Federation of European Ergonomics Societies Ergonomics in and for Europe

The 2nd International Conference on ERGONOMICS – CREATIVITY AND INNOVATIVITY, GOOD PRACTICE was held in Vilnius, Lithuania, 20 of April, 2018. Conference was organized by Lithuanian Ergonomics Association (LEA) with UAB „Verslo Aljansas“ and dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuania and the mention of the founding of the Lithuanian Ergonomic Association for the fifth anniversary.

The objective of this conference was to present the problems how they can be solved by creativity and innovativity integrated with ergonomics in company. Several reports were intended to show, how to improve the workplace from an ergonomics point of view in Austria (Dipl.-Ing. Michael Wichtl), in Estonia (Prof. Eda Merisalu), in Latvia (Eur.Erg., Prof. Zenija Roja and Eur.Erg., Dr. Henrijs Kalkis). Three reports were devoted to the sharing of good practices in tackling ergonomic issues in workplaces. These reports were prepared by representatives of such companies (Dainius Puzinas – UAB “Mars Lietuva; Loreta Indriliūnienė – UAB Yzaki Wiring Technologies; Inga Buzienė - AQ Wiring Systems UAB), which are intensively implementing ergonomic innovations. Legal and theoretical ergonomics problems were analyzed in four reports (Jonas Gricius - Chief State Labor Inspector of the Republic of Lithuania; Genadijus Laškovas – General Manager of UAB “Verslo aljansas”; Dr, Aušra Stankiuvienė – VGTU; Eur.Erg., Assoc. Prof., Dr. Kazys Algirdas Kaminskas – President of LEA).

From left: to right: Assoc. Prof., Dr. Algis Vegys - chairman of the "Ergonomist - 2017" Competition Commission, winner Dainius Puzinas - safety engineer of UAB „Mars Lietuva“,  and Eur.Erg., Assoc. Prof., Dr. Kazys Algirdas Kaminskas – President of LEA.