ECPC 2023: The 10th European Conference on Protective Clothing Netherlands Institute for Public Safety Arnhem, Netherlands, May 9-12, 2023

The 10th European Conference on Protective Clothing

The aim of the conference is to promote research and cooperation in the area of personal protection. A functional and comfortable use of protective clothing is a key element for a successful implementation of preventive and protective measures in the workplaces. This conference covers a broad spectrum of the subject protective clothing, and has turned into internationally qualified source of new, valuable and useful information for the advancement of the knowledge and the application of protective clothing. The conference has become a platform to disseminate, to exchange and to discuss the results of research, project developments and implementation programmes related to protective clothing, with a strong focus on user protection and well-being.

Submission Guidelines

To give your abstract the best chance of being selected, ensure that you have followed the submission guidelines carefully. 

Please check our submission guidelines on our website. 

List of Topics

Topics of the conference

• Firefighter theme day (see separate suggestion on topics further on)
• Climate change challenges
• Sustainability of protective clothing
• Protection of first responders
• Protection in medicine
• CBRN protection
• Protection against mechanical impact
• Protection of body parts: head, neck, arms, hands, legs, feet, torso
• Extreme environments and physiological impact
• Ergonomics of protective clothing
• Modelling of PPC and exposure
• Care and cleaningSmart garments
• Modular protective systems
• Innovation in protective clothing
• StandardizationRules, regulations and legislation

Topic ideas with subtopics for Firefighter Theme Day

• Ergonomic testing of firefighter PPC/PPE
• SUCAM procedures
• Smart features in firefighter gear
• Workshop on the “Smart” topics above
• Rules, regulations and standards covering firefighter PPC

Committees

Scientific Committee (Members of the ESPC board)

• Kalev Kuklane, Netherlands Institute for Public Safety, The Netherlands
• Gilda Santos, CITEVE – The Technological Centre for the Textile and Clothing Industry of Portugal, Portugal
• Henk Vanhoutte, European Safety Federation (ESF), Belgium
• Anna Dąbrowska, CIOP - Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy, Poland
• Daniela Zavec Pavlinic, TITERA, Slovenia
• Hilde Færevik, SINTEF Health Research, Norway
• Edith Claßen, Hohenstein Institut für Textilinnovation GmbH & Co, Germany
• Kirsi Jussila, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland
• Eric van Wely, DuPont, Switzerland
• René Rossi, Empa, Switzerland
• Miriam Martinez Albert, Aitex, Spain
• Ronald Heus, Netherlands Institute for Public Safety, The Netherlands
• Jean Léonard, CENTEXBEL, Belgium
• George Havenith, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
• Bengi Kutlu, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
• Faming Wang, Central South University, China        
• Roger Barker, North Carolina State University, USA
• Joo-Young Lee, Seoul National University, South Korea
• Heyshin Yoon, Korea Apparel Testing & Research Institute, South Korea
• Emiel DenHartog, North Carolina State University, USA
• Kaoru Wakatsuki, Shinshu University, Japan

Special Dutch guest members of the scientic committee

• Hein Daanen, Professor (environmental) exercise physiology, VU Amsterdam
• Jan Mahy, Professor Sustainable & Functional Textiles of Saxion | University of Applied Sciences
• Boris Kingma, Senior Human Performance Analyst, TNO
• Koen Levels, Thermo physiologist, Ministry of Defence
• Ricardo Weewer, Professor of Fire Service Science, Netherlands Institute for Public Safety
• Lyda Kistemaker, Safety specialist, Netherlands Institute for Public Safety.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to kennisevents@nipv.nl or kalev.kuklane@nipv.nl