This panel will explore advanced furniture workstation concepts The panelist will include prominent workstation design researchers as well as ergonomists with experience in this topic. The panel will include discuss issues such as the conceptual basis for the Mind'Space design and the development of new technologies that integrate information input devices into malleable surfaces. Issues such as information walls and wearable computers will be discussed. The panel will also discuss information on the development of advanced workstations that may be better tailored to the changing work patterns of the US office workforce.
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