| December 10, 2008 | to | December 13, 2008 |
SIGGRAPH Asia 2008 will feature works that provoke thought, explore ideas in innovative ways, address contemporary issues, interactively engage viewers in discovery, and stimulate their intellect and creativity.
| October 13, 2008 | to | October 15, 2008 |
The Tenth International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility will be 13th - 15th October 2008 in Halifax, Canada
The ASSETS series of conferences is aimed at providing a technical forum for presenting and disseminating innovative research results that address the use of computing and information technologies to help persons with disabilities.
| March 12, 2008 | to | March 15, 2008 |
The 39th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education provides a diverse selection of technical sessions and opportunities for networking, learning and interaction. This symposium addresses problems common among educators working to develop, implement and/or evaluate computing programs, curricula, and courses. In addition, the symposium provides a forum for sharing new ideas for syllabi, laboratories, and other elements of teaching and pedagogy, at all levels of instruction.
The theme is “Diversity through Accessibility“. Aspects of the conference related to user experience include keynotes from:
| July 16, 2008 | to | July 19, 2008 |
The Design Research Society’s next biennial conference will be 16-19 July 2008, Sheffield, England. DRS is open to the whole range of designing disciplines and any scholar interested in the matter of designing.
One aspect of the conference will be new and hybrid disciplines. Many people have placed themselves outside the traditional concept of designers producing useful or engaging “things”, focusing instead on what people experience and the systems and actions that create those experiences. Designing seems to be moving into a new era, the disciplines that have framed our work are reshaping themselves, new kinds of designing are emerging and we are not yet able to define these new and hybrid professions, some created by people not previously thought of as designers.
The conference is an opportunity for researchers to discuss new inquiries and interesting contributions that inform designing and any knowledge about the wider world that flows from the work of designers.
See the DRS 2008 conference site for more information.
| September 10, 2008 | to | September 13, 2008 |
The next IDSA National Conference will be at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, Phoenix, AZ, September 10-13, 2008.
| September 1, 2008 | to | September 5, 2008 |
“Culture, Creativity, Interaction” is the conference theme for BCS-HCI’s 2008 annual conference, HCI 2008. Liverpool is the European Capital of Culture and throughout the year there will be cultural events ranging from community arts to headline events such as the Turner Prize. In the week before the conference there will be the Annual Beatles Week and immediately afterwards Liverpool will host the British Academy Festival of Science.
The cultural theme reflects not just events in Liverpool but also recent developments in HCI where the arts and humanities offer new insights and new challenges. Culture will be a unifying theme for the various strands that form the user experience family of disciplines.
| March 25, 2008 | to | March 29, 2008 |
The Society for Applied Anthropology’s 68th Annual Meeting will be March 25 - 29, 2008, in Memphis.
The theme of the 2008 SfAA meeting, “The Public Sphere and Engaged Scholarship: Challenges and Opportunities for Applied Anthropology” will provide a venue to highlight the specific contributions of applied anthropologists in the public sphere. In addition, this theme will allow anthropologists to explore innovative ways in which they can participate more prominently in public discourse while addressing pressing human issues in contemporary local and global communities. This broadly defined theme will attract all those working in collaborative and interdisciplinary settings to shape public policy and improve people’s lives through direct action and community advocacy.
| October 24, 2008 | to | October 29, 2008 |
The 2008 Annual Meeting for American Society for Information Science and Technology will be October 24-29, 2008 in Columbus, Ohio. The theme is “People Transforming Information - Information Transforming People.” Submissions by researchers and practitioners are solicited on a wide range of human-centered approaches to topics including but not limited to the following:
| September 22, 2008 | to | September 26, 2008 |
HFES annual meetings are important events for the Society’s members and others who are interested in the latest developments in the field. The HFES 52nd Annual Meeting will be New York, NY, from September 22-26, 2008.
| April 5, 2008 | to | April 10, 2008 |
CHI 2008 focuses on the balance between art and science, design and research, practical motivation and the process that leads the way to innovative excellence. It is about balance in our rapidly evolving field, the balance between individuals and groups, collocated and remote, stationary and mobile, in both our local and global communities.
