HOF Conference 2026: Call for proposals!
Published: 18 May 2026
DEADLINE 25 JUNE 2026 - The Agency is pleased to announce the next edition of its biennial Human and Organisational Factors (HOF) Conference, on 4 and 5 November 2026.
- Date
- Wednesday 04 November 2026, 13:00 - Thursday 05 November 2026, 14:00 (Europe/Paris)
- Location
- Hybrid meeting (venue to be confirmed soon), France
The Agency is pleased to announce the next edition of its biennial Human and Organisational Factors (HOF) Conference, on 4 and 5 November 2026.
The 2026 HOF conference aims at providing practical examples of practical integration of HOF in daily operation. After the presentations, there will be a professional exchange with the conference participants, both attending live and online.
Call for proposals
What works well in your organisation is useful for others too!
Whichever part of the railway sector you represent, you are encouraged to share your organisation's initiatives and good practice regarding "Practical integration of HOF" as a speaker at the conference.
Presentations could show, for example:
- How you integrate HOF in a systematic way in relation to current technical, operational and organisational risks in your organisation – for example within planning, design, interfaces, competence management, monitoring, investigation, for managing fatigue and workload, etc.
- How you address HOF topics within change management
- How you anticipate future HOF topics
- How you ensure consultation with relevant staff or external parties
- Anything else related to HOF in risk management in your organisation
We are looking for peer to peer, practical and demonstrable examples that can be useful for other organisations as well. Therefore, we ask you to send us a short presentation of the initiatives you would like to share with peers across the sector. We are not expecting a scientific abstract, rather some slides or lines describing your initiative/good practice and how it is implemented with practical details, highlighting success factors and pitfalls.
Presentations are expected to be in English language. After the initial assessment we will contact the chosen presenters for further discussion. Please send your proposal to HOFConference
era [dot] europa [dot] eu no later than 25 June 2026. As this event will be livestreamed, all speakers are reminded that their consent to be recorded, filmed or/and photographed is mandatory.
We are looking forward to an interesting and impacting experience. Mark your calendar, more information and a detailed agenda will follow shortly.