The SIOP 2020 Annual Conference officially begins with Opening Plenary on Thursday, April 23. However, you can jump start your learning and networking by attending one of the many preconference events on Wednesday!

ATLANTA, GA – January 22, 2020 – Since 2010, the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award Trust has awarded $2.5 million to 104 professors from throughout the United States; each nominated by a former student or students. The Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Trust Award honors current or former academic faculty who, as teachers, inspired a student to establish an organization which demonstrated a significant benefit on a community at large or inspired a student to establish a concept, procedure, or movement of comparable benefit to a community. Every Beckman Award winner receive a one-time cash award of $25,000 and recognition during an award ceremony in Fall 2020 in Atlanta, GA. Nominations are made by a former student(s) as a means to honor the academic faculty member who inspired that student’s work. Preference is given to educators who teach or who taught in the fields of psychology, medicine, or law.

​Last year an estimated 450 people participated in the epic 2019 SIOP ML competition. The winning teams emerged as Walmart, BGSU, Michigan State, and USAA.

This year is a fresh start and a fresh chance for teams to compete and change our field for the better. The goal of this year’s competition is creating and tuning AI systems for both fairness and utility in hiring.

What: Department of Defense Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group (DoD HFE TAG) Meeting 74

When: 04-08 May 2020

Where: Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division, Port Hueneme, California

Theme: Resilience 2020: Are we ready?

The DoD HFE TAG is looking for abstract submissions for their 2020 annual meeting. The HFE TAG provides a mechanism for timely exchange of technical information in the development and application of human factors engineering by enhancing coordination among Government agencies involved in HFE technology research, development, and application.

Have you ever dreamed about starting your own business or consulting practice and want to learn more? Have you started your own business and are looking for community, mentors, recruits, and/or supporters? Are you graduating or newly graduated and interested in joining an I-O owned and operated business or new venture?

If you said "yes" to any of these questions, stop by the first SIOP networking event designed for I-Os interested in entrepreneurship sponsored by the Practitioner Career Development Committee.