Southeast Region Preliminary Program

A special thanks to all our sponsors: Rimkus Chick-fil-A Restaurants Fieldwork Auburn University We are Human State Farm Kickr Design Naturally Intentional Coaching

Pre-conference career coaching workshop by LaShawn Nevins, M.Eng, CPE from Naturally Intentional Coaching on Thursday, April 10th, at 2:30pm

Workshop: Crafting Your Intentionally Uncommon Career Path: A Self-Discovery Lab

Complimentary 1:1 coaching sessions are offered the following week for all attendees

Preliminary Program
Time Session
8:00 a.m.

Local Opening Keynote
Designing Defenses: How Human Factors Can Fight the Way on Germs
Joel Mumma, Research Director of the Healthcare Human Factors Lab and Human Factors Engineer at Emory Healthcare
9:00 a.m.

Local Human Factors Lectures:

  • Sudeep Hegde, Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering, Clemson University
    • Proactive Learning At-Scale for Resilient Systems Using Large Language Models
  • Theresa Kessler, Senior Research Scientist, GA Tech Research Institute
    • The Zenith of Human-System Interaction is not Trust
  • Annie Philip, VP, Product Design & Experience, LPL Financial, tentatively on the limited application of Agile to usability in product development
    • Design at the Speed of Agile: How to Do UX the Right Way
10:00 a.m.

Local Industrial Design Lectures:

  • Craig Stehle, Professor of Industrial Design at SCAD Atlanta
    • Designing for Impact, Sustainability Design Principles
  • Roger Ball, Professor of Industrial Design at GA Tech
    • SizeGlobal - Design for Body Shape Diversity
  • David Garbriel
    • Industrial Design and Human Factors:  Allies in Aerospace
11:00 a.m. National Opening Keynote Presentation
  • Deborah Boehm-Davis, Professor Emeritus, George Mason University and Wayne Gray, Professor of Cognitive Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    • Intersections: Careers, Research and HFES
12:30 p.m. Networking Lunch Sponsored by Chik-Fil-A
1:15 p.m. Networking, Posters, and VR Demonstrations
2:00 p.m.

National Panel: 
3:00 p.m. Networking and Poster Break.  Coffee break sponsored by Kickr
3:15 p.m.

Local Panel: 
4:30 p.m

Local Closing Keynote:

  • Quintin Williams, Professor at SCAD Atlanta & Founder of CREATIVE ASTRONAUT
    • AI Enhanced Workflows
 

The conference will end around 5:15 p.m. We will have a sign-up sheet near our Job Board for those who would like to get together after hours for dinner!

We have 10 posters that will be set up at the beginning of the day with topics ranging from AI to Aging to Cross-functional Collaboration Strategies Mengyao Li Debbie H. Sarah Acton Nusrath Zahan Tasnim Sam Koscelny Sara Sadralashrafi Adama Diallo Dixizi (Krystal) Liu

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