Work and workers in the 2040’s

What will it be like working in high-hazard industrial sectors in 2040? What will be at stake for industrial safety? Anticipating “the industry of the future”, the impact that the evolution of society, technologies, organization and communication modes have on human work, is a priority. Foncsi and partners are addressing these issues through a high-level 18 month-research programme that includes a residential seminar with international experts, and the publication of an open-access book by Springer.

The strategic analysis on “Work and workers in the 2040’s” began in May 2019 and is currently in progress.

A video with the key questions

Scientific committee

Core members of the strategic analysis group:

Corinne Bieder, ENAC, Toulouse, France
Hervé Laroche, ESCP Europe, Paris, France
Jesús Villena López, Ergotec, Spain

Experts from industry and other organizations associated to the strategic analysis:

Florence Reuzeau, Airbus
Raluca Ciobanu, EDF
Laurent Cebulski & Bruno Dember, EPSF
Franck Ollivier, Eurovia
Nicolas Engler, Romuald Perinet & Thierry Escaffre, GRTgaz
Dounia Tazi, ICSI
Alexandre Largier & Tania Navarro Rodriguez, IRSN
Stella Duvenci-Langa & Cyril Cappi, SNCF
Raphaël Waxin, TotalEnergies

International academic experts

Seven internationally renowned academic experts participated in a seminar in november 2020, in order to compare their visions with the GSAS, and to propose new avenues for improvement.

John Allspaw
Adaptive Capacity Labs
(USA)

Stian Antonsen
NTNU
(Norway)

Michael Baram
Boston University
(USA)

Flore Barcellini
Cnam
(France)

Gérard de Boisboissel
CREC Saint-Cyr
(France)

Steven Shorrock
Eurocontrol
(France)

Akira Tose
Niigata University
(Japan)

This work will lead to the publication of an academic book by Springer in the open access collection of Foncsi « SpringerBriefs in Safety Management ».

Workshop "Rail safety of the future"

On March 23, 2021, Foncsi organized a prospective workshop with leaders of organizations in the railway sector:


François Davenne CEO of UIC (International union of railways)	Loïc Dorbec président of AGIFI (French Association of Independent Rail Infrastructure Managers)	Yann Leriche CEO of Getlink (Eurotunnel, Europorte, ElecLink et CIFFCO)

Pierre Messulam director of risks, security and safety Groupe SNCF	Dominique Riquet European deputy, member of the transport and tourism committee

Pierre-Franck Chevet, president of IFP Energies Nouvelles, and Jean Pariès, scientific director of Icsi-Foncsi, were the organizers.

Contact & coordination

Caroline Kamaté
E-mail: caroline.kamate@foncsi.org
Tel.: +33 (0)5 32 09 37 83