About WIAC2025
Welcome to Gaeta
Join us in the picturesque seafront town of Gaeta, Italy, for the 6th Workplace & Indoor Aerosols Conference (WIAC2025). This event continues the esteemed Workplace and Indoor Aerosols Conference Series, offering a multidisciplinary and holistic perspective on airborne particles. The conference's motto, "Sustaining the Indoor Air Paradigm Shift: One Environment, One Health," underscores the importance of integrated approaches to indoor air quality. Gaeta warmly welcomes you to an environment where science and serenity meet!
History of WIAC
Workplace & Indoor Aerosols Conference is a well established conference series with a science orientation. We attract researchers and other professionals from the fields of indoor air quality, built environments, HVAC, health sciences, public health policy, chemistry, biology, psychology, urban planning, mechanical engineering, architecture, and building design and management to discuss the latest scientific advances and ongoing research in the field. WIAC conferences are organized every two years as international events and gather typically about 100 participants.
Conference themes
The WIAC2025 conference will continue the Workplace and Indoor Aerosols Conference Series with a multidisciplinary and holistic view on airborne particle science. The motto of the conference is “Sustaining the Indoor Air Paradigm Shift: One Environment, One Health”.
The world has seen unprecedented interest in improving indoor air quality due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The importance of our indoor environment on human health and well-being has never been more pronounced. Changes implemented in indoor spaces to reduce viral transmission have also had other benefits, and it is critical that we work globally to sustain these improvements.
WIAC2025 aims to bridge the gap between two pivotal areas of public health and environmental science, fostering a unique dialogue on exposure to ambient and viral particles, mitigation measures, and comprehensive risk assessment models. One of the biggest challenges to the indoor air community is to leverage the current circumstances to sustain the paradigm shift in indoor air quality.
Thus, the theme of this conference will center around continued improvements in airborne particle science and their implementation in our indoor environments through a multidisciplinary approach. Given the existing challenges that have always been of concern, combined with the anticipation of the continuance of heightened awareness and innovative approaches related to addressing infectious disease control, this conference presents a pivotal moment in time for science to merge with practical outcomes for the health and welfare of the population.
Main conference topics are:
- Advancements in Indoor Air Quality Monitoring Technology
- Airborne Transmission of Pathogens and Mitigation Strategies
- Impact of Indoor Air Quality on Health and Well-being
- Global Standards and Regulations for Indoor Air Quality
- Designing Healthy Buildings: Architecture and Engineering Perspectives
- Emerging Contaminants in Indoor Environments
- Community Engagement and Public Awareness in Indoor Air Quality
- Interdisciplinary Approaches to Indoor Air Quality Research
- Innovations in Air Cleaning Technologies and Materials
- Economic and Social Impacts of Improved Indoor Air Quality
- Occupational Exposure and Workplace Air Quality Management
- Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Enhancing Preparedness for Future Outbreaks
- Indoor Air Quality in Urban vs. Rural Settings
- Behavioral and Lifestyle Factors Influencing Indoor Air Quality
- Data-Driven Approaches to Indoor Air Quality Management
Committee Members
Chairpersons
Giorgio Buonanno, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, buonanno@unicas.it
Luca Fontana, World Health Organization, fontanal@who.int
Andre Henriques, CERN, andre.henriques@cern.ch
Scientific committee
Heather Adair-Rohani, WHO, Air Quality & Health Unit Head
Alireza Afshari, Aalborg University, Denmark
Andrés Alastuey, IDAEA-CSIC, Barcelona
Christof Asbach, IUTA, Germany
Giorgio Buonanno, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Flemming Cassee, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands
Caroline Duchaine, Laval University, Canada
Marzenna R., Dudzińska Lublin University of Technology, poland
David Fisman, University of Toronto, Canada
Luca Fontana WHO, Operations, support and logistic
Francesco Forastiere, USL ROMA Dipartimento di Epidemiologia, Italy
Sophie Gumy, WHO, Air Quality & Health
Kaarle Hämeri, University of Helsinki, Finland
Otto Hänninen, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
Andre Henriques, CERN Occupational Health & Safety and Environmental Protection
Wei Huang Peking, University, China
Tareq Hussein, University of Jordan, Jordan
Prashant Kumar, University of Surrey, UK
Wolfgang Kreyling, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Germany
Mihalis Lazaridis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
Dainius Martuzevicius, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Nicolas Mounet, CERN
Lidia Morawska, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Teresa Moreno, IDAEA-CSIC, Spain
Pierpaolo Mudu, WHO Environment and Health
Mark J., Nieuwenhuijsen Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL)
Paula Olsiewski, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, US
Xavier Querol, IDAEA-CSIC
Alice Simniceanu WHO, Epidemic & Pandemic Preparedness & Prevention
Luca Stabile, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Otmar Schmid German Research Center for Environmental Health, Germany
Luca Stabile University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy
Tunga Salthammer WKI, Germany
Heidi Salonen Aalto University, Finland
Mar Viana IDAEA-CSIC, Spain
Pawel Wargocki Department of Civil Engineering DTU, Denmark
Aneta Wierzbicka Lund University, Sweden
Vladia Zdimal ICPF, Czech Republic
Technical committee
To be announced