Annual association conference

Interaction|09 (Vancouver, BC, Canada)

The Interaction Design Association (IxDA) is pleased to announce Interaction|09, to be held February 5-8, 2009 in conjunction with Simon Fraser University’s School of Interactive Arts + Technology, and the Faculty of Business, located in lovely Vancouver, B.C. Mark your calendars now for what promises to be another exciting and informative conference centered around the design of interactive systems of all types, from web and desktop applications, to mobile devices, consumer electronics, digitally-enhanced environments, and more. This will be our growing community’s second annual opportunity to gather with several hundred other Interaction Design professionals from around the world.

Building on the successful format of Interaction 08 at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Interaction 09 will span four days, with two and a half main conference days preceded by 1 ½ days of pre- conference workshops and activities. Thursday will be devoted to a diverse and valuable series of professional workshops. Friday will be a busy and exciting day, with tours, additional workshops and opportunities to explore SFU, its surrounding community and Vancouver, along with leadership and organizing activities in the morning. The conference will open Friday afternoon, with a welcoming reception that evening.

Saturday and Sunday will be packed with inspirational and tactical sessions geared at anyone who practices Interaction Design. We look forward to Interaction 09 continuing to build on the quality of experience and community camaraderie we shared this year in Savannah.

In addition to invited speakers, we will be welcoming speaking proposals for sessions on Saturday and Sunday. Stay tuned for that and other exciting announcements.

Are you interested in becoming a much-appreciated sponsor for Interaction 09? Contact sponsorships at ixda.org. This is a great opportunity to support the IxDA community!

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• Simon Fraser University School of Interactive Arts + Technology
• IxDA

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UPA 2008 (Baltimore, MD, USA)

The international UPA 2008 conference will be held in Baltimore on June 16-20, 2008.

This is a great conference for people new to usability as well as for experienced practitioners. You will meet wonderful people and get lots of practical tips and ideas. Monday June 16 and Tuesday June 17 are tutorials and workshops, while the main conference runs Wednesday June 18 through Friday June 20.

The theme of this year’s conference is “The Many Faces of User Experience: Usability through holistic practice.” Many types of professionals touch the user experience of a product. Marketing specialists, graphic designers, computer scientists, business analysts, psychologists, information architects, technical writers and others bring valuable perspectives to usability and user experience. UPA 2008 invites you to share perspectives and learn from the experiences of other practitioners.

This year’s conference will feature a special full-day program on usability in e-Government on Tuesday, June 17. There will be panel sessions on the status of usability in the U.S. Federal Government and in other governments around the world, small group discussions, and presentations and case studies on a wide range of topics.

UPA 2008 will also introduce a new topic called Managing User Experience. It includes sessions geared towards user experience managers, directors, or team leaders.

Find out more details about the conference.

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UPA 2009 (Portland, OR, USA)

The 2009 annual conference of the Usability Professionals’ Association will be June 8-12 in Portland, Oregon.

Over time, more information will be available on the UPA conference page.

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IA Summit 2009 (Memphis, TN, USA)

The 10th annual Information Architecture Summit will be in Memphis, Tennessee, March 18th – 22nd, 2009, at the Peabody Memphis Hotel. More information will be posted to iasummit.org (after the 2008 conference is over).

(Originally announced from February 18-22.)

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2008 IPCC (Montreal, Canada)

The 2008 IEEE Professional Communication Society conference will focus on the theme of “Opening the Information Economy.” The idea is that we are all a part of the information economy, and by participating in it, we both shape and are shaped by the information economy and its practices.

As communication is at the heart of success within this economy, the conference will explore certain communication-based aspects of the information economy. One aspect related to user experience will be information design, usability, and accessibility.

Posted in Annual association conference | Calendar | IEEE | Montreal, QC, Canada
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PRSA 2008 (Detroit, MI, USA)

Share your strategies, theories, ideas, research and results with the most dynamic gathering of PR professionals in the world at the Public Relations Society of America’s annual conference, PRSA 2008.

PRSA is seeking public relations and communications professionals, educators and experts in related fields — including CMOs, CEOs, CFOs, economists, social scientists, futurists, management consultants, journalists, bloggers, technologists and editors, as well as specialists in interactive communications and design, marketing communications, technology, research and measurement — to present at this year’s Conference.

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HCIS-2008 (Milan, Italy)

The 1st IFIP Human-Computer Interaction Symposium, HCIS-2008, will be held in conjunction with 20th IFIP World Computer Congress (a combination of twelve technical conferences).

The domain of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a multidisciplinary, active and focal area of both research and industrial application. As the influence and use of computing capability grows, so does the recognition that computing systems will be required to conform to many other criteria than simply those of computing performance. The criteria of usability, acceptability, user satisfaction, accessibility and suitability for user and organisational needs are some of those which are particularly the province of experts in Human-Computer Interaction.

The 1st IFIP Human-Computer Interaction Symposium attempts to bring the various fields together and will highlight the research and industrial importance of the Human-Computer Interaction area and its most recent breakthroughs on current applications. Topics:

• Methodologies for user centred system design
• Human-Work Interaction Design
• User interface engineering
• Accessibility and disability
• Human error, safety and system development
• Education in HCI
• HCI in Ubiquitous Environments
• Cultural differences in HCI
• Ambient intelligent environments
• Human-computer dialogue system

Organized by IFIP Technical Committee 13 Human-Computer Interaction.

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ASIS&T 2009 (Vancouver, BC, Canada)

The 2009 Annual Meeting for the American Society for Information Science and Technology will be November 6-9, 2009, in Vancouver.

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Interaction 08 (Savannah, GA, USA)

(Updated) Interaction 08 will be February 8-10, 2008 in historic and festive Savannah, Georgia. It will feature two days of inspirational and tactical sessions geared at anyone who practices Interaction Design.

The pre-conference workshops:

• From Data to Difference workshop
• Effect Maps for Interaction Designers
• Agile and Interaction Design
• Paper Prototyping

Keynotes from the program:

• Alan Cooper
• Sigi Moeslinger
• Bill Buxton
• Malcolm McCullough

Attendees can also Connect with others before the conference.

Registrations and hotel rooms are filling up fast, so if you are considering going, you should act now.

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UPA Europe (Turin, Italy)

The first European regional conference of the Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA) will take place on December 4th, 5th and 6th, 2008 in Turin, Italy, when the city is also the 2008 World Design Capital.

The conference is taking place in the Italian city of Turin which will then also organise a large variety of activities as the first ever World Design Capital – a title it was awarded by ICSID (the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design). Reflecting this context, the UPA conference will particularly focus on usability and design.

See www.upaeurope2008.org for more information and how to get involved.

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