In recognition of special achievements in the field of work sciences in agriculture and for the promotion of junior staff in this field, the specialist committee on labour sciences in agriculture of the VDI Max-Eyth-Gesellschaft Agrartechnik awards the Ludwig Wilhelm Ries Prize every two to three years.
The Applied Ergonomics Conference scheduled for March 16 - 19, 2020 at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Kentucky, USA has been postponed due to the COVID-19 situation. The conference website is www.appliedergoconference.org.
The Centre of Registration of European Ergonomist (CREE) Council announces that 17 new certified ergonomists were accepted and 14 people successfully renewed their certification at the 55th Council Meeting Delémont, Switzerland, 7-8 June 2019.
The 2019 council meeting of the Federation of the European Ergonomics Societies (FEES) will be held
The Federation of European Ergonomic Societies (FEES) has been awarded for the continued contribution and commitment towards the Healthy Workplace Campaign of the European Agency for Safety and H
The project TRAIN4WORK launched an online questionnaire on 13 February 2019 to identify training requirements, define learning objectives and course structure of a new learning material.
After a preparation period of more than 5 years, finally on 7th May 2003, FEES could celebrate its inauguration in Munich, Germany. By then twelve Federated Societies became a member of FEES. Early 2018 FEES counts twenty member societies (actual membership and useful information on FEES can be found at the FEES website.
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work has several projects to prevent the negative effects of the work related musculoskeletal disorders (wMSDs). There’s a solid preparation for the related Healthy Workplaces 2020-2022 Campaign on wMSDs, and already some practical tools have been published.
The 54th Council Meeting of the Centre of Registration of European Ergonomist (CREE) was held in Athens, Greece, 30 November - 1 December 2018. 12 new certified ergonomists were accepted, and 32 people successfully renewed their certification.
According to the decision of the FEES council held on the 26th August 2018 in Florence, Aleksandar Zunjic has been unanimously elected, and took over Secretary General office from Pascal Etienne 1st December 2018.