New Jersey World Usability Day–Transportation (New York, NY)
Monday, November 3rd, 2008 by Michele Marut| November 13, 2008 | ||
| 4:00 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
Celebrate 4TH Annual World Usability Day, November 13th, Rutgers CoRE
Building, Piscataway, NJ
“PANELISTS ADDRESS THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION AT USABILITY DAY IN
PISCATAWAY, NJ”
The panel brings Professor Thomas H. Wakeman (Center for Maritime
Systems, Stevens Institute of Technology), Professor Hani Nassif
(Rutgers The State University, School of Engineering), Bill Neary
(Executive Director, Keep Middlesex Moving), and Jeffrey Kashinsky
(New York City Transit Authority), together with moderator Steve
Ellis, Ph.D. (The KOHL Group, Inc.).
THEME: Transportation
WHEN: Thursday, November 13th, 2008, 4:00 PM - 9:30 PM
WHERE: CoRE Building, 96 Freylinghuysen Road, Busch Campus, Rutgers
The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey
(http://www.caip.rutgers.edu/?q=node/23)
COST: Free. World Usability Day is free and open to everyone. Food
and refreshments served.
The program includes:
–Demonstrations of new designs for transportation, including
vehicles, highways, and signs
–Keynote speakers from transportation schools and corporations
–Expert panel with presenters from usability, transportation, and
business enterprises
–Photo contest of most “unusable” signage, open to all, evaluated by
usability “luminaries”
Demonstrations from several academic and corporate laboratories,
including Rutgers University, Princeton University, and New Jersey
Transit, are featured. For more program details, visit
wud.usabilitynj.org and www.worldusabilityday.org.
What is the future of transportation? Where are we going and how will
we get there? Join the Fourth Annual World Usability Day to hear
ideas from a panel of leading experts in the fields of usability,
research, industrial design and the transportation industry. Each
panelist has years of experience developing, designing or providing
products and services for clients in the transportation industry.
“This panel brings practical knowledge of innovations to our audience
of professionals in human factors, engineering, computer science, and
transportation as well as students, entrepreneurs, and the business
community,” says UsabilityNJ Event Chair and New Jersey resident John
Chin. “Today, teams of computer scientists, engineers, usability
specialists, and transportation innovators are working together. They
face similar challenges. They must design for diverse customers,
drivers, travellers, and transportation providers.”
“Our panelists know that innovations in transportation are an
important part of the economy in New Jersey. They have worked on
innovations that improve daily transportation, and enhance our public
safety,” said Ronnie Battista, President of UsabilityNJ and New Jersey
resident. “Furthermore, they know the importance of accessible
transportation products for all of us, whatever our abilities to see,
hear, or move.” This World Usability Day event is presented by
UsabilityNJ, the New Jersey chapter of the Usability Professionals’
Association.
