Introduction

The Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) and Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) are organising the Human Factors 2024 Conference, which will be held on 8th-9th October 2024 in Wageningen, The Netherlands.

The conference will provide an opportunity for human factors experts, naval architects, bridge officers and others to get together and discuss the recent developments. It will focus on lessons learned from interventions and applied research that were successful, or even more interesting, unexpected or bad results. For example, implementation of new automation on board that worked out differently or behavioral interventions that had unexpected effects. It is all about applied research that provides learned lessons for future Human Factor research, specifically for the Maritime domain.  

As part of the conference, the delegates will have a unique opportunity to visit the new Seven Oceans Simulation centre of MARIN.

Conference Topics

We invite papers on all related topics but not limited to:

• Man Machine Teaming: Automation, decision support and AI on board, in a shore control centre or VTS centre.
• Human Centered Design process.
• Innovation in maritime simulations for design and training
• The human operator as safety increasing factor on board and ashore.
• (Safety) Culture in the maritime domain.

Call for Abstracts

Please submit your abstract here by 1 October 2023.

Registration

The conference fees to be announced. Please register your interest here.

Conference Venue

Hotel WICC
Lawickse Allee 9
6701 AN Wageningen
Netherlands

For more information on how to get to the venue, click here.

Hotel

If you are interested in booking a hotel room for the conference at the Hotel WICC, please contact the RINA Events Team at events@rina.org.uk who will provide further details and available rates.

Filming/Photography

Please note that filming/photography will be taking place at this event for promotional and archival purposes. The photographs and recordings made are likely to appear on our website and social media. If you would prefer not to be photographed please let the Marketing team know at marketing@rina.org.uk.

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If you have any questions regarding the conference, please get in touch with the RINA Events team at events@rina.org.uk