of EU funded projects:
Anna has been working in several EU projects like AWAKE, INSAFETY, SENSATION, MEDIATOR, Drive2thefuture, SHOW and PANACEA. She also worked as the coordinator of the 7:th framework EU project SAFEWAY2SCHOOL (www.safeway2school-eu.org) and ADAS&ME (www.ADASandME.com) and PANACEA (Panacea – Fitness to drive (panacea-project.eu). She is now the coordinator of the EU project Diversify-CCAM (https://diversify-ccam.eu/). Anna has more than 6366 citations; h-index 42 and i10-index of 85. (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=v5pqnK0AAAAJ&hl=en)

Health and Wellbeing
Kenneth P. Wright Jr., PhDKeynote speaker: Kenneth P. Wright Jr., PhD
Professor of Distinction,  Associate Chair of Graduate Affairs, Director, Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Physiology,
University of Colorado Boulder

Ken Wright is Professor of Distinction and Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs in Integrative Physiology, and Director of the Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory at the University of Colorado Boulder.  He has more than 30 years of experience in sleep and circadian research. His research aims to understand the physiology of sleep and circadian rhythms in humans and the health and safety consequences of sleep and circadian disruption—such as, cardiometabolic dysregulation and impaired cognition. His research also explores the development of circadian and sleep biomarkers, and strategies to promote sleep and circadian health. Prof. Wright is committed to training the next generation.  He directs a NIH/NHLBI T32 grant “Transdisciplinary Training in Sleep and Circadian Research” and a NIH/NINDS R25 grant “Multi-Institutional Summer Undergraduate Research Program to Promote Sleep and Circadian Research Careers”. He is a frequent reviewer for national and international grant agencies and journals. Prof Wright has served in leadership and advisory roles for government, professional, community, and commercial stakeholders, such as, the Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board and board of external experts of the NIH/NHLBI, and as Chair of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Adults with Shift Work Disorder.

Equality
KDr Imelda Wongeynote speaker: Dr Imelda Wong
Director of Surveillance and Epidemiological Research, Government of British Columbia, Office of the Provincial Health Officer
Chair, Shiftwork, Affiliate Faculty Member, Centers for Health, Work & Environment, Colorado School of Public Health, CU Anschutz and Working Time Scientific Committee, International Commission on Occupational Health

Imelda Wong, PhD is the Chair of the ICOH Scientific Committee on Shift Work and Working Time and an internationally recognized expert on occupational fatigue. She recently completed a 10-year tenure at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) where she launched and lead the Center for Work and Fatigue Research. In this role, she conducted industry-specific studies and advised other US Federal Agencies and international organizations on fatigue risk management policies. Imelda has been a guest editor for 2 themed journal issues, Industrial Health and the American Journal of Industrial Medicine which highlighted determinants and risks of work-related fatigue, and effective mitigation strategies to advance worker safety, health, and wellbeing. The articles in these issues identify knowledge gaps and needs and suggest future directions for occupational fatigue research and mitigation.

Full programme expected in April 2027.