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Eat, Drink, & Network (Atlanta, GA, USA)

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 by Keith Instone

March 27, 2008
6:00 pm

CHI*Atlanta, the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), and the Atlanta Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) invite you to an evening of networking with the Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) - Atlanta Chapter. This will be a great opportunity for our chapters to get acquainted and talk shop in a pleasant atmosphere. We reserved space at Eclipse di luna, which offers a varied tapas menu and a lovely patio should we have some warm weather.

See CHI*Atlanta for more information.

HRI 2008 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Monday, December 10th, 2007 by Conference Editor

March 12, 2008

March 15, 2008

The 3rd ACM/IEEE International conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2008, is a single track, highly selective annual conference that seeks to showcase the very best in human-robot interaction.

Researchers in robotics, human-factors, ergonomics, and human-computer interaction are invited to attend. Because human-robot interaction is inherently inter-disciplinary, the conference is seeking papers from several disciplines. A primary goal of the conference is to create a common venue for a broad set of researchers.

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HFES 52nd Annual Meeting (New York, NY, USA)

Friday, October 26th, 2007 by Whitney Quesenbery

September 22, 2008

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.

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DUX 2005, a product of professional association collaboration

Wednesday, September 21st, 2005 by Keith Instone

A great example of the benefits of professional association collaboration is the Designing for User eXperience conference, the second of which (DUX 2005) will be taking place 3-5 November at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, CA USA. AIGA, ACM SIGGRAPH, and ACM SIGCHI have joined forces again to develop what many consider to be the premier conference for user experience practitioners.

Supporting AIGA, SIGGRAPH, SIGCHI, and DUX 2005 are several cooperating societies: IxDG, IIID, UPA, STC, AIS SIGHCI, HFES, IDSA, and IAI. Plus, BayDUX, the local presence of UXnet in the San Francisco Bay Area, is sponsoring the conference’s opening plenary reception, in part in honor of World Usability Day which was scheduled to coincide with the opening day of the conference.

Congratulations to all involved in helping make this event reflect a cross-section of the user experience professional community.

User Experience: Why Do So Many Organizations Believe They Own It?

Tuesday, September 28th, 2004 by Keith Instone

Don Norman and a panel of representatives of UX organizations discuss several UXnet themes at this BAYCHI event on Tuesday, October 12 at Stanford’s Kresge Auditorium.

Years ago, Don Norman coined the term, “user experience,” which has since become a prominent label for a multidisciplinary field. But what did Don intend the term to mean? What is “user experience,” really? Why do so many professional societies believe they own it? Why do so many organizations in a business believe they own it? Don Norman tackles these and related questions in a conversation with Richard Anderson.

A panel discussion with representatives from multiple UX organizations (UPA, SIGCHI, AIfIA, IxDG, SIGGRAPH, STC, AIGA Experience Design, HFES, IDSA, and UXnet) will follow. The panel, moderated by Rashmi Sinha, will explore the goals and interests of each organization, and how they come together to form the mosaic that is UX.

Representatives from UX organizations

Christina Wodtke representing AIfIA (Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture), an organization dedicated to advancing and promoting information architecture.

John Zapolski representing AIGA Experience Design, a community of practice that brings together all types of experience design practitioners.

Abbas Moallem representing BACHFES (Bay Area Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society) which provides a forum for exchange of information and ideas on human factors and ergonomics issues.

Stacie Hibino representing BayCHI, the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of ACM SIGCHI (Special Interest Group in Computer Human Interaction).

Mark Rolston representing SF IDSA, the San Francisco chapter of “the voice of the industrial design profession.”

Pabini Gabriel-Petit representing IxDG (Interaction Design Group), an international community of people working to promote, advance, and encourage high standards of practice in the discipline of interaction design.

Brian Blau representing the San Francisco and Silicon Valley Chapters of ACM SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques).

Andrea Ames representing the STC (Society for Technical Communication), the largest individual membership organization dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of technical communication.

Kaaren Hanson representing the UPA (Usability Professionals Association) which supports people who promote and advance the development of usable products.

Richard Anderson representing UXnet, an organization dedicated to exploring opportunities for cooperation and collaboration among UX-related organizations and individuals.

More information, including bios…

Update (originally added as a comment): Here are some links to reports from the BayCHI “owning user experience” panel: