At a glance
The International Symposium to Advance Total Worker Health® is a public conference. It focuses on advancing research, practice, and policies aligned with the Total Worker Health approach. The symposium explores opportunities to create safer workplaces and ways to improve the health and well-being of the workforce.
Oct 21-24, 2025
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Background
Past events
3rd International Symposium, October 2022
NIOSH and the Center for Health, Work & Environment presented the 3rd International Symposium October 11-14, 2022. The symposium theme "Shaping Work Now and in the Future" was reflected in a new virtual conference track. This was the first time the symposium used a hybrid model. It offered events virtually and in-person at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
If you missed the Symposium, learn more below:
- Recorded general sessions and keynotes
- Total Worker Health in Action! Newsletter December 2022
- Total Worker Health in Action! Newsletter June 2022
- NIOSH eNews June 2022
Blog series
- Celebrating the 3rd International Total Worker Health Symposium
- Total Worker Health Symposium: A Closer Look at Keynotes
- Fireside Chat with the U.S. Surgeon General
2nd International Symposium, May 2018
NIOSH hosted the 2nd International Symposium May 8-11, 2018 at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. The theme for the 2018 symposium was "Work & Well-Being: How Safer, Healthier Work Can Enhance Well-Being."
1st International Symposium, October 2014
The 1st International Symposium was held October 6-8, 2014 at the National Institutes for Health in Bethesda, Maryland. If you missed the event, you can read the workshop summaries here.