Hello fellow HFE professionals,

 I would like to remind you of our upcoming conference. We have some exciting and informative talks and posters this year; check out our conference website for more information. We are looking forward to a successful conference and hope to see all of you there. For registration information, read below.

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

Conference registration is open! (Click 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	Mario Runco, Jr. Astronaut and Earth and Planetary Scientist
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 [coming soon ]
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