[chisigmail] World Usability Day: November 8th -- Sydney event

[Cecile.Paris at csiro.au]

The Usability Professionals' Association (UPA) has proclaimed that World
Usability Day 2007 will take place on November 8, 2007. This year's
focus will be on healthcare.  World Usability Day was founded in 2005
with a global mission to increase the public's awareness of the need to
make services and products easier to access and simpler to use.
Universal issues such as healthcare, education and government will be
addressed through expert forums, exhibits, events and initiatives in
over 35 countries.  

The UPA Sydney chapter is organising a local event, which will take
place at Telstra on Level 4, 400 George Street, Sydney, from 9am - 5pm.

 

The November 8th event will feature an impressive lineup of speakers
addressing the importance of usability across all aspects of healthcare.
The program will include presentations on: 

 

*	The importance of customer experience to a large corporate
(Holly Kramer, Group Managing Director, Telstra Product Management,
Telstra)
*	Advanced telemedicine - Accessing health services remotely
(CSIRO)
*	User experience design of a hospital-based managed healthcare
service (Telstra)
*	The risks of medical equipment failing and why usability is
important (Moray & Agnew)
*	The impact of poor usability on people's lives (Objective
Digital)
*	Accessibility - opening a new world to disabled people (Scenario
Seven)
*	Usable website development process - NSW Guardianship Tribunal
case study (Web Usability)
*	Trustworthy technology - Privacy and identity in the healthcare
industry (Edentiti)
*	Design thinking and usability (Telstra)

 

The day will also include interactive sessions and demonstrations of
techniques such as usability testing and eye tracking, and will provide
ample time to chat with people in the field of usability to learn more
about it.

 

You are invited to attend any part or all of the day, and no
pre-registration is required.  The event is free, and open to the
public.

 

For details of the program, please visit the UPA Sydney website (
www.upasydney.org <http://www.upasydney.org/> ) or the World Usability
Day website (www.worldusabilityday.org
<http://www.worldusabilityday.org/> ) and look for the Sydney event. 

 

 

A special thanks to the sponsors for this year's Sydney event:

Telstra Corporation

Boomworks

CHISIG

CSIRO

Digital Tsunami

Epilepsy Action Australia

Objective Digital

PTG Global

Step Two Designs

The Hiser Group

W3C

 

 


  

 

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