Officers
- Francesco Draicchio (President)
INAIL, Rome - Tommaso Bellandi (IEA Council Member and Secretary for International Affairs)
Tuscany Northwest Trust, Lucca - Sara Albolino (Vice President)
Umberto I Academic Hospital, Rome - Patrizia Serranti (Vice President)
Bologna - Annalisa Lama (Secretary for National Affairs)
University of Naples Federico II, Naples
Contacts
R.M.Società di Congressi (Secretariat)
Via Ciro Menotti 11
20129 Milano, ITALY
Tel: +39 02 70126367
Fax: +39 02 7382610
segreteria@societadiergonomia.it
Website : http://www.societadiergonomia.it/
Recent activities
SIE organized a series of international webinars during Autumn 2024. Recordings will soon be available on SIE website and SIE Youtube channel.
In October 2024, the first international fair dedicated to ergonomics of walking pathways took place in Cassino, jointly organized by SIE Lazio regional branch with the local university and public institutions, where IEA past president gave an opening address. The second edition of this event, is scheduled 24-26 October 2025.
SIE members participated at the review and the translation into Italian of the London Protocol 2024: systems analysis of clinical incidents. The English version is available at this link: https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/34/6/413
WUD SIE in 2024 was dedicated to support events organized by some startups that joined the program “How will technology change people’s home care in the next 20 years?” A strategic foresight study launched in 2022 and published on Ergonomics in 2025.
In June 2025 SIE participated at the fair on health and safety at work in Bologna, where we organized a workshop on innovations in HFE and we held the assembly for the renewal of president and Council. Prof Francesco Draicchio was confirmed as president for the second mandate, while the Council welcome 4 new members.
In October 2025 SIE hosted in Naples the FEES Council meeting and a workshop on the promotion and protection of the profession, on the occasion of the national conference “Health and Safety in hospitals”, jointly organized by SIE Campania regional branch, the University of Naples Federico II and INAIL (national insurance for health and safety at work).
The Rivista Italiana di Ergonomia, Italian Journal of Ergonomics is moving to a different format, from the current .pdf to a fully digital version, with indexing for each individual paper. The editorial board is working to finalize this change within 2025. The existing collection is available open access at this link: http://www.societadiergonomia.it/rivista-italiana-ergonomia/ (with English abstracts until vol 24/2022, fully in English since then)
Upcoming Events
The triannual national Congress will take place in Autumn 2026, we will soon announce venue and call for papers, at least an international session is planned. SIE is also working to reinforce the cooperation between professors and lecturers who teach ergonomics in different Italian universities, so to increase the visibility of HFE in undergraduate and post-graduate educations.