Midyear 2020 Update from the IEA Executive Committee (EC)
- Face-to-face and virtual meetings of officers, EC members, society members, and external stakeholders to discuss plans and activities
- Initiation of IEA NewsBriefs – monthly updates from IEA to members and external stakeholders
- Quarterly Newsletters to Technical Committee chairs
- Member responses to COVID-19 published on the IEA website as resources for mutual sharing.
- ULAERGO and IEA collaboration for VI ULAERGO Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina (25-29 November 2019)
- Special Workshop IEA/ULAERGO: “How to encourage the development of research and practical applications of high-quality ergonomics in Latin America”
- SURA project – ongoing project to connect SURA, a multi-Latin insurance company, with local professors and other HF/E experts in ULAERGO
- ErgoAfrica, IEA, and ESN collaboration for the 9th National Congress of the Nigerian Ergonomics Society at the University of Nigeria, Enugu (4-9 November 2019)
- ErgoAfrica and IEA collaboration to seek funding from the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme for student and staff mobility in Africa (Deadline – 19 May 2020)
- IEA visit to China and participation in the 2019 China Ergonomics National Member Congress and Academic Conference held in Xi’an, from August 31-September 3 2019
- IEA visit to India and participation in the ACED meeting on 7 November 2019 as well as in the successful HWWE2019 Conference at the National Institute of Technology from 8-10 November, both in Jalandhar, India.
- ACED, SEANES, and IEA collaboration for a potential workshop at a congress in Bohol, Philippines (1-4 December 2020 – to be confirmed)
- CIEHF 2020 combined with 13th International Symposium on HF in ODaM (Organizational Design and Management), 28-29 April 2020
- ARSO 2020, IEEE/TC HFiR, 8-10 October 2020 (ongoing)
- 2020 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its Social Impacts
- ACED SEANES2020, Philippines, 2-4 December 2020
- Ergonomics 2020, Croatian Ergonomics Society (CrES), 2-5 December 2020
- PREMUS 2022, Bengaluru, India, 4-9 September 2022
- BeyondWork 2020, German Ministry for Education and Research, 20-21 October 2020
- Participation on the Advisory Board
- Organization of session focused on HF/E and future work
- Two new annual awards (the IEA/Kingfar Award and the IEA/Tsinghua Award) were contracted for three years starting in 2019 and were awarded at the end of 2019.
- The IEA/Kingfar Award: The 2019 awardees were Liuxing Tsao, Mengli Yu, Guilbert Huber, and Rodrigo Arcuri. 2020 applications are due by June 30.
- The IEA/Tsinghua Award: The 2019 awardee was D.Y. Sha (Ergonomics Society of Taiwan). 2020 applications are due by June 30.
4. Identify the roles of IEA in promoting education, certification, and professional standards. IEA promotes high-quality HF/E across the globe through the identification of requirements for educational and certification programs, and recognition of programs that are rigorous in their certification of HF/E professionals.
- IEA is creating an interactive database of HF/E programs. So far, we have data from 302 university departments and 450 faculty from North America and parts of Asia. We need comprehensive data to complete the map – please send your country or regional information to Chien-Chi (Max) Chang, Chair of Professional Standards and Education, at max.chang@ie.nthu.edu.tw. You can take a look at some of the early data here:
- Undergraduate programs https://drive.google.com/open?id=17XjLjM1ASzCa0dt9-xEL4e5A7HPGKkr4
- Masters level programs https://drive.google.com/open?id=16nWNnSmimhc9f_2XVGklM32WyF_GGQto
- PhD programs
- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tc3_gBfQrg-z9oS5owinYaCwLyzGGqru
- Criteria for IEA endorsement of professional certification programs have been reviewed and are listed on the iea.cc website: https://iea.cc/education-certification/
- IEA endorsement is valid for 5 years. After this time, programs must apply for renewal. Endorsement of the Japan Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s certification program for professional ergonomists was recently renewed.
- Renewed IEA Non-State Actor status and initiated a Joint NGO dedicated Program for Patient Safety (2020-2022)
- Initiated joint document Applying HF/E to Healthcare for Patient Safety
- Initiated collection of HF/E in patient safety case studies to support the above document. If you have a case study to submit, contact Michelle Robertson, Chair of Communications and Public Relations Committee, mmrobertson123@gmail.com
- WHO, GRC, and IEA collaboration on Global Knowledge Sharing Platform for Patient Safety, development of guidelines for implementation of HFE in healthcare (2-3 December 2019)
- Presented the HF/E perspective – what HF/E can contribute to patient safety—as invited participants at the WHO Global Consultation on Patient Safety (Geneva, 25-27 February 2020).
- Submitted IEA/ILO high-level guidance document Principles and Guidelines for Human Factors/Ergonomics (HF/E) Design and Management of Work Systems. This document will be available for download soon.
- ILO Think Pieces written by IEA EC members – available for download from ILO.org or IEA.cc
- Work from Home: Human Factors/Ergonomics Considerations for Teleworking
- Work at the Sharp End: Human Factors/Ergonomics for protecting healthcare workers and patients
- Participated in ILO World Day for Safety and Health webinar
- Creating special joint issue of the International Journal for Quality in Healthcare (IJQH) on HF/E in healthcare /Covid19
- Published editorials in IJQH and in PSNetwork on the role of HFE in healthcare
- Promoted the role of HFE in ISQUA Webinar
- Development and launching of the redesigned IEA website.
- Virtual meetings with internal and external stakeholders using Zoom and other platforms
- New sustaining members who contribute to funding IEA operations
- Maintenance of the communication infrastructure through Constant Contact and iea.cc
- A new enhanced accounting system enables IEA to navigate the Swiss regulatory structure
- Initiation of ad hoc committee to examine the IEA business model and make recommendations for changes and enhancements.
- Develop a new “World View of HF/E” as part of the business model
- Create new awards jointly with related external organizations
- Strengthen our capacity for virtual meetings and electronic voting
- Create HF/E observatories around the globe (HFE Observatories’ aims, scope and role will be available in English and Spanish from the new IEA website).