25-26 October 2010
Eurosites Republique, 8 Bis rue de la Fontaine au roi, 75011 Paris
This international conference on control rooms is the first such scientific congress run by the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors. Keynote speakers are:
Robert S Simpson, Founder Director, Electrosonic Group. Robert is an authority on Audio Visual and Lighting Control topics. His books include "Effective Audio Visual", "Videowalls - The Book of the Big Electronic Image" and "Lighting Control - Technology and Applications".
Dr Toni Ivegard, author of "Handbook of Control Room Design and Ergonomics: A perspective for the future".
The conference will cover the following topics:
- New technology in control rooms
- Physical design of control rooms
- Control rooms of the future
- Overview displays
- The changing role of the operator
- Control rooms and world concerns - global warming / energy distribution / societal security
- CCD Design and Ergonomics
- International Ergonomics Association
- Centre for Registration of European Ergonomists
- Federation of European Ergonomics Societies
- Societe d'Ergonomie de Langue Francaise
- Institute of Engineering and Technology