[chisigmail] FW: Final Program for World Usability Day 2009

[Cecile.Paris at csiro.au]

CHISIG is pleased to be part of World Usability Day 2009 in Sydney.
I hope you can come to the event.

Kind regards

Cecile Paris

CHISIG Chair

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From: UPA Sydney [mailto:newsletter at upasydney.org]
Sent: Wednesday, 11 November 2009 8:48 PM
To: Paris, Cecile (ICT Centre, Marsfield)
Subject: Final Program for World Usability Day 2009


Happy World Usability Day 2009 - Thursday 12 November!

Just a reminder to join UPA Sydney tomorrow as we continue the tradition and celebrate the 5th annual event.

When:  Thursday 12 November - beginning at 3pm
Where:  The Blacket Hotel, Level 3, 70 King Street (corner of King & George) in the Sydney CBD

Entry to the event is free. Complimentary drinks and nibbles will be provided, thanks to sponsorship from Westpac & CHISIG.

We have a great line-up of short talks, interactive sessions and discussion as follows:

4.00pm - Grant Young - Usability in a sustainable future

4.30pm - Grant Young - Ethnographic and contextual inquiry research techniques can provide valuable insights that inform sustainable practice and communications

5.00pm - Digital Eskimo - topic to be confirmed

5.30pm - Nerida Hart - Australian Agriculture and Natural Resources On-line (AANRO)

6.00pm - Oliver Weidlich - Mobile in Developing Countries: Circumstance, Culture, Conditions & Constraints

6.30pm - Suze Ingram - Sustainability & Service Design

7.00pm - Panel discussion on user-centred design tools and techniques that maximise efficiency / sustainability (panel: Chris Khalil, James Breeze, Susan Wolfe)

7:45pm - Dean Wood - Websites that help consumers understand their energy / resource usage & foster sustainable living (usability evaluation)

8:15pm - Closing and the 'Story of stuff'


We hope to see you there.

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World Usability Day was founded in 2005 as an initiative of the Usability Professionals' Association (UPA). World Usability Day aims to raise awareness and change how products, services and technologies are developed. World Usability Day promotes the development of reliable, easy-to-use technology to serve people in all aspects of their lives, including education, health, government, privacy, communications, work and leisure.








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