The UCDA Design Conference provides an opportunity to get an in-depth look at some of the issues facing designers and communication professionals both in and out of educational institutions. All creative, marketing, and communications professionals are invited to attend the UCDA Design Conference.

At the conference you’ll discover ideas, tools and techniques to make you more effective while inspiring creativity. You’ll find a wealth of information with over 25 sessions covering five tracks (technology, inspiration, practice, education, and sustainability), and over 20 speakers. See the latest award-winning work at the design show, and interact with design, publishing, and creative experts at our networking events.

(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.

The Eye Tracking Research & Applications Symposium is sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH and SIGCHI and is held every 2 years. ETRA 08 will be March 26-28, 2008 in Savannah, GA.

The symposium is focused on all aspects of eye movement research across a wide range of disciplines. The goal of ETRA is to bring together computer scientists, engineers and behavioral scientists in support of a common vision of enhancing eye tracking research and applications. Themes of this symposium:

• Advances in Eye-Tracking Technology
• Visual Attention and Eye Movement Control
• Eye Tracking Applications
• Special Theme: Usability and Ubiquity