The IEA Mining Technical Committee is accepting submissions for the IEA 2009 Congress to be held in Beijing, China. ThisTrack encourages symposia, interactive workshops, discussion panels, oral presentations and posters in all areas of ergonomics or human factors in mining. The content may include laboratory, field and case studies. Relevant topics include the design of mining equipment (surface as well as underground), ergonomics programmes, fatigue management, assessing fitness for work, physiological and/or psychological strain experienced by miners, and future ergonomics challenges in mining.

We also solicit reviewers for the proposals in November 2008. If you are a member of the MTC and you wish to assist with the review of submissions, or you have any other questions, please contact me at pschutte@csir.co.za