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VizThink ‘08 (San Francisco, CA, USA)

VizThink ‘08 is gathering visual thinkers from all corners of the world to create the first global community dedicated to the use of visualization in all forms of learning and communication.

Are you a visual thinker? Do you use images, graphics, or visualization for learning and communication? Do you want to learn how to apply visualization techniques to your business? Do you want to learn how to work and communicate more effectively?

The visual thinking community is made up of researchers, educators, practioners, tool creators, service providers, consultants, and many others. They come from all over the world, in all industries, and in businesses of all sizes. They come from almost any role such as:

• Art, design and visual communication (such as experience designers)
• Journalism
• Software
• Executives, operations and management
• Educators

Conference facilitators who will be leading hands on activities and discussions related to their specialties include:

• Scott McCloud
• Bob Horn
• Kevin Cheng
• Nigel Holmes
• Dan Rose
• Luke Wroblewski

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Usability Week 2008 (San Francisco, CA, USA)

Usability Week 2008 takes you beyond the typical conference experience, offering a 3-day usability camp, a 3-day intensive session on interaction design, and several specialized, day-long tutorials that get both broad and deep on core usability topics. Come for as few or as many days as you want.

Usability Week 2008 San Francisco will be June 16-21. (Other locations: New York, London and Melbourne.)

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HotMobile 2008 (Napa Valley, CA, USA)

The Ninth Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, HotMobile 2008, continues the series of highly selective, interactive workshops focused on mobile applications, systems, and environments, as well as their underlying state-of-the-art technologies. HotMobile’s small workshop format makes it ideal for presenting and discussing new directions or controversial approaches.

The keynote will be by BJ Fogg and there is a paper session on “Dealing with Screens”.

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User Experience Week 2008 (San Francisco, CA, USA)

Adaptive Path’s UX Week 2008 will consider what it takes to create great products and services in an uncertain world. With a mix of inspiring talks from recognized thought leaders and hands-on workshops delivering takeaway skills, this event delivers for user experience professionals at all levels — directors, managers, and practitioners.

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@media 2008 San Francisco (USA)

The San Francisco edition of @media 2008 will be May 22-23. Topics will include web standards, accessibility, information architecture, content creation, internationalization, JavaScript libraries, usability testing, Rails, Django, and a whole lot more.

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TED2008 (Monterey, CA, USA)

TED 2008 will be February 27 - March 1, 2008, Monterey, California, USA.

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