The UXnet calendar compiles the list of upcoming local events from each locale into a single listing. Major user experience-related conferences (outside of a locale served by a local ambassador) are also included. Additional events can be found on other calendars.
Recently added events are listed below; use the calendar on the right to find upcoming events by date.
| October 16, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
SOCHI and SCSI bring you the second design jam in our browser redesign series, answering Mozilla’s call for participation.
WHAT: Sketch your ideas for improving or redesigning Firefox
WHEN: Thursday, October 16th, 7-8:30PM
WHERE: Design Lab 1, Duderstadt Center (North Campus)
You don’t have to be a Firefox user or an HCI student to attend. Everyone is welcome, but if you were unable to attend the previous design jam, we ask that you read through SOCHI’s summary of the event and check out the photos. Bring your sketchbooks if you like, (especially those students taking 682, this might add valuable content to your design notebook,) or do your sketches on a whiteboard. Snacks and swag will be provided, including a chance at free Firefox t-shirts.
This event is sponsored in part by SourceForge and Mozilla.
Hope to see you there!
SOCHI and SCSI
| November 24, 2008 | to | November 26, 2008 |
From 24th - 26th November, the first Service Design Conference will take place in Amsterdam. This is the first Europe based, international Service Design Conference. The Conference is of particular relevance to businesses, industries and the public sector relating to the Service Design field. Come to the Service Design Conference, and discover the latest developments in the area of Service Design, exchange ideas, and be a part of establishing this fast expanding field.
See Service Design Conference site for more information.
The Service Design Network (sdn) was established in 2004 to create an international network for and from organizations and institutions dealing with Service Design in a professional way. The network wants to deepen and spread the knowledge and the expertise in the area of service design in academic as well as in practical areas.
| October 21, 2008 | to | October 24, 2008 |
From the event’s website:
The Brazilian Symposium of Human Factors on Computer Systems (IHC) is the main forum of the Brazilian Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community. This symposium brings together researchers, industry professionals, educators and students of various HCI-related disciplines, such as Computer Science, Psychology, Ergonomics and Graphic Design, among others.
We celebrate in 2008 the 10th anniversary of HCI events in Brazil. This has been a time for great progress: an entire generation of researchers has been produced spreading HCI knowledge countrywide. Usability and accessibility subjects have been integrated into governmental technological policies; industry is now fully aware of the importance of user-centered design practices. The event itself has solidified and expanded, giving birth to the Latin-American Conference in Human-Computer Interaction (CLIHC). Brazilian research has been acknowledged internationally and one of the major international conferences, the IFIP TC13 INTERACT has been hosted in Brazil in 2007.
During these past 10 years, we have reflected about the nature of Interaction. We managed to understand our users. We mastered the WWW and created solutions with emerging interaction technologies. Today, the relationship between humans and computers is an established and irrevocable fact. Interaction is now part of daily life: we are already living within ubiquitous computing; we are working on overcoming access barriers and on inclusion of disadvantaged populations. We are promoting society integration and disseminating the digital culture. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are intensely used by Brazilian population.
This scenario poses a challenge for researchers – thinking of users no more as individuals but as interconnected communities. Even the concept of interaction quality has to be broadened to encompass the diversity of interactive systems usage, like in entertainment, security in information exchange and broadcast, participation in social and democratic processes as well as applications in critical areas like health and environment.
Human Computer Interaction impregnates modern life. HCI today is structural for systems design. HCI is already permanent in human life. Each day, HCI is more and more natural.
Within the challenges to be addressed in the next decade, as proposed by the Brazilian Society for Computing – SBC - there are also challenges for the HCI community. We invite you to discuss HCI for today and for the next 10 years. In particular we welcome contributions related to aging and User eXperience (UX) which discusses the many roles played by interactive systems at the different phases of human life, including users who learned to use the computer before learning to read, users who employ computer in the daily life as a mean to gain productivity, for entertainment and/or to socialize, and those seniors users who are learning the new technologies to improve their quality of life.
Promotion: Brazilian Computing Society in cooperation with ACM/SIGCHI.
| October 8, 2008 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
–The EcoDesigners Guild (http://www.ecodesignersguild.org/) is interested in making Pittsburgh a more sustainable place to live. Our next meeting is on Wednesday, October 8 and we would love for you to join us.Bring your ideas, bring your excitement, and let’s see what we can accomplish. Date: Wednesday October 8Time: 6:30 pmPlace:
Harris Grill (lounge area)5747 Ellsworth Ave PittsburghPA 15232Phone 412.362.5273
For more information please contact: info@ecoDesignersGuild.org
| October 15, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Presented by Sharon Burton
With Flare, you have a complete authoring and publishing system with full support for maximum content re-use (single-sourcing). You can publish to online, desktop, and print formats (multi-channel publishing).
This online webinar demonstration will show how you can use Flare to create:
• Policy and procedure manuals
• Knowledge bases
• Software documentation including online help with context sensitivity
• Reference books, manuals, or illustrated guides
• Hardware or maintenance manuals
• And more
Attend and win a chance to take home a free copy of Flare!
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Date |
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008 |
| October 28, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
In an age of media overload how do undecided voters make up their minds in the upcoming election? Do Web savvy Americans turn to the Web for answers and if so, how much influence do the candidate’s Websites have? Could the usability of the Obama & McCain sites have a significant impact on the way people perceive each candidate? Can having a user friendly Website really sway people’s votes?
First Insights wanted get the answers to these questions and more. Our team traveled the country and conducted one-on-one usability interviews with dozens of undecided voters. Lon Taylor, Principal Usability Consultant at First Insights, will explain our methodology, share how we created our moderators guide and present a host of detailed findings & video clips.
Location:
JPMorgan Chase - Park Avenue
277 Park Avenue, 7th floor, New York, NY 10017
(Between 47th & 48th on EAST side of Street)
Optional dinner after the event on a pay-for-yourself basis
| July 20, 2009 | to | July 23, 2009 |
The 11th IEEE Conference on Commerce and Enterprise Computing (CEC’09) provides a platform for researchers and practitioners interested in theory and practice of technologies for in E-Commerce and Enterprise Computing. The program of CEC’09 will consist of invited talks, paper presentations, and panel discussions. One of the topics listed in the call for participation is Human-computer interaction.
| October 15, 2008 | ||
| 12:00 am | to | 8:00 pm |
Speaker: Joshua Porter, Bokardo Design
When:
Wednesday, October 15th
Refreshments & Networking: 6-7:00 PM – Food & beverages will be provided.
Meeting: 7:00 PM – 8ish
Where:
PixelMEDIA
222 International Drive
Suite 175
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Summary:
The usability of sign-up forms is a bugbear of any interface design professional. But what if the real hurdle wasn’t usability, but motivation? Josh will show you techniques to motivate people to sign up for your web application, from leveraging social influence to getting rid of the sign up form completely!
Joshua Porter is the founder of Bokardo Design, an interface design and strategy shop focusing exclusively on social web applications. He recently wrote the book “Designing for the Social Web”. When he is not designing web sites, Josh is speaking about it at conferences or writing about it at bokardo.com. He lets off steam by rock climbing and keeping up with his two-year old.
RSVP:
Please send RSVPs to info@nhupa.org so we have an idea of the head count for the venue and refreshments.
***NH UPA meetings are always open to anyone who is interested in attending. Membership to the UPA is NOT required.***
Hope to see you there!
| October 9, 2008 | ||
| 8:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
The next IA Cocktail Hour Tokyo will be held on Oct. 9th Thursday, featuring the next generation UI and Interaction model. Stian Aldrin, CEO of Elliptic Labs, Oslo, Norway, and his fellows will be demonstrating thier new touchless gesture technology and 3D navigation user interface model.
The meeting will be held at Business Architects in Takeshiba Tokyo. The demo will start from 20:00.
Please RSVP your seat by Oct 8th, Wednesday midnight (JPT) at nobsato (at) nobsato.com.
Details in Japanese
10月9日（木）にIAカクテルアワーを行います。
今回は少し趣向を変えてUI設計や次世代インタラクションの可能性などにフォーカスをあてた形で行いたいと思います。
ノルウェーのElliptic Labs社に、彼らが持つタッチレスパネル（ジェスチャーUI）の技術デモをCEO自らの実演してもらえる機会を頂きました。まだ基礎技術の段階ですが、普段、WebサイトのUI設計やインタラクション設計に携わっている皆さんの視線で、このような技術にどういう可能性があるのか、ざっくばらんに意見交換できればと思います。
内容：ノルウェーのElliptics Labs社のタッチレス（ジェスチャー）UIの技術デモ
（※デモは英語で行われます）日時：10/9（木） 20:00～22:00
場所：（株）ビジネス・アーキテクツ 会議室
http://www.b-architects.com/info/access
会費：3,500円程度（※人数により調整）
主催：IAI-JP、IAAJ
協力：（株）ビジネス・アーキテクツ
今回、森田雄さん＠ビジネス・アーキテクツのご好意で会議室をお借りできました。
入館許可や設営準備の関係などもあるため、お手数ですが、参加希望の方は事前にnobsato (at) nobsato.com まで参加表明をお願いします。
| October 8, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Wednesday, October 8th
7:00pm.
AIP is located downtown at 420 Boulevard of the Allies. We’ll be in room 440. Take the gold elevator up to the fourth floor. Take your first right and the room will be a few doors down on the left. There may be a security guy at the door - if there is just let him know you are there for the Refresh Pittsburgh meetup.
A HUGE thank-you goes out to our friend Norm Huelsman for offering to host a Refresh meeting at AIP.
We have three presentation on tap for this one:
Michael Fulk is a an interactive developer at Wall to Wall and also does freelance work as Future Designs. He’ll be presenting “Bending the Pipes” - which will give us a crash course on making mashups, feeds and recombining web content with Yahoo Pipes and Dapper.
Next, Olivia Blonde is a web designer at the University of Pittsburgh and previous worked at the Carnegie Libraries where she was responsible for the redesign of the Carnegie Library website. She’ll present “Design Process in a Nutshell”. Each designer - or design group - develops a method for solving problems, then evolves that method over time. While no one person or group may view a problem from the same perspective, general similarities often appear in their approach. Olivia’s presentation will take us from requirements to concepts to design and to handoff.
Finally, Isaac Gierard, a new media developer at Elliance with be showing off a recent project of his, a “CSS Combiner”. Isaac will give a brief introduction to a recently developed open source CSS preprocessor for combining multiple CSS files into on and it’s benefits for website performance.
Also, we’ll be giving away one free pass to the Flashpitt conference taking place the following Friday!
As usual, please RSVP to info@refreshpittsburgh.org so that we have a good idea of our headcount. I’ll make sure to bring the usual cookies and coffee too.
| October 8, 2008 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
Ever stared at a blank Photoshop screen and just needed to “get started designing”? Ever been handed a 40 page spec sheet that you needed to build from? Ever wonder if this feature should even be built in the first place?
Not to be confused with usability testing—user research can help get client, designer and developer all on the same side of the table. A solid understanding of the user leads not only to true “usability” but even better ideas to build in the first place. With the right combination of tools and process—even designers and developers will demand user research with every project to the benefit of all.
Vince Frantz is an information designer and principal of Frantz I.D. Since 1996, he has spearheaded a broad scope of design projects across web, intra/extranet, print and motion media. Prior to that, Vince was an interaction designer and illustrator at Root Learning, Inc. After many years doing design and development, in 2005 he began designing a new form of organization that would enhance the user centered design and development process. In June of 2006, Sprokets launched as his own “ideal client” that would always align business strategy with end-user needs. Vince also founded the non-profit Public Square Group to help cities in Northeast Ohio employ a user centered approach to the design and development of sustainable skateboard parks.
RSVP for this event on Upcoming.org
This event will be held at American Greetings headquarters so you will be required to sign in with security and get a visitor’s badge.
| October 2, 2008 | ||
| 11:30 am | to | 1:30 pm |
Panelists: Jeff Gottesman, Pontiflex; Loren Chylla, Adcom Communications; Rob MacKay, Step2; Jason Tabeling, Brulant/Rosetta
Moderator: Tessa Fraser, AG Interactive
Location: Windows on the River (City View Room)
Type: Luncheon
Looking for ideas to take your paid search campaigns beyond the status quo? Not getting enough results from online display media? Looking to better understand behavioral targeting and its capabilities? Join us on Thursday, October 2nd as The Web Association tackles the answers to these questions and more. We’ll have an experienced panel of experts on hand to share industry best practices, and answer your questions.
Luncheon cost is $25 for Professionals, $17 for Students. Please notify The Web Association in advance of any special dietary requests. Register today!
| February 9, 2009 | to | February 11, 2009 |
FASTforward ‘09 (Las Vegas, February 9-11), will be three days of compelling discussion on the evolving business environment and how search is enabling companies to succeed. User experience will surely be part of the “business + technical” agenda.
| September 25, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
At the University of Michigan, Duderstadt Center, Design Lab One The SOCHI and SCSI student groups have joined together with SourceForge to bring you the school year’s first design jam. At the event, participants will answer Mozilla’s call for participation, which requests that we put our heads together to come up with revolutionary new ideas for a browser, from a simple improvement on how new tabs work to a more complete browser interface redesign. You don’t have to be a Firefox user or an HCI student to attend. Everyone is welcome to share browsing habits, frustrations, and ideas. The groups will follow up with the ideas generated at this event during two additional design jams later in the semester at which they will sketch ideas and create prototypes. This is an opportunity to build experience and portfolio materials in interface design and contribute to open source in a way that matters with no long-term commitment. SourceForge will provide T-shirts to all the participants. If you plan to attend, RSSVP on Facebook to ensure enough pizza for all ( http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=23492638077 ).
Design Jam
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Design Lab One, Duderstadt Center
| September 26, 2008 | ||
| 8:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
IAI-JP and IAAJ will host another cocktail hour on September 26th, this Friday.
This time, Mr. Sakamoto from Netyear Group will speak about how-to of IA Summit 2009 and also introduce some of the IA activities of Netyear Group.
Please RSVP by Sep. 24 (PST) / Sep. 25 (JPT) at t-sakamoto (at) netyear.net.
Details in Japanese:
直前のアナウンスですが今週の金曜日、9/26（金）にIAカクテルアワーが行われます。
ネットイヤーグループの坂本さんからIAサミット2009の参加方法の共有やネットイヤーグループでのIA共有の取り組みについて簡単にご紹介していただけます。
開催日時：2008年9月26日（金）20:00〜22:00
場所：渋谷周辺（※未定）
参加費用：4,000円程度（※人数により調整）
主催：IAI-JP、IAAJ
場所確保の関係もありますので事前予約制となっております。
参加を希望される方は、t-sakamoto (at) netyear.net 宛に9月25日（木）朝までにご連絡ください。
| September 16, 2008 | to | September 19, 2008 |
Web 2.0 Expo is for the builders of the next generation web: designers, developers, entrepreneurs, marketers, business strategists, and venture capitalists, people who have experiences to share and a passion for learning - the hot new thing, lessons from failures, innovations and inspirations, and the practical applications of all of the above.
What are the ways we can create more value for our businesses? How can we provide a more meaningful experience for users and customers? How can we have a positive impact on the world we live in? What tools and applications are right for a given project? How do we gather and focus data points to deliver relevant information? How can we increase conversation and collaboration?
The inaugural Web 2.0 Expo New York takes the pulse of the Web ecosystem and looks to its future, training a spotlight across the Web 2.0 universe to illuminate how the Internet Revolution is being created and delivered. What will you do with the power of Web 2.0?
There is a Design and UX track.
| September 18, 2008 | ||
| 8:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
School of Design Fall 2008 Lecture Series Speakers
Giving Form to Vision: Balancing the Three Disciplines of Leadership, Innovation, & Execution
Stuart Morgan, Director of Industrial Design and Human Factors for Ethicon Endo-Surgery. Thursday, September 18, 8:00pm
Margaret Morrison Breed Hall, on the Carnegie Mellon main campus
For design to play a significant role in the success of an organization, the three disciplines of leadership, innovation, and execution must be active and in balance. Over the past six years, the role of design at Ethicon Endo-Surgery has changed from one of support to one of leadership. Through recent product examples, Morgan’s lecture will outline guiding principles, strategies, processes, methods, and tools employed to deliver significant results to the company, and show the importance of balancing the three disciplines of design.
Morgan is director of Industrial Design and Human Factors for Ethicon Endo-Surgery, a Johnson & Johnson Company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, that develops and markets advanced medical devices for minimally invasive and open surgical procedures. He is responsible for product branding and usability in the corporation, including design strategy and user research. He envisioned and led the development of ethnographic research methods and visualization tools, transforming the new product development process within the corporation and establishing usability as a standard of innovation in the surgical device industry. Under his leadership the industrial design and human factors group has moved from support into a leadership role.
http://www.design.cmu.edu/show_news.php?id=187
| September 30, 2008 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Organic and UXnet would like to invite you to an evening of networking and learning on Tuesday, September 30th.
The schedule for the evening …
6:30 - 7:30 PM: Catered reception featuring “Speed Networking.” Similar to speed dating, “Speed Networking” pairs two User Experience practitioners and gives them 2 minutes to talk to each other. Come prepared with something to say.
7:30 - 7:45 PM: Learn about Organic, a web design leader according to Forrester Research.
7:45 - 8:30 PM: Enjoy a presentation from Keith Instone titled “There is a story behind every link.” See the presentation description below.
8:30 - 9:00 PM: More socializing and tours of the Organic offices.
Please RSVP to Anthony Viviano by September 25th at aviviano@organic.com.
Plan to arrive at 6:30 sharp, so that you can fully participate in the Speed Networking portion of the evening.
Organic
2600 S. Telegraph Road | Suite 100
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
Map
Keith’s presentation …
There is a story behind every link: Tales of information architecture from ibm.com by Keith Instone
Ever wonder how a large corporate web site navigation system is designed, and how it evolves over time? How certain links find their way to the corporate home page, while other ones do not? How major changes in the corporation’s business affect the web site navigation? And how the IA of the corporate web site can give clues about how well the business is doing?
If so, then join Keith Instone as he tells stories about the information architecture of ibm.com. Example stories may include:
The stories Keith tells will be in part determined by what you want to hear. Come prepared to select some high level links on ibm.com and see if Keith has any interesting stories to tell about them.
Keith Instone has been the information architecture lead for ibm.com for the last several years. He had been on the User experience design team since he joined IBM 6 and a half years ago. Keith is also active in the information architecture and user experience communities. Most of his professional volunteer time goes towards the User Experience Network.
| September 18, 2008 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Please join the Society for Technical Communication’s Southeast Michigan chapter for their September program on Thursday the 18th! Al Pizzurro will share his knowledge about preparing for interviews and will discuss the different interview styles, common interview questions, and negotiation techniques.
Al Pizzurro has worked for IT and Automotive Companies such as Electronic Data Systems (EDS), Automotive Components Holdings, llc (ACH) and is currently working with Ford Motor Company as a Contract Specialist for Engineering Software. Al uses his own experience in job-searching and as a manager to assist people in creating or improving their resumes, guiding them on how to search and apply for positions over the Internet, and providing insight on how to view every opportunity as a chance to network. He also assists people in interview preparation techniques and how to stay actively positioned in the face of negative thoughts especially from places you least expect
Date:
Thursday, September 18th
Time:
6:30 pm-7:00: networking
7:00-8:00: presentation
Location:
| 38777 W. Six Mile Road
Suite 400, Room 409 Livonia, MI 48152
|
Parking is free and is available in front of the building.
Program Fees:
Chapter members: $5.00
Students (members and non-members): $5.00
Non-members: $10.00
Registration:
Register and pay by using any of the following methods:
-E-mail–register@stc-sm.org and pay at the door (cash or check)
-Mail–fill out and submit the registration form (http://www.stc-sm.org/register.htm) and send your registration with payment (cash or check) to:
Registration for November STC Program
22951 Thorncliffe
Southfield, MI 48033
| October 8, 2008 | ||
| 7:30 am | to | 12:00 pm |
Authors of Beyond SEO, Jeofrey Bean, Del Mar Research & Consulting and Sean Van Tyne, Van Tyne Consulting, share their experiences in Technology Marketing Strategy and User Experience design in this dynamic seminar for business leaders.
Bean & Van Tyne successfully solve product development, market value and customer loyalty issues that lead to scalable positive customer experiences and increased revenue.
Attendees will learn how Market Aligned User Experience:
Breakfast and registration: 7:30 a.m – 8:00 am
Seminar: 8:00am – 12:00pm
Doubletree Hotel, Del Mar, 11915 El Camino Real, San Diego, CA 92130
Pre-registration: $149.00 (by 12:00pm, 10/3), At the door: $179
For more information (including registration): beanvantyne.com
