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  • Announcement and Call for Papers ISOES2008

    XXth Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference 2008
    June 12-13, 2008, Hilton Suites-Chicago Oak Brook Chicago, Illinois, USA
    This conference is devoted primarily to occupational ergonomics and safety.
    Areas of Interest:
    * Design of work, workplace, and work environment for health and safety
    * Applications of engineering anthropometry, biomechanics, and work
    physiology
    * Human factors in work measurement
    * Manual materials handling
    * Cognitive ergonomics
    * Cumulative trauma disorders
    * Hand-held tools: design and use
    * Human reliability
    * Postural strain and discomfort
    * Job design for aging population
    * Accident prevention
    * Industrial injury prevention
    * Computer-aided ergonomics
    * Ergonomics in rehabilitation and health care
    * Ergonomics in service industries, mining, agriculture, and forestry
    * Advanced manufacturing systems
    * Human and systems reliability
    * Human-computer interaction
    * Knowledge-based expert systems for ergonomics and industrial safety
    * Applications of systems methodologies to ergonomics research
    * Human performance in industrial and office environments
    * International ergonomics standards
    * Ergonomics and productivity – case studies
    * Participatory ergonomics
    * Ergonomic in developing countries
    * Ergonomics – future directions
    * Ergonomics education
    * Transportation safety
    * Transportation ergonomics
    * Military ergonomics


    Call for Contributed Papers:
    Papers for the conference will be published in Advances in Occupational
    Ergonomics and Safety. Copies of the CD will be available for the
    Conference participants.

    Please e-mail an abstract of about 300 words stating the topic area by March
    17, 2008 to:
    ISOES2008@jfa-inc.com

    For more information, please contact the conference chair:
    Tom Leamon, PhD (TLEAMON@hsph.harvard.edu)

    or the organizing committee:
    Patrick Dempsey, PhD (patrick.dempsey@cdc.hhs.gov)
    Thurmon Lockhart, PhD (lockhart@vt.edu)
    Anil Kumar, PhD (anilk@jfa-inc.com)
    Jeff Fernandez, PhD (jf@jfa-inc.com)

    All abstracts and papers submitted for publication in the Conference
    proceedings will be reviewed by the International Program Advisory
    Committee.

    Authors will be notified of acceptance by March 24, 2008. Full papers and
    conference registration will be due by April 28, 2008.

    For more information, please visit the conference website at
    http://isoes.info/conference.htm.
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