IEA Kingfar and Tsinghua Awards: Deadline EXTENDED
While we have already received a good number of nominations for the IEA Kingfar and Tsinghua awards, we have also received requests for an extension on the submission deadline. Following discussion with the IEA officers, exceptionally, this year, all IEA Member societies are allowed until 7 July to submit nominations for the IEA Kingfar and […]
News from Group on Standardization – TC159/WG2: Advancing Accessible Design Through International Standardization
The Role of WG2 within ISO/TC159 ISO/TC159/WG2, “Ergonomics for people with special requirements,” addresses accessibility from an ergonomic perspective. It considers differences in human abilities due to age, disability, and use situations, and promotes their consideration in the design of products, services, environments, and systems. WG2’s role is not limited to developing individual accessibility-related standards. […]
IEA at the International Labour Conference
The IEA was represented at the 114th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva by Andrew Thatcher and Thomas Alexander. The ILC sets the international labour standards and the broad policies of the ILO. During the conference, several thousand representatives from Government, Employers and Workers of the 187 ILO member states and […]
IEA2027 – Call for papers now open!
The call for submissions opened on 1 July and we are inviting research papers, practitioner case studies, workshop proposals and student projects. The over-arching theme of The Human Advantage is a call to action to reclaim intentional, human-led thinking as a strategic strength, enabling design centred around human characteristics, needs and behaviour. We can’t wait to […]
Call for proposals: Support for Strategic Operational plan for improved Stakeholder communication
Dear IEA Members and supporters, Following consultation with our members and considering the limited use of the excellent resources available through the IEA website (iea.cc), we believe that IEA could benefit from support to improve our communications to our stakeholders including 1) Member Societies and their members, 2) Sustaining Members, 3) other international organisations with […]
50 Years Design Engineering Anthropometry, an Overview
IEA webinar: 16 July, 2026, at 15:00 UTC The Technical Committee on Anthropometry Webinar Series Duration: 60 mins, including time for discussion This presentation provides a retrospective overview of the evolution of anthropometry in design engineering over the past five decades. Beginning with the speaker’s experience learning traditional one-dimensional (1D) anthropometry from body dimension tables […]
IEA/Kingfar Award and IEA/Tsinghua Award 2026 Applications Now Open
Deadline: 30 June, 2026 The IEA/Kingfar Award is given annually to early career professionals to promote and reward high-quality original research and applications on new and emerging HFE issues or issues specifically related to industrially developing countries, as well as to promote a career path in HFE. Nominees can be from any country including both IDCs and developed […]
