Find here the agenda of the upcoming Human and Organisational Factors (HOF) Conference, which will take place from 22 to 23 October 2024 in Valenciennes, France. Please note that this agenda will be updated as more information is confirmed. If you have any questions, please contact the organising team at HOFconference
era [dot] europa [dot] eu (HOFconference[at]era[dot]europa[dot]eu).
– HOF in design and change a user-centered approach
- 13:00 - 13:30
Welcome coffee/tea
- 13:30 - 13:40
Introduction to the seminar - Josef Doppelbauer, ERA
- 13:40 - 14:20
Session 1 – Starting from the individual
- Mind on Track: Assessing Train Drivers' Psychological Fitness - Estefanía Cortes Ramíres (AESF)
- Applying Human and Organisational Factors to better manage change - Paul Leach (RSSB)
- 14:20 - 15:00
Session 2 – HOF integration in design
- Collaborative engagement on HOF integration: The case of DART+ Fleet - Nora Balfe (Irish Rail) and Vincent Pargade (Alstom)
- 15:00 - 15:30
Coffee break
Session 3 – Ongoing HOF integration (Current innovative practice)
- 15:30 - 15:50
- HOF in railway practice - Michiel Tom (Shuntingyard) and Rutger den Drijver (Swietelsky)
- 15:50 - 16:10
- Risk management by simulating driver/signaller interaction - Reinoud Liefting (ERTMS Programme Management)
- 16:10 - 16:30
- A Safety U-turn - Mette Bomholt (Lokaltog)
- 16:30 - 16:50
- HOF: awareness and development in ITALO - Fabio Sgroi and Valerio De Angelis (Italo)
- 16:50 - 17:30
- Panel discussion - All persons from session 1 to 3
- 17:30 - 17:45
Closure of the day
- 18:00 - 19:00
Networking cocktail
– HOF integration and organisational learning
- 08:30 - 09:30
Welcome coffee/tea
- 09:30 - 09:40
Introduction to the day
Session 4 – Organisational learning
- 09:40 - 10:00
- Towards a proactive approach for risk management and investigations - Elaine Thompson and Bjorn Feys (Eurostar)
- 10:00 - 10:20
- A Network of HOF Experts to support the transformation of Safety Culture - Florence Magnin-Lot, Pippa Trahant and Yann Cahue (SNCF Group)
- 10:20 - 10:40
- Sharing Enterprise Wellbeing: from HOF to the development of the organisational value of railway operators - Luca Rizzetto (DITS)
- 10:40 - 11:00
- HOF in Monitoring at DB InfraGO Operations - Dennis Jeckel and Marcus Arenius (DB InfraGO AG)
- 11:00 - 11:20
Coffee break
Session 5 – Interface management – External stakeholders
- 11:20 - 12:00
- From human behaviour understanding to improved safety at Pedestrian Tracks Crossing (PTC) - Yanna Carli (Railenium) and Elise Grison (SNCF Group)
- 12:00 - 12:20
- User Worked Level Crossings: A human factors problem! - Anthony Byrne (CRR)
- 12:20 - 13:00
- Panel discussion - All persons from sessions 4 to 5
- 13:00 - 13:15
Closure of the conference
- 13:15 - 14:00
Sandwich lunch
