Symposiums

We have a one-day HHFES symposium every spring in the Houston area where professionals and students share presentations and posters on current work and research being done in HF/E. Every 3rd year, we combine with other HFES chapters and hold a Regional conference.

2014
2012	2013
2010	2011
2008	2009
2006	2007
2004	2005

Annual Awards

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2013 10th Annual Houston Human Factors & Ergonomics
One-Day Symposium:

When:	Friday, May 3, 2013: 8am - 5pm
Where:	Marathon Oil, Conference Center 5555 San Felipe Street, Houston, TX 77056 (http://marathontower.com)
Keynote Address:	Frank Durso, HFES President-Elect
IMPORTANT DATES:
March 01, 2013	On-Line Submissions open
April 01, 2013	On-Line Registration Opens
April 05, 2013	Deadline for abstract submissions
April 12, 2013	Notification of acceptance
May 1, 2013	On-Line Registration Closes
May 3, 2013	10th Annual HFES Symposium

For more information please vist the conference site.

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2012 Houston Human Factors & Ergonomics One-Day Symposium:

When:	Tuesday, May 15, 2012: 8am - 5pm
Where:	Rice University Duncan Hall 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX (http://www.rice.edu/)
Keynote Address:	Michael Reed Barratt (M.D., M.S.) NASA Astronaut
IMPORTANT DATES:
March 10, 2012	On-Line Submissions open
April 01, 2012	On-Line Registration Opens
April 25, 2012	Deadline for abstract submissions <extended!>
April 30, 2012	Notification of acceptance
May 13, 2012	On-Line Registration Closes
May 15, 2012	9th Annual HFES Symposium

For more information please vist the conference site.

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2011 Texas Regional One-Day Conference of Human Factors and Ergonomics

Hosted by the Houston, Alamo, North Texas, Texas Tech, and University of Houston-Clear Lake, Chapters of HFES and the Austin Area Ergonomics Roundtable

When:	Friday, April 29, 2011: 8:30 am - 5pm
Where:	Universities Space Research Association Division of Space Life Sciences 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058

IMPORTANT DATES:
February 28, 2011	On-Line Registration Opens
March 11, 2011	Deadline for abstract submissions
March 26, 2011	Notification of acceptance
April 27, 2011	On-Line Registration Ends
April 29, 2011	Second Texas HFES Symposium

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Seventh Annual One-Day Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics

When: May 21, 2010; from 8am-4pm

Where: University of Houston, Clear Lake

Keynote: "Why Creating Simple Designs is Hard: Building Technologies for Global Health" by Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Ph.D.

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Sixth Annual One-Day Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics

When: April 24, 2009

Where: University of Houston, Architecture Building.

Keynote Speaker: Mario Runco, Jr., Astronaut

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2008 Texas Regional Human Factors and Ergonomics Society One Day Conference

Hosted by the Houston, Alamo, North Texas, and Student Texas Tech Chapter of HFES and the Austin Area Ergonomics Roundtable

When: April 18, 2008

Where: MCC Building (at the SW corner of Mopac and Braker), 3925 West Braker Lane, Austin, TX

Keynote Speaker: Loren Shriver

Guest Speaker: Jeff Kelly

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Fourth Annual One-Day Conference

When: May 4, 2007

Where: McNair Hall at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, Rice University, Houston, TX USA.

Keynote Speaker: Lee Morin, Astronaut

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Third Annual One-Day Conference

When: May 26, 2006

Where: Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, Rice University, Houston, TX USA

Keynote Speaker: Bob Helmreich, Ph. D.

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Second Annual One-Day Conference

When: May 6, 2005

Where: Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, Houston, TX

Morning Speaker: Kenneth R. Laughery, “Human Factors around the world and here at home: What does an expert need to know?”

Afternoon Speaker: Randolph Bias, “Usability: Why 'they' get it and why 'they' don't”

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First Annual One-Day Conference

When: April 23, 2004

Where: Rice University Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, Houston, Texas USA

Opening Speaker: Betty M. Sanders, current HFES President

Keynote Speaker: Nancy Currie, Astronaut-Mission Specialist; Manager, Space Shuttle Safety and Mission Assurance