Shiftwork 2025


2025-11-10 (Monday)

  MAR CASADO
19:00 19:00 - 22:00

Shiftwork 2025

Welcome Reception

22:00

2025-11-11 (Tuesday)

  plenary 1
08:30 08:30 - 09:00

Opening Session

Opening Session

Foto: CLAUDIA ROBERTA DE CASTRO MORENO

CLAUDIA ROBERTA DE CASTRO MORENO

COTIA / SP chair
Foto: KIMBERLY HONN

KIMBERLY HONN

UNITED STATES speaker
09:00 09:00 - 10:00

Opening Lecture

Opening Lecture: Developing sleep and circadian health solutions for shift workers: From physiology to practice

Foto: SHANTHA M.W. RAJARATNAM

SHANTHA M.W. RAJARATNAM

AUSTRALIA keynote speaker
Foto: ELAINE MARQUEZE

ELAINE MARQUEZE

SÃO PAULO / SP chair
10:00 10:00 - 10:30

Coffee break

Coffee break

10:30 10:30 - 12:30

Symposium

Tailoring Health Interventions for Shift Workers: Exploring Personalized Approaches and Evidence-Based Strategies

Foto: MAAIKE VAN DER RHEE

MAAIKE VAN DER RHEE

NETHERLANDS chair

10:30 - 10:55
The Healthy Heroes Randomized Control Trial,” focusing on the personalization of a time-restricted eating schedule for 24-Hour Shift Workers.

Foto: EMILY MANOOGIAN

EMILY MANOOGIAN

UNITED STATES speaker

10:55 - 11:20
SleepSync: A Personalized Digital Intervention for Sleep and Well-Being in Australian Shift Workers

Foto: SHANTHA M.W. RAJARATNAM

SHANTHA M.W. RAJARATNAM

AUSTRALIA speaker

11:20 - 11:45
Personalized Light Therapy for Night Shift Work: A Precision Medicine Approach to Reducing Insomnia and Sleepiness.”

Foto: PHILIP CHENG

PHILIP CHENG

UNITED STATES speaker

11:45 - 12:10
GRIP study: a Personalized Sleep and Nutritional intervention to Combat the Adverse Effects of Night Shift Work.

Foto: MAAIKE VAN DER RHEE

MAAIKE VAN DER RHEE

NETHERLANDS speaker

12:10 - 12:30
Questions and answers

12:30 12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

Lunch

14:00 14:00 - 16:00

Symposium

From research to practice – how research on working hours is applied

Foto: ANNE HELENE GARDE

ANNE HELENE GARDE

DENMARK chair
Foto: IMELDA WONG

IMELDA WONG

CANADA chair

14:00 - 14:20
Implementation of the FIOH Working Time Traffic Light recommendations in the social and health care in Finland

Foto: MIKKO HÄRMÄ

MIKKO HÄRMÄ

FINLAND speaker

14:20 - 14:40
Why prescription and risk management approaches to Shiftwork and fatigue regulation are inevitably doomed

Foto: WILLIAM DAWSON

WILLIAM DAWSON

AUSTRALIA speaker

14:40 - 15:00
Lessons learned from working in the US Federal government

Foto: IMELDA WONG

IMELDA WONG

CANADA speaker

15:00 - 15:20
Experiences with upstream implementation of research based recommendations on shift work scheduling in a Danish context

Foto: ANNE HELENE GARDE

ANNE HELENE GARDE

DENMARK speaker
Foto: JESPER MADSEN

JESPER MADSEN

DENMARK speaker
Foto: JAN KRISTENSEN SCHMIDT

JAN KRISTENSEN SCHMIDT

DENMARK speaker

15:20 - 15:40
Experiences from Austria in jointly planning new shifts & schedules in companies

Foto: JOHANNES GAERTNER

JOHANNES GAERTNER

AUSTRIA speaker
Foto: ANNA ARLINGHAUS

ANNA ARLINGHAUS

AUSTRIA speaker

15:40 - 16:00
Questions and answers

16:00 16:00 - 16:30

Coffee break

Coffee break

16:30 16:30 - 18:30

Poster Session

Poster Session

18:30
19:00 19:00 - 20:30

Dinner

Dinner

20:30 20:30 - 22:30

Shiftwork 2025

Event for Young Researchers / WTS Board Meeting

22:30

2025-11-12 (Wednesday)

  plenary 1
09:00 09:00 - 10:00

Lecture

Assessment and management of shift work disorder

Foto: SIRI WAAGE

SIRI WAAGE

NORWAY keynote speaker
Foto: PATRICIA NEHME

PATRICIA NEHME

BERTIOGA / SP chair
10:00 10:00 - 10:30

Coffee break

Coffee break

10:30 10:30 - 12:30

Symposium

Shift work, long working hours and health among women - new knowledge and research possibilities

Foto: MIKKO HÄRMÄ

MIKKO HÄRMÄ

FINLAND chair
Foto: CLAUDIA ROBERTA DE CASTRO MORENO

CLAUDIA ROBERTA DE CASTRO MORENO

COTIA / SP chair

10:30 - 10:55
Night shift work and sleep disturbances in women

Foto: CLAUDIA ROBERTA DE CASTRO MORENO

CLAUDIA ROBERTA DE CASTRO MORENO

COTIA / SP speaker

10:55 - 11:20
Night shift work and female breast cancer risk – update of epidemiologic evidence

Foto: JOHNNI HANSEN

JOHNNI HANSEN

DENMARK speaker

11:20 - 11:45
Long shifts of 12+ hours in healthcare: consequences for staff health and patient safety

Foto: CHIARA DALL'ORA

CHIARA DALL'ORA

UNITED KINGDOM speaker

11:45 - 12:10
Payroll-based data of working hours and health. A treasure trove for studies on detailed exposure to shift work and health

Foto: MIKKO HÄRMÄ

MIKKO HÄRMÄ

FINLAND speaker
12:30 12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

Lunch

14:00 14:00 - 15:00

Oral Session

Oral Session: Fatigue and Sleep in Shift Work

14:00 - 14:10
Modeling Fatigue Associated with Workload in Commercial Aviation Operations

Foto: JAIME K DEVINE

JAIME K DEVINE

UNITED STATES speaker

14:10 - 14:20
Unobtrusive, Camera-Based Fatigue Detection During an Overnight Simulated Flight: A Two-Phase Calibration and Validation Study.

Foto: KIMBERLY HONN

KIMBERLY HONN

UNITED STATES speaker

14:20 - 14:30
Fatigue Among Employees Who Work Over the Karoshi Line (More Than 80 Hours Overtime per Month): Hybrid Approach Based on Experimental and Field Studies

Foto: TOMOHIDE KUBO

TOMOHIDE KUBO

JAPAN speaker

14:30 - 14:40
A Proactive Intervention Supporting New Nurses’ Strategies for Sleep and Recovery When Starting Shift Work: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial

Foto: ANNA DAHLGREN

ANNA DAHLGREN

SWEDEN speaker

14:40 - 14:50
Seasonal Impacts on Sleep in Arctic Shift Workers: Insights From Wearable Monitoring

Foto: FRED HAUGEN

FRED HAUGEN

NORWAY speaker

14:50 - 15:00
Influences of Recovery Time and Time of Day on Sleep Duration Prior Work Shifts: Analysing Diary and Actigraphy Data From 14 Studies.

Foto: JOHN AXELSSON

JOHN AXELSSON

SWEDEN speaker
15:00 15:00 - 17:00

Poster Session

Poster Session 2

16:00 16:00 - 16:30

Coffee break

Coffee break

16:30
17:00 17:00 - 18:00

Shiftwork 2025

Fostering international collaborations with the WTS Scientific Community Committee .

18:00 18:00 - 19:00

Shiftwork 2025

Free time

19:00 19:00 - 20:30

Dinner

Dinner

20:30 20:30 - 22:00

Shiftwork 2025

Trivia

22:00

2025-11-13 (Thursday)

  plenary 1 plenary 2
09:00 09:00 - 10:00

Lecture

The Impact of 50 years of research and practice on improving the lives of shiftworkers

Foto: STEPHEN M. POPKIN

STEPHEN M. POPKIN

UNITED STATES keynote speaker
Foto: FRIDA MARINA FISCHER

FRIDA MARINA FISCHER

SÃO PAULO / SP chair
10:00 10:00 - 10:30

Coffee break

Coffee break

10:30 10:30 - 12:30

Symposium

Shaping the Future Workweek: Global Trends and Effects of Longer vs. Shorter Work Hours

Foto: NILS BACKHAUS

NILS BACKHAUS

GERMANY chair
Foto: ANNA ARLINGHAUS

ANNA ARLINGHAUS

AUSTRIA Co-Chair

10:30 - 10:55
Long Work Hours: Does Regional and Occupational Prevalence Influence Differences in Occupational Health and Safety?

Foto: IMELDA WONG

IMELDA WONG

CANADA speaker

10:55 - 11:20
Insights into employees’ working time preferences and findings on health impacts.

Foto: NILS BACKHAUS

NILS BACKHAUS

GERMANY speaker

11:20 - 11:45
Examination of workplace-level interventions and trials of reduced working time and their implications for well-being.

Foto: KATI KARHULA

KATI KARHULA

FINLAND speaker

11:45 - 12:10
Reduced Working Hours, Job Satisfaction and Well-Being: Field Studies From Austria

Foto: ANNA ARLINGHAUS

ANNA ARLINGHAUS

AUSTRIA speaker

12:10 - 12:30
Questions and answers

10:30 - 12:30

Symposium

Fatigue Management in Aviation: Scientific Principles, Regulatory Aspects and the Role of Biomathematical Models

Foto: TULIO RODRIGUES

TULIO RODRIGUES

SÃO PAULO / SP chair

10:30 - 10:55
Aircrew Rostering Workload Patterns and Associated Fatigue and Sleepiness Scores in Short/Medium Haul Flights in Brazil

Foto: TULIO RODRIGUES

TULIO RODRIGUES

SÃO PAULO / SP speaker

10:55 - 11:20
Fatigue risk management in aviation and other 24/7 operations: the challenge of predicting when people choose to sleep

Foto: HANS VAN DONGEN

HANS VAN DONGEN

UNITED STATES speaker

11:20 - 11:45
More than Math: Practical Applications within Fatigue Risk Management Systems.

Foto: JAIME K DEVINE

JAIME K DEVINE

UNITED STATES speaker

11:45 - 12:10
Biomathematical models: when not to use them

Foto: WILLIAM DAWSON

WILLIAM DAWSON

AUSTRALIA speaker

12:10 - 12:30
Questions and answers

12:30 12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

Lunch

14:00 14:00 - 15:00

Oral Session

Oral Session: Health, Nutrition, and Metabolic Consequences of Shift Work

14:00 - 14:10
#NightShiftNutrition: A Content Analysis of Social Media Posts From Shiftworkers to Understand Barriers to Healthy Eating On-Shift.

Foto: CHARLOTTE GUPTA

CHARLOTTE GUPTA

AUSTRALIA speaker

14:10 - 14:20
Night Work, Sleep Deprivation and Their Association With Progression of Prediabetes Into Diabetes Mellitus: Insights From ELSA-Brasil.

Foto: LUCIA ROTENBERG

LUCIA ROTENBERG

RIO DE JANEIRO / RJ speaker

14:20 - 14:30
Can an Anti-Inflammatory Diet Offset the Increased Cancer Risk Associated With Night Shift Work?

Foto: KYRIAKI - PAPANTONIOU

KYRIAKI - PAPANTONIOU

AUSTRIA speaker

14:30 - 14:40
The Impact of Working Time Quality on the Health of Uruguayan Road Transport Drivers.

Foto: IGNACIO ESTEVAN

IGNACIO ESTEVAN

URUGUAY speaker

14:40 - 14:50
Effects on Blood Markers for Stress, Metabolism and Inflammation in Nurses Working Quick Returns.

Foto: ANNA DAHLGREN

ANNA DAHLGREN

SWEDEN speaker

14:50 - 15:00
The Predictors of Dropout for Night Shift Workers Randomised to Three Different Dietary Weight Loss Interventions: A Mixed Methods Study.

Foto: MAXINE BONHAM

MAXINE BONHAM

AUSTRALIA speaker
14:00 - 15:00

Oral Session

Oral Session: Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and the Challenges of Work Schedules

14:00 - 14:10
Exposure to Normal Indoor Light During Night Shifts Facilitates Circadian Adaptation.

Foto: CHARLI SARGENT

CHARLI SARGENT

AUSTRALIA speaker

14:10 - 14:20
The Association of Shift Work Characteristics and Shift Work Planning Strategies With Turnover in Social and Healthcare: A Payroll Study Utilizing Shift Planning Unit-Level Data 2006–2021.

Foto: MIKKO HÄRMÄ

MIKKO HÄRMÄ

FINLAND speaker

14:20 - 14:30
A Change in Working Hour Legislation Banning Quick Returns in Sweden – From the Perspective of Employees in Elderly Care.

Foto: PHILIP TUCKER

PHILIP TUCKER

SWEDEN speaker

14:30 - 14:40
Quick Returns, Sleep, Sleepiness and Stress – A Field Study Investigating the Intra-Individual Effects on Objective Sleep and Diary Data.

Foto: KRISTIN ÖSTER

KRISTIN ÖSTER

SWEDEN speaker

14:40 - 14:50
Sleep Deprivation With and Without Stimulant Use Exposes Distinct Dimensions of Cognition

Foto: RACHAEL MUCK

RACHAEL MUCK

UNITED STATES speaker

14:50 - 15:00
Evaluation of the Impact of Shift Work on Cognitive Functions: Possible Implications for Work Capacity.

Foto: TOMMASO GIOACCHINO ROTELLA

TOMMASO GIOACCHINO ROTELLA

ITALY speaker
15:00 15:00 - 16:30

Coffee break

General Assembly

16:00 16:00 - 16:30

Coffee break

Coffee break

16:30 16:30 - 18:30

Shiftwork 2025

Free time

18:30 18:30 - 20:00

Shiftwork 2025

Dinner

20:00 20:00 - 24:00

Shiftwork 2025

Social activity and disco night

24:00

2025-11-14 (Friday)

  plenary 1 plenary 2
09:30 09:30 - 11:00

Symposium

Do Flight Time Limitations prevent fatigue in flight crew? A symposium on the findings of the FTL 2.0 study

Foto: ALWIN VAN DRONGELEN

ALWIN VAN DRONGELEN

NETHERLANDS chair

09:30 - 09:40
Opening and explanation of the study objectives and methods used.

Foto: ALWIN VAN DRONGELEN

ALWIN VAN DRONGELEN

NETHERLANDS speaker

09:40 - 09:55
Feeling jet-lagged? Effects of flying in an unknown state of acclimatization on crew fatigue

Foto: DOROTHEE STEVEN

DOROTHEE STEVEN

GERMANY speaker

09:55 - 10:10
Sleepiness and fatigue during long flight duties “at the most favourable time of the day”

Foto: MIKAEL SALLINEN

MIKAEL SALLINEN

FINLAND speaker

10:10 - 10:20
Conditions, circumstances, and reasons for flight crew members to use Controlled Rest

Foto: LAURIE MARSMAN

LAURIE MARSMAN

NETHERLANDS speaker

10:20 - 10:30
Other than airport standbys: timing, circumstances and maximum hypothetical flight duty periods

Foto: KATI KARHULA

KATI KARHULA

FINLAND speaker

10:30 - 10:45
Conclusions and recommendations for regulators, airlines, and flight crew.

Foto: ALWIN VAN DRONGELEN

ALWIN VAN DRONGELEN

NETHERLANDS speaker

10:45 - 11:00
questions and answers

09:30 - 11:30

Symposium

Mechanistic studies in shift workers: understanding the biological mechanisms and designing interventions to mitigate the risks

Foto: KYRIAKI - PAPANTONIOU

KYRIAKI - PAPANTONIOU

AUSTRIA chair

09:30 - 09:55
Night shift work and biomarkers of disease risk in observational mechanistic studies.

Foto: KYRIAKI - PAPANTONIOU

KYRIAKI - PAPANTONIOU

AUSTRIA speaker

09:55 - 10:20
Diurnal rhythms of melatonin and cortisol among permanent night workers.

Foto: ANNE HELENE GARDE

ANNE HELENE GARDE

DENMARK speaker

10:20 - 10:45
Short and long-term effects of a dynamic light intervention in shift workers

Foto: SYLVIA RABSTEIN

SYLVIA RABSTEIN

GERMANY speaker

10:45 - 11:10
Determinants of Sleep in Shift Workers and Strategies to Promote Recovery

Foto: JOHN AXELSSON

JOHN AXELSSON

SWEDEN speaker

11:10 - 11:30
Questions and answers

11:00
11:30 11:30 - 12:00

Coffee break

Coffee Break

12:00 12:00 - 12:30

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Closing Session

Foto: CIBELE APARECIDA CRISPIM

CIBELE APARECIDA CRISPIM

UBERLÂNDIA / MG speaker
12:30