FOURTH INTERNATIONAL EUROSA CONFERENCE

From 13th to 16th May 2026,
Vrnjačka Banja, hotel Vrnjačke Terme

Wednesday, 13.05.2026.

Opening of the conference

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Time	Program
10.00 – 16.00	Registration of participants
16.00 – 16.10	Welcome speech – Miodrag Meseldžija, President of the European Association of Occupational Safety (EUROSA)
16.10 – 16.20	Welcome speech – Dr. Maja Petrović, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of Environmental Engineering and Occupational Safety and Health
16.20 – 16.40	Representatives of the Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs
16.40 – 16.55	Welcome speech – Representative of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA
16.55 – 17.10	Welcome speech – Matthew Olota, President of the International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA)
17.10 – 17.20	Welcome speech – Dr. Milena Stošić, President of the Scientific Committee of the EUROSA 2025 conference
17.20 – 17.40	Plenary lecture – Dr. Perović M., Global perspectives on environmental management systems: the evolution and practical implications of ISO 14001: 2026
17.40 – 19.00	ROUND TABLE – Occupational Safety: From Regulations to Practice
19.00	Welcome cocktail

Thursday, 14.05.2026.

Time	Program
10.00 – 10.15	Petrović M, Novaković Bežanović M, Ćirić Lalić D, Zoraja B, Birungi G, Christine K. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY EDUCATION FOR EMPLOYABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
10.15 – 10.30	Radić J, Brkić M, Mihajlović I, Obrovski B, Keser T, Roguž M, Vasić I, Nikolić A, Živković M. PROJECT OVERVIEW – AI-ASSISTED MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES IN CROSS-BORDER REGION
10.30 – 10.50	Javor D, Krstić D, Zigar D, Javor V, Krstić M, Petrović N. ASSESSMENT OF PROFESSIONAL RISK FOR FIREFIGHTERS DURING ELECTRIC VEHICLE FIRE EXTINGUISHING
10.50 – 11.10	Živković M, Ćuruvija M, Stanišević I. ANALYSIS OF OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES IN CONSTRUCTION IN SERBIA FOR IMPROVING RISK ASSESSMENT AND HSE MANAGEMENT; DIGITALIZATION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ELECTRONIC TRACKING AND COMPLIANCE SOLUTION
11.10 – 11.40	BREAK
11.40 – 12.30	Ravnikar B. SAFE START SAFETY PROGRAM
12.30 – 14.00	PANEL 1, SAFETY CULTURE
14.00 – 16.00	LUNCH BREAK AND NETWORKING
16.00 – 17.30	PANEL 2, EHS and AI (ARTIFICIAL INTELIGENCE)
17.30 – 17.50	Jagodić S. DIGITALIZATION OF HAZARDOUS SITUATION REPORTING SYSTEMS AS A STRATEGIC TOOL FOR IMPROVING SAFETY IN INDUSTRY
17.50 – 18.10	Invited lecture: Šunjević M, Brborić M, Dmitrašinović S, Dubljević S, Kolaković Oliveira Barreiros S. AI FOR HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT IN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY SYSTEMS

Friday, 15.05.2026.

Time	Program
10.00 – 10.25	Kužet Ž, Mučenski V, Bošković G, Topalić J, Ilić Mićunović M. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CRANE INSPECTION REGULATIONS IN THE EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
10.25 – 10.50	Istrat D, Lukač J, Kokanović A, Ćulibrk J, Petrović M. SAFETY AND ETHICAL CHALLENGES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATION IN WASTE MANAGEMENT
10.50 – 11.15	Lazić S. PSYCHOSOCIAL RISKS, SAFETY CULTURE, AND HIDDEN FACTORS OF WORKPLACE INJURIES IN MODERN ORGANIZATIONS
11.15 – 11.40	Cvetković D, Cvetković M, Dimitrov Lj. DESIGNING ACOUSTIC COMFORT IN THE WORKING AND LIVING SPACE
11.40 – 11.55	Krstić M, Krstić D, Zigar D, Raičević N, Kostić M, Javor D, Barši A. CALCULATION AND ANALYSIS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION FROM FIFTH-GENERATION (5G) MOBILE SYSTEMS
11.55 – 12.10	BREAK
12.10 – 12.25	Trezor Volga – EQUIPMENT FOR WORKING AT HEIGHTS AND IN CONFINED SPACES
12.25 – 14.00	PANEL 3, LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL MODELS OF INSURANCE AGAINST OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
14.00 – 16.00	LUNCH BREAK AND NETWORKING
16.00 – 18.00	PANEL 4, OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES – CHALLENGES IN PRACTICE
20.00	GALA DINNER

Saturday, 16.05.2026. OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE – COURSE “WORKERS’ HEALTH PROMOTION”

Time	Occupational medicine papers
10.00 – 10.30	Asst. dr sci med Martin Popević, specijalista medicine rada, VMA Metabolic Syndrome and OSA
10.30 – 11.00	Asst. dr sci med Ardea Milidrag, specijalista nutricionizma, Farmaceutski fakultet Beograd, Univerzitet Edukons High-caffeine energy drinks in the work environment: acute effects on vigilance and implications for recovery and occupational risk
11.00 – 11.30	Ass. Dr sci med Prim. Maja Radevska Panajotović The influence of age as a risk factor on symptoms of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in a defined group of nurses
11.30 – 12.00	Dr Ognjen Perazić Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among banking employees and the importance of workplace health promotion
12.00 – 12.30	Dr Aleksandra Ješić The role of general practitioners in cardiovascular disease prevention, identification and management of risk factors
12.30 – 13.00	Dr Tatjana Mladenović Paper 1: Chronic pain – ergonomic injuries. Paper 2: Chronic diseases as a cause of disability, new therapeutic possibilities – case study
CLOSING OF THE CONFERENCE
13.00 – 14.00	Final meeting and conclusions

Round table: Occupational Safety: From Regulations to Practice

Moderator: dr Bojana Zoraja,
Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad

– dr Aleksandra Ilić Petković,
Faculty of Occupational Safety, Niš

– dr Maja Petrović,
Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad

– dr Ivan Krstić,
Faculty of Occupational Safety, Niš

– Dejan Radujkov,
Institut za preventivu, Novi Sad

– Dragan Jocić,
Tigar Tyres d.o.o. chez Michelin

Panel 1: Safety Culture

Moderator: Miodrag Meseldžija

– Milena Andrejević,
HSE consultant

– Dragan Jocić,
Tigar Tyres d.o.o. chez Michelin

– Branko Ravnikar,
SafeStart

Panel 2: EHS i AI

Moderator: Srđan Novokmet, Yangfeng

– Vlada Jaćimović,
Watch Security

– dr Ivan Mačuzić,
Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kragujevac

Panel 3: Legal and institutional models of insurance against occupational injuries in the Republic of Serbia

Moderator: dr Jovan Protić, International Labour Organization

– Petar Stajaković

– Antonija Vidaković,
International Labour Organization

– Milorad Beronja,

AGENDA OF PAPER VISIBLE THROUGH POSTERS

Author	Name of paper
Ilić Petković A.	ANALYSIS OF THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND SAFETY CULTURE AS KEY FACTORS IN THE PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES
Yesil Ekici T, Stošić M.	ASSESSING ‘REAL WORLD’ RISK: OVERVIEW OF CUMULATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT
Štulić A, Ognjenović V.	THE IMPACT OF ERGONOMICS ON THE HEALTH OF EMPLOYEES IN OFFICE WORK
Tankosić M, Bošković G, Zoraja B, Kužet Ž.	DIGITAL TWINS AS A MODERN SOLUTION FOR IMPROVING OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
Perović M, Todorović M, Mitrović T.	REGULATORY CHANGES AND SUSTAINABILITY IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEW WASTE MANAGEMENT LAW IN SERBIA
Batinić B, Stanisavljević N, Berežni I, Marinković T, Vaccari M.	PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING MSW SOURCE SEPARATION SYSTEMS: INSIGHTS AND CHALLENGES FROM SERBIA
Šikman D-R, Golubović-Bugarski V, Vranješ B.	RISK ASSESSMENT REGARDING TO WHOLE BODY VIBRATIONS OF DUMPER TRUCK OPERATORS IN A MINING COMPANY
Čugalj J, Mihajlović V, Baloš D.	SPECIAL WASTE AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY: SERBIA CASE STUDY
Knežević M, Stojkovski J.	ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES IN FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS: PREVENTIVE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE MEASURES
Rakić B, Đaković J.	APPLICATION OF UAV TECHNOLOGY IN PESTICIDE SPRAYING: IMPLICATIONS FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
Đatkov Đ, Višković M, Nesterović A.	BIOMETHANE IN SERBIA: ADVANCING THE CIRCULAR BIOECONOMY AND ENERGY SECURITY
Višković M, Đatkov Đ, Nesterović A.	APPLICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SYSTEMON THE BIOGAS SECTOR IN SERBIA
Krstić I, Stojković A, Đorđević A, Stojanović D, Stanisavljević M.	THE IMPACT OF DIGITALIZATION ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH – EMERGING RISKS AND CHALLENGES
Mihajlović I, Kovačević S, Antović J, Hgeig A, Milovanović D.	SUSTAINABLE REUSE OF THERMAL WASTEWATER IN AGRICULTURE
Kokanović A, Muhadinović M, Kovačević S, Xiaoming W, Stanisavljević N.	THE FUTURE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT: STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS AND GREEN TRANSITION OF SERBIA
Nesterović A, Đatkov Đ, Višković M.	SCENARIO-BASED ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS FOR TRANSPORT DECARBONIZATION IN SERBIA
Adamović D, Milotić M.	EXPOSURE TO ORGANIC SOLVENTS IN THE WORKPLACE
Mrazovac Kurilić S, Nikolić Bujanović Lj, Predrag I, Farooqi Z. U. R.	APPLICATION OF IoT – BASED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND HYBRID ANN MODELING FOR AIR QUALITY AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AT CONSTRUCTION SITES
Gicić R, Vasilev A, Trajčev I, Ristić D, Stojković A, Krstić I.	DETERMINATION OF CRITICAL CONTROL POINTS FROM A FIRE PROTECTION PERSPECTIVE IN SURFACE MINING AND COPPER PRODUCTION
Šunjević M, Brborić M, Dmitrašinović S, Nakomčić-Smaragdakis B, Obrovski B, Dubljević S, Trajkovska N.	CONSTRUCTION-RELATED PM10 EMISSIONS AND HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT IN A RAPIDLY URBANIZING AREA OF NOVI SAD
Ilić M, Petrović M, Savić L.	HAZARDS AND HARMFUL FACTORS AT THE WORKPLACE AND IN THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT
Vujić J, Ilić B, Rastovac D.	ANALYSIS OF THE DANGER OF ELECTRIC SHOCK ON PUBLIC AREAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS – EXAMPLES FROM PRACTICE
Cvetković M, Mijailović I, Dimitrov LJ, Cvetković D.	THE NEW REGULATION ON MACHINERY AND THE READINESS OF THE OSH SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING BUSINESS AND COMPETITIVENESS
Mihajlović I, Novaković Bežanović M, Birungi G, Kyarimpa C, Petrović M.	WORKPLACE NOISE ASSESSMENT IN A LABORATORY: A CASE STUDY FROM NOVI SAD, SERBIA
Novaković Bežanović M, Petrović M, Ćirić Lalić D, Bilić I.	DESIGNING GREEN ENGINEERING LEARNING MATERIALS FOR SUSTAINABLE AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Aborus N, Hgeig A, Mihajlović I, Abugassa E, Mohammed O.	OPERATIONAL FAILURE AND MICROBIOLOGICAL RISKS IN DECENTRALIZED DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS: EVIDENCE FROM TRIPOLI, LIBYA
Banović S, Čavić A.	DIGITALIZATION MODEL OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROCESSES THROUGH AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR RECORDS MANAGMENT AND FIELD INSPECTIONS
Katić T.	BIOPHILIC DESIGN STRATEGIES AND USER PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSE IN CONTEMPORARY HOSPITALITY INTERIORS