Coronavirus Resource & Response

IISE CEO MESSAGE: IISE Healthcare, Ergo and Annual Conferences are ALL-VIRTUAL!

Dear IISE members & guests,

Many of you are asking and wondering – will IISE conferences continue to be virtual this winter and spring? The answer is “yes.” Safety and health remains paramount. Financial considerations and travel restrictions continue to be factors worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. Be assured that IISE will bring these conferences to your office, home or classroom online for your safety and convenience!

After much review and assessment by your IISE leadership and staff, including hotel negotiations by management, IISE was able to move its three major conferences in February, March and May 2021 to an all-virtual format beginning with the Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference, Feb. 24-26. The Applied Ergonomics Conference on March 22-25 will follow suit, as well as the Annual Conference & Expo, May 22-25. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend IISE conferences online wherever you happen to be during these dates.

As always, we are proud of our industrial and systems engineers worldwide. Especially during this time of crisis and disruption, ISEs continue to lead and find better systems and processes to help organizations survive and thrive. Sharing research, practices, ideas and innovations at IISE conferences ensures our continued growth and development, personally and professionally. Networking virtually with our peers during receptions, chat rooms, town halls and more keeps us connected, fresh and in touch with our fellow ISEs.

We appreciate your patience and support. Be sure to visit these conference sites often for updates, registration and exciting program developments: www.iise.org/HSPI; www.iise.org/AEC; www.iise.org/Annual.

Thank you!

Don Greene
Chief Executive Officer
IISE
Norcross GA

ISE Resources

• IISE Connect – share your solutions: Crisis Resource Community
• IISE CEO Blog: IISE member-volunteers always deliver … Thank you!
• IISE CEO Blog: My Home Workplace Experience and a Child's Perspective
  
• Problem Solved - The IISE Podcast:
  Engineers in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic
  2020: ISEs Review a Year of Resilience and Rebirth
• NPR Podcast - From Testing To Distribution: The Logistics Behind COVID-19 Vaccines
  (Nov. 18) with IISE Fellow Julie Swann, NC State
• Webinar Recordings:
  Performance Excellence series of crisis-related webinars
• Returning to the ‘New’ Normal – Managing your Business out of the Crisis
  by IISE President David Poirier, Amaris Sahota and Lisa Xu of The Poirier Group
  
• SHS COVID-19 Think Tank Recordings: 10 videos
• Whitepaper: RESTARTING THE ECONOMY: Guidance for Public and Private Leaders
  by Jim Tompkins, Ph.D., Tompkins International
• ISE magazine:
  Navigating your business through the COVID crisis
  

Global Resources

• Bloomberg: COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: COVID-19 Vaccination
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Preparing for Hurricanes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: COVID-19 newsletter
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Stress and coping
  
• National Institutes of Health
  
• World Health Organization
• U.S. Department of Labor
• CleanPractice.org: Resources for reducing COVID transmission in the workplace using Lean
• COVID-19 Dashboard by CSSE at Johns Hopkins University
• COVID-19 Information with AI from Watson on The Weather Channel
• Kroger: "Sharing What We've Learned: A Blueprint for Businesses"
• National Geographic: Coronavirus U.S. tracking map
• CNBC – Cheap Ways to Make your Work-from-Home Space more Ergonomic and Better for your Back
• UCLA Ergonomics – COVID-19 – Telecommute during Safer-at-Home Order
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas – Ergonomics 101: Working from Home During Coronavirus
• Risk & Insurance – 5 Ways Ergonomics Can Help Improve Coronavirus Telecommuting
• cleveland.com – How to Work from Home without Hurting your Back or Driving your Family Crazy: Everything you Need to Know
• OSU – SRI-Ergonomics – Comparisons between COVID-19 Prevention Efforts and Ergonomics in Improving Health & Safety
• www.backtoworksafely.org
• National Safety Council Playbooks: SAFER: Safe Actions for Employee Returns
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): COVID-19 workplace resources; Emergency Preparedness Resources; New public service announcements in English and Spanish to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the workplace and keep workers safe.