Building Workforce Health Resilience to Extreme Weather & Natural Hazards

  • 20 May 2026
  • , 09:00 UTC+1

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Reporting alone doesn’t keep services online; protecting people does. This session will show how natural hazards and extreme weather translate into continuity risk through the workforce, and what practical preparedness looks like at both organisation and site level.

Drawing on frontline experience, Dr Olivier Lo will unpack a three‑channel risk view (direct impacts on workers; risks arising from adaptation activities; and risks arising from mitigation activities), and show how to run vulnerability‑aware assessments, recognise cascading risks (e.g., flood → waterborne disease → sickness absence), and integrate early warnings into duty rosters and decision‑making.

He’ll share site‑level controls discussed in the session, work‑rest cycles, acclimatisation, hydration, pre‑cooling, PPE choice, shift timing, and indoor heat management, plus governance considerations and emerging regulatory expectations.

This is an educational, non‑promotional session focused squarely on keeping critical services running when natural hazards and extreme weather hit.

Learning outcomes: Participants will be able to:

  • Map natural hazards and extreme‑weather exposures to critical services via the workforce, using a vulnerability‑aware assessment to identify roles, shifts, and locations at highest risk.
  • Integrate people‑centric controls into the BC lifecycle, including work‑rest cycles, acclimatisation, hydration, pre‑cooling, PPE, shift timing, and indoor heat management.
  • Identify and scenario‑test cascading risks (e.g., flood → waterborne disease → sickness absence → service degradation) and link actions to continuity metrics and triggers.
  • Align organisation‑level governance and site‑level practice to sustain readiness across locations.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Speakers:

  • Dr Olivier Lo

    Group Medical Director, Occupational Health, International SOS

    Dr LO has built extensive working experience in Asia and Europe. He started his career as the Northern Asia Medical director of International SOS (1991) in Hong Kong and held senior appointments in Asia region including China (P.R.C.) & Mongolia.

    Dr LO led regional activities as director for International SOS Singapore – Medical Assistance services from 1998 to 2002 before moving to Shanghai to supervise the regional company’s activities, including Japan (2003). He then started to lead the Occupational Health Services (2007) with a focus on Health Risk Prevention initiatives across operational delivery platforms worldwide for the International SOS group. He was also nominated as International SOS Foundation Ambassador - Duty of Care (2012-). Dr LO is also serving as company medical advisor for key leading organisations in Chemical and Maritime sectors.

    His medical qualifications include specialisation in Air and Space Medicine, Tropical Diseases, Public Health, as well as Disaster Medicine, Emergency Crisis Management, Occupational Medicine (UK) and trained in Maritime Occupational Health Medicine (NIVA, Helsinki, Finland). He was noticeably involved with SARS / Avian & “Swine” Flu Pandemic Preparedness Planning issues, and more recently in COVID-19 return to operation consulting for major corporations.

    Dr LO received his Diploma of Doctor of Medicine from the Louis Pasteur Medical University in Strasbourg, France. He is a qualified Occupational Health and Safety Management System Auditor (SEQM/IRCA), member of the French Medical “Conseil de l’Ordre”, Fellow at the Royal Society of Medicine (UK), member of the ACOEM – American College of Occupational & Environment Medicine (USA), member of International Maritime Health Association as well as the International Society of Infectious Diseases (ISID).

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