Call for papers for computer-aided ergonomics and safety conference

CAES'99, the fourth international conference on computer-aided ergonomics and safety will be held in Barcelona, Spain, from 19 to 21 May 1999. The objective of the conference is to provide an international forum to exchange information about recent advances in computer-aided methods, techniques and tools for ergonomics, safety and health applications.

The conference organizers have published a call for papers on the following topics, to be covered during the conference:

- Anthropometry and models of man;
- Graphical tools for workplace design;
- Assessment of workload;
- Work measurement and labour standards;
- Postural analysis and recording;
- Biomedical and physiological models;
- Physical and mental rehabilitation;
- Human cognitive modelling;
- Ergonomic design;
- Intelligent data banks and expert systems;
- Safety and health information systems;
- Neural nets applications in safety and health;
- Safety and risk analysis;
- Accident investigation and prevention;
- Process incident control;
- Modelling of work environment exposure;
- CAD and participation in planning;
- Virtual reality;
- Ergonomics and safety;
- Design for all in ergonomics.

Instructions for preparing abstracts will be provided with the second announcement, due in October 1998.
For further information, please contact:

Tampere University of Technology
Occupational Safety Engineering
Secretary General
Mr. Markku Leppänen
PO Box 541
FIN-33101 Tampere
Fax +358-3-3652671
E-mail: mleppane@cc.tut.fi
URL: http://www.ioc.upc.es/CAES99/index.html(opens in new window)