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Combating Crime

June 2008

Patrick has been working with British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith as part of a program to combat crime, in particular robberies against teenagers and other young people.

 

Patrick said, “Many young people have become victims of robbery and often the perpetrator is after their mobile phone, mp3 player or some other portable device. Quite rightly, the UK government has been taking this issue very seriously and has asked us to look at the circumstances and causes of these crimes and to work on strategies for their reduction.”

 

Although overall crime has been falling throughout the UK, robberies against youngsters remains an area of particular concern as it not only involves the theft of property but also often violence against the victim.

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Inclusive Design Special Session

June 2008

Next year sees the 60th anniversary of the Ergonomics Society and to mark the event Patrick has been asked to chair a special session on Inclusive Design at the society’s annual conference. The session will be co-hosted by Professor John Clarkson of Cambridge University who is one of the world’s leading experts in this area.

 

Inclusive Design is about creating products and environments that are usable by both people with disabilities and non-disabled people. It is a growing area and Patrick has made a significant contribution to the area, in particular through founding and sponsoring Include which is the world’s leading conference in this area.

 

He said, “Over the last few years Inclusive Design has made huge progress and has had a very beneficial effect on millions of peoples’ lives all over the world. I am very proud of the contribution that Include has made to the discipline and am delighted that the Ergonomics Society has acknowledged the importance of Inclusive Design by giving it such a prominent place in its anniversary celebrations.”

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Applied Ergonomics International Program

June 2008

The program for the Applied Ergonomics International 2008 conference has just been released. Patrick will be giving five papers as well as running a tutorial and chairing a session on human factors in driving. The conference will be held in Las Vegas in July 2008.

 

Patrick’s papers are:

 

The Four Pleasures: Understanding Users Holistically

The Dream Economy – Case Studies of Success in the 21st Century

New Century Supertrends: Emotional Ergonomics for Contemporary Society

Airlines and the User Experience: The Practical and Emotional Ergonomics of Complex Human-Machine Systems

Driver Segmentation, New Technology and Safety

 

If you would like a free copy of any of these, please contact us and we will e-mail it to you.

 

If you are attending the conference and want to make sure that you don’t miss any of Patrick’s papers please contact us and we will send you a schedule giving you the times and locations of all of his presentations.

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Packaging Fair Keynote

June 2008

Patrick has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at the Easy Fairs EMPACK packaging event in Madrid. The event takes place on the 5th and 6th of November 2008, with Patrick speaking on both days.

 

This is the fifth Easy Fairs event that Patrick has been invited to speak at in the last two years and all have been highly successful so far.

 

He said, “I am delighted that Easy Fairs have once again invited me to be a Keynote at such a major packaging event. Easy Fairs have demonstrated a commitment to responsible packaging and their events are always well run. It is a pleasure to be associated with them.”

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