7:30 a.m. – Registration, Breakfast, Exhibitors
8:00a.m. – Welcome
8:15a.m. – Keynote with Dr. David Rempel, PhD, CPE,
New Findings on Risk Factors for Hand and Arm Disorders
9:30 a.m. – Exhibitor Break
10:00 a.m. - Implementing Participatory Ergonomics in the Grocery Industry
Samantha Modderman PT, DPT
10:30 a.m. – The Aging Workforce
Dr. William Smith, MD, MBA
11:30 a.m. - Lunch, Exhibitors
12:30 p.m. – Announcements, Professional of the Year Award
12:45 p.m. – Who are you and what gives you the right to call your product ergonomic?
Ian Chong, CPE, Extreme Ergonomics
1:15 p.m. – Immersive Stereoscopic Reviews of Vehicle Interiors and Exteriors for
Engineering, Ergonomics and Aesthetic Design
Elizabeth Baron, BS, Six Sigma Academy Black Belt, Ford Motor Company
1:45 p.m. - Exhibitor Break
2:15p.m. – The Use of Virtual Tools in the Ergonomic Design of Manufacturing Processes
Allison Stephens, M.Sc, CPE, Ford Motor Company
2:45p.m. – Nicaraguan Coffee Bag Research Project
Kate Stewart, CPE; Stephen Bao, CPE, CCPE; and Steve Russell, Labor & Industry
3:30 p.m. – Door prizes, wrap up