We are pleased to invite our international partners to the second edition of the Intensive Safety Week, organized by our Faculty of Safety Engineering and taking place from May 4 – 8, 2026.
Throughout the week, you can look forward to a diverse program of expert lectures delivered by distinguished representatives from universities in Canada, Kosovo, Portugal, Poland, and Mexico.
About the event:
Intensive Safety Week creates opportunities for meaningful connections between students, academics, and international researchers, while offering engaging insights into topics such as process safety, crisis management, wildfire management, and occupational health and safety.
In addition to the academic program, we would be delighted to introduce you to our region, local culture, and the facilities of our university, including guided visits to our laboratories.
Program of the guest lectures and thematic sessions:
Monday 4th May
10:00 - 12:30
Official opening & introduction of FSE VSB-TUO and partners
Tuesday 5th May
8:00- 9:30
Lecture Prof. Marcin Butlewski, Poznań University of Technology, Polsko: Introduction to Ergonomics and Human Factors: Case Studies from Poland (room LD111)
8:00 – 9:30
Lecture Prof. Celestino Almeida, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal: Recent trends in the Portuguese Civil Protection System facing the rural fires: the work with populations and the interface rural/urban areas (LUMD311)
10:00 – 11:00
Sessions dedicated to Crisis Management, Wild Fires and Fire Safety (room LB310)
10:00 – 12:00
Sessions dedicated to Human Factors and Ergonomics (room LB212)
10:45 – 12:15
Lecture Prof. Atdhe Kabashi, Biznesi College, Kosovo: Emergency Management in Alternative Sources of Energy in Kosovo (room LUMD 109)
Wednesday 6th May
8:00 – 9:30
Dr-.Julio Santana: Complex system and system dynamics: the hydrogen case (room LD311)
9:00 – 11:00
Session dedicated to the Environmental Safety (LB 310)
9:00 – 10:00
Lecture Dr. Enrico Danzi: Safety of Metals as new energy carrier (room LUMD108)
12:30 – 14:00
Lecture Prof. Alejandro López Tamayo, Universidad Anáhuac Cancún, Mexico: Water management in a karst region, case study and eco technologies to prevent the pollution of the Yucatan peninsula aquifer (room LB110)
Thursday 7th May
9:45 – 11:15
Lecture Prof. Paul Amyotte, Dalhousie University, Canada: Inherently Safety Design (LB113)
12:00 - 13:00
Afternoon Session: International Cooperation (Grant opportunities, Erasmus+ Project Cooperation, International Credit mobility projects, etc.) (room LD222)
13:00 - 15:00
Afternoon Session: Process Safety & Alternative Fuels/CESAR
Thematic Session for students and academics including presentations and networking. Main speakers: prof. Ernesto Salzano - General introduction on alternative fuels, University of Bologna, Dr. Vojtěch Jankůj, VSB-TUO - Hydrogen safety: Experiments and Guidelines, FSE Researchers (room LB212)
Registration:
To register, please send an email to:
Funding
Financial support is not provided by VSB-TUO. Please ask your home institution or apply for an Erasmus grant.
For International Credit Mobility partners, the grant is provided from the respective partner projects.
Please save the date in your calendar — we look forward to welcoming you.
Organizing Team
Faculty of Safety Engineering, VSB-TUO