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Thanks for your comments Brian. I'm sorry for my slow response--super busy with medical device clients who "are ready for human factors" (i.e., want a validation study). :-( I'm glad you approve of our definition of human factors / ergonomics on the HFES website. I take some credit for pulling that together ...

Hi All - Here are a few more thoughts on the TG names: As I mentioned in my prior post, I am a member of many of the HFES TGs including the "User Experience Technical Group (and formerly the Computer Systems and Internet technical groups). They are inexpensive, and represent a broad range of my interests. ...

Here are a few of my thoughts on the variety of proposals for changes to the HFES Product Design Technical Group. I mantin memberships in approximately 15 of the HFES technical groups, including Product Design, User Experience (formerly both the Computer Systems and Internet), and Usability ...

Thanks Katie. How do I attend in person? I'm here in Chicago and have strong opinions about what we call ourselves (note I coauthored a poster on this topic yesterday). Isn't this the TG that was originally called the "Consumer Products TG?" If so, what year did we change to "Product Design?" - ...