HFES ASPIRE is the flagship conference to learn the latest discoveries on human factors. It will take place on October 19-23, 2026 in Reno, NV. With nearly 1,400 attendees from academia, government and industry and more than 600 technical presentations, it’s the best place to advance the latest research and developments impacting our field and network with fellow human factors practitioners.
This year, the Aerospace Systems Technical Group (ASTG) has 5 lecture sessions, 1 discussion panel, and 1 poster session.
We also have 2 social events: the Monday opening ceremony and Tuesday evening at Cross & Fire bar at the hotel
To help you get the best out of your stay, this post presents the ASTG schedule at-a-glance.
| Monday, Oct. 19th | Tuesday, Oct. 20th | Wednesday, Oct. 21st | Thursday, Oct. 22nd | Friday, Oct. 23rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 am – 10:30 am AS5 Panel: Designing for Safety: The Expanding Role of Human Factors in Modern Aviation Discussion Panel | ||||
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm. AS1: Pilots and Automation Lecture | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm CEDM9 Human-Automation Interaction in Aviation Systems Lecture | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm AS3: Interface Design Lecture | ||
| 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm AS2: Risk assessment and trust Lecture | 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm AS4: Special topics in aerospace human factors Lecture | |||
| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Opening Reception Meeting | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Social night at Crossfire Bar & Grill | 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Poster sessions 8 posters |
Tuesday Oct. 20th
AS1 – Pilots and Automation 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- 11:00 am – 11:20 am: Pilot Workload Management for Single-Pilot Ops with e-Copilot
Contributor: Abdus Samad - 11:20 am – 11:40 am: Reframing Error in Reduced-Crew Flightdecks: Implications for AI-Supported Single-Pilot Operations
Contributors: Elizabeth R. Merwin ,Eva Lobaton, Zoe Spanos, Joseph R. Keebler - 11:40 am – 12:00 pm: Re-engaging Pilot Situation Awareness Through Graduated Automation Reduction in Cruise Flight
Contributors: Ji Sang Yoo, Andrew Dattel
Wednesday, Oct. 21st
AS2 – Risk Assessment and Trust 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- 3:00 pm – 3:20 pm: Impact of Simulated Flight Environments on Risk Perception
Contributor: Nicoletta Fala, Anthony Comer - 3:20 am – 3:40 am: Component-Specific Trust in a Multi-Gauge Monitoring Task Using a Modified MATB Paradigm
Contributors: Hyuji Wakatsuki, Austin Jackson, Sungju Maeng, Yuichi Saito, Makoto Itoh, Yusuke Yamani
Alternate Presenter: Austin Jackson - 3:40 pm – 4:00 pm: Pilot Assessments of the Airborne Collision Avoidance System Xr during Uncrewed, Terminal Area Operations
Contributors: Casey Smith, R. Conrad Rorie, Jeremy Marquis
Poster Sessions (8 sessions) 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
- See description online: https://hfesam2026.conference-program.com/session/?sess=sess257
Thursday, Oct. 22nd
AS5 Panel: Designing for Safety: The Expanding Role of Human Factors in Modern Aviation 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
- See description online: https://hfesam2026.conference-program.com/presentation/?id=PAN115&sess=sess250
CEDM9 Human-Automation Interaction in Aviation Systems 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- 11:00 am – 11:20 am: Automation Reliability Impairs Evidence Accumulation Efficiency: Computational Modeling of Monitoring Under Time Pressure
Contributors: Yang Chen, Zhijun Zhang - 11:20 am – 11:40 am: Investigating Effects of Elemental Design Characteristics on NASA-TLX Ratings
Contributors Skye Taylor, Matthew Bolton - 11:40 am – 12:00 pm: Querying humans about their understanding of the task environment does not support supervision of a highly automated work system
Contributors Shayne Loft, Vanessa Bowden
AS4: Special topics in aerospace human factors 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- 3:00 pm – 3:20 pm: Predicting Gait Instabilities Under Vestibular Perturbations to Inform Assistive Technologies for Planetary Surface Exploration
Contributors: Jeevan Ramesh, Jayasuriya Arachchige, Xingjian Ma, Ranjana Mehta - 3:20 pm – 3:40 pm: Inspection Robot Path and Manual Takeover Modality Influence Human Takeover Decisions
Contributors: Brandon Apodaca, Hannah Larson, Leia Stirling, Ella Atkins - 3:40 pm – 4:00 pm: Augmenting First-Person Swarm Teleoperation with Multisensory Feedback
Contributors: Samantha Chin, Pablo Palle, Benjamin Jarvis, Bingjiang Huang, Floreano Dario, Joseph Paradiso
Friday, Oct. 23rd
AS3: Interface Design 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- 11:00 am – 11:30 am: Resolution, Map Layers, and Accuracy in Pilot Estimates of Weather Conditions: Early Insights
Contributors: Suzanne Swaine, Barrett Caldwell, Zachary Hass - 11:30 am – 12:00 pm: Comparing Text and Voice Communications in Simulated Urban Air Mobility Operations
Contributors: Kim-Phuong Vu, Thomas Strybel, Vernol Battiste, Vannessa Nguyen, Andrew Alfaro-Arevalo, Shelby Trainor, Justin Chung, Eden Doss-Fillmore, Vincius Dugue, Kieran Whitney, Praveen Shankar, Panadda Marayong
Be sure to register to HFES ASPIRE to take advantage of all it has to offer.
Putting together this event was made possible thanks to the involvement of our ASTG community at every stage: initial submission, peer review and program outline. We are excited to have the program ready and we can’t wait to meet you in Reno, Nevada!
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