Conference Programme

21st International Conference “Man and Working Environment” 
Safety Engineering & Management 
Science, Industry, Education (SEMSIE 2025) 
Faculty of Occupational Safety, University of Niš 

DAY 1 - THURSDAY, 25 September 2025

09:00 – 10:30
REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
11:00 – 12:15
OPENING CEREMONY (Room RTANJ)
Introduction 
Aleksandra Petković 
SEMSIE2025 Conference Master of Ceremonies 

WELCOME REMARKS AND OPENING ADDRESSES 
Representatives of the host institution 

Prof. Srđan Glišović 
Dean of the Faculty of Occupational Safety 

Prof. Vesna Nikolić 
Chairperson of the Programme Committee 

Prof. Evica Jovanović 
Chairperson of the Organising Committee 

Representatives of co-organising institutions and guests 

Prof. Dragan Đorđević 
Vice - rector of the University of Niš 

Maja Ilić 
Head of the Study-Analytical Department in the Labour Inspectorate, 
Ministry of Employment, Veteran and Social Policy of the Republic of Serbia 

Prof. Gorgi Dimov 
Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences, “Goce Delcev“ 
University, Štip, North Macedonia 

Prof. Snezhina Andonova 
Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, South-West University “Neofit Rilski“, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria 

ElixirGroup 
Sponsor Presentations 
12:15 - 13:15 INVITED SPEAKERS

Moderators 

Prof. Srđan Glišović 
University of Niš, 
Faculty of Occupational Safety, Serbia 

Prof. Andreja Žgajnar Gotvajn 
University of Ljubljana, 
Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Slovenia 

Dr. Joana Duarte 
University of Porto, 
Faculty of Engineering, Portugal  

Andreja Žgajnar Gotvajn, Igor Boševski 
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK OF MICROPOLLUTANTS: THE IMPACT OF REVISED EU DIRECTIVE ON URBAN WASTEWATER 

Joana Duarte, Vasco Reis, Carla Cardoso, Oktay Şahbaz, João Santos Baptista 
VIRTUAL REALITY APPLIED TO SAFETY TRAINING 

Simona Ilie, Adrian Emanuel Maghet, Ioan Luminosu 
TRADITION, ACTUALITY AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF SOLAR ENERGY AT POLITEHNICA UNIVERSITY TIMISOARA 

Milan Protić 
APPLICATION OF VIRTUAL LABS (DYNAMIC PROCESS SIMULATION SOFTWARE) FOR SIMULATING AND TESTING DIFFERENT PROCESS SAFETY SCENARIOS (Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Safety4EU Module) 
DISCUSSION
13:30 - 14:30 LUNCH BREAK (Buffet)
Hotel Sunce Lobby – Second Floor
SESSION 1 - Room RTANJ
14:30 – 19:00  SESSION 1 
(Oral presentations)

Moderators 

Prof. Tatjana Golubović 
University of Niš, 
Faculty of Occupational Safety, Serbia 

Prof. Darko Palačić 
University of Applied Sciences in Security and Safety, Croatia 

Prof. Vladimir Stanković 
University of Niš, 
Faculty of Occupational Safety, Serbia 

Darko Palačić 
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT: AN OVERVIEW 
OF FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES AND PHILOSOPHY 

Dragan Adamović 
CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH 
IN THE DOMAIN OF CHEMICAL POLLUTION 

Dušica Pešić, Darko Zigar, Aca Božilov, Dejan Krstić 
RISK ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS DUE TO OIL TANK FIRE: 
A NUMERICAL STUDY 

Boštjan Genorio, Ivo Bardarov, Pedro Martins, Desislava Yordanova Apostolova 
UPCYCLED CARBON BLACK AS AN ELECTROCATALYST FOR HYDROGEN PEROXIDE GENERATION 

Carla Cardoso, Joana Duarte, Oktay Şahbaz, Enes Zengin, 
Zeynep Hiçdurmaz, João Santos Baptista 
ENHANCING OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY IN MINING: INSIGHTS FROM THE STRIM PROJECT 

Jasmina Radosavljević, Ana Vukadinović, Nemanja Petrović 
DEMOLITION WORKS OF BUILDING STRUCTURES 

Vladimir Stanković, Dejan Jovanović, Nenad N. Cvetković, Simona Ilie, Marian Greconici 
SMART HELMET - EVOLUTION OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT 

Dejan Bogdanović 
ANALYSIS OF MEASURES TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF UNDERGROUND COAL MINING 
ON THE ENVIRONMENT 

Ivana Mladenović-Ranisavljević, Ljiljana Takić, Milovan Vuković, Violeta Stefanović 
ECOLOGICAL STATUS OF SURFACE WATER IN TERMS OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INDICATORS 

Viša Tasić, Milan Protić, Bojan Radović, Renata Kovačević, 
Nikola Mišić, Zvonko Damnjanović 
INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY: ANALYSIS OF SUSPENDED PARTICLES 
IN RESIDENTIAL SPACES IN BOR, SERBIA 

Aleksandar Lazarević, Jelena Zvezdanović, Sanja Petrović, 
Dragan Cvetković, Tatjana Golubović 
EFFECTS OF ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY Ljiljana Takić, 

Ivana Mladenović-Ranisavljević, Violeta Stefanović 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BY PRESERVING THE REQUIRED QUALITY OF SURFACE WATER 

Marija Savković, Marko Đapan, Carlo Caiazzo, Aleksandar Bodić, 
Arso Vukićević, Ivan Mačužić 
MULTIMODAL ANALYSIS OF WORKERS' COGNITIVE AND PHYSICAL STRESS 

Mirjana Milutinović, Mladena Lukić 
HOW GREEN IS YOUR ALGORITHM? ASSESSING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT 
OF MACHINE LEARNING 

Goran Bošković, Saša Milojević, Nebojša Jovičić 
APPLYING NEW TECHNOLOGIES INSIDE SMART CITIES FOR CLEAN MOBILITY 
OF PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT 

Anđela Jevtić, Vladimir Stanković, Mile Vajkić, Evica Jovanović 
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DATA SOURCES FOR WILDFIRE MONITORING SYSTEMS 

Dunja Stojanović, Amelija Đorđević, Ana Stojković, Ivan Krstić 
ASSESSING THE PROBABILITY OF CARCINOGENIC RISK CAUSED BY PM10 
AND PM2.5 PARTICLES IN THE CITY OF NIŠ 

Ida Bulić, Anita Štrkalj, Zoran Glavaš, Mateo Lončar 
RISK ASSESSMENT FOR WASTE COLLECTION WORKERS 

Stanke Taskovski, Marija Hadži-Nikolova 
WORKPLACE INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS AS A TOOL FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENT 

Tatjana Golubović, Ana Bijelić, Anđela Jovanović, 
Aleksandar Lazarević, Ana-Marija Valland 
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO FERTILIZERS AND ASSOCIATED HEALTH EFFECTS 

Siniša Dodić, Bojana Bajić, Damjan Vučurović 
ANALYSIS OF HAZARDS FROM BIOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY EQUIPMENT 

Dario Javor, Dejan Krstić, Nenad Petrović, Suad Suljović 
DETERMINING VEHICLE FIRE HAZARD USING MCDM METHODS 
BASED ON BIOECOLOGICAL CRITERIA 
DISCUSSION
21:00 - 01:00 GALA DINNER AT THE HOTEL SUNCE RESTAURANT
SESSION 2 - Room OZREN
14:30 – 19:00 SESSION 2 
(ORAL PRESENTATIONS) 

Moderators 

Prof. Miomir Raos 
University of Niš, 
Faculty of Occupational Safety, Serbia 

Prof. Aleksandra Ilić Petković 
University of Niš, 
Faculty of Occupational Safety, Serbia 

Prof. Dejan Vasović 
University of Niš, 
Faculty of Occupational Safety, Serbia 

Filip Kovačić, Tomislav Katić, Darko Palačić 
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY – HOW TO ACHIEVE 
EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION 

Aleksandra Ilić Petković 
GENDER EQUALITY – POLICIES AND LEGISLATION OF THE 
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION 

Nebojša Jovičić, Angelina Cvetanović, Goran Bošković 
ADVANCING THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY: THE ROLE OF KEY SECTORS 
IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES  

Ivana Ilić Krstić, Lidija Milošević, Danijela Avramović 
AWARENESS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN SERBIA OF THE EFFECTS 
OF CLIMATE CHANGE – A CASE STUDY 

Dejan Vasović, Ana Stojanović, Natalija Petrović, Sandra Stanković, Žarko Vranjanac 
NEW CHALLENGES UNDER THE REVISED INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS DIRECTIVE: 
FROM IPPC TO IED 2.0 

Mile Vajkić, Biljana Vranješ, Marko Đapan, Anđela Jevtić 
LIMITING FACTORS FOR THE USE OF VR TECHNOLOGY IN OCCUPATIONAL 
SAFETY AND HEALTH TRAINING 

Tamara Miladinović, Vesna Nikolić 
CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION FOR MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION IN ENGINEERING 

Milan Veljković, Snežana Živković 
DIFFERENCES IN SLEEP QUALITY BETWEEN FIXED AND ROTATING SHIFTS 
AMONG MORNING AND EVENING TYPES 

Željana Kužet, Vladimir Mučenski 
NOISE AND SILICA DUST AS KEY RISK FACTORS DURING EARTHWORKS 
AT CONSTRUCTION SITES 

Ana Stojković, Ivan Krstić, Miodrag Stanisavljević, Amelija Đorđević, Dunja Stojanović COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CARBON FOOTPRINT CALCULATION METHODS 

Danijela Avramović, Slobodan Milutinović 
ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
IN NATIONAL PARKS OF SERBIA 

Bojan Bijelić, Toni Vojneski, Evica Jovanović 
CERTIFICATES FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS 

Milan Trifunović, Miloš Madić, Saša S. Nikolić, Marko Milojković 
ANALYSIS OF CO2 EMISSIONS IN LONGITUDINAL MEDIUM TURNING OF 42CrMo4 STEEL 

Ivana Janković, Ana Kitić 
EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE FUELS THROUGH MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS 

Marija Petrović-Ranđelović, Aleksandra Ilić Petković 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION GOALS AND SCOPE OF POLICIES 
IN THE EUROPEAN UNION BY 2030 

Tamara Rađenović, Snežana Živković, Miliša Todorović 
INVESTIGATING THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICES IN SERBIA 

Milena Mančić, Miomir Raos, Marko Mančić, Milena Medenica, 
Marjan Popović, Mirjana Laković 
POTENTIAL AND IMPACT OF GREEN HYDROGEN ON GLOBAL ENERGY SECTOR 

Neli Simeonova 
ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF WALLS WITH FIRE PERFORMANCE 

Nemanja Petrović, Jasmina Radosavljević, Ana Vukadinović, Marjan Petrović 
ENERGY - EFFICIENT RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS: THE ROLES 
OF NATURAL VENTILATION AND DAYLIGHTING 

Natalija Petrović, Dejan Vasović, Bratimir Nešić 
EVALUATION OF ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES THROUGH DIGITAL SIMULATIONS 

Katarina Janković, Milica Mladenović, Nenad Komazec 
RISK MANAGEMENT IN EMERGENCIES: REDUCING VULNERABILITY OF PEOPLE AND ASSETS 

Vera Velinova, Zoran Dorevski 
INDUSTRIAL FIRES - A CRUCIAL FACTOR FOR MEGA INCIDENTS 

Vassil Dimitrov 
CHANGES IN THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ENSURING SAFE EVACUATION OF PEOPLE
DISCUSSION 
21:00 - 01:00 GALA DINNER AT THE HOTEL SUNCE RESTAURANT

DAY 2 - FRIDAY, 26 September 2025

10:00 – 10:30
REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION - Room RTANJ
10:30 – 12:30 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
INTRODUCTION

Prof. Vesna Nikolić 
University of Niš, Faculty of Occupational Safety, Serbia 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ENGINEERS: FROM IDENTITY CRISIS TO RECOGNIZED PROFESSION 

Moderators and Panelists 

Prof. Vesna Nikolić 
University of Niš, Faculty of Occupational Safety, Serbia 
INITIATIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUALIFICATION STANDARDS - PURPOSE AND RATIONALE

Dragoslav Tomović, 
OHS Engineer Tomovic d.o.o., Serbia
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ENGINEER: COMPETENCIES, REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES  

Prof. Aleksandra Ilić Petković 
University of Niš, Faculty of Occupational Safety, Serbia 
EDUCATION AND CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 

Prof. Momir Praščević 
University of Niš, Faculty of Occupational Safety, Serbia 
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSING 

Prof. Darko Palačić 
University of Applied Sciences in Security and Safety, Croatia 
EMPLOYMENT - REGIONAL REGULATIONS AND PRACTICES 

DISCUSSION (follows each panelist) 
Summary of Conference Outcomes and Concluding Remarks  
END OF CONFERENCE

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