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Dr Andrew Petersen from the HFESA is chatting with James Walsh and Andrew Cunningham about Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
James Walsh is an Associate Professor and Enterprise Fellow at Adelaide University, where he is Deputy Director of the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments and co-directs the Wearable Computer Lab. He is interested in how people relate to the technology around them, from projected augmented reality and physical interfaces for computing, to more recently the deceptive design patterns that shape what we do online.
 Over the past five years he has secured more than $6M in research funding with partners across defence, federal government and industry. His software and tools have been used in Defence exercises, his work for Federal Treasury has informed national policy on the Consumer Data Right and Digital ID, and he has advised the Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. He has supervised ten doctoral candidates to completion, is general chair of OzCHI 2026 in Adelaide. James is passionate about technology improving the lives of people globally.
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Andrew Cunningham is an Associate Professor in Human-Computer Interaction at Adelaide University, where he co-directs the Wearable Computer Lab and sits on the leadership team of the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments. He came to research the long way around, starting out in the commercial game development industry before completing a PhD in information visualisation, and that background still shapes how he works. His interest is in what happens when people have to make sense of complicated information under real conditions, whether that is a command centre, a forestry mill, a vineyard, or a hospital.
Over the past six years he has led more than $8M of research with partners across defence, primary industries, mining and health, building immersive and augmented reality tools that get tested by the people who would actually use them rather than only in the lab. He has supervised ten doctoral candidates to completion, co-chairs OzCHI 2026 in Adelaide, and his team's work has picked up best paper recognition at ACM CHI and IEEE VR. 

https://www.ozchi.org/2026/

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Associate Professor Carlo Caponecchia is talking to Dr Rebecca Szabo  an obstetrician/gynaecologist, medical educator and simulation leader based in Melbourne. She is Lead of the Gandel Simulation Service at the Royal Women’s Hospital which uses simulation as a tool for patient safety and systems improvement (translational simulation). She is an Honorary Senior Lecturer and PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne, where her research focuses on embedding and sustaining simulation for quality improvement and patient safety in hospitals. Rebecca is passionate about how healthcare training and systems are designed, and the consequences this has for safety, performance, and equity. Her publication examining CPR manikins as a gender and human rights issue highlights the importance of designing systems and training that better fit the diverse populations they serve. She brings a practical lens, asking a simple question: if it doesn’t fit, can it work?
The HFESA 2026 conference in Sydney Australia, is now open for registration. Go to https://conf.ergonomics.org.au/

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This content is for informational purposes only, does not constitute advice and should not be considered as a replacement for professional judgment in clinical, research, academic, or other expert fields. Views expressed by speakers and guests are their own and do not necessarily represent the view of HFESA. HFESA makes no guarantees and accepts no liability in connection with the accuracy and currency of this content and does not endorse any specific service, publication or entity mentioned. Unauthorised reproduction, distribution, duplication, modification, or exploitation of this podcast content is strictly prohibited. You are  prohibited from recording, copying, or storing content for commercial purposes, using automated processes to extract or collect content, creating derivative works from the content, or using content for artifici...

Dr Stavros Prineas  is a consultant anaesthetist based in Western Sydney who has worked in both Australia and the UK.  Sharon Todd and Stavros discuss Human Factors in the surgical setting.
Dr Prineas is Head of Anaesthetics at Blue Mountains Hospital. His fields of interest include complex airways and regional anaesthsia, but his main passion is Human Factors and Ergonomics as it applies to anaesthesia and healthcare systems more generally. Since 2004 he has been director of ErroMed, a human factors training consultancy aimed at raising awareness of HF/E among healthcare workers and executives.
This podcast is brought to you by the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia. If you like this podcast please make us your favourite on your podcast app. If you want to find out more about Human Factors and Ergonomics or if you have a question about this podcast please go to the HFESA website ergonomics.org.au and make your request via our contact page. 
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A/Prof Carlo Caponecchia is an academic at The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney,  He has a background in psychology and works in Human Factors and Safety across several domains, with particular expertise in psychosocial risks and safe systems of work.
This podcast Carlo’s talks with some of his 3rd year Aviation students from the course  “Human Factors Tools and Methods” . During the workshop based course, students get hands on experience using a range of HFE tools, from task analysis and the Quick Exposure Check, to FRAM and STAMP.
In this podcast Carlo's students present their analysis of how systems can fail using AcciMap, and discuss what they learned about the incident, the tools and HFE as a discipline.
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This content is for informational purposes only, does not constitute advice and should not be considered as a replacement for professional judgment in clinical, research, academic, or other expert fields. Views expressed by speakers and guests are their own and do not necessarily represent the view of HFESA. HFESA makes no guarantees and accepts no liability in connection with the accuracy and currency of this content and does not endorse any specific service, publication or entity mentioned. Unauthorised reproduction, distribution, duplication, modification, or exploitation of this podcast content is strictly prohibited. You are  prohibited from recording, copying, or storing content for commercial purposes, using automated processes to extract or collect content, creating derivative works from the content, or using content for artifici...

Kath Jones the current HFESA President chats to Justine McGillivray an Organisational Psychologist and human factors specialist with extensive experience in workplace health and safety and regulation. Justine is currently the Principal Inspector – Human Factors at WorkSafe Petroleum Safety and Dangerous Goods, where she leads the Human Factors Capability Strategy, strengthening regulatory practice through evidence-based approaches to the risk management of major accident events.
 Justine is a co-founder and former National President of the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology Australia (SIOPA), where she played a key role in advancing the profession nationally and fostering strong links between research, practice, and policy. She brings deep expertise in psychosocial risk, organisational systems, and incident analysis, with a strong focus on improving outcomes for workers and organisations.
 Across her career, Justine has worked at the intersection of psychology, regulation, and leadership, contributing to the development of practical, systems-focused approaches to safety and performance. She is widely recognised for her strategic leadership, technical credibility, and commitment to building capability in human factors and organisational psychology.
The link to access information sheets is here Human factors: Information sheets - WorkSafe – LGIRS, this incudes links to the Integrating human factors into major accident event investigations worksheet discussed as well as Safety critical communication worksheet.
 
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This content is for informational purposes only, does not constitute advice and should not be considered as a replacement for professional judgment in clinical, research, academic, or other expert fields. Views expressed by speakers and guests are their own and do not necessarily represent the view of HFESA. HFESA makes no guarantees and accepts no liability in connection with the accuracy and currency of this content and does not endorse any specific service, publication or entity mentioned. Unauthorised reproduction, distribution, duplication, modification, or exploitation of this podcast content is strictly prohibited. You are  prohibited from recording, copying, or storing content for commercial purposes, using automated processes to extract or collect content, creating derivative works from the content, or using content for artifici...