Completed European Union (Erasmus) Project: HEDY Life in the AI Era
HEDY is a project which provides massive open online courses (MOOC) for free and open access for participants, with interactive forums, focused on Life in Artificial Intelligence plus generating other resources of interest to HFE specialists. It was conducted by a consortium of research institutes across Europe and was funded by support from the European […]
HFES International Symposium on Human Factors/Ergonomics in Health Care: Advance Program
The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) has published the program for its virtual conference on the Human Factors and Ergonomics of Health Care, to be held 18-21 May 2020. The symposium offers leading human factors experts, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, biomedical engineers, health care providers, FDA representatives, and patient safety researchers the opportunity […]
CIEHF/ODAM Virtual Conference, 28-29 April 2020
The CIEHF/ODAM Conference will be held virtually on 28 and 29 April 2020. This joint conference is organized by the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors (CIEHF) in partnership with the Annual Conference Programme Committee of the CIEHF and the International Ergonomics Association’s ODAM Technical Committee. The virtual conference will consist of presentations and […]
David Caple receives 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honour for ergonomics work
Former IEA President David Caple brought international attention to ergonomics when he was appointed ‘Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia.’ The citation reads: ” For significant service to community health through workplace health and safety reforms and ergonomic policy development.” Congratulations!
HFESA 2017 Conference Report
The Human Factor and Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA) held their “Sustainable Ergonomics” conference from November 26-29, 2017. The roster of 135 delegates included participants from Australia, South Africa, Japan, Scandinavia, and Europe. Professor Glen Salkeld welcomed the attendees, and Stephen Ward presented the Cumming Memorial Lecture. Keynote speakers Professor Andrew Thatcher, Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, […]
ErgoAfrica 2017
1st ErgoAfrica Conference 13th to 15th September, 2017 Report by Andrew Todd The 1st ErgoAfrica conference was hosted on by the Ergonomics Society of South Africa (ESSA) in conjunction with the 3rd African Symposium on Human Factor and Aviation Safety and the 13th ESSA conference. The conference theme was “From reactive to proactive in safety […]