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ERGONOMICS 2024

Gyula Szabó

We invite you to the 10th International Ergonomics Conference – ERGONOMICS 2024, held from December 5th to 6th, 2024, at the Hotel International in Zagreb, Croatia.

Since 2001, the Croatian Ergonomics Society has organized the “Ergonomics” conference series, and this year marks the Society’s 50th anniversary. This conference is a key event for ergonomics professionals worldwide, bringing together enthusiasts, experts, and scientists to share the latest ideas and research in all fields of ergonomics.

Co-organizers of ERGONOMICS 2024 include:

  • University of Zagreb Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences
  • University of Zagreb Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
  • University of Zagreb Faculty of Graphic Arts
  • University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology

The conference is endorsed by:

  1. International Ergonomics Association (IEA)
  2. Federation of the European Ergonomics Societies (FEES)
  3. Acoustical Society of Croatia (ASC)

Supporting organizations:

  1. Polish Ergonomics Society
  2. Ergonomics & Workplace Management Society
  3. Chinese Association of Ergonomics Societies
  4. Ergonomics Society of Taiwan
  5. Hong Kong Ergonomics Society
  6. Chinese Ergonomics Society

All accepted and reviewed papers will be published in the conference proceedings by Springer and indexed in Scopus under the title “Proceedings of the 10th International Ergonomics Conference – ERGONOMICS 2024”.

Outstanding papers will be selected for publication in the following journals:

  1. Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems
  2. Technical Journal
  3. Traffic & Transportation
  4. Sigurnost/Safety

For more details, please visit the conference website.

Workshop: Technology for Co-working on Health and Active Life

Gyula Szabó

Technology → Ergonomics → OH → health care → AAL

 June 13th 2024, Virtual (link will be provided)

The workshop’s subject is to bring together researchers and practitioners of several disciplines working on concepts to enable the transition of European societies towards healthy and active lives.

Topics of the workshop:

  • Introduction to the concept (format of collaboration)
  • Actual challenges in healthcare
  • “New” approach: Community health care → Co-working on health → Active life
  • Focus on the AAL domain – concepts of agile development
  • Data – need of data and data structures (open data)
  • Integrated learning Approach 
  • Joint Cognitive Systems (JCS) Approach 
  • Relevant aspects of Ergonomics
  • Management of change

Overall Subject: The healthcare systems in the European regions are in transition. The key to successfully implementing this demanding change is the wise integration of innovative processes in primary care, competence improvement strategies, and the use of technology.

Together with partners in research and practice, KOHS is developing a new format of interdisciplinary collaboration. The idea is to foster activities in communities of health care, ergonomics, occupational health, and technology research.

Topics of the workshop will address actual demands in health care (secondary users), applications of technology to meet these demands, technology (focusing on open platforms, open source), and integrated processes to enable co-working on the health of primary users and the health of health care workers (challenges for health care organisations and occupational health (tertiary users)).

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10th Anniversary of the Lithuanian Ergonomics Association

Gyula Szabó

The Lithuanian Ergonomics Association (LEA) organised the 3rd international conference, “DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND ERGONOMICS”, in Vilnius on 28th April 2023, to commemorate its 10th anniversary.

In the opening Kazys Algirdas Kaminskas, Eur. Erg., Assoc. Prof., PhD, the president of LEA, introduced the new publication on the development of ergonomics science, studies, and practical activities in Lithuania to mark the anniversary.

The Federation of the European Ergonomics Societies was represented by Gyula Szabó, who shared insights on the connections between digital technologies and ergonomics.

Prof. Eda Merisalu and Annija Poznaka congratulated LEA on the 10th anniversary with commemorative gifts on behalves of the Estonian and Latvian Ergonomics Association, respectively. 

Additional topics discussed at the conference included:

  • The results of the EU-OSHA Healthy Workplaces “Lighten the Load” 2020-2022 campaign. 
  • Guidelines for the “Safe and Healthy Work in the Digital Age” 2023-2025 EU-OSHA campaign. 
  • Practical applications of ergonomic solutions in companies. 

The conference was attended by more than 75 participants, including guests from Hungary, Estonia, and Latvia, civil servants, practitioners, and scientists. The conference coincided with the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, promoting the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases.

This conference opened FEES activity as an official partner of the “Safe and Healthy Work in the Digital Age” 2023-2025 EU-OSHA campaign. We encourage all professional ergonomists and ergonomic societies in Europe to support EU-OSHA campaign activities with similar events, posts and press releases.

For more details, please visit https://osha.europa.eu/en/oshevents/lithuania-digital-technologies-and-ergonomics-focus-workers-safety-and-health.

SIE 2022

SIE national Congress 2022

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SIE broadcasts two English sessions online on the occasion of the SIE national Congress on 3 May 2022.

The first session on “Occupational exoskeleton and ergonomics” will occur between 9 am and 11 am.

The second session, “A journey into the future of home care”, is scheduled between 2,30pm and 4,30pm.

Workshop – Occupational Exoskeletons and Ergonomics

Occupational exoskeletons (OEs) can be defined as personal assistive devices that can reduce the physical load on workers performing demanding activities by acting synergistically with their users. Companies have shown interest in OEs as possible solutions to reduce their workers’ exposure to physical risk factors that can cause work-related musculoskeletal disorders, and alternatives and/or complementary aids to more expensive solutions for reducing physical strain on their workers (such as collaborative robots).

Motivated by the enormous potential to improve the ergonomics of workstations in their production lines, car manufacturers, in particular, have pioneered research in using the robots at workplaces; in addition to the automotive field, OEs have been proposed in various other manufacturing contexts, as well as in non-manufacturing domains, such as logistics, construction, agriculture, and patient care. This workshop aims to discuss with speakers from academia, industry, and stakeholders the scientific evidence and open challenges in applying occupational exoskeletons into working environments as tools to support ergonomics. The invited speakers will include occupational medicine, ergonomics, and bioengineering experts.

The workshop will include presentations from the invited speakers and open discussions with the audience.

Workshop: wudSIE Journey into the future of home care

The outbreak of the global Covid19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of home care. Before the covid-19 spread, there were many technologies to support the doctor-patient relationship and innovative devices at home for patient monitoring and care. In this regard, this workshop aims to show the work project WudSIE2021 that focused on the future of home care and, in particular, investigated how technology will contribute to its change.

Among the members of The Italian Society of Ergonomics (SIE), a multidisciplinary working group has tried to imagine how home care will occur in the next twenty years. To date, a tentative hybridisation of the two methodologies “Strategic Foresight” (SF) and “Human-Centred Design” (HCD) has been set up. The HCD aims to design effective and sustainable solutions human-centred, while the SF uses data-based forecasting techniques to outline scenario strategies for the future.

The workshop will outline the stages of the journey into the future of home care of the WUDSIE working group.

We look forward to strengthening the international cooperation and solidarity within the scientific and professional communities of HFE.

ErgoWork 2022 International Conference on Ergonomics and Workplace Management

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16 – 18 Jun 2022 Timisoara – ErgoWork 2022 for a New Normal!

We aim for ErgoWork 2022 to be a moment of reflection on what has been and will be to disseminate our achievements and share the ideas of a future project. Thus, come to join this moment and be part of the strength message: ErgoWork for a New Normal!

ErgoWork 2022 International Biennial Conference aims to encourage sharing and disseminate interdisciplinary developments and achievements in ergonomics and workplace management. We cordially invite colleagues from the universities and practitioners from a large variety of organizations (public and private companies, research institutes, medical units etc.) to support discussion, knowledge exchange and dissemination activities related to the following topics (not limited but also considered, as potential conference sessions):

  • Ergonomics (theoretical approaches and case studies; dissemination of industry best practices)
  • Ergonomics for Smart Products, Process and Systems (design for ergonomics; occupational comfort improvement)
  • Workplace Aesthetics and Ergonomic Design (workplace design and modern architecture perspectives)
  • Biomechanics and Modelling in Ergonomics (physical ergonomics; safety and risk management with ergonomics; musculoskeletal disorders risks management; augmented human including use of robots and exoskeletons; wearable computers applications)
  • Cognitive Ergonomics in Teleworking and Online Education (psychosociology perspectives in ergonomics studies)
  • Particular Application of Ergonomics, Assistive Technologies and Ergonomics for an Inclusive Society (people with disabilities and ageing population; improve accessibility and mobility through ergonomics improvements of professional systems and living spaces)
  • Occupational Health and Safety Management (safety culture; safety leadership; preventive measure with ergonomics; ergonomics risk management)
  • Ergonomics for Sustainable Workplaces, Green Workplaces and Green Mobility (ergonomics approaches for workplace wellbeing)
  • Social Responsibility and Ergonomics for a New Normal
  • Education and Training Programs in Ergonomics, Workplace Management and Occupational Health and Safety (dissemination of good practices and experiences; future learning environments)
  • New Approaches for Managing People (human resources management, talent management, competencies management, intellectual and human capital management)

Important dates

  • Deadline for paper submission: March 31, 2022
  • Review period: March 31, 2022 – April 30, 2022
  • Submission of papers final version: May 31, 2022
  • Conference: June 16-18, 2022

The conference website is  www.mpt.upt.ro/cercetare/conferinte/ergowork.html.

European ergonomists belonging to a Federated European Ergonomic Society enjoy a discounted fee.

Endorsed by FEES

ZINC 2022

2022 IEEE Zooming Innovation in Consumer Technologies Conference (ZINC)

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2022 IEEE Zooming Innovation in Consumer Technologies Conference
ZINC 2022
25 – 26 May 2022

Presenting new achievements in consumer technologies that affect us all, including the novel use cases for productivity, connectivity, entertainment, healthcare and mobility.

The event also includes fundamental enablers for the development of consumer technologies, such as hardware and software engineering, embedded systems, AI and big data, IoT and communication technologies, development processes, brand and marketing aspects as well as the societal impact of the technology.

This year we focus more on sustainable, safe and humane approaches when developing consumer technologies, so we particularly welcome contributions which emphasize the inherent view to safety and sustainability when developing new solutions. This year we are hosting a full-fledged hybrid event – we expect the exquisite program on-site but also a digitally-authored online part that would allow all authors to contribute from any location in the world.

For more info please go to https://conferences.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/55034

Endorsed by FEES

Ergonomics 2022

ERGONOMICS 2022

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9th International Ergonomics Conference
ERGONOMICS 2022
7 – 10 December 2022, Zagreb, Croatia

The Conferences in this series have been organized by Croatian Ergonomics Society since 2001, and traditionally bring together enthusiasts, experts and scientists from all over the world. ERGONOMICS 2022 is a joint project within three faculties of the University of Zagreb – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, and Faculty of Textile Technology.

The conference will be organised as a hybrid event with the following options:

  • live, on-site oral/poster presentation
  • real-time on-line oral presentation
  • pre-recorded oral presentation.

The official language of the Conference is English. Authors are invited to submit original and previously unpublished research papers for oral or poster presentations. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the International Scientific Committee regardless of the chosen type of presentation. An abstract template, a paper template and a registration form are available at http://www.h-e-d.hr/conferences.htm. The accepted abstracts will be published in the Book of Abstracts, with ISSN: 2757-0517 (print) and ISSN: 2757-0525 (USB), all rights reserved by CrES. The post-conference Proceedings, indexed in Scopus with full texts of all accepted and reviewed papers, will be published by Springer entitled “Proceedings of the 9th International Ergonomics Conference – ERGONOMICS 2022. Proceedings will be included in the series “Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems” with ISSN 2367-3370.

Participants are mandatory to fill in the Registration form before abstract submission, following guidelines from our website http://www.h-e-d.hr/conferences.htm by using a document Registration form. Participants who attended Ergonomics 2020, as well as all other conferences from the series “Ergonomics” organized by CrES, can take advantage of the “10% Discount Voucher for Ergonomics 2022”.

Endorsed by FEES

Do not hesitate to ask for more information at ergonomics2022@gmail.com

More information and submission management: http://www.h-e-d.hr/conferences.htm

SELF2022

56th SELF Congress

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After a 100% online version in 2021, the 56th congress of the French-speaking ergonomic society (SELF) will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from July 6 to 8, 2022. The general theme is anchored in the news: “ Emerging vulnerabilities and risks: thinking and acting to transform sustainably”. The congress is organized in partnership with the International Labor Organization. The organizing committee received 16 proposals for thematic symposia, 13 proposals for workshops and 87 proposals for individual papers, for 171 contributions. The congress promises to be rich in interactions!

Registration will open in the spring: stay informed by announcing yourself at self2022@c2b-congress.com. If you would like to join our many sponsors and exhibitors: Société d’ergonomie de langue française (ergonomie-self.org)

The organizing committee looks forward to welcoming you to Geneva!

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H-workload 2021

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The Irish human factors and Ergonomics Society is organising their annual conference on the 24th of November this year jointly with the H-workload 2021 symposium.

The programs for the 5th international symposium on Human Mental workload online on the 24th-25th of November 2021(www.hworkload.org ).

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Keynote from Prof. Mark Young on Perspectives on mental workload: tackling the under-load problem. All HF societies and FEES members are invited to register using the special rates for IHFES members and student rates too.

To register with last-minute student rates (10 euro) use this link for IHFES annual conference: Link to Eventbrite for tickets
and or use this link for H-workload 2021: https://lnkd.in/eKD6wpFU

For more info visit https://ihfes.org

EHF2022

EHF2022

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Bernard Michez, president of FEES officially endorsed EHF2022, to be held 11-12 April Online and 25-26 April in person, Birmingham.

Key contemporary topics are

  • Automation
  • Climate change and sustainability
  • Future mobility
  • Healthcare
  • Human factors in practice
  • Neuroergonomics
  • Physical ergonomics
  • Responses to the pandemic

For more information about the programme, keynote speakers and tickets, please go to the event page conference.ergonomics.org.uk