Conference Organization
The 8th International Conference on Human Systems Engineering and Design: Future Trends and Applications (IHSED 2026) will be held at the Hilton Paris Opera in Paris, France, September 22-24, 2026.
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Conference Address: 108 Rue Saint-Lazare, 75008 Paris, France |
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Conference Tracks and Advisory Board |
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| IHSED 1: Human-Centered Design | |
Chair: Christianne Falcão (UniFBV Wyden), Brazil Umer Asgher (National Univ. of Sciences and Technology), Pakistan Julien Cegarra (SCoTE lab), France Seung Hyun Cha (Hanyang University), Korea E. Hung (Hong Kong Shue Yan University), Hong Kong Wonil Hwang (SSU), S. Korea Yong Gu Ji (Yonsei University), Korea Bernard C. Jiang (NTUST), Taiwan Ger Joyce (University of Hertfordshire), UK Henrijs Kalkis (Riga Stradins University), Latvia Jussi Kantola ( University of Vaasa), Finland Chee Weng Khong (Multimedia University), Malaysia Kyle Kim (Hongik University), Korea Sui Kwong Sunny Lam (OUHK), Hong Kong Zhizhong Li (TSINGHUA), PR China Nelson Matias (Universidade Rio de Janeiro), Brazil Atsuo Murata (Okayama Univ.), Japan Aleksandra Polak-Sopinska (Lodz University of Technology), Poland Delfina Gabriela Ramos (Polytechnic Institute of Cavado ), Portugal Daniel Raposo (CIAUD), Portugal Francisco Rebelo (Uniersity of Lisbon), Portugal Valerie Rice (U.S Army), USA Nuno F. Rodrigues (Polytechnic Institute of Cavado), Portugal Emilio Rossi (Lincoln University), Italy Kyu Ha Shim (Carnegie Mellon University), USA Jun Bum Shin (Oregon State University), USA Michael Siu (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Hong Kong Liang Tan (Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts,), China João Vilaça (University of Minho), Portugal Xiang Yang Xin (City University of Macau), China Jesvin Yeo (Nanyang Technological University ), Singapore David Yip (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Hong Kong Choi Joung Yun (State University of New York ), USA |
Focuses on human-centered, activity-centered, and user-centered design, including usability, interface design, and requirements engineering.
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| IHSED 2: Innovative Materials for Product Development | |
Chair: Stefania Camplone (University of Chieti-Pescara), Italy Luis Almeida (University of Minho), Portugal Marvin Andujar (University of South Florida), USA Ana Cristina Broega (University of Minho), Portugal Giovanni Conti (Politecnico di Milano), Italy Achim Ebert (University of Kaiserslautern), Germany Christianne Falcão (UniFBV Wyden), Brazil Carlos Figueiredo (CIAUD), Portugal Max Friedrich (German Aerospace Center DLR), Germany Sandra Heffernan (Massey University), New Zealand Theresa Beco Lobo (School of Art Institute of Chicago), USA Anne Marr (University of the Arts London), UK Tamaki Mitsuno (Shinshu University), Japan Carla Morais (CIAUD), Portugal Fernando Moreira da Silva (CIAUD), Portugal Martina Motta (Politecnico di Milano), Italy Sibashis Parida (BMW Group), Germany Ralf Philipsen (RWTH Aachen University), Germany Delfina Gabriela Garrido Ramos (IPCA), Portugal Maria Antonietta Sbordone (University of Campania), Italy |
Explores
innovative and smart materials, biomaterials, additive
manufacturing, and human-sensory material properties.
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| IHSED 3: Engineering, Design and Human Diversity | |
Chair: Giuseppe Di Bucchianico (University of Chieti-Pescara), Italy Avril Accolla (Tongji University), China Carlos Aceves Gonzales (University of Guadalahara), Mexico Dena Al Thani (Hamad Bin Khalifa University), Qatar Daniel Brandão (University of Minho Braga), Portugal Daniele Busciantella Ricci (University of Trento), Italy Rama Gheerawo (Royal College of Art), UK Ninela Ivanova (Royal College of Art), UK Henrijs Kalkis (Riga Stradins University), Latvia Keiji Kawahara (Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences), Japan Pete Kercher ( EIDD Design for All Europe), Italy Tsai Lu Liu (NC State College of Design), USA Nuno Martins (Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave), Portugal Giuseppe Mincolelli (University of Ferrara), Italy Mitsuo Nagamachi (Hiroshima International University), Japan Farnaz Nickpour (University of Liverpool), UK Hamid Parsaei (Texas A&M University, Qatar), Qatar Daniel Raposo (CIAUD), Portugal Janice Rieger (Queensland University of Technology), Australia Hannu Vanharanta (University of Vaasa), Finland Matteo Zallio (University of Cambridge), UK |
Focuses
on inclusive systems, collaborative thinking, emotional
design, and designing for human diversity in various
applications.
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| IHSED 4: Safety Engineering and Systems Complexity | |
Chair: Beata Mrugalska (Poznan University), Poland Pedro Arezes (MIT Portugal), Portugal Ron Boring (Idaho National Laboratory), USA Paulo Carvalho (IEN), Brazil Ignacio Castellucci (Universidad de Valparaíso), Chile Nélson Costa (University of Minho), Portugal Susana Costa (University of Minho), Portugal Massimo Di Nicolantonio (University of Chieti-Pescara ), Italy J. Pedro Domingues (University of Minho), Portugal Anne Drummond (University College Dublin), Ireland Lucie Kocůrková (Technical University of Ostrava), Czech Republic Isabel Nunes (Univeristy of Lisbon), Portugal Stefan Pickl (Munich Technical ), Germany Jonathan Pierret (University of Lorraine), France Helene Pillet (ParisTech), France Dominique Thiveaud (CHU Toulouse), France Wim Van Wassenhove (MINES ParisTech), France |
Addresses safety engineering, occupational hazards, cognitive systems, dependability, and complex system modeling.
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| IHSED 5: Fashion and Textile Design for Sustainability and Better Life | |
Co-Chairs: Gianni Montagna (Universidade de Lisboa), Portugal Maria Antonietta Sbordone (Università degli Studi della Campania), Italy Elisabeth Amir (Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art), Israel Theresa Beco Lobo (School of Art Institute of Chicago), USA Robert Burton (Teesside University), United Kingdom William Cantú (Universidade Europeia), Portugal Cristina Carvalho (Universidade de Lisboa), Portugal Elisabetta Cianfanelli (University of Florence), Italy Carla Costa Pereira (Universidade de Lisboa), Portugal Paolo Franzo (University of Florence), Italy Maria João Delgado (Universidade de Lisboa), Portugal Helen McAllister (National College of Art and Design), Ireland Gabriele Monti (Università Iuav di Venezia), Italy Fernando Moreira da Silva (Universidade de Lisboa), Portugal Ana Moreira da Silva (Universidade de Lisboa), Portugal Nelson Pinheiro Gomes (Universidade de Lisboa), Portugal Diego Prieto (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), Spain Patrizia Ranzo (Università degli Studi della Campania), Italy Dario Scodeller (Università degli Studi di Ferrara), Italy Frederique Thureau (CEDECS), France Davide Turrini (Università degli Studi di Ferrara), Italy Julia Valle (Aalto University), Finland Herbert Zymla (Universidad Complutense), Spain |
Promotes
sustainable textile and fashion design, improving human
well-being and respecting ecosystems through multidisciplinary
approaches.
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| IHSED 6: Biomechanics, Health Management and Medicine | |
Chair: Jean Marc Seigneur (University of Geneva), Switzerland Nadia Antonova (University of Sofia), Bulgaria Peter Bengtsson (Luleå University of Technology), Sweden Mario Bernardo Filho (University of Rio de Janeiro), Brazil Fehti Calisir (ITU), Turkey François Constant Boyer (University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne), France Danúbia Da Cunha de Sá-Caputo (University of Rio de Janeiro), Brazil Tihomir Dovramadjiev (Technical University of Varna), Bulgaria Mahmut Eksioglu (Boğaziçi University), Turkey Achim Elfering (Universität Bern), Switzerland Enda Fallon (NUI Galway), Ireland Xin Feng (FDA), USA François Fourchet (Hospital de la Tour Genève Switzerland), Switzerland Clint Hansen (UKSH, Neurology Department, University of Kiel), Germany Jihoon Jeong (Kyung Hee Cyber University), South Korea Jay Kalra (University of Saskatchewan), Canada Alex Kuchumov (Perm National Research Polytechnic University), Russia Christiano Machado (University Estacio Rio de Janeiro), Brazil Łukasz Matuszelański (Military University of Technology), Poland Bartosz Molik (Jozef Pilsudski University), Poland Suranga Nanayakkara (The University of Auckland), New Zealand Zenija Roja (Riga Stradins University), Latvia Jean Marc Seigneur (University of Geneva), Switzerland Rodney Whiteley (Aspetar Qatar), Qatar Woontack Woo (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), South Korea Katarzyna Zerka (Polish Academy of Science), Poland |
Covers biomechanics, health management, medicine, human factors in health systems, and cyber-physical health applications.
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| IHSED 7: Human Computer and System Interactions | |
Chair: Tihomir Dovramadjiev (Technical University of Varna), Bulgaria Shuchisnigdha Deb (Mississippi State University), USA Tihomir Dovramadjiev (Technical University of Varna), Bulgaria Frank Flemisch (Fraunhofer FKIE), Germany Kazuo Hatakeyama (UNIOCIESC), Brazil Sven Hinrichsen ( Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, Lemgo), Germany Tim Jeske (Institute of Applied Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics), Germany Christopher Lowe (Liv Systems), UK Yuanyao Lu (North China University of Technology), China Ravi Mahamuni (Tata Consultancy Services Limited), India Evangelos Markopoulos (Hult Business / Queen Mary University of London), UK Jorge Luis Pérez Médina (Universidad de Las Américas - Quito), Ecuador Bonnie Novak (U.S. Army), USA Isabel L. Nunes (NOVA University of Lisbon), Portugal William Prugh (Dynology Corporation), USA Claudia Quintao (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Portugal Adriano Bernardo Renzi (Universidade Federal Fluminense), Brazil Yves Rybarczyk (Dalarna University, Falun), Sweden Mohammed-Aminu Sanda (University of Ghana/Lulea University of Technology), Ghana/Sweden Ahmed Seffah (Lappeenranta University of Technology ), Finland |
Explores HCI design theories, novel interaction technologies,
data visualization, user research, and cyber-physical systems
interactions.
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| IHSED 8: Business Analytics and Technology | |
Chair: Tihomir Dovramadjiev (Technical University of Varna), Bulgaria Tibor Barath (Qualitas), Hungary Petri Helo (University of Vaasa), Finland Natali V. Ivanova ( St. Petersburg State Transport University), Russia Waldemar Karwowski (UCF), USA Salman Nazir (University of South-Eastern Norway), Norway Peter Odrakiewicz (Univ.of La Verne), Poland Tero Reunanen (Turku University of Applied Sciences), Finland Zenija Roja (Riga Stradins University), Latvia Roy D. Roper (NASA Langley Research Center), USA Jennifer Smith (The Memorial University of Newfoundland), Canada |
Covers business analytics, wearable technologies, optimization, cybersecurity, social networking, crowdsourcing, and blockchain applications.
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| IHSED 9: Human Factors Engineering in Construction, Mining and Fabrication | |
Chair: Manikam Pillay (The University of Newcastle), Australia Paola Barcarolo ( University of Udine ), Italy Michele Calvano (Polytechnic of Turin), Italy Alessio D'Onofrio (University of Chieti-Pescara), Italy Jayme Keist (Pennsylvania State University), USA Fausto Orsi Medola (São Paulo State University), Brazil Roger Narayan (North Carolina State University ), USA Eujin Pei (Brunel University London ), UK Prahalad Rao (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USA |
Focuses on human factors in construction, mining, fabrication, cognitive work analysis, safety standards, and socio-technical systems.
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| IHSED 10: Education, Distance Learning and Training | |
Chair: Darko Etinger (Juraj Dobrila University of Pula), Croatia Tibor Barath (Qualitas), Hungary Joana Bartnicka (The Silesian Technical University), Poland Anders Gronstedt (Gronstedt Group), USA Charles Madinger (Institutes For Orality Strategies), USA Steven Mallam (University College of Southeast Norway), Norway Bilal Mansoor (Texas A&M University at Qatar), Qatar Chris McClernon (USAFA), USA Kevin Moore (UT), USA Salman Nazir (University of South-Eastern Norway), Norway Kara Orvis (Aptima), USA Bob Pokorny (Intelligent Automation, Inc.), USA Roy D. Roper (NASA Langley Research Center), USA Demetrios Sampson (ITI), Greece Frode Eika Sandnes (Oslo Metropolitan University ), Norway Jennifer Smith (The Memorial University of Newfoundland), Canada |
Focuses on augmented reality, hybrid and distance learning, machine learning, training evaluation, and app-based educational tools.
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