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How many volunteers were present at the Congress? : |
about 1000 people |
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Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? : |
From 62 countries around the world, including USA, Germany, France, Sweden, UK, Canada, Japan, Iran, South Africa, and so on. |
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Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? : |
Yes |
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If yes, please write the names of the organizations in the box : |
Mainly HFE from USA, with many institutes and universities around the world |
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What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? : |
I had a successful presentation and some scholars from Germany and UK asked questions about the methodologies, intervention, and so on. |
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If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. : |
Prof. A. Moallem: Communication & Exhibition Chair of the conferece, Dr. Anja Naumann: team leader, institute of transportation systems, Prof. W. Karowowski: General Conference Co-Chairs and some other people |
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Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress : |
I tried to talk to Prof. Moallem to invite him to have some educational as well as research collaborative work. He promised to do so in case of covering his airfare. Meanwhile, you may have a negotiation with Prof. Karowoski, as a very well-known and key person in the area of Ergonomics to have any possible collaboration with TUMS. I also talked to Dr. Anja Naumann and she was agree too for any joint work. You can contact her as well. Prof. Wolfgang Kallus from Austrian University of GRAZ, was another person that I actively talked to him and he was also eager to have a joint work with us. |
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Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) : |
I have enough experience to do such a work due to my 6 years of study and research abroad. However, the important point is that, our TUMS university should extend its support to compensate the high travel costs. As, with the current payment, the coverage is really less than 30% of my travel costs! For instance I payed nearly 800$ for registration fee that I provided it with the market fee of 3400 Toman. The university will pay back just max 700 of that with the Marja'e fee (2400 Toman), means just less than the real registration fee! Also, regarding other costs, such as hotel, transportation,... I personally expend lots of money, but get back few. The worst thing for me in this congress was NOT participating in some of very important and informative tutorials due to additional fee required for registration! Would you please convey this message to the person in charge for improving university support, as possible? |
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Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: : |
The 5th AHFE congress was one of the most important scientific event, held this year in Poland. It is mainly organized by American Human Factor and Ergonomics Association annually. This congress is one of the very important gatherings in my major area, Ergonomics. As, more than 1000 people participated in it from the 60 countries around the world. I, personally, find it very high qualified conference having more than 980 paper in many parallel sessions (198 parallel sessions). I really enjoyed presenting such conference.
As it cited in the webpage of the conference: “Its objective was to provide an international forum for the dissemination and exchange of scientific information on theoretical, generic, and applied areas of ergonomics, including, physical ergonomics, cognitive ergonomics, social and occupational ergonomics, cross- cultural aspects of decision making, ergonomics modeling and usability evaluation, human digital modeling, healthcare and special populations, safety management and human factors, and human side of service engineering.
The conference was accomplished through the following six modes of communication: keynote presentation, parallel sessions, demonstration and poster sessions, tutorials, exhibitions, and meetings of special interest groups. The five-day conference started with tutorials. The tutorials were held on July 19-20, 2014. Tutorials was offered (both half-day and full-day) at introductory, intermediate, and advanced levels covering the entire spectrum of the conference. But, as I explained in the last part, due to extra fee was needed for participation in these tutorials, I was unable to take part in, unfortunately. I kindly request the TUMS chancellor to improve our support so that we can present in such meetings, just to take the advantages of traveling abroad, besides the regular costs of our trips.
All submitted abstracts will be peer-reviewed by three independent referees from the international program boards. It is anticipated that a broad range of research and applied topics will be covered during the conference.
Papers in the theoretical category dealt with models, concepts, and structures; papers in the generic category should present research results of broad applicability; and papers in the applied category showed how the demands of particular application areas shape the way generic research is translated into practical innovation.
Some of the sessions that were attractive for me and tried to attend them were as below:
- Design and Human Behavior I
- Applied Ergonomics in Manufacturing I
- Physical Ergonomics and Human Interactions I
- Workload and Stress Assessment in Complex Systems I
- Workload, Fatigue, Drowsiness and Emotions in Driving
- Pleasurable Design for Diverse Users in Asia
- Ergonomics and New Services in Healthcare I
- Physical Ergonomics and Ergonomic Analysis I
- Ergonomics in the Automotive Industry
- Work-Physiological Approaches in Physical Ergonomics
- Macroergonomic Innovations I
- Behavioral and Physiological Indicators of Human Performance
- Seating Ergonomics and Body Posture
- Design for Patient Safety
- Human Factors in Rail Systems
- Digital Human Modeling with Muscle Fatigue Modeling
- Ergonomic Applications
- Physical Ergonomics and MSD
- Human Factors in Rail and RLX
Lastly, I hope that I can personally transfer such experience to my research as well as my educational activities. And, the TUMS persons try to make a link with the delegates that I list above, for opening a new way of collaborations with the excellent centers in the area of Ergonomics around the world. |