Date: 17th March 2023
Time: 1100 (UTC)
Speakers
Matita Tshabalala
Matita has been working in the aviation sector for 19 years. He has held different positions in the operations, HR and safety departments. He is a registered Industrial Psychologist with the Health Profession Council of South Africa (HPCSA) since 2013 and also a registered Aviation Psychologist with the European Association for Aviation Psychology (EAAP) since 2016. He is also a Human Factors Specialist registered with the European Association for Aviation Psychology (EAAP) since 2012. He is interested in systems thinking, complexity/chaos theory and cognitive psychology. His Areas of Expertise include: Incident and accident Investigation, Mental Health, Talent Management, Change Management, Organizational Resilience, Group dynamics and Facilitation, and Psychometric Assessments
Dr. Issaka Yakubu Akparibo
Dr. Issaka Yakubu Akparibo, Medical Director of CareFlight Ghana, is a Ghanaian Aerospace Medicine specialist. He is a graduate of Wright States University Aerospace medicine program, Kings College London and the Royal Air Force Center of Aviation Medicine Programs. Dr. Akparibo is an Aviation medical examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Australia, the South African Civil Aviation Authority and the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority. He enjoys flying and cycling and is currently working on getting his private pilot license.
Dr. Steven Shorrock
Steven Shorrock is a Chartered Psychologist and Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist with 25 years of experience in industry and academia, including high-profile infrastructure and culture projects, throughout Europe. He has developed a range of Human Factors tools used internationally and co-written a number of white papers. He currently works at EUROCONTROL, leading on Human Factors, Safety Culture, Systems Thinking and Safety-II. He is Editor-in-Chief of HindSight magazine and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast (Centre for Human Factors & Sociotechnical Systems). In a private
capacity, he blogs at humanisticsystems.com and has co-edited Human Factors and Ergonomics in Practice: Improving performance and wellbeing in the real world.