History of HES

The Hellenic Ergonomics Society (HES) was founded on July 1988 and became an IEA federated society on August 1994. Its objective is the advancement, proliferation and promotion of ergonomics science through the collaboaration, knowledge sharing, methods and practice, and experience among Ergonomists but also among professionals originating from other disciplines, whose domains of experise include the research and understanding of the contribution of human activity in design, production and use of equipment, indicators and production means..

The Hellenic Ergonomics Society currently counts 43 full members. In their majority they are engineers. The rest are physiologists, occupational physicians and professional from related disciplines.Four members of the HES have been accredited with the Eur.Erg. title (European Ergonomists).

About the HES

Objective and goals

According to its charter, the Hellenic Ergonomics Society serves the purpose of advancing, proliferating and promoting the science of Ergonomics, the conduct and implementation of research in related domains and the representation of Greece to international organisations.

Read the HES charter (in Greek).

Board

The Board of the Hellenic Ergonomics Society is the following:

President: Dimitris Nathanael, Eur.Erg.
Vice-president: Theoni Koukoulaki
G. Secretariat: Nikos Zarboutis
Treasurer: Vassilis Papakostopoulos, Eur. Erg.
Member: Nicolas Marmaras, Eur. Erg.
Member: Ilias Banoutsos
Member: Sotiria Drivalou
Member: George Poulakakis, Eur. Erg.

Members of the Hellenic Ergonomics Society

[last update: 21.09.2009]

Athanassopoulou, Christina
Athousaki, Maria
Apazoglou, Grigoris
Argiropoulos, Andreas
Vakalis, Giorgos
Valavanidis, Athanassios
Vrionis, Ilias
Galleou, Maria
Giannakourou Maria, Hellenic Open University
Gikas, Konstantinos
Darda-Kapatou Theodora
Drivalou Sotiria, National Technical University of Athens
Zarboutis Nikos, Ergonomia S.A.
Basiakos Aris, Ergonomia S.A.
Ionas Spiros
Klavdianos, Dionysis
Kontogiannis Tom, Technical University of Crete
Koukoulaki Theoni, Κουκουλάκη Θεώνη, Hellenic Institute of Occupational Health & Safety
Laios Lambros, University of Piraeus
Leonardou Maria
Meliagrou Gerasmina
Margaritis Spiros
Marmaras Nicolas, Eur.Erg. National Technical University of Athens
Banoutsos, Ilias, Ergonomia S.A.
Mantiaras Ioannis
Najm, Marianne
Nathanael Dimitris Eur.Erg., National Technical University of Athens
Nikolaidou Chrisoula
Papadopoulos Ioannis
Papadopoulos Stelios, Unilever S.A.
Papakostopoulos Vassilis Eur. Erg., University of the Aegean
Papantoniou Vassilis, HALCOR S.A.
Papantonopoulos Sotiris, University of Thrace
Peppa Betty
Petropoulou Violetta
Pefanis Menelaos
Poulakakis George Eur.Erg., Corinth Pipeworks S.A.
Pournaras Nikolaos
Rougganakis Constantinos
Sarafopoulos Nikolaos, Centre for the Prevention of Occupational Risks of Achaia
Skilitsis Aggelos
Stavroulakis Dimitris
Tzitzi Georgia
Tolaki Maria
Tsagkas, Vassileios
Chioni Asimina

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Milestones

The organisation of a two-year post-graduate educational programme on Ergonomics, funded by the European Union (1989-1991). The programme was implemented by ELKEPA and two European Insitutes, i.e. HUSAT, Loughborough University , and the German Institute IAO .
iParticipation of the HES in the European Year for the Safety & Healt at Work. A leaflet was issued and distributed and there were organised two seminars on the environmental HCI (1993).
Participation of the HES in the Hellenic Organisation for Standardisation TE 59 committe, providing advice on Ergonomics Standards issues.
Organisation of the 1st National Ergonomics Conference, entitled "Ergonomics Interventions in Greece" (Athens, November, 1997). The conference was co-organised with the Technical Chamber of Greece. There were presented ergonomics studies and interventions in Greece. The studies were allocated in four sections: ergonomics evaluation and work layout specifications, usability engineering, ergonomics design and ergonomics in Safety and Health at Work. The conference was attended by more than 130 people and was broadly presented in the media.

The union of Greek ergonomists aiming at the advancement, proliferation and promotion of ergonomics science