Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Houston Chapter

Fourth Annual One-Day Conference

Hosted by the Houston Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Date: May 4, 2007
Location: McNair Hall at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, Rice University, Houston, TX USA.

The purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for sharing information among a community of human factors engineers, designers, developers, and students who are working in the region.

**New this year**

There will a networking and informal pizza dinner for students attendees. This will allow students to meet each other, learn more about the working world of HF/E professionals, and to ask questions. Contact for more information.

Conference registration is open! Click on the "Registration" link in the left navigation bar (or on the link here).

Conference Schedule (see "Program" for more details)

Event Time Itinerary / Speaker
Registration / Continental Breakfast
  8:00 - 9:00am
 
Welcome and Keynote Speaker
  9:00 - 10:00am
Lee Morin
Astronaut
Morning Break
10:00 - 10:15am
Presentations I
10:15 - 11:15am
Usability of existing systems
Lunch and Poster Session
11:15 - 12:45am
Poster sessions
Chapter meeting
12:45 - 1:30pm
Agenda
Afternoon talks I
  1:30 - 2:30pm
Space systems
Afternoon break
  2:30 - 2:45pm
 
Afternoon talks II
  2:45 - 3:30pm
Future trends in HF/E
Reception
  3:30 - 5:00pm
 
Pizza, Students, and Presidents
  4:30 - 6:00pm
 

Areas of interest include:

Aerospace Systems, Aging, Cognitive Engineering & Decision Making, Communications, Computer Systems, Consumer Products, Education, Environmental Design, Forensics Professional, Human Error and Performance, Individual Differences in Performance, Industrial Ergonomics, Internet, Medical Systems and Rehabilitation, Macroergonomics, Perception and Performance, Safety, Surface Transportation, System Development, Test and Evaluation, Training, Virtual Environments.

Additionally, the Houston Chapter of HFES is interested in expanding awareness and promoting the education of human factors and ergonomics in the community.

 

For More Information

Web Site: http://www.houstonhfes.org
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