Events and Webinars

Event

First International Conference on Informal Work, Health Safety and Wellbeing
2-4 November, 2026
in Santiago de Cali, Colombia

This conference is being hosted by the University of Valle, in Cali, Colombia. It is organised under the auspices of the GCIW in close collaboration with the international professional organisations represented in the GCIW and other partners. Presentations will be given by experts in occupational health and safety and other organisations concerned with the wellbeing of workers. There will be workshops and panels with representatives and workers from various informal work areas, mainly in Latin America.

The Conference languages will be English and Spanish, with translation between these languages provided.

The call for presentations will be sent out in the first quarter of 2026. If you are interested in participation please register your interest over the IEA Constant Contact system here. We do not distribute emails or names to other organisations.

Hybrid Symposium on Design Thinking and Informal Sectors held 13 December, 2025

A One-Day Symposium (hybrid) on Design Thinking and Informal Sectors, was held in Kolkata, India, on 13th December 2025. This event was jointly organized with the Indian Society of Ergonomics, ICOH Scientific Committee on Small Scale Enterprises and Informal Sector, and the IEA Technical Committee on Informal Work. In total 167 people participated (32 in-person) for the eight-hour presentation day. A recording of the Symposium presentations is available on YouTube.

YouTube link

A group photograph of in-person attendees at the Design Thinking and Informal Sectors hybrid symposium. Seated in the front row (left to right) are Dean of the Design School UPES, Prof. Bhaskar Bhatt, ISE President Prof. Debkumar Chakrabarti, Chair of International Development Standing Committee at International Ergonomics Association Prof. Anindya K. Ganguli, Former President of ISE Prof. Pranab K. Nag, ISE Vice President Prof. Prakash C. Dhara, and Symposium Chair Prof. Somnath Gangopadhyay.

Webinars

Webinars offered by the International Ergonomics Association (IEA)

Professional Human Factors and Ergonomics experts with experience in working in the informal sector in countries from North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia have presented their work and experiences in this series of webinars.

WEBINARS

Webinars offered by the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH)

This series of webinars are offered by public health experts from around the world (link coming soon)

Events and Webinars

First International Conference on Informal Work, Health Safety and Wellbeing
2-4 November, 2026
in Santiago de Cali, Colombia

Hybrid Symposium on Design Thinking and Informal Sectors held 13 December, 2025

Webinars offered by the International Ergonomics Association (IEA)

Webinars offered by the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH)

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Events and Webinars

First International Conference on Informal Work, Health Safety and Wellbeing2-4 November, 2026in Santiago de Cali, Colombia

Hybrid Symposium on Design Thinking and Informal Sectors held 13 December, 2025

Webinars offered by the International Ergonomics Association (IEA)

Webinars offered by the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH)

First International Conference on Informal Work, Health Safety and Wellbeing
2-4 November, 2026
in Santiago de Cali, Colombia