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The recently established Romanian Society on Ergonomics and Workplace Management (ErgoWork) organizes its first international conference to reach out to the national and international professional community and to share practical and theoretical competencies between research and applic

We are proud to announce that the 56th Council Meeting of the Centre of Registration of European Ergonomist in November 2019 accepted 24 new certified ergonomists. Moreover, 31 people successfully renewed their certification.

Among the prolongations was professor Leszek Pacholski, and we have several new professional working at MTO Safety AB. Stockholm, Sweden. 

The Senior Labour Inspectors’ Committee (SLIC) campaign 2020-2022 will focus on the topic: “Better enforcing requirements aiming to prevent exposures to risk factors causing musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)”. The campaign will contribute to awareness raising, knowledge sharing, and the exchange of information, practices and experiences.

The European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) is recruiting an ergonomist. The ergonomist at ETUI will work in a team of around 7 researchers that covers a broad spectrum of occupational health and safety and working conditions issues from a European perspective.

International Ergonomics Association 2019 Council meeting in Helsingor founded two new awards to recognise outstanding contributions on the Ergonomics and Human Factors domain. The first time the submittal should be due by October 31, 2019, later May 31 each year. The application must be submitted through an IEA federated/affiliated society.

In recognition of special achievements in the field of work sciences in agriculture and for the promotion of junior staff in this field, the specialist committee on labour sciences in agriculture of the VDI Max-Eyth-Gesellschaft Agrartechnik awards the Ludwig Wilhelm Ries Prize every two to three years.

The Applied Ergonomics Conference is scheduled for March 16 - 19, 2020 at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. The conference website is: www.appliedergoconference.org.

The Centre of Registration of European Ergonomist (CREE) Council announces that 17 new certified ergonomists were accepted and 14 people successfully renewed their certification at the 55^th Council Meeting Delémont, Switzerland, 7-8 June 2019.

The 2019 council meeting of the Federation of the European Ergonomics Societies (FEES) will be held

The Federation of European Ergonomic Societies (FEES) has been awarded for the continued contribution and commitment towards the Healthy Workplace Campaign of the European Agency for Safety and H