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About the Congress

In Brief

• The ergonomics world congress is held only once every three years.
• In 2012 the congress will be held for the first time in Latin America: in Recife, Brazil, from February 12-16, a week before Carnival.
• Five days with the most recent information on ergonomics, and a market place to meet ergonomists and users of ergonomics.
• About 2,000 participants, 12 keynotes, several interactive workshops, hundreds of papers.
• All congress papers will be indexed, contain linked references, citable DOI numbers, and will be published on a CD-ROM with an ISBN designation.
• Organized on behalf of the International Ergonomics Association by the Congress Organizing Committee, in collaboration with the Brazilian Ergonomics Association and the Union of Latin-American Ergonomics Societies.
• The IEA is the world's forum for ergonomics, representing about 20,000 members from 50 different countries.
• Entertaining daily social events after congress sessions which will include presentations by folkloric groups and the possibility of your taking part in Brazilian Carnival, one of the largest street festivals in the world.