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Join the ILO’s Global Event: World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2025

Join the ILO’s Global Event: World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2025

Revolutionizing health and safety: the role of AI and digitalization at work The campaign will shed light on how new technologies are transforming OSH, including through the automation of tasks, use of smart OSH tools and monitoring systems, extended reality and virtual reality and algorithmic management of work. The digital transformation of work has led […]

Joint statement of international organizations on NIOSH facing massive layoffs and closing of offices, infrastructures and programmes

Joint statement of international organizations on NIOSH facing massive layoffs and closing of offices, infrastructures and programmes

The International Commission on Occupational Health, the International Ergonomics and Human Factors Association and the Collegium Ramazzini, together representing their individual and collective members from over 100 Countries, join their voices to express great concern about the worrying news of massive layoffs of NIOSH employees, scientists and leadership as well as closing of NIOSH offices, […]

Adding Dimensions to Anthropometry; Transitions from 1D to 3D

Adding Dimensions to Anthropometry; Transitions from 1D to 3D

Webinar: 12 May, 2025, at 15:00 UTC The Technical Committee on Anthropometry Webinar Series Duration: 60 mins, including time for discussion The introduction of full body 3D scanning in the early 2000s provided new directions for research into apparel sizing and fit. This talk will focus on apparel practice in body measurement, how it differs […]

Military Anthropometry History

Military Anthropometry History

Webinar: 8 May, 2025, at 15:00 UTC The Technical Committee on Anthropometry Webinar Series Duration: 60 minutes, including time for discussion. The webinar organized by the Technical Committee on Anthropometry offers a brief overview of the history of anthropometry and its applications in military contexts. Presenter: Dr. Todd Garlie, Anthropologist, U.S. ARMY DEVCOM Soldier Center, […]

The ‘S’ Word – Standards, the Road into Industry and Practice

The ‘S’ Word – Standards, the Road into Industry and Practice

Webinar: May 6, 2025 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT The Technical Committee on MusculoSkeletal Disorders Webinar Series Duration: 60 minutes, including time for discussion. What’s new in the world of ergonomic standards? Have you ever wondered what exactly is a standard, what role it plays, how it got developed and by whom, who implements […]

Future of AI in Ergonomics Assessment Software

Future of AI in Ergonomics Assessment Software

Webinar: Tuesday, April 15th at 4PM UTC The Technical Committee on MusculoSkeletal Disorders Webinar Series For decades, ergonomics practitioners have relied on observation based, manual assessment tools to identify, quantify, and prioritize musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) risks in the workplace. However, traditional observational tools are often difficult to use, hard to explain, and prone to user […]

Informal Work in Peru and Colombia: Status, Perspectives and Challenges in Ergonomics

Informal Work in Peru and Colombia: Status, Perspectives and Challenges in Ergonomics

Webinar April 30, 2025, 15:00 UTC Informal Work Webinar Series This webinar organized by the IEA Informal Work TC is a continuation of our prior webinar series on ergonomics and informal work in Latin America. The most representative informal jobs from across Latin America will be addressed by prominent speakers from Peru and Colombia, and […]

IEA Fellow Award applications open – Deadline 30 April 2025

IEA Fellow Award applications open – Deadline 30 April 2025

The call for nominations for the 2025 IEA Fellow Awards is currently open. The IEA Fellow Award is given to recognize extraordinary or sustained, superior accomplishments of an individual. To be considered for the IEA Fellow Award, the candidate must have been a Full Member in good standing of a Federated or Affiliated Ergonomics Society […]

Join the ILO's Global Event: World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2025

Revolutionizing health and safety: the role of AI and digitalization at work The campaign will shed light on how new technologies are transforming OSH, including…
Joint statement of international organizations on NIOSH facing massive layoffs and closing of offices, infrastructures and programmes

The International Commission on Occupational Health, the International Ergonomics and Human Factors Association and the Collegium Ramazzini, together representing their individual and collective members from…
Adding Dimensions to Anthropometry; Transitions from 1D to 3D

Webinar: 12 May, 2025, at 15:00 UTC The Technical Committee on Anthropometry Webinar Series Duration: 60 mins, including time for discussion The introduction of full…
Military Anthropometry History

Webinar: 8 May, 2025, at 15:00 UTC The Technical Committee on Anthropometry Webinar Series Duration: 60 minutes, including time for discussion. The webinar organized by…
The ‘S’ Word – Standards, the Road into Industry and Practice

Webinar: May 6, 2025 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT The Technical Committee on MusculoSkeletal Disorders Webinar Series Duration: 60 minutes, including time for discussion.…
Future of AI in Ergonomics Assessment Software

Webinar: Tuesday, April 15th at 4PM UTC The Technical Committee on MusculoSkeletal Disorders Webinar Series For decades, ergonomics practitioners have relied on observation based, manual…
Informal Work in Peru and Colombia: Status, Perspectives and Challenges in Ergonomics

Webinar April 30, 2025, 15:00 UTC Informal Work Webinar Series This webinar organized by the IEA Informal Work TC is a continuation of our prior…
IEA Fellow Award applications open – Deadline 30 April 2025

The call for nominations for the 2025 IEA Fellow Awards is currently open. The IEA Fellow Award is given to recognize extraordinary or sustained, superior…
IEA 2027

Planning has started for the next IEA conference – IEA 2027, in London. Be the first to hear news about the event by joining our…
Gender and Work TC special issue: call for contributions

The Gender and Work TC are planning to publish a special issue in the International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics following the IEA Congress. The Gender…

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NEXT: IEA2027

6-8 July 2027

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