Good morning to all human factors & ergonomics professionals, students and academics - On Monday, March 10 at 9 am PDT/Noon EST the monthly meeting of the Sustainability Technical Group (STG) will begin. Our membership is growing steadily and new members will get a chance to say hello if they like. All current members have received an invite to a Google Calendar invite, too.
What: HFES Sustainability Technical Group Monthly Meeting
When: Monday, March 10, 2025, at 9 am PDT/noon EST (Agenda below)
Where: Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87001273473?pwd=8aBTS9f8rYpq3aBeufdIbYO36JbRY1.1
Meeting ID: 870 0127 3473
Passcode: 860199
Agenda:
1) Introduction of new members
2) Please join the Sustainability TG https://my.hfes.org/subscription/join-technical-group For problems please contact Amrita.Maguire@dell.com or danpgottesman@gmail.com
STUDENT MEMBERSHIP IS NOW FREE
3) STG elections: Ballot went out March 4 and voting will close March 21.
a) Vice-chair (serves one year): Tommy Tran
b) Annual Meeting Program Vice-Chair (serves one year): Carryl Baldwin
4) Call for applications for communications team roles went out which seeks students, new grads or early career professionals: Communications director, website lead, newsletter lead, and social media lead. Apply: https://forms.gle/oWt3GqMHXN5G7JX7A
5) 2025 HFES Annual Meeting: October 12-17. Chicago.
6) Updates on HFES ASPIRE Panels and Potential Webinar Topics
a) Sustainable Aviation panel (Aerospace Systems and Sustainability TGs: moderated by Shraddha Swaroop; panelists include Mark Shikerman of Wisk Aero, Chris Wickens of Colorado State University; Yining "Elena" Zhang of Rice University; Oleksandra Molloy of University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra, Australia)
b) Financial Return On Investment Methods: Case Studies of System-Scale Interventions panel (Environmental Design and Sustainability TGs: moderated by Dan Nathan-Roberts of San Jose State University; panelists Shraddha Swaroop of California State University, Long Beach; Melissa Afterman of the University of California Ergonomics Program; Michelle Robertson, Executive Director of the Office Ergonomics Research Committee; Blake McGowan, Solutions Executive at VelocityEHS; and Amrita Maguire is a Hardware User Interface Engineer at Dell Technologies.)
c) Sustainability in Health Care (Health Care and Product Design TG, Susan K, Mary O)
d) HF and mitigating AI energy consumption (Human AI Robot TG, Joseph Lyons, Joe M, Mary O)
e) Smart Thermostats/Energy Buildings/Energy Feedback (Product Design, Keith Karn)
f) Sustainable Supply Chains (Product Design TG Keith Karn, Rehka)
g) Drone delivery service and sustainability (Shraddha Swaroop)
h) Getting to Net Zero (Industry, Macroergonomics TG Hanna Barton, Andrew T, Chris Reid)
i) EU Green Deal – SPDR (Sustainable Product Design Regulation), EPD (Environmental Product Definitions) and French Repairability Index (Product Design TG, Philips, Aviation fuel, Amrita Maguire), FINES (baby monitors)
j) Human roles in IT recycling: Ghana, Brazil, US (Mary O, Dan O, Sara R, Augustine A)
k) HF Education with sustainability examples (Education TG / Gretchen M, Nancy B, Carryl B, Cal State LB)
7) Next meeting April 14, 2025, 9 am PDT/noon EST