<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear colleagues,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>The Applied Ergonomics Conference (AEC) 2024 call for poster abstracts is now open</b>. Student submissions are eligible for <a href="https://www.iise.org/aec/details.aspx?id=21196">student awards</a> ($1,000).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The AEC 2024, presented by the Applied Ergonomics Society (AES), invites you to submit poster abstracts to share with other professionals and students in ergonomics, healthcare, safety, human resources, and risk management. The AES is a society within the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). 
</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Share your experiences, applications, research, and lessons learned with the applied ergo community at AEC 2024 (March 25-28, 2024) </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial">in Louisville, Kentucky! Learn, explore and experience the latest in occupational ergonomics with fellow practitioners from industries such as healthcare, human factors, government, manufacturing, safety and energy.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Deadline for submitting poster abstracts:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> November 30, 2023</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Submit poster abstracts here:</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><a href="https://iise.confex.com/iise/2024aec/cfp.cgi" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">https://iise.confex.com/iise/2024aec/cfp.cgi</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">More information about AEC 2024:</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><a href="https://www.iise.org/aec/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">https://www.iise.org/aec/</span></a></p><div><br></div><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Poster Committee Co-Chairs:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Karen B. Chen, PhD</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Associate Professor</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">North Carolina State University</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Sheryl S. Ulin, Ph.D., CPE</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Research Program Officer</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Director of Continuing Education</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The University of Michigan</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Center for Ergonomics</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Center for Occupational Health Safety and Engineering (COHSE)</span></p></div>