Event Information

The "Managing Fatigue" conference series is an established and respected forum for research updates and discussions within the fatigue management community. First convened in 1993, this event was influenced by the insights of FMCSA's Robert Carroll, Associate Professor Laurence Hartley, and Transport Canada's Sesto Vespa and Valerie Gil. The meeting was most recently held in Fremantle in March 2015. Each conference has primarily focused on the effects of fatigue in the transportation sector and has involved support from government, industry, and academia. As an evolving conference series, sectors beyond transportation – including natural resources, mining, healthcare, and the military – have played an important role in the event.

The theme of this event is "Managing Fatigue to Improve Safety, Wellness, and Effectiveness" and we are seeking abstract and panel proposal submissions on related topics. Example topics that would fit within the conference scope include:

• Measuring fatigue and fatigue risk
• Scheduling systems and policies
• Training and education
• Fatigue risk management programs
• Sleep health
• Fatigue detection and management technologies
• Operator workload, including distraction and drowsiness
• Cognitive and other performance effects, work accidents/incidents and commuting crashes
• Health effects
• Effects on life outside work: family life, social life
• Intervention studies
• Surveillance studies

Who should attend?

• Transportation staff and researchers
• Fatigue and impairment researchers and advocates
• Researchers, practitioners, managers, and operators involved in all modes of transportation
• Mining safety experts
• Occupational health and safety professionals
• Military personnel
• Freight and heavy vehicle professionals
• Defense, science, and technology organizations
• Medical professionals
• Regulators and policy makers

Past Conferences

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1st International Conference Managing Fatigue
September 16-17, 1993
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

2nd International Conference Managing Fatigue
February 11-16, 1996
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

3rd International Conference Managing Fatigue
1997
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

4th International Conference Managing Fatigue
2000
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

5th International Conference Managing Fatigue
March 9-14, 2003
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

6th International Conference Managing Fatigue
September 11-15, 2005
Seattle, Washington, United States

7th International Conference Managing Fatigue
March 24-26, 2009
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

8th International Conference Managing Fatigue
March 21-24, 2011
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

9th International Conference Managing Fatigue
March 23-26, 2015
Perth, Western Australia, Australia

 

1st International Conference Managing Fatigue

September 16-17, 1993
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Published as "Fatigue & Driving" ed. Laurence Hartley, Taylor & Francis, 1995.

Keynotes:

• Ivan Brown, OBE former Assistant Director, Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge
• Karel Brookhuis, Traffic Research Centre, University of Groningen
• Tony Stein, Systems Technology, Los Angeles
• Jim Stoner, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Iowa
• Deborak Freund, Federal Highway Administration
• John Richardson, HUSAT Research Institute, Loughborough, UK

2nd International Conference Managing Fatigue

February 11-16, 1996
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Published as Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Fatigue and Transportation: engineering, enforcement and education solutions, ed. Laurence Hartley, Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd, 1996 http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2464106

3rd International Conference Managing Fatigue

1997
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Published as Managing Fatigue in Transportation, ed. Laurence Hartley, Elsevier, 1998

Keynotes:

• Alison Smiley, Human Factors North
• Greg Belenky, Sesto Vespa, Transport Canada
• David Dinges, University of Pennsylvania
• Merrill Mitler, Scripps, Lo Jolla
• Torbjorn Akerstedt, Stockholm
• Jim Horne, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
• Drew Dawson, University South Australia
• Simon Folkard

4th International Conference Managing Fatigue

2000
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Published in a special issue of Transportation Research, Section F, edited by L.R.Hartley et al.

Keynotes:

• Alan Pack, University of Pennsylvania
• Greg Belenky
• David Dinges
• Torbjorn Akerstedt, Stockholm
• Jim Horne, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
• Drew Dawson, University of South Australia
• Ann Williamson, University of New South Wales
• Rich Hanowski, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
• Simon Folkard

6th International Conference Managing Fatigue

September 11-15, 2005
Seattle, Washington, United States

Keynotes:

• Annette M. Sandberg, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Gregory Belenky, Washington State University
• David Dinges, University of Pennsylvania

7th International Conference Managing Fatigue

March 24-26, 2009
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Keynotes:

• Deborah Hersman, National Transportation Safety Board
• Audrey Reichard, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Marvin Dainoff, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety
• Richard T. Moore, Senate Chairman of the Massachusetts Committee on Health Care Financing
• Michael Quinn Patton, Former President of the American Evaluation Association

8th International Conference Managing Fatigue

March 21-24, 2011
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Keynotes:

• Richard Hanowski, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
• Thomas J. Balkin, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
• Steven K. Howard, Stanford University
• Steven W. Lockley, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Drew Dawson, University of South Australia
• Hans P.A. Van Dongen, Washington State University
• Philippa Gander, Massey University, New Zealand
• Robert Easthope, Genesee and Wyoming Australia Pty Ltd, Australia
• Kathy R. Parkes, University of Western Australia
• R. Curtis Graeber, The Graeber Group, Ltd

9th International Conference Managing Fatigue

March March 23-26, 2015
Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Program

Keynotes:

• Richard Hanowski, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
• Jana Price, National Transportation Safety Board
• David Hillman, Central Queensland University, Australia
• Shantha Rajaratnam, Monash University, Australia
• Anthony Williams, Safety and Productivity, Victoria
• Hans P.A. Van Dongen, Washington State University
• Mary Carskadon, Brown University
• Richard Jones, University of Canterbury & University of Otago
• Ann Williamson, University of New South Wales