Pre-conference Workshops & Tutorials

The following Pre Conference events are offered on Sunday July 11
Please register for the workshops / tutorials on our registration page.


Workshop # 1 (sunday morning 9:00-12:00, CHF 200.-)
Physical exposure assessment of hand acitvities
Stephen Bao Ph.D

Workshop # 2 (sunday morning 9:00-12:00, CHF 200.-)
Occupational Health Prevention of Musculo-Skeletal Disorders: The German Experience
Prof. Bernd Hartmann

Workshop # 3 (sunday afternoon 14:00-17:00, CHF 200.-)
A tutorial on Surface Electromyography
Hermie Hermens, Ph.D. and Miriam Hutten-Vollenbroek, Ph. D.

Workshop # 4 (sunday afternoon 14:00-17:00, CHF 200.-)
Workshop on Mechanisms of Musculoskeletal Disorders
Shrawan Kumar, Ph.D.

Workshop # 5 (sunday full-day, CHF 300.-)
Designing and Running Effective Ergonomic Intervention Studies
Patrick Neumann and Prof. Jorgen Winkel

All Workshops will take place at the Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich.

University Hospital Zurich
Department of Rheumatology
Gloriastrasse 25
CH-8091 Zurich

After the workshops sunday afternoon, a welcome reception will be offered by the State and City of Zurich. Welcome address by Hr. Stadtrat Martin Vollenwyder, Government of the City of Zurich.

For questions concerning the pre-conference events please contact us.

Peter Schenk
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Institute of Hygiene and Applied Physiology
Clausiusstr. 25
8092 Zurich, Switzerland