Tokyo, Japan

IA Summit 08 Redux (Tokyo, Japan)

Atsushi Hasegawa of Concent will host the annual IA Summt Redux at Concent in Yoyogi, Shibuya in free of charge. Please RSVP at entry at iaaj.org. (Max Limits are 25 people, for the space capacity.)

Detailes in Japanese:
以下の日程・場所でコンセントの長谷川さんが毎年恒例のIAサミットの報告会があります。参加希望の方は人数の関係もあるとの事で、事前にentry at iaaj.org宛にご連絡ください。

日時：6/13（金） 19:00～
場所：コンセント
渋谷区代々木1-2-9 森京ビル
http://www.concentinc.jp/function/map.html
費用：とくになし
人数：２５名程度ま

詳しくはIAAJ (Information Architecture Association Japan)のサイトをご覧ください。

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IVA 2008 (Tokyo, Japan)

The Eighth International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA 2008, is the major annual meeting of the intelligent virtual agents community, attracting interdisciplinary minded researchers and practitioners from embodied cognitive modeling, artificial intelligence, computer graphics, animation, virtual worlds, games, natural language processing, and human-computer interaction. The conference will gather researchers studying different aspects in the creation of, and interaction with virtual agents.

Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) are autonomous, graphically embodied agents in a virtual environment that are able to interact intelligently with human users, other IVAs, and their environment.

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dux07 Redux (Tokyo, Japan)

Atsushi Hasegawa from Concent will be present the overview of dux07 which was held in Chicago last month. Also, there will be a special report about Adaptive Path’s User Experience Week 2007 from the participant.

Details in Japanese:
以下の日程で、株式会社コンセントの長谷川さんが先ごろシカゴで開催されたdux (Conference for Desiging User eXperience）の報告会を開催します。

日時：2007年11月30日（金）
時間：19時〜
場所：コンセント
渋谷区代々木1-2-9 森京ビル2F
http://www.concentinc.jp/function/map.html

詳しくはIAAJ (Information Architecture Association Japan)のサイトをご覧ください。

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DESIGN IT 2007 (Tokyo, Japan)

The DESIGN IT Conference, held since 2005, focuses on uniting IT (information technology) and design. It has six themes which are essential for providing a framework for designing IT in the future:

• Content Management
• Interaction
• Information Architecture
• Usability
• Design Management
• Strategy

The DESIGN IT Conference 2007 is December 11-12, 2007, in Tokyo, Japan. The main speakers will be addressing “Managing Content and User Interfaces”:

• Bob Boiko, Author of “Content Management Bible”, Wiley; 2001 (1st edition), 2004 (2nd)
• Lucas Pettinati, Senior Interaction Designer at Yahoo!, Inc.
• Larry Constantine, IDSA, ACM Distinguished Engineer, Chief Scientist with Constantine & Lockwood, Ltd.
• Kevin Clark, Program Director, Brand and Values Experience, IBM Corporate Communications

See the DESIGN IT site for more details (in English - full program available in Japanese).

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Welcome to UXnet Tokyo

Tokyo is the center of the new user experience, the place where you meet new digital device eveyday. We have many small indivisual working groups, online communities, and nonprofit organizations trying to redefine our profession.

UXnet Tokyo Local will provide UX related information in Tokyo and other major metropolitan area in Japan in both Japanese and English. Please feel free to contact me, if you need any support.

Welcome message in Japanese:

UXnet Tokyo ページへようこそ！
UXnet (User Experience Network)はIA（情報アーキテクチャ）およびUX（ユーザーエクスペリエンス）関係のプロフェッショナルによる情報交換のためのネットワークです。現在この領域で活躍されている世界各国のプロフェッショナルとのネットワーク作りを各国のローカルアンバサダーがお手伝いします。

IAまたはUX関係のイベント情報をお持ちでUXnetに掲載したい場合は、nobsatoまでご連絡ください。東京近辺に限らず掲載します。

Local Groups and Communities in Japan:

• IAI@mixi - mixi is the largest SNS in Japan.
• IAI-jp
• IAAJ: Information Architecture Association Japan
• HCD-Net (人間中心設計推進機構) - NPO
• W2C (日本ウェブ協会) - NPO
• RIA Consortium (RIAコンソーシアム)

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