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Digital transformation and worker wellbeing take centre stage at the Healthy Workplaces Summit 2025
Today, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) kicks off the Healthy Workplaces Summit 2025, taking place at the Euskalduna Conference Centre in Bilbao, Spain. The two-day event (3─4 December) marks the culmination of the 2023-25 campaign ‘Safe and healthy work in the digital age.’ It brings together over 400 occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals, policymakers, social partners, and EU-OSHA’s Focal Point network to explore how digital technologies are reshaping workplaces across Europe.
Discussions at the Summit focus on how artificial intelligence, automation, digital platforms and data-driven systems are transforming the nature of work. Through high-level debates, virtual reality simulators, and six parallel sessions, participants will explore topics such as:
- digital risk assessment,
- algorithmic management,
- skills development,
- and the use of digital tools for prevention and worker participation.
Voices from Europe
Opening remarks feature high-level representatives from the Basque Government, the Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Economy, and the European Parliament.
Reflecting the European Union’s strong political commitment to protecting workers in the digital transition, Maria-Luisa Cabral, Director for Quality Jobs, Working Conditions and Social Dialogue, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission, joins the event to address participants at the Healthy Workplaces Good Practice Awards ceremony on the second day. Ms Cabral emphasises that Europe’s digital transformation must go hand in hand with social justice and quality employment: “Quality jobs and strong social dialogue are essential for a resilient Europe. Every worker must benefit from the digital transformation.”
“The Summit is not a closing chapter but the start of a new phase of cooperation. Our partners across Europe have shown remarkable commitment, translating campaign messages into real improvements in workplaces. We must build on this momentum so that occupational safety and health remain a central piece in Europe’s digital transition.”
William Cockburn, EU-OSHA’s Executive Director
Celebrating OSH excellence: Good Practice Awards 2025
A key moment of the Summit is the Healthy Workplaces Good Practice Awards ceremony, honouring innovative and sustainable approaches to managing OSH in the digital age. The initiatives demonstrate how technologies such as AI, wearable devices and smart systems can support prevention and protect workers when applied responsibly. Explore all the 2023-25 Good Practice Awards cases.
Towards a safe and fair digital future
As Europe continues its digital and green transitions, the Summit underscores the need for cooperation among institutions, governments, employers, workers and researchers to ensure that innovation and wellbeing go hand in hand. The outcomes of the Summit will help shape the next phase of EU-OSHA’s work and reaffirm the Agency’s role in promoting evidence-based approaches to new forms of work, particularly as it prepares for the next campaign “Together for mental health at work”, launching in October 2026.
Follow the Healthy Workplaces Summit 2025 live online and join the conversation on social media using #EUOSHASummit and #EUhealthyworkplaces.
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About the Healthy Workplaces Campaigns
The Healthy Workplaces Campaigns are at the heart of EU-OSHA’s mission towards safer and healthier workplaces across Europe. They are one of the agency’s flagship awareness-raising activity, delivering a central message: Safety and health at work is everyone's concern. It's good for you. It's good for business. Running since 2000, the campaigns have now become the largest of their kind in the world. A wealth of information and resources in the form of practical guides and tools are made available to any organisation or company looking at improving safety and health in their workplaces. The campaigns feature key milestones, including the Good Practice Awards and the Healthy Workplaces Film Award recognising and celebrating exceptional contributions in promoting OSH, as well as the European Weeks for Safety and Health at Work, taking place each October.
Previous editions focused on preventing and managing work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), managing dangerous substances and promoting healthy workplaces for all ages.
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) contributes to making Europe a safer, healthier and more productive place to work. The Agency researches, develops, and distributes reliable, balanced, and impartial safety and health information and organises pan-European awareness raising campaigns. Set up by the European Union in 1994 and based in Bilbao, Spain, the Agency brings together representatives from the European Commission, Member State governments, employers’ and workers’ organisations, as well as leading experts in each of the EU Member States and beyond.
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