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Advancing Construction Safety through AI and Computer Vision: Ergonomic Assessment and Real-Time Monitoring

Advancing Construction Safety through AI and Computer Vision: Ergonomic Assessment and Real-Time Monitoring

IEA Webinar: 12th December 2025, 3 PM UTC (60 mins) Building and Construction Technical Committee Presenter Dr. SangHyun Lee, University of Michigan Speaker Bio: Dr. Lee is a Robert B. Harris Collegiate professor & John L. Tishman faculty scholar in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan. He directs the Dynamic Project Management (DPM) Lab […]

Fighting Fatigue: Understanding Fatigue Risks in Healthcare and the Maritime Industry

Fighting Fatigue: Understanding Fatigue Risks in Healthcare and the Maritime Industry

Webinar: 11th December 2025 at 12:30 pm Europe/London timezone (Convert to my timezone) Joint Safety & Reliability Society (SaRS) and IEA Maritime HFE TC The London Branch of SaRS is delighted to announce a joint collaboration webinar between SaRS and the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) Maritime & Ergonomics Technical Committee examining the fatigue risks in healthcare […]

Discover the latest breakthroughs in Visual Ergonomics with the experts shaping the field

Discover the latest breakthroughs in Visual Ergonomics with the experts shaping the field

IEA Webinar: new date — November 14, at 12:00 UTC (13:00 CET) Duration: 1.5 hours Linking practice and science in Visual Ergonomics-Part II Join our exclusive webinar, where executive members of the IEA Visual Ergonomics Technical Committee share their cutting-edge research and real-world projects. With decades of combined experience in teaching and practice, our speakers […]

WMSDs in High-Risk Occupations: Cross-National Insights from Manufacturing, Construction, and Handicraft Industries in Asia

WMSDs in High-Risk Occupations: Cross-National Insights from Manufacturing, Construction, and Handicraft Industries in Asia

IEA Webinar: November 20th at 12:00 UTC https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html Duration: 60 minutes. The Technical Committee on Musculoskeletal Disorders Webinar Series Work related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) continue to be one of the most pressing occupational health challenges worldwide. Although WMSDs are a global concern, their prevalence, risk factors, and intervention strategies vary considerably across cultural and industrial […]

Informal Work in Latin America: Ergonomics Perspectives and Experiences from Brazil

Informal Work in Latin America: Ergonomics Perspectives and Experiences from Brazil

Informal Work Webinar Series Date: 29th October 2025 Time: 16:00 UTC (13:00 Brazil, 09:00 US EST) Duration: 90 minutes Summary: This webinar, organized by the IEA Informal Work TC and the ICOH Working Group on “Demographic Changes, Inequalities and the Future of Decent Work” in collaboration with the School of Public Health of the University […]

Industrial Human-Robot Interaction

Industrial Human-Robot Interaction

Webinar: October 28th, 2025, at 09:00 UTC Duration: 60 mins Webinar Series Human Factors in Robotics Join the Technical Committee (TC) Human Factors in Robotics for a webinar focusing on the critical and rapidly evolving domain of Industrial Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). This session will explore the latest advancements in robotic systems transforming industrial applications worldwide. […]

Navigating the FRAM: the latest book on the Functional Resonance Analysis Method

Navigating the FRAM: the latest book on the Functional Resonance Analysis Method

Webinar; October 14th, 2025, at 14:00 UTC Duration: 70 mins Webinar series on Resilience Engineering Brief summary This webinar celebrates the launch of the newly published book “Navigating the FRAM: Mastering the Functional Resonance Analysis Method for modelling complex socio-technical systems”, uniting leading voices in Resilience Engineering and the Functional Resonance Analysis Method. The editor […]

Anthropometric Surveys: Plan before you measure!

Anthropometric Surveys: Plan before you measure!

Webinar: October 9th, 2025, at 15:00 UTC Duration: 60 mins This webinar covers the basics of how to plan and execute an anthropometric survey, and ways to present the results. Both traditional methods (tape and caliper) and scan data collection are included, with an emphasis on data quality and database utility. This webinar is hosted […]

Advancing Construction Safety through AI and Computer Vision: Ergonomic Assessment and Real-Time Monitoring

IEA Webinar: 12th December 2025, 3 PM UTC (60 mins) Building and Construction Technical Committee Presenter Dr. SangHyun Lee, University of Michigan Speaker Bio: Dr.…
Fighting Fatigue: Understanding Fatigue Risks in Healthcare and the Maritime Industry

Webinar: 11th December 2025 at 12:30 pm Europe/London timezone (Convert to my timezone) Joint Safety & Reliability Society (SaRS) and IEA Maritime HFE TC The London…
Discover the latest breakthroughs in Visual Ergonomics with the experts shaping the field

IEA Webinar: new date — November 14, at 12:00 UTC (13:00 CET) Duration: 1.5 hours Linking practice and science in Visual Ergonomics-Part II Join our…
WMSDs in High-Risk Occupations: Cross-National Insights from Manufacturing, Construction, and Handicraft Industries in Asia

IEA Webinar: November 20th at 12:00 UTC https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html Duration: 60 minutes. The Technical Committee on Musculoskeletal Disorders Webinar Series Work related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) continue…
Informal Work in Latin America: Ergonomics Perspectives and Experiences from Brazil

Informal Work Webinar Series Date: 29th October 2025 Time: 16:00 UTC (13:00 Brazil, 09:00 US EST) Duration: 90 minutes Summary: This webinar, organized by the…
Industrial Human-Robot Interaction

Webinar: October 28th, 2025, at 09:00 UTC Duration: 60 mins Webinar Series Human Factors in Robotics Join the Technical Committee (TC) Human Factors in Robotics…
Navigating the FRAM: the latest book on the Functional Resonance Analysis Method

Webinar; October 14th, 2025, at 14:00 UTC Duration: 70 mins Webinar series on Resilience Engineering Brief summary This webinar celebrates the launch of the newly…
Anthropometric Surveys: Plan before you measure!

Webinar: October 9th, 2025, at 15:00 UTC Duration: 60 mins This webinar covers the basics of how to plan and execute an anthropometric survey, and…
Ergonomics and Informal Work in the United States: Case Examples from New York City

IEA Webinar: September 25, 16:00 UTC Informal Work Webinar Series Duration: 90 minutes Summary: This webinar organized by the IEA Informal Work TC is a…
Informal Work in Latin America: Ergonomics Perspectives and Experiences from Brazil

Informal Work Webinar Series Date: 29th October 2025 Time: 16:00 UTC (13:00 Brazil, 09:00 US EST) Duration: 90 minutes Summary: This webinar, organized by the…

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