President’s Newsletter No. 11
September 30, 2011

President
Andrew S. Imada
A. S. Imada & Associates
4910 Phelps Court
Carmichael, CA 95608, USA
Tel: +1-916-486-1635
Email: asimada@gmail.com
Secretary General
Eric Min-yang Wang
Department of Industrial Engineering andEngineering Management
National Tsing Hua University
101, Sec. 2, Guang Fu Road
Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, ROC
Tel: +886-3-574-2649
Email: mywangeric1@gmail.com
Treasurer
Klaus J. Zink
Chair of Industrial Management and Human
Factors
Research Institute for Technology and Work
University of Kaiserslautern
P.O. Box 30 49
67653 Kaiserslautern, GERMANY
Tel: +49 631 205 2027
Email: kjzink@iea-kl.de
Development and Promotion
Ralph Bruder
Institute of Ergonomics
Darmstadt University of Technology
Petersenstrasse 30
64287 Darmstadt, GERMANY
Tel: +49-6151-162987
Email: bruder@iad.tu-darmstadt.deInternational Development
Barbara Silverstein
SHARP, Washington State Department of Laborand Industries
PO Box 44330
Olympia, WA 98504-4330, USA
Email: silb235@lni.wa.gov
Professional Standards and Education
Yushi Fujita
Technova Inc.
1-1 Uchisaiwai-cho 1, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-0011, JAPANTEL: +81-3-3508-2280
Email: y.fjt@technova.co.jp
Science, Technology & Practice
Karen Jacobs
Clinical Professor
Boston University
635 Commonwealth Avenue-Room 511A
Boston, MA 02215, USA
Tel:+1-617-353-7516
E-mail: kjacobs@bu.edu

2012 Congress Chair
Marcelo Soares
University of Central Florida
Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
P.O. Box 162993
Orlando, FL, USA 32816-2993 0020
Tel: +407-823-5218
Email: marcelo2@nlink.com.br

All-Ukrainian Ergonomics
Association
ASEAN-ES
Asociación de Ergonomia Argentina
Associação Brasileira de Ergonomia
Asociación Ecuatoriana de
Ergonomia
Associação Portuguesa deErgonomia
Association of Canadian
Ergonomists
Belgian Ergonomics SocietyWith the coming season comes excitement and anticipation for change and new
beginnings. Most notably, the upcoming IEA Triennial Congress in Recife is a little
more than four months away. While at IEA2012 we will be together again for ourannual IEA Council meeting where we will elect new officers, select the venue forthe 2018 Triennial Congress, and vote to make the changes in the Rules that
Council directed the Executive to make at our last meeting in South Africa. In themeantime, here is news from around the world.
IEA 2012
Congress Chair Marcelo Soares and his team have been working hard organizing
the Triennial Congress in Recife from February 12-16. Together with Science
Technology and Practice Chair, Karen Jacobs, the team is organizing an interestingand informative scientific program. The Congress features 13 internationallyrecognized keynote speakers representing a wide range of ergonomics practice andresearch.
As a reminder, to those presenting papers, at least one of the authors must be
registered for Congress by October 31, 2011 to be guaranteed publication of thepaper. Register today!
Please encourage members of your federated societies and networks to register andmake travel reservations early, as this is a particularly busy time of year in Brazil.
This will be the first time that an IEA Congress will be hosted in Latin America.
We thank the Brazilian Ergonomics Society (ABERGO) and the network of Latin
American Ergonomics Societies (ULAERGO) for their cooperation and support.

Past President - Awards
David C. Caple
David C. Caple & Associates Pty Ltd
PO Box 2135
East Ivanhoe, Victoria 3079, AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61-3-9499-9011
Email: davidcaple@pacific.net.au	
  Dear IEA Council Members and Friends:

You can get information about registration, travel, social programs and scientificcontent at the congress website http://www.iea2012.org/. Act soon so you canassure your place in Recife. We are looking forward to seeing you there.

Chilean Ergonomics Society
Chinese Ergonomics Society
Croatian Ergonomics Society
Czech Ergonomic Society
Ergonomics Society of Korea
Ergonomics Society of Nigeria
Ergonomics Society of Serbia
Ergonomics Society of Singapore
Ergonomics Society of South Africa
Ergonomics Society of Taiwan
Ergonomics Society of Thailand
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Gesellschaft fürArbeitswissenschaft
Hellenic Ergonomics Society
Hong Kong Ergonomics Society
Human Ergology Society
Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society of Australia
Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society (U.S.A.)
Hungarian Ergonomics Society
Indian Society of Ergonomics

Inter-Regional Ergonomics
Association
Institute of Ergonomics andHuman Factors (U.K.)
Iranian Ergonomics Society
Irish Ergonomics Society
Israel Ergonomics Society
Japan Ergonomics Society
Latvijas Ergonomikas Biedriba
Nederlandse Vereniging Voor
Ergonomie

New Zealand Ergonomics Society
Nordic Ergonomics SocietyÖsterreichische Arbeitsgemeinschaft
für Ergonomie
Perhimpunan Ergonomi Indonesia
Philippines Ergonomics Society
Polish Ergonomics Society
Slovak Ergonomics Association
Sociedad Colombiana de Ergonomia
Sociedad de Ergonomistas de Mexico

Società Italiana di Ergonomia
Société d’Ergonomie de Langue
Française
Société Tunisienne d'Ergonomie
Spanish Association of Ergonomics
Swiss Ergonomics Society
Turkish Ergonomics Society
ULAERGOThe IEA is registered as an association at the Commercial Registry of the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland: Company-Nr. CH020.6.001.285-4

IEA Special Session: International Network for Junior Researchers in Ergonomics
IEA will be sponsoring several special sessions at the IEA2012 Congress in Recife. One of these will be a
special meeting of the International Network for Junior Researchers in Ergonomics. The organizing committee
for RJCE and IEHF has provided the following information that should be shared with all young researchers.
Background and aims
To our knowledge, there are two support groups for junior researchers in ergonomics in Europe. In
France, the Réseau des Jeunes Chercheurs en Ergonomie (RJCE) was founded in 2008 and numbers
about 50 members. In the UK, the Early Career Researchers Special Interest Group has been building
since mid 2011 a support network within the Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors. Both groups
aim to establish a community of peers that is supportive socially and technically to promote the sharingof ideas, concepts and theories in all areas of ergonomics in both educational entities and industry. They
further aim disseminate research findings and maintain close contacts with industries and practitioners.
Having established contact with each other, the RJCE and the Early Career Researchers SIG are now
actively working to build a gateway to a larger worldwide network. The 18th triennial IEA congress at
Recife provides the opportunity to create a unique forum for friendly exchanges and dialogues with research
students from other countries.
Objectives and agenda of the meeting
The main objectives of this special meeting are:
1. To develop links with research students from as many countries as possible;
2. To learn about the specificities of the ergonomics discipline and of research curricula in the different
countries.
From this perspective, the program of the meeting will include:
1. A short presentation of both the RJCE and the Early Career Researchers SIG;
2. Presentations of the specificities of the ergonomics discipline and of research curricula in different
countries;
3. A time dedicated to sharing ideas on how to cement international cooperation links between research
students.
Students and junior researchers interested in this initiative are encouraged to give a short informal presentation
about their country on topics such as: history of ergonomics, current situation of research inergonomics, progress and difficulties in doing a research degree, or any other topic in alignment withfitting the general objectives of the meeting.
Participation
If you are interested in participating in this meeting, please get in touch with the organizing committee(iea2012@rjce.fr) as soon as possible. If you know research students who might be willing to attend,
please forward them this call for participation.
Organizing committee (iea2012@rjce.fr)_ RJCE: François Palaci, Maria Sol Perez Toralla, Stanislas Couix, Vincent Boccara_ IEHF Early Career Researchers SIG: Tamsyn Edwards, Claudia Krehl, Victoria Kendrick
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All-Ukrainian Ergonomics
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Asociación Española De
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Asociación de Ergonomia
Argentina
Association of Canadian
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Belgian Ergonomics Society
Brazilian Ergonomics
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Chinese Ergonomics Society
Croatian Ergonomics Society
Czech ergonomic Society
Ergonomics Society (U.K.)
Ergonomics Society ofAustralia
Ergonomics Society of Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia
Ergonomics Society of Korea
Ergonomics Society of South
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Ergonomics Society of Taiwan
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Gesellschaft fürArbeitswissenschaft
Hellenic Ergonomics Society
Hong Kong Ergonomics
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Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society (U.S.A.)
Hungarian Ergonomics Society
Italian Society of Ergonomics

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Inter-Regional Ergonomics
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Iranian Ergonomics Society
Irish Ergonomics Society
Israeli Ergonomics Society
Japan Ergonomics Society
Nederlandse Vereniging Voor
Ergonomie
New Zealand Ergonomics
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Österreichischearbeitsgemeinschaft fürErgonomie
Polish Ergonomics Society
Associação Portuguesa deErgonomia
Slovak Ergonomics
Association
Sociedad Chilena de
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Sociedad Columbiana de
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Sociedad de Ergonomistas de
MexicoSocietà Italiana di Ergonomia
Société d’Ergonomie deLangue FrançaiseSouth East Asia Ergonomics
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Swiss Society for Ergonomics
Turkish Ergonomics Society
ULAERGO

IEA EC Midyear Meeting
The Executive Committee held its midyear meeting in Istanbul, Turkey from September 10-11 to coincide with
our participation in the ILO 19th World Congress on Occupational Health and Safety at Work, which took placefrom September 11-15. We were fortunate to be hosted by Ahmet Özok at Istanbul Technical University where
we were housed and held our meeting. Our thanks go to our host for the accommodations and the opportunity toexperience Istanbul.
While the major focus of this meeting was the Triennial Congress and its preparation, we did discuss several
important matters that will come up at our next Council meeting in February.
1. The EC approved the Rules Changes made by the Rules Committee. As Council directed the EC in
Grahamstown, South Africa, changes were made to: a) maintain our non-profit status for our registrationin Switzerland; b) update the changes voted on in Bruges on officers’ titles; and c) update the Rules tomake them more current and separate Rules from Procedures. David Caple and Ernst Koningsveld madethe initial changes. A second committee, including: John Wilson, Lynn Strother, Dave O’Neill, Christine
Waring, Klaus Zink and Yushi Fujita, reviewed the changes and provided feedback. Their valuable input
was incorporated into a version that came before the EC and was approved.
The next step will be to send these proposed changes to the Rules to all federated societies shortly forreview. Any responses or suggestions for changes need to be sent in by December 31, 2011. Thesechanges will be considered and re-sent if necessary. Council members need to come to Recife to vote toapprove the Rules changes. This is critically important for organizational reasons and for maintaining
our registration and non-profit status.
2. We will follow up with a generous proposal by the Japanese Ergonomics Society to provide a consistent
information technology infrastructure support. To date, the administration and management of thewebsite, communication, time management and archiving has changed with each executive. This causes
inconsistencies in how and what we communicate. President Saito and his leadership team have offeredto provide a consistent level of support for a fixed period of time. This infrastructure could provide asolid backbone for future executives. We will be identifying user requirements and defining
responsibilities over the next few months to determine our needs and the best ways to address them.
3. We will support the second phase of the coffee bean harvesting basket project in Nicaragua. Barbara
Silverstein’s group has secured partial funding for this validation phase and IEA will make up thebalance to complete this project. The completion of this lighthouse project sets an example of how IEA
can be involved in showing the way to implement projects, particularly in Industrially Developing
Countries (IDCs).
4. IEA will support delegates from IDCs to attend the IEA 2012 Congress following the same procedurethat was used at the last Congress in Beijing. We will send out letters to the Presidents of the five newest
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Asociación Española De
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Asociación de Ergonomia
Argentina
Association of Canadian
Ergonomists
Belgian Ergonomics Society
Brazilian Ergonomics
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Chinese Ergonomics Society
Croatian Ergonomics Society
Czech ergonomic Society
Ergonomics Society (U.K.)
Ergonomics Society ofAustralia
Ergonomics Society of Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia
Ergonomics Society of Korea
Ergonomics Society of South
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Ergonomics Society of Taiwan
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Gesellschaft fürArbeitswissenschaft
Hellenic Ergonomics Society
Hong Kong Ergonomics
Society
Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society (U.S.A.)
Hungarian Ergonomics Society
Italian Society of Ergonomics

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Inter-Regional Ergonomics
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Iranian Ergonomics Society
Irish Ergonomics Society
Israeli Ergonomics Society
Japan Ergonomics Society
Nederlandse Vereniging Voor
Ergonomie
New Zealand Ergonomics
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Österreichischearbeitsgemeinschaft fürErgonomie
Polish Ergonomics Society
Associação Portuguesa deErgonomia
Slovak Ergonomics
Association
Sociedad Chilena de
Ergonomia
Sociedad Columbiana de
Ergonomia

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Sociedad de Ergonomistas de
MexicoSocietà Italiana di Ergonomia
Société d’Ergonomie deLangue FrançaiseSouth East Asia Ergonomics
Society
Swiss Society for Ergonomics
Turkish Ergonomics Society
ULAERGOfederated societies and federated societies from the ten industrially developing countries with thegreatest need. The member societies will select the recipients of these stipends and communicate thenames to Vice President and Secretary General Eric Wang. These funds can be collected after thesecond day of the Congress in Recife from Vice President and Treasurer Klaus Zink. Stipends will be
for $500USD and each federated society may select up to four recipients.

Your Executive Committee at mid-year meeting in Istanbul, Turkey
Ralph Bruder, Andy Imada, Klaus Zink, David Caple
Eric Wang, Yushi Fujita, Barbara Silvestein, Karen Jacobs, Marcelo Soares

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All-Ukrainian Ergonomics
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Asociación Española De
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Asociación de Ergonomia
Argentina
Association of Canadian
Ergonomists
Belgian Ergonomics Society
Brazilian Ergonomics
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Chinese Ergonomics Society
Croatian Ergonomics Society
Czech ergonomic Society
Ergonomics Society (U.K.)
Ergonomics Society ofAustralia
Ergonomics Society of Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia
Ergonomics Society of Korea
Ergonomics Society of South
Africa

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Ergonomics Society of Taiwan
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Gesellschaft fürArbeitswissenschaft
Hellenic Ergonomics Society
Hong Kong Ergonomics
Society
Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society (U.S.A.)
Hungarian Ergonomics Society
Italian Society of Ergonomics

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Inter-Regional Ergonomics
Association
Iranian Ergonomics Society
Irish Ergonomics Society
Israeli Ergonomics Society
Japan Ergonomics Society
Nederlandse Vereniging Voor
Ergonomie
New Zealand Ergonomics
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Nordic Ergonomic Society

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Österreichischearbeitsgemeinschaft fürErgonomie
Polish Ergonomics Society
Associação Portuguesa deErgonomia
Slovak Ergonomics
Association
Sociedad Chilena de
Ergonomia
Sociedad Columbiana de
Ergonomia

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Sociedad de Ergonomistas de
MexicoSocietà Italiana di Ergonomia
Société d’Ergonomie deLangue FrançaiseSouth East Asia Ergonomics
Society
Swiss Society for Ergonomics
Turkish Ergonomics Society
ULAERGOInternational Meetings
HEPS 2011
The third international conference on Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety (HEPS) conference,sponsored by the IEA, took place in Oviedo, Spain, from June 22-24 2011. The conference was co-organized by
the Asociación Española de Ergonomia and the Societa Italiana di Ergonomia, and attracted more than 250
people from 50 countries. In addition to a range of high quality scientific oral presentations and posters, theconference gave the opportunity to representatives of the WHO Patients for Patient Safety Program to commentand provide advice and suggestions. I would like to thank the AEE, the SIE and the HEPS steering committee
for a successful conference; the IEA is proud to support and promote this important initiative.
I was pleased to participate in this meeting and believe that this is an area where our discipline can make amajor contribution through research and practice. I encourage all federated societies to explore this arena
because this is a significant application that demands high quality of performance and error mitigation whenpeople need it.

IEA PSE Chair Yushi Fujita with ABERGO and ULAERGO dignitaries at Jornada Internacional 2011 in Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Asociación Española De
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Argentina
Association of Canadian
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Brazilian Ergonomics
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Chinese Ergonomics Society
Croatian Ergonomics Society
Czech ergonomic Society
Ergonomics Society (U.K.)
Ergonomics Society ofAustralia
Ergonomics Society of Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia
Ergonomics Society of Korea
Ergonomics Society of South
Africa

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Ergonomics Society of Taiwan
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Gesellschaft fürArbeitswissenschaft
Hellenic Ergonomics Society
Hong Kong Ergonomics
Society
Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society (U.S.A.)
Hungarian Ergonomics Society
Italian Society of Ergonomics

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Inter-Regional Ergonomics
Association
Iranian Ergonomics Society
Irish Ergonomics Society
Israeli Ergonomics Society
Japan Ergonomics Society
Nederlandse Vereniging Voor
Ergonomie
New Zealand Ergonomics
Society
Nordic Ergonomic Society

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Österreichischearbeitsgemeinschaft fürErgonomie
Polish Ergonomics Society
Associação Portuguesa deErgonomia
Slovak Ergonomics
Association
Sociedad Chilena de
Ergonomia
Sociedad Columbiana de
Ergonomia

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Sociedad de Ergonomistas de
MexicoSocietà Italiana di Ergonomia
Société d’Ergonomie deLangue FrançaiseSouth East Asia Ergonomics
Society
Swiss Society for Ergonomics
Turkish Ergonomics Society
ULAERGOInternational ABERGO ULAERGO Conference
Jornada Internacional Abergo Ulaergo 2011 was held in August in Sao Paulo, Brazil where the theme of themeeting was Ergonomics, Safety and Resilience. At the invitation of President Jose Orlando Gomez, Yushi
Fujita, Chair of the Professional Standards and Education Committee, conducted a four-hour course on themaintenance of safety and how our profession can contribute more to having a resilient society. Fujita alsodelivered an hour long keynote address on Resilience Engineering. He also held an interview with the Brazilian
media who were keenly interested in the developments at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
We are pleased to hear about ULAERGO’s engagement of so many ergonomists from the region to confer onmatters of joint interest. We are also indebted to Yushi Fujita for his willingness to travel from Tokyo to Sao
Paulo and give so generously of his time. IEA is pleased to support efforts of individual federated societies andnetworks in promoting ergonomics in the region.
ILO 19th World Congress on Occupational Health and Safety at Work
Because of IEA’s relationship with ILO, we were asked to propose a special session at the 19th World Congressin Istanbul. We participated in two events. First, the IEA sponsored a symposium entitled “Ergonomics andOSH strategies in relation to governmental activities”. This was organized and chaired by IEA Development
and Promotion Chair and GfA President Ralph Bruder. Presenters included: IEA Past President David Caple(HFESA), Alain Piette, National Secretary (BES), Christina Johansen, President (EHSS), and Jan Dul (NVvE).
Second, IEA and ICOH co-sponsored a second symposium entitled “Successful participatory ergonomic
strategies to improve OSH”. This symposium was co-chaired by Past IEA Treasurer and current ICOH
President Kazutaka Kogi and me. Presenters included: Ira Janowitz (HFES), IEA International Development
Chair Barbara Silverstein (HFES), Toru Yoshikawa (Human Ergology Society), and Tsuyoshi Kawakami andValentina Forastieri (ILO). These sessions were well attended and well received.
NES2011 Oulu, Finland 18-21 September
Vice-President and Treasurer Klaus J. Zink represented the IEA at the 2011 conference of the Nordic
Ergonomic Society in Oulu, Finland. While there he delivered a keynote address titled “Stakeholder-oriented
Management Concepts as Challenge for Macro-Ergonomics: How can Macro-Ergonomics Contribute
Successfully to Quality and Sustainability”. On the first day about 150 attendees discussed such topics as
Design and Organizing for All, Cognitive Ergonomics and Human Factors, Management and Development for
Sustainability, and Social and Health Care. Topics on the second day included: Human Factors in Product &Service Development, Physical Ergonomics Visual ergonomics, Safety Critical Systems and Transport.
Promotion of Health, Safety and Wellbeing at Work was a topic for both days.
The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health made an important statement during the opening ceremony. The
political goal of Occupational Health and Safety in Finland shall be officially replaced by the term Wellbeing.
This is an interesting development giving a more positive and attractive image to our activities.
Congratulations to the Conference Chair, Prof. Seppo Väyrynen from the University of Oulu, for organizing aninteresting event in a wonderful venue.
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Asociación Española De
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Asociación de Ergonomia
Argentina
Association of Canadian
Ergonomists
Belgian Ergonomics Society
Brazilian Ergonomics
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Chinese Ergonomics Society
Croatian Ergonomics Society
Czech ergonomic Society
Ergonomics Society (U.K.)
Ergonomics Society ofAustralia
Ergonomics Society of Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia
Ergonomics Society of Korea
Ergonomics Society of South
Africa

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Ergonomics Society of Taiwan
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Gesellschaft fürArbeitswissenschaft
Hellenic Ergonomics Society
Hong Kong Ergonomics
Society
Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society (U.S.A.)
Hungarian Ergonomics Society
Italian Society of Ergonomics

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Inter-Regional Ergonomics
Association
Iranian Ergonomics Society
Irish Ergonomics Society
Israeli Ergonomics Society
Japan Ergonomics Society
Nederlandse Vereniging Voor
Ergonomie
New Zealand Ergonomics
Society
Nordic Ergonomic Society

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Österreichischearbeitsgemeinschaft fürErgonomie
Polish Ergonomics Society
Associação Portuguesa deErgonomia
Slovak Ergonomics
Association
Sociedad Chilena de
Ergonomia
Sociedad Columbiana de
Ergonomia

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Sociedad de Ergonomistas de
MexicoSocietà Italiana di Ergonomia
Société d’Ergonomie deLangue FrançaiseSouth East Asia Ergonomics
Society
Swiss Society for Ergonomics
Turkish Ergonomics Society
ULAERGOInternational Relations
WHO
Alex Ross, Director in the Department of Partnerships from WHO, reported that the Executive Board recently
reviewed the report of IEA collaboration from 2008-2010 and has decided to maintain relations with IEA for
2011-2013. The board commented that they appreciated the report, the successful collaborations and the support
IEA has given to WHO. This is great news that builds on the framework that David Caple and the last
executive developed. Thanks to Wendy Macdonald, David Caple, and Eric Wang for their work on the report.
Calls for Nominations
IEA Officers
As we discussed at our last Council meeting in Grahamstown, the Call for Nomination of Officers is now open.
According to the IEA Rules, the nomination from the federated societies should be received 60 days prior to theCouncil meeting, December 14, 2011. The nomination form can be obtained from Vice President and Secretary
General Eric Wang (mywangeric1@gmail.com). We strongly encourage all federated societies to consider
nominating members for President, Vice President and Secretary General, and Vice President and Treasurer.
This is a richly rewarding experience and a chance to work with a great team at the international level.
To be eligible for office, a candidate must be a member of a Federated Society and either have served
previously on the Council or be the current representative. A candidate should have demonstrated service to
IEA and continuity of attendance at Council meetings. In addition, a candidate for President should have served
at least one term on the Executive Committee.

Ten complimentary copies of “Ergonomics for All:
Celebrating PPCOE’s 20 Years of Excellence”
available to IDCs

The 9th Pan-Pacific Conference on Ergonomics (PPCOE 2010), an IEA endorsed conference, was held in
Kaohsiung, Taiwan in November 2010. The conference celebrated its 20th anniversary by having CRC Press of
Taylor & Francis Group published selected papers from the conference with the title of “Ergonomics for All:
Celebrating PPCOE’s 20 Years of Excellence” (List price: ₤121). As a return to IEA endorsement, Ergonomics
Society of Taiwan has generously offered ten complimentary copies of the book to IEA. We decided to givethese books to the first ten IDC federated societies who are interested in having a copy. Please contact Vice
President and Secretary General Eric Wang (mywangeric1@gmail.com).

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Asociación Española De
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Asociación de Ergonomia
Argentina
Association of Canadian
Ergonomists
Belgian Ergonomics Society
Brazilian Ergonomics
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Chinese Ergonomics Society
Croatian Ergonomics Society
Czech ergonomic Society
Ergonomics Society (U.K.)
Ergonomics Society ofAustralia
Ergonomics Society of Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia
Ergonomics Society of Korea
Ergonomics Society of South
Africa

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Ergonomics Society of Taiwan
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Gesellschaft fürArbeitswissenschaft
Hellenic Ergonomics Society
Hong Kong Ergonomics
Society
Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society (U.S.A.)
Hungarian Ergonomics Society
Italian Society of Ergonomics

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Iranian Ergonomics Society
Irish Ergonomics Society
Israeli Ergonomics Society
Japan Ergonomics Society
Nederlandse Vereniging Voor
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New Zealand Ergonomics
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Nordic Ergonomic Society

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Polish Ergonomics Society
Associação Portuguesa deErgonomia
Slovak Ergonomics
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Sociedad Chilena de
Ergonomia
Sociedad Columbiana de
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Société d’Ergonomie deLangue FrançaiseSouth East Asia Ergonomics
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Swiss Society for Ergonomics
Turkish Ergonomics Society
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IEA 2013 Council Meeting
The Executive is open to nominating a site for the 2013 Council meeting. Consideration will be given to offersfrom federated societies, affiliates or networks to host our 2013 annual council meeting.
IEA 2018 Bids Closed
Four bids were received for the 2018 Congress and have been sent to a review committee, who will review each
proposal to ensure that they meet the requirements for the meeting. Without making recommendations about
which venue to select, the committee presents the qualified bids to the IEA Council. We will vote on the 2018
Congress at the next Council meeting in Recife.
Upcoming IEA Endorsed Events
2nd EAEFS & AES 2011 / The 2nd East Asian Ergonomics Federation Symposium and Asia Ergonomics Summit 2011
5-8 October, 2011, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC
Human Factors & Ergonomics Society in Australia inc. (HFESA) 47th Annual Conference-2011
7-9 November, 2011, NSW, Australia
First International Conference on Ergonomics Assessment in Industrial Practice
1-2 December, 2011, Darmstadt, Germany
2nd SEANES International Conference
9-12 July, 2012, Langkawi, Malaysia

In closing I want to thank all of you who work on committees so diligently and often anonymously. I have cometo appreciate the many contributions of time, treasure and talent that you offer. It reminds me of why it isrewarding to be a part of the IEA family.

Sincerely,

Andrew S. Imada, Ph.D.
President
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Asociación Española De
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Asociación de Ergonomia
Argentina
Association of Canadian
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Belgian Ergonomics Society
Brazilian Ergonomics
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Croatian Ergonomics Society
Czech ergonomic Society
Ergonomics Society (U.K.)
Ergonomics Society ofAustralia
Ergonomics Society of Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia
Ergonomics Society of Korea
Ergonomics Society of South
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Gesellschaft fürArbeitswissenschaft
Hellenic Ergonomics Society
Hong Kong Ergonomics
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Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society (U.S.A.)
Hungarian Ergonomics Society
Italian Society of Ergonomics

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Iranian Ergonomics Society
Irish Ergonomics Society
Israeli Ergonomics Society
Japan Ergonomics Society
Nederlandse Vereniging Voor
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New Zealand Ergonomics
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Nordic Ergonomic Society

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Sociedad Chilena de
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Sociedad Columbiana de
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Société d’Ergonomie deLangue FrançaiseSouth East Asia Ergonomics
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Swiss Society for Ergonomics
Turkish Ergonomics Society
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