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HFES Presidential Town Hall – Friday, June 24
- 2022 Pride Month Message
- HFES Partners Program Welcomes Nuro
- Registration is Open for the 66th HFES International Annual Meeting
- Registration is Open for the 8th ErgoX Symposium
- Call for Submissions: University Lab Posters at the 66th International Annual Meeting in Atlanta
- Webinar: The Broad Human Factor/Ergonomics Field: from UX to Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Research
- Human Factor Prize Submissions Extended to July 15th
- BCPE Seeks Executive Director
- Call for Volunteers: Citation of Standards
- Call for Applications: 2022 Student Member with Honors and Student Chapter Awards
- Call for Volunteers: HFE WOMAN Awards Committee
- HFES Calendar of Events
- Nominations Sought for Robert L. Wears Early Career Award
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HFES Presidential Town Hall – Friday, June 24
Join us for our next HFES Presidential Town Hall on Friday, June 24 at 1:00 PM ET. President Christopher Reid and President-Elect Carolyn Sommerich will be joined by Thomas Albin (Membership Committee Chair) and Farzan Sasangohar (Chair, Technical Program Committee and Co-Editor of Human Factors in Healthcare Journal) along with Nick Roome, host of Human Factors Cast, for an hour-long podcast discussing the latest HF/E industry news and trends.
You can watch on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter or YouTube. If you are having issues accessing the event on the channel you choose, please try one of the other platforms.
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2022 Pride Month Message
Dearest HFES members -
This is one of the co-chairs of our HFES LGBTQ+ Affinity Group, Hanna, here to say:
Happy Pride Month!!
And to all of our queer HFES members, I see you and I honor you.
I know we are about halfway through the month, but if your inbox or social media feed has looked anything like mine, you’ve probably seen plenty of “Happy Pride!” messages by now.
My intention in writing this message isn’t just to say happy Pride, though. Nor is it to remind us all that HFES is an organization committed to recognizing and celebrating members of the LGBTQ+ community. Rather, I want to prompt us to use Pride month to explore the history of Pride, get curious about others’ experiences, and reflect on and commit to tangible ways of creating a more just world.
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HFES Partners Program Welcomes Nuro
We are thrilled to announce that Nuro is the newest Partner organization at HFES. Nuro exists to better everyday life through robotics. The company's custom electric autonomous vehicles are designed to bring the things you need—from produce to prescriptions—right to your home. Nuro's autonomous, goods-focused solution can give you valuable time back and more freedom to do what you love. This convenient, eco-friendly alternative to driving has the potential to make streets safer and cities more livable. Nuro has piloted autonomous local delivery for communities in Texas, Arizona, and California—for less driving and more thriving.
The HFES Partners program is just one way that organizations may demonstrate support of human factors and ergonomics as a discipline and HFES as an educational organization. This program provides employees of participating organizations with membership in HFES (complete with individual access to all associated benefits of membership), and elevates the brands of our partners to key stakeholders. More about the HFES Partners Program
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Save the Date: HFES 2022 International Annual Meeting |
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The Annual Meeting will feature more than 130 concurrent sessions, plus interactive posters and demos, Fellows posters, User Experience Day, and a Student Career and Professional Development Day. Take away the latest research and practice solutions from 26 technical areas. Partake in focused workshops, technical tours at local facilities, and more. Additional features include a career fair, exhibition hall, Technical Group meetings and socials, receptions, and many other opportunities for catching up with old friends and making new contacts.
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Registration is Open for the 8th ErgoX Symposium
ErgoX showcases and applies the latest ergonomics science to workplace health, safety, wellness, and injury-prevention issues across a variety of domains and settings.
With the theme this year, “Designing Technology for People”, ErgoX will address how we can advance safe and effective user technology adoption. ErgoX will explore the latest in new technology and research and its applications in human factors and ergonomics. The 8th ErgoX Symposium features four concurrent tracks: Exoskeletons, Robotics, Cybersecurity, and our newest offering - Extended Reality.
Join us October 14 & 15 - immediately following the 66th Annual Meeting of HFES at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Call for Submissions: University Lab Posters at the 66th International Annual Meeting in Atlanta
HFES invites university labs conducting research and application on human factors/ergonomics to display a poster at our 66th International Annual Meeting in Atlanta. The purpose of this showcase is to demonstrate the variety of HF/E educational and research programs, not to describe specific research projects.
University lab posters may be attended by lab representatives or they may be unattended. There is no proceedings paper associated with lab poster displays. A limited number of spaces are available. Details concerning location, dates and times of poster displays will follow in a confirmation notice that will be sent by September 20.
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Webinar: The Broad Human Factor/Ergonomics Field: from UX to Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Research
Date: June 28, 2022 | 12:00 PM CDT | 1:00 PM EDT
Speakers: Dr. Jayoung Lee and Dr. Stephen Bao
Cost: FREE for HFES members
Join us on Tuesday, June 28 to hear two experts discuss various applications of human factors/ergonomics. Dr. Lee will talk about her experience as a quantitative user experience researcher at Google. Learn what UX researchers do at Google, what “Quant” UX researchers do, and where to find resources and opportunities. Dr. Bao will discuss his journey in developing a workload calculator, which includes a large commercial janitorial workload project mandated by the Washington State Legislature. Hear about study design, field data collection, processing and challenges along the way of creating the project.
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Human Factor Prize Submissions Extended to July 15th
The Human Factors Prize was established in 2010 by Editor-in-Chief William S. Marras. The prize recognizes excellence in HF/E research through an annual competition in which authors are invited to submit papers on a specific topic for that year. The prize carries a $5,000 cash award and consideration of publication of the winning paper in the Society's journal, Human Factors. The award is formally conferred at a special session at the HFES International Annual Meeting, where the recipient presents their work.
The topic for the 2022 Human Factors Prize Competition is: Equity and Inclusivity Eligibility
Submissions must cover original (unpublished) research in the topical area and comply with the requirements in the Human Factors Information for Authors. Review articles are not eligible for the Prize. Any researcher is eligible to submit relevant work; membership in HFES is not required. Review of submissions will be based on originality, significance, sophistication, and completeness of the work.
The winning submission is peer reviewed and considered for publication in Human Factors.
The deadline to submit: July 15, 2022.
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BCPE Seeks Executive Director
The Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics has an exciting job opportunity! They are seeking a self-driven and highly competent Executive Director to lead their premier body for Professional Board Certification in Ergonomics, Human Factors and User Experience.
This is a chance to be a leader in the profession and operate at a national and international level. Consider applying to use your strong entrepreneurial drive and leadership qualities with this non-profit organization. You will be working with a rotating body of 11 volunteer Directors and very experienced Executive Administrator.
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Call for Volunteers: Citation of Standards
Many times over the years, HFES members have told the Executive Council, both directly and in surveys, that connecting the research in HFES publications with practice is a struggle.
We seek volunteers from the Society to examine the educational resources that are available to help people find standards. We provide resources to get volunteers started including a report, “Getting Research Into Practice via Standards”. Other resources may be examined as well. Volunteers should select two articles from an HFES Publication (e.g., the Journal, the Proceedings and find the standards / best practices / etc. that are relevant to each of the two articles you examined. A sample reporting template is provided.)
Please consider this request to volunteer with HFES. We appreciate all of the help our members can provide.
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Call for Applications: 2022 Student Member with Honors and Student Chapter Awards
The Student Affairs Committee is pleased to recognize the accomplishments of and service to the Society by our students and student chapters through the Student Member with Honors Award and the Outstanding Student Chapter Award.
The deadline to submit an application is June 30, 2022.
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Call for Volunteers: HFE WOMAN Awards Committee
Human Factors and Ergonomics Women’s Organization for Mentorship and Networking (HFE WOMAN) is looking for volunteers to serve on their awards committee. Committee members should be mid-to-late career HFES members from academia, industry or government. Duties include reviewing nomination packages and attending meetings via telecom or video chat.
This committee will meet several times over the next few months in preparation for the HFES Annual Meeting in October.
If you are interested in serving on this committee, please send your contact information and CV to the chair, Julia Wright, at HFEWOMANAwards@gmail.com.
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HFES Calendar of Events
Attention Chapters, Technical Groups, Affinity Groups and beyond – HFES is pleased to post information concerning any upcoming meetings, webinars, or other events you wish to raise awareness about on our Calendar of Events page. We also will post meetings of allied societies provided they do not occur close to any HFES organized activity.
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Nominations Sought for Robert L. Wears Early Career Award
Nominations for the 2022 Robert L. Wears Early Career Award are now being accepted. The HCTG is looking forward to seeing the achievements of academics and practitioners, in honor of Dr. Wears' pioneering work! The deadline for receipt of nominations is August 31, 2022.
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HFES wants to promote the important achievements of our members in the bi-weekly Bulletin. Appropriate topics include research milestones or other significant achievements, professional accolades, awards or recognitions, promotions or new positions, and similar professionally-oriented topics. If you would like to share news with the HFES community, please fill out the form.
Additionally, if you are made aware of the passing of any members of HFES, please let us know. Contact HFES Executive Director Steven Kemp at skemp@hfes.org.
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