The 2017^th Council of the Federation of European Ergonomics Societies (FEES) elected Pedro N.P. Ferreira as treasurer, and thanked all the work to the outgoing treasurer, Reinier Hoftijzer.

Reinier Hoftijzer joint the Standard & Guidelines Committee of FEES in 2010. First he was responsible for the contact with the EU Commission for the Machinery and the PPE directive, later from 2011 to 2017 he represented FEES in both EU working groups for Machinery and PPE.

The conference “Workers and creativity: How to improve working conditions by participative methods” organised jointly by the Federation of European Ergonomics Societies (FEES), the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), the Belgian Ergonomics Society (BES) and the Centre for Registration of European Ergonomics (CREE) with the support of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) was attended by around one hundred participants, including ergonomists, union officials, company doctors and H&S officers.

Le conférence organisée conjointement par la Fédération européenne des sociétés d’ergonomie (FEES), l’Institut syndical européen (ETUI), la société belge d’ergonomie (BES) et le centre d’enregistrement du titre d’ergonome européen (CREE) avec le soutien de l’Association internationale d’ergonomie (IEA) sur la thématique « Travailleurs et créativité : comment améliorer les conditions de travail par des méthodes participatives » a rassemblé une centaine de participants (ergonomes, syndicalistes, médecins du travail, responsables d’entreprises,…).

The Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors is organising events answering the most recent safety related issues.

Human Factors in Nuclear Decommissioning

16 October 2017
Hilton Manchester Airport, UK

7th International Ergonomics Conference
ERGONOMICS 2018 - Emphasis on Wellbeing
June 13 – 16, 2018, Zadar, Croatia

The 18th Research-Technical International Conference will be held Lodz, Poland, November 21 – 22, 2017.

The Applied Ergonomics Conference (AEC) is one of the largest and most impressive ergonomics conferences in North America. Presenters are practitioners sharing real-world experiences and practical solutions to common problems in industry.

The 51st Council Meeting of the Centre of Registration of European Ergonomist was held in Buxton, UK, 8-10 June 2017.

Yushi Fujita the president of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) and Sylvain Leduc president of the Federation of European Ergonomist Societies (FEES) attended the meeting, and exchanged ideas regarding the international collaboration to promote ergonomics and the certification system.

The Jubilee - 30th International Seminar of Ergonomics was held in Tarnow (Poland) from 9th to 11th May 2017.

Sylvain Leduc president and Pascal Etienne secretary general attended the executive meeting of the International Ergonomics Association on 28th March, 2017 Florence.