Sensors and other control elements work continuously to detect degradations or abnormalities and alert any to the watchkeeping officer typically by the provisioning of brightly coloured and noisy alarms, engineered to immediately attract the attention of any human in its vicinity.

Crews keep vessels safe not because nothing goes wrong, but because they continuously recognize, absorb, and adapt to disruptions. Alarms are meant to protect operations – yet onboard vessels they can also compete for attention, drive mode confusion, and push decision-making toward fast, habitual responses.

Human Factors design problem: How do we set people up for success (or failure) through technology, procedures, organization, and context.

Presenters (Preliminary program):

Asger C. Schliemann-Haug, Lead Data Scientist, Lloyd´s Register

Thomas Koester, Psychologist, Senior Human Factors Specialist, FORCE Technology