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DRC 2009 (Chicago, IL, USA)

The Design Research Conference (DRC), hosted by the IIT Institute of Design, brings together a growing community of design professionals advancing the role of design research in innovation. The conference strives to spread knowledge through the discussion of compelling experiences and case studies, innovative methods and approaches, and the future and sustainability of design research.

In its eighth year, DRC (formally “About, With and For”) will be more participatory in nature. Workshops, student presentations, twenty-minute lightning round TED style talks, and other group activities and networking opportunities will fill the two days.

The Design Research Conference will be the ideal event for designers, planners, design and consumer researchers, educators and students, and managers and executives concerned with learning the latest advanced methods and approaches to human-centered design.

See iit.edu for more information.

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Tech Comm Summit 2012 (Chicago, IL, USA)

The Tech Comm Summit is the Society for Technical Communication’s annual conference. The conference traditionally has many sessions related to user experience.

Expect more details at conference.stc.org when this event gets closer.

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EPIC 2009 (Chicago, IL, USA)

The 5th annual international Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference will be in Chicago, IL from Aug 30 – Sep 2, 2009. Enjoy a rich program of talks, demos, conversation, debate and fun!

EPIC is the premier international forum bringing together artists, computer scientists, designers, social scientists, marketers, academics and advertisers to discuss recent developments and future advances around ethnographic praxis. The EPIC theme for 2009 is Taking Care of Business: having an impact and staying relevant as ethnographers in today’s economic climate.

See epic2009.com for more information.

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Agile 2009 (Chicago, IL, USA)

Agile 2009 will be an exciting international conference about techniques and technologies, attitudes and policies, research and first-hand experience, from both the management and technical sides of agile software development.

User experience will be a focus.

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Experience Marketing Unleashed (Chicago, IL, USA)

Experience Marketing Unleashed: Creating Brand Engagement through Immersive Experiences. Multiplying media, increased competition, new technology and changing consumer behavior make effective brand engagement more challenging than ever. Brand marketers are responding in part by embracing a more effective, holistic form of event marketing called “Experience Marketing” which looks across the entire marketing mix and customer demographics to produce immersive, highly-relevant brand experiences that generate measurable bottom-line performance.

In this “Experience Marketing Unleashed” Hot Topic Briefing, the AMA brings together some of the leading practitioners and innovators in Experience Marketing to discuss the strategy and tactics behind this burgeoning marketing discipline. Highly interactive, example-driven and results-focused, this one day educational immersion will provide senior and mid-level marketing executives with the ideas, tools and models necessary to improve and reinvent your approach to brand engagement.

See AMA site for more information.

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Chicago UX Book Club (Chicago, IL, USA)

The inaugural Chicago UX Book Club meeting will be Thursday, January 8, 2009, 7:00 p.m., Fado, 100 W Grand Avenue.

The book: The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman.

See Gabby Hon’s page for more information.

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Innovate 2008 (Chicago, IL, USA)

Innovate 2008 is the 2nd Annual Creativity & Innovation Business Conference. The theme is Designing the Innovative Workplace. It is September 26, 2008, at DePaul University, Chicago, IL.

The spaces in which we work can be configured to promote collaboration, communication, and experimentation – key elements of organizational culture that result in innovation and high performance. Today’s business leaders recognize the importance of designing a workspace that not only considers functionality, but also connects and aligns individuals and teams with the company’s vision and strategy. Effective design can enable workers to achieve the creative collaboration necessary to produce novel products, services, and technologies for enhanced consumer experiences and business growth.

The 2008 Conference brings together business and academic leaders, as well as experts in design and innovation. Register here.

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Web Design World (Chicago, IL, USA)

Let top experts in the Web field inspire and instruct you on how to tackle today’s design challenges at Web Design World Chicago.

Today’s Web designers must be creative, knowledgeable of current Web standards and practices, and have the ability to turn ideas into reality. Since 1997, WDW has assisted Web design professionals in doing just that — turning ideas into reality. Master advanced CSS coding techniques and best practices. See case studies that will help make your sites more usable, beautiful, and accessible. Explore the burgeoning growth of iPhone and mobile development opportunities. And take part in the practical, user-centered workshops at the core of Web Design World, the longest-running Web design conference in the industry.

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IFVP 2008 (Chicago, IL, US)

The 2008 International Forum of Visual Practitioners (IFVP) Conference for graphic recorders, graphic facilitators and other visual practitioners has themes including group facilitation, diversity, listening and technology.

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Discount Usability Testing Workshop (Chicago, IL, USA)

Steve Krug presents Don’t Make Me Think: The Discount Usability Testing Workshop. Learn how to dramatically improve your Web site by watching people use it. In this day-long session, he will teach you how to do your own low-cost/no-cost testing that’s simple enough to make it a routine part of your design process.

• A complete explanation of how he recommends doing testing
• Two live usability tests on attendees’ sites, so you can see the whole process in detail
• A chance to practice conducting a test on your own site
• Advice on how to interpret your findings and decide what changes to make
• Plenty of time to answer questions about testing or any other aspect of usability

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