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Summer School in DHM and Simulation 2024

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The University of Antwerp’s Centre for Health and Technology (CHaT) is excited to announce the Summer School in Digital Human Modeling and Simulation 2024. This event offers an international platform for researchers and professors to share and teach the latest innovations, discuss the state-of-the-art in the field, and exchange ideas and visions in all areas of digital human modelling research and applications.

Event Details

  • Dates: Monday, 23rd September to Wednesday, 25th September 2024
  • Location: University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Building R
  • Format: Hybrid (both online and onsite participation available)

Registration Fees

  • Academics (Online and Onsite): €300
  • Non-Academics (Online and Onsite): €600
  • Discount: Members of the Belgian Ergonomics Society or other Ergonomics Societies receive a €50 discount.

Program Schedule

23rd September

  • 10-11 AM: Introduction to DHM, Prof. Sofia Scataglini
  • 11-12 AM: Comfort and Discomfort, Prof. Xuguang Wang
  • Lunch Break
  • 1-2 PM: Extended Reality in Medicine, Prof. Marco Mandolini
  • 2-3 PM: Modelling the Hand, Prof. Esteban Peña Pitarch
  • 3-4 PM: The Role of Diagnostic Imaging (in silico medicine), Prof. Francesco Feletti
  • 4-5 PM: Design and Analysis of Mechanical Devices with Musculoskeletal Models, Prof. Michael Skipper Andersen
  • 5-6 PM: Biomechanical Perception Models Predicting Motion Comfort and Sickness in Automated Driving, Prof. Riender Happee

24th September

  • 10-11 AM: Neuroergonomics, AI and Passive Brain-Computer Interface (pBCI) for Enhanced Human Performance, Prof. Umer Asher
  • 11-12 AM: Computer-aided Technologies (CAD/CAM/CAE) for Prosthetics, Prof. Gregor Harih
  • Lunch Break
  • 1-2 PM: DHM in the Product Realization Process, Prof. Dan Hogberg
  • 2-3 PM: Human-Centred Robotics, Prof. Giacomo Palmieri
  • 3-4 PM: Inclusive Design in DHM, Prof. Silvia Imbesi
  • 4-5 PM: Human-Autonomous Systems, Prof. Simone Borsci
  • 5-6 PM: DHM and EEG, ECG, Posturography Affection, In-Cockpit Motion Modeling, Pilot Studies, Prof. Vladimir Socha

25th September

  • 10-11 AM: Modeling and Simulation of Movement for Stroke, Prof. Redha Taiar
  • 11-12 AM: DHM and Anthropometry, Prof. Erik Brolin
  • Lunch Break
  • 1-2 PM: DHM for Human-Centric Engineering and Medicine, Prof. James Yang
  • 2-3 PM: DHM and Infrared Thermography, Prof. Ameersing Luximon
  • 3-4 PM: Digital Work Planning: Integrating Ergonomics, Productivity, and Age-Appropriate Production Design using ema Work Designer, Michael Spitzhirn
  • 4-5 PM: DHM and IMMA, Prof. Lars Hanson

Registration

Please visit our registration page to register for the Summer School in Digital Human Modeling and Simulation 2024.

For further information, contact:

  • Prof. Sofia Scataglini (Chair of TC DHM at IEA, International Coordinator of 4D4ALL)
  • Prof. Steven Truijen (Chair of 4D4ALL)

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from leading experts in the field and connect with peers worldwide. We look forward to seeing you there!

Ergonomics, Human Factors and Machinery

The European Machinery Directive – webinar

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The European Machinery Directive, Webinar on the 21st of November 13h UTC.

The Federation of European Ergonomics Societies (FEES), an IEA regional network, and the IEA Safety and Health Technical Committee organised the series on tools fostering the development of ergonomics and human factors.

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Presenters:

  • Pascal Etienne, Federation of European Ergonomics Societies (FEES), executive board member, pascal.etienne0@orange.fr
  • Aleksandar Zunjic, FEES General Secretary, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Pedro Ferreira, FEES Treasurer, CENTEC, IST, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Bernard Michez, FEES president, CEO Ergotec company, France
  • Gyula Szabó, FEES executive board member, Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering, Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary
  • Jochen Eckhart, International Organisation for Standardization (ISO/CEN)
  • Peter Nickel International Social Security Association (ISSA), International Prevention Section on Machine and System Safety

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Duration: 90 mins

The goal of this online webinar is to present and discuss the EU Machinery directive

  • Its application
  • The specific rules such as « forecast the forecastable misuse… »
  • Its utility for designing working situations

Webinar Chair: Bernard Michez, president of FEES

Zoom link for registration. Registration is free to all interested people. The webinar will be recorded and published on YouTube. Registration permits live interaction with the presenters via Q&A. Register for this webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

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IEA 2021 – Going Hybrid!

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IEA2021 will be a hybrid event, comprising both an in-person conference and a virtual conference

Going hybrid will allow people who, for a variety of reasons, will not be able to join the in-person conference in Vancouver to participate in the most important human factors and ergonomics conference of 2021. As such, this initiative will take to a whole new level the IEA mission to elaborate and advance ergonomics science and practice while expanding its scope of application and contribution to society.

The IEA 2021 Congress will comprise 5 days of technical content, including plenary sessions at the start of each day followed by 12 concurrent sessions. We have also added ePosters to enhance the traditional poster boards. The ePosters will be dynamic, supporting several presentation formats. Times for interacting with the authors will be posted, but the posters will be available on your mobile app during the Congress and for 30 days afterwards. We believe this initiative will promote greater interaction and will have a great impact.

Registration fees will be reduced to make the virtual conference widely accessible. And, virtual session delegates will be able to join the online webinars at scheduled times to pose questions and interact with the authors. The recorded virtual sessions will be available on demand for 30 days post Congress. In-person delegates will have access to the virtual conference as well.

The main body of the Congress will be the in-person conference. We urge everyone to submit proposals for lectures or ePosters and plan to attend the in-person event. It will be truly unforgettable! Nothing can really replace the in-person experience.

Further details and links to EasyChair are found at iea2021.org/Technical Program/Call for papers.

The deadline for paper proposals is September 25, 2020

New IEA awards

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IEA LogoInternational 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.

IEA LogoInternational 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.

The IEA/Kingfar Award for Student Research in Human Factors and Ergonomics Issues in Industrially Developing Countries

The IEA/Kingfar Award for Student Research in Human Factors and Ergonomics Issues in Industrially Developing Countries is given annually to honour persons who have made high-quality human factors and ergonomics (HFE) research achievements that address HFE issues typical of industrially developing countries (IDCs). Please note that the applicant could be from any country/region as long as his/her research topic is related to IDC issues. The purpose of the award is to honour a deserving student and allow them to focus their research on HFE issues typical of IDCs and thereby potentially improve the well-being of people in industrially developing countries. Up to eight award winners may be selected each year. Each winner will be given a prize of 1,000 USD.

All areas of ergonomics are eligible for consideration. Examples of submitted proof of research achievements include high-quality journal or conference papers, high-impact HFE designs, or project reports. The following criteria will apply for nomination:

  1. The nominee is a registered PhD student/candidate. The nominee may also be a PhD who has been awarded the degree within the past year.
  2. The nominee is a member of an IEA federated/affiliated society or a self-recommending individual whom the IEA federated/affiliated society agrees to nominate.
  3. The submitted research achievement should be made prior to graduation and should address HFE issues typical of IDCs.
  4. The nomination is made to IEA through an IEA federated/affiliated society.

Please combine the following evidentiary items into a single pdf file and send it to the Chair of Awards Standing Committee (at PastPres@iea.cc) and Vice President and Secretary-General (VP_SG@iea.cc).

  1. A nomination letter from the nominating society that justifies the quality of the nominee’s research. Relevance to IDC HFE issues should be included.
  2. Full copy of journal/conference paper(s), and/or design(s) with explanations, and/or project report(s). The student should be either the first author or a corresponding author.
  3. The nominee’s curriculum vitae or résumé.
  4. Scan copy of the student ID or graduation certificate.
  5. A recommendation letter from the student’s academic adviser on institutional letterhead, justifying the HFE contribution, certifying the contribution of the student, and describing the status of the student when submitting the nomination.

The IEA/Tsinghua Award for Collaborative Human Factors and Ergonomics Education for Industrially Developing Countries

The IEA/Tsinghua Award for Collaborative Human Factors and Ergonomics Education for Industrially Developing Countries is given annually to honour persons who have made significant and outstanding contributions to the success of postgraduate educational programs through international/inter-regional collaboration with the corresponding program. Please note that the applicant could be from any country/region as long as he/she has contributed to the success of the education programs that satisfied the following criteria. Up to four individuals nominated from up to 2 nominating educational programs may be selected. The winners altogether will share 8,000 USD.

The educational program should have a human factors and ergonomics (HFE) course in its curriculum or substantial HFE content in its courses. The educational program should be either from a non-high income country university or from a program in a high-income country whose students have been mainly from non-high income countries with low to medium actual tuition burden (for example, those that offer financial support). The following criteria will apply for nomination:

  1. The nominee should be a member of an IEA federated/affiliated society.
  2. The nominee should be nominated by a related educational program through an IEA federated/affiliated
  3. The recipient should not be an employee of the corresponding educational programs, although a visiting scholar is eligible.
  4. The nominating educational program should have human factors and ergonomics courses in its curriculum or contain substantial human factors and ergonomics contents in some courses.
  5. The nominating program should be either from a university in a low-income or middle-income country or from a university in a high-income country with students mainly from low-income and middle-income countries with a low to medium tuition burden (for example, with financial support available). This award does not consider nominees from high-tuition education programs.
  6. The nominee has not won the proposed award before.
    The nomination is made to IEA through an IEA federated/affiliated society.

Please combine the following evidentiary items into a single pdf file and send it to the Chair of Award Standing Committee (at PastPres@iea.cc) and Vice President and Secretary-General (VP_SG@iea.cc).

  1. A nomination letter from the nominating society that details the achievements and qualifications of the nominating education program.
  2. A nomination letter from the education program that details the contributions of the nominee that qualify him or her to receive the award.
  3. The nominee’s curriculum vitae or résumé.

Report on the IEA, CREE and FEES workshop held in Zadar, Croatia

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On the 15th of June 2018 the Croatian Ergonomics Society hosted a collaborative workshop on “building towards sustainable Human Factors and Ergonomics Societies in Europe”, during the 7th International Ergonomic Conference ERGONOMICS 2018 – Emphasis on Wellbeing. 

On the 15th of June 2018 the Croatian Ergonomics Society hosted a collaborative workshop on “building towards sustainable Human Factors and Ergonomics Societies in Europe”, during the 7th International Ergonomic Conference ERGONOMICS 2018 – Emphasis on Wellbeing. 

This year more than 70 papers had been submitted, and after the review process, 50 papers were presented at the Conference in oral or poster sessions, and the presented papers have been published in the Conference Book of Proceedings. The participants came from the following countries: Austria, Canada, Croatia, Brazil, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Nigeria, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan ROC and the USA.

The workshop was a collaboration between the International Ergonomics Association (IEA), Federation of European Ergonomics Societies (FEES) and Centre for Registration of European Ergonomists (CREE). The purpose of the workshop was to provide an introduction to systems tools and methods that can be used to develop an understanding of the current constraints and flows on the development of human factors and ergonomics in Eastern Europe and then secondly to propose a way forward using the IEA general framework model for development. IEA

The workshop was a landmark event for the international ergonomics community as it was the first effort at collaboration between the IEA, FEES and CREE to support international development. As such it was an important occasion for building a common understanding of the needs and constraints within Europe and more specifically Eastern Europe.

The workshop was formulated and presented by members from all three participating organisations:

  • IEA: Jose Orlando Gomes (Vice-president treasurer); Andrew Todd (International development standing committee chair)
  • FEES: Gyula Szabó (Communications and promotion committee chair)
  • CREE: Maggie Graf (Development Officer)

There was a good participation at the workshop with the members of the Croatian Ergonomics Society executive board all attending the workshop. Further there were participants from Austria, Hungry, Poland, Slovenia, and Russia at the workshop.

The workshop involved contextualization from the IEA and FEES before CREE provided very useful insights into a) the importance of certification and b) the process of building certification boards. This was followed by a session addressing the purpose of ergonomics societies and how to align society activities with the aforementioned purposes. This was facilitated through the use of cognitive work analysis to emphasise the importance of using ergonomics systemic tools for supporting our own development. This resulted in robust discussions on how to build sustainable relationships in the region. An important outcome of which was a shared vision for building towards a region conference in 2020.

There were some important lessons learnt during the workshop and ideas on how to ensure that the workshop can add even more value in the future shared. It was clear that such workshops with networks and federated societies can be of tremendous value in the future and should be part of the IEA development strategy going beyond the IEA triennial congress in Florence in August 2018.

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Some of the attendees at the workshop

FEES proposal on “Future of work”

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FEES proposes the member societies implement the IEA “future of work project in Europe, which means:

  • To create a FEES Task Force “future of work”
  • To name in each member society a referee on this issue, which tasks are:
    • To lead and moderate the reflection
    • To inventory the research centers and private or public bodies involved in this issues: detecting local, national, regional data on issues affecting the working life; employment and job trends from governmental reports and from employers and workers organizations; research papers from academia.
    • To spread information on the issue
    • To get in touch with the ILO offices in the European countries in order to make known the project and to envisage everyday actions, to capture ILO initiatives, data, reports, publications.
    • To make proposals in order to improve and develop the initiatives proposed by the IEA “future of work” task force.
    • To meet by skype and physically (at the latest during the IEA triennial congress in Florence – August 2018)
  • To set up an European observatory on the Future of work linked with the IEA observatory.
    The aim of the Observatory is to capture and report data and news of ergonomics interest about trends on the world of work identified in each country in order to create an ergonomics observatory unit in (geographical) Europe.
  • To prepare the initiatives to set up in the year 2019 with ILO.

Please send comments / proposals to Pascal Etienne secretary-general@ergonomics-fees.eu.

The IEA “future of work project (summary)

IEA has decided to be involved in the ILO project on the future of work, launching a reflection conducted by a task force whose leader is our colleague Juan Hiba, from Argentina. In two documents released in January 2018, our colleague make proposals which are sum up below.

It is important that FEES, in the frame of the MoU adopted with IEA, takes part in this project and sets up a FEES task force in order to specify actions to conduct in 2018, 2019 and maybe further. We will present below both IEA projects and the possible way of working on this issue for the FEES member societies.

Two proposals have been made by J. Hiba on behalf of the « future of work » task force: to set up a White paper on the future of work and an Observatory. They are sum up below.

The “White paper on the future of work”

Context – Rationale – Opportunities

This initiative links the prospects of the future of ergonomics as a science and technology with the ILO initiative of its centenary named “The Future of Work” and could be a roadmap for guiding IEA’s and its affiliated associations on how to gain ILO interest for paying more attention to ergonomics from now on. A strategy should be developed to ensuring that the White Paper reaches all the ILO levels: headquarters and in the field.

Structure and content of the white paper

1 Presentation of ergonomics as a science and technology; (ii) summary of the background of joint activities carried out; and (iii) focus on the concurrent circumstances of the future of ergonomics and the future of work and therefore the opportunity for discovering key aspects of common actions.

2 Visions and proposals of IEA in relation to each of the four global dialogues (also called “centenary conversations”) as requested by the ILO are:

  • Work and Society: new scenario; changes in the workers and employers’ identity; globalization; new digitalized technologies and communications; hyperconnectivity.
  • Decent Jobs for All: full employment; safe and free productive work, social protection, union rights, remuneration.
  • The Organization of Work and Production: to tackle issues of the emerging platform economy, global supply chains and the nature of the enterprises of the future
  • The Governance of Work: to identify the rules, processes, and institutions needed in the future to make work decent and societies just.

A special attention should be given to point out the links of ergonomics to the most current issues of interest to the ILO, such as the green economy, the phenomena of offshoring of companies, jobs in the computer world, robotization of many jobs, issues of safety and health at work and participation of workers in the processes of improving their working conditions.

3 The current convergence of common grounds of action between IEA (“ergonomics optimizes human well being and overall system”) and ILO (: “Promoting jobs, protecting people”) – a comparative list of work topics and productive sectors of interest for ergonomics and for the ILO – a selection of successful case studies showing ergonomics interventions in different regions of the world. These examples should show both benefits to workers (i.e. satisfaction, better labor relations and working conditions) as well as improved business productivity and sustainability. It is highly recommended that case studies come from different world regions (Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa),

4 list a series of tentative activities and initiatives offered to ILO.

5 Collaborators mentioned : Yushi Fujita, Kathleen Mosier, José Orlando Gomes; Andrew Todd, Thomas Alexander, Sarah Sharples, Juan Carlos Hiba, + Sara Albolino and Valérie Pueyo.

6 Language of the document: the three official languages of ILO: English, Spanish and French.

The Observatory

The aim of the Observatory is to provide periodic information on situations, trends and work cases that establish, set or modify different aspects of the quality of life of workers; to give support and encourage carrying out of studies and research on ergonomic aspects of quality of life of workers in the local socio-economic and labor environments; and to promote greater knowledge (principles and values) and disseminate examples of application (approaches, methods and technical tools) of ergonomics and human factors for improving the quality of working life.

The Ergonomics Observatory can develop activities of at least three types

  • Search and analysis of information of ergonomic interest such as detecting, identifying, analyzing and commenting on changes and/or innovations that have occurred in the field of quality of life at work that are of interest to ergonomics;
  • systematic communication of detected information (data, facts and figures, situations, trends and cases) related to the quality of work-life; and
  • launching warnings, calls for attention and organizing advocacy actions among stakeholders to ensure that ergonomics is more and better known and to disseminate the potential contributions that could be made in those cases.

Information sources

Journalistic notes, interviews and articles from scientific works of refereed journals; reports, or books from research centres; publications of governmental agencies; declarations or manifestos emanating from scientific congresses, reports from employers’ and workers’ organizations; regulation in collective agreements or laws, decrees, resolutions and reports adopted by governments or specialized agencies.

Users

National ergonomics associations, their members and professional, teachers, researchers, officials from governments, members of employers’ and workers’ organizations; news agencies ; employers, workers and public in general.

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IEA – FEES MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

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Sylvain Leduc president and Pascal Etienne secretary general attended the executive meeting of the International Ergonomics Association on 28th March, 2017 Florence.

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Sylvain Leduc president and Pascal Etienne secretary general attended the executive meeting of the International Ergonomics Association on 28th March, 2017 Florence.

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Following a year discussion and several meetings, with the final amendments written down during the meeting the

Memorandum of Understanding on Collaboration Between the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) and the Federation of European Ergonomics Societies (FEES) Regarding Scientific, Technical and Professional Collaboration for the Development of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Europe
has been adopted and signed on Wednesday, 29th at 9 am.

This memorandum marks a milestone in the relation of these international organizations both showing the mission of FEES in the European region and the progress IEA is making Globally.

Thanks to the MoU between FEES and IEA ergonomics will earn

  • better information exchange in executive level,
  • valuable workshops at IEA 2018, e.g.

    • workshop on Regional Networks,
    • workshop on Ergonomist cooperation with stakeholders, 
    • a Student workshop,
  • improved visibility of IEA at European events,
  • even better Month of ergonomics.

IEA FEES MoU signingYushi Fujita, president of IEA signing the Memorandum of Understanding and Sylvain Leduc, president of FEES

Deadlines for IEA awards are approaching

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IEAThe deadline for submitting nominations for IEA Fellow is April 30. The status of Fellow in IEA recognizes extraordinary or sustained, superior accomplishment. IEA Fellows are nominated by Federated Societies, and we encourage you to submit nominations for 2017.

IEAThe deadline for submitting nominations for IEA Fellow is April 30. The status of Fellow in IEA recognizes extraordinary or sustained, superior accomplishment. IEA Fellows are nominated by Federated Societies, and we encourage you to submit nominations for 2017.
Download the IEA Fellow Nomination Form application form here.

The IEA/Liberty Mutual Medal for 2017 award recognizes outstanding original research leading to the reduction or mitigation of work-related injuries, and/or to the advancement of theory, understanding, and development of occupational safety research. The IEA/Liberty Mutual Medal consists of a plaque (certificate), medal, and prize ($10,000). Recipients are selected by an international review committee established by IEA.
The deadline for the IEA/Liberty Mutual Medal is May 31. Submission requirements and other information can be found here: http://www.iea.cc/award/yearly_liberty.html

Please send all applications to the Past President and Chair of the Awards Committee, and also to the Vice President and Secretary General of IEA.

IEA Round Table “Ergonomics in design for all” 2016

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A round table discussion on Ergonomics and Design for All took place during a congress on ergonomics organized by the Dutch organization “Human Factors vereniging” in Amersfoort, NL in November 2016. This event was co-hosted by the Federation of European Ergonomics Societies and the Centre for Registration of European Ergonomists.

A round table discussion on Ergonomics and Design for All took place during a congress on ergonomics organized by the Dutch organization “Human Factors vereniging” in Amersfoort, NL in November 2016. This event was co-hosted by the Federation of European Ergonomics Societies and the Centre for Registration of European Ergonomists.

The round table discussion consisted of various expert talks on different aspects of the Design for All concept ranging from applications in the built environment to the health care sector. The goal was to introduce the concept, provide an overview of mandates and subsequent standardization approaches as well as delivering particular insights from research institutions. Both, speaker panel and the audience, consisted of individuals from various countries. The international participation and the active discussion during the round table have shown that the work of the IEA TC Ergonomics in Design for All is seen as an important and valuable activity. The IEA international round table was a huge success. There is broad support for the aim of the TC to establish “Design for All” as a generally accepted and applied methodology in the process of designing for products, services and processes.

Alexander Rosemann and Isabella Steffan chaired the discussion and conclusion which were centered around the question: How can Ergonomics give a contribution on Design for All/Universal Design approach? (download full paper here).

The congress on human factors and also the round table discussion on the topic “Design for All” has been considered a huge success With 70 participants, the round table discussion reached a good audience and also allowed for interesting exchange of thoughts and discussions. The participants came from many different countries which shows that the topic of Design for All is relevant to many within the IEA.

The round table provided design-related topics within a broad range of application domains ranging from the built environment via product design to the health sector. It does not only address products but also services and procedures. This issue has been recognized by international standardization organizations and found its way into recommendations such as the CEN-CENELEC Guide 6.

Having a standard in place has been an important and huge step towards to goal of implementing the principles of Design for All. But this step marked the beginning of a journey and not its end. There are many challenges lying ahead of us such as:

  • Ensure the broad application of standards such as the CEN-CENELEC Guide 6 and related European mandates.
  • Continue to provide guidance and direction to relevant stakeholders
  • Identify further application domains for Design for All
  • Collaboration in Public Private Partnerships to develop solutions following the Design for All approach
  • Support knowledge generation and transfer.

Design for All is a concept in the field of ergonomics that support human centered design. As new technologies make it to the market faster than ever, it is even more important to implement them such that all can benefit from it. The range of topics and the active participation of the audience during the round table discussion on Design for All has shown that this topic has the attention it deserves. This left no doubt that the ultimate goal of the IEA TC EinDfA must be to establish “Design for All” as a generally accepted and applied methodology in the process of designing for products, services and processes.

IEA Elections 2015

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The Federation of European Ergonomics Societies  welcomes the new board of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA). We thank all the effort made by the outgoing presidency, especially Eric Min-Yang Wang past president.

The new board elected August 2015 is:

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The Federation of European Ergonomics Societies  welcomes the new board of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA). We thank all the effort made by the outgoing presidency, especially Eric Min-Yang Wang past president.

The new board elected August 2015 is:

  • President, Yushi Fujita (Japan), (past vice-president and treasurer),
  • Vice President and Secretary General, Kathleen L. Mosier (USA),
  • Vice President and Treasurer, Jose Orlando Gomes (Brazil).

We are delighted that there are two officers from our region:

  • The Development and Promotion Standing Committee Chaired by Christina Jonsson, M.Sc. (Nordic Human Factors and Ergonomics Society) and
  • The Science, Technology & Practice Committee Chaired by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christopher M. Schlick (Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft)

Congratulations!