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TUESDAY 5TH DECEMBER 2017
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08:30
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REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
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09:00
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CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
John Mount, Technical Specialist – Human Factors, Rolls Royce Submarines
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CURRENT STATUS OF HUMAN FACTORS IN TRANSPORT AUTOMATION
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09:10
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HUMAN FACTORS INTEGRATION IN TRANSPORTATION: THE MORE WE AUTOMATE, THE MORE IMPORTANT THE OPERATOR BECOMES
Alex Morley, Senior Human Factors Consultant, Energy, Atkins
- Traditional human factors integration in transportation
- Insights into the changing role of the operator
- What do we do when the automation fails?
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09:35
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THE BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF AUTOMATION IN AVIATION
- Autonomy and automation in aviation
- Regulatory challenges of increased automation
- Benefits and challenges of increased automation in aviation
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10:00
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HUMAN MACHINE INTERACTION AND AUTOMATED TRUCKS: CHALLENGES FOR SAFE AND EFFICIENT DRIVING
Mikael Söderman, HMI-specialist, Volvo Group Trucks Technology
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10:25
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QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
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10:40
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NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
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OPERATION OF AUTOMATED SYSTEMS
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11:10
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ADDRESSING HUMAN FACTORS CHALLENGES OF AUTOMATION IN RAILWAY CONTROL SYSTEMS
Mike Carey, Head of Ergonomics, Network Rail
- What is the signaller left to do when we automate route setting on conventional signalling systems?
- The prospects offered by traffic management systems
- Introducing automatic train operation on to the Great Britain network
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11:35
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THE IMPACT OF TRANSITIONS TO AND FROM EUROPEAN RAILWAY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ERTMS) OPERATION ON DRIVER PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY
Alice Monk, Senior Human Factors Specialist, RSSB
- The key risks and scenarios which need to be managed in relation to transitions
- The impact of transition borders near to infrastructure features (for example, level crossings, junctions and stations)
- How drivers adapt to a new method of operation
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12:00
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QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
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CROSS-INDUSTRY CHALLENGES
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12:10
PANEL DISCUSSION
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DESIGNING AUTOMATION FOR THE HUMAN OPERATOR
- How can we ensure automation supports the person in the system, and what happens when it fails?
- How can we ensure that system design takes the human into account?
- How can we reverse the trend of systems design being seen as more important than designing for the human?
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12:55
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NETWORKING LUNCH
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13:55
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
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UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE
Delegates select a table to join and share their ideas around the topic with their peers in a lively discussion led by our expert facilitators. This provides a unique opportunity to share problems, opinions and concerns with other seminar attendees.
- What is the impact of automation on the role of the human, and how will this affect human reliability?
- How can we ensure that both the machine and the human understand the capability of each other?
- How can we improve HMI design?
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14:55
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POST-ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Discussion leaders share the most poignant points and findings from each roundtable during a final feedback session.
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15:15
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NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
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DESIGNING FOR AUTOMATION OPERATION
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15:45
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AUTONOMY: AN AUTOMOTIVE PERSPECTIVE
Lee Skrypchuk, Human Machine Interface Technical Specialist (ER-13) Research & Technology, Jaguar Land Rover
Mark Cund, Autonomous Vehicle Control Manager, Jaguar Land Rover
- A review of the technical challenges associated with autonomous cars
- A human factors and HMI view of these technical challenges and the potential conflicts with human factors
- How the technical challenges and human factors need to come together to deliver a seamless experience
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16:10
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TECHNOLOGY DESIGN FOR EFFECTIVE OPERATIONS IN AEROSPACE
Nick McDonald, Associate Professor, Psychology, Trinity College Dublin
- The challenge of new automation concepts
- Integrating comprehensive human factors in the design cycle
- Rethinking automation from a human systems perspective
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16:35
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QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
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16:45
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CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS
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17:00
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END OF WORKSHOP
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