BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ensemble Independent//vPim 0.360//EN CALSCALE:Gregorian X-WR-CALNAME:Boxes and Arrows Events Calendar BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080721 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080727 SUMMARY:Usability Week 2008 Melbourne LOCATION:Melbourne, Australia DESCRIPTION:3-day intensive camp on Usability in Practice \n \n3-Day immers ion: Interaction Design with Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini \n \nSpecialized full-d ay tutorials: \n \n (*) Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability \n (*) A pplication Usability 1: Page-Level Building Blocks for Feature Design \n ( *) Application Usability 2: Dialogue and Workflow Design \n (*) Intranet U sability 1 \n (*) Intranet Usability 2 \n (*) Websites That Sell: The Rol e of Motivational Psychology in Website Design \n (*) Email Newsletter Usa bility \n (*) Writing for the Web: Content Usability \n \nCome for as few or as many days as you like. \nThe same program is also offered in New Yor k City, San Francisco, and London (UK). \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080722 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080726 SUMMARY:Cooper U: Interaction Design Practicum LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:Our four-day Practicum is an intensive, hands-on workshop led b y senior Cooper designers. We’ll show you how to: \n \n * Identify and a ddress business issues \n * Plan and conduct user research to uncover us er goals and mental models \n * Turn user data into a set of personas th at guide (and sell!) the design \n * Use scenarios and goals to identify and prioritize requirements \n * Apply scenarios, principles and patter ns to define the right interaction framework \n * Apply these methods to everything from pie-in-the-sky innovation to minor product updates \n \nAs the foundation course in the Cooper U curriculum, the Interaction Design P racticum was created for usability and design practitioners, product manage rs, and anyone else who strives to fill the gap between a list of requireme nts and what actually gets built. \n______________________________________ _ \n \nWhat attendees have said about this course: \n \n"Highly recommended ! Even as an experienced designer I both learned a lot and got a sanity che ck for the work I'm doing. I'm totally energized!" \n \n"Well worth your ti me. Fills the large void between needs identification and construction." \n \n"Inspirational, educational, fun. I'm leaving with a lot of tools, infor mation, and confidence." \n \n_______________________________________ \n \n If you can stick around for a weekend in San Francisco, consider taking our two day Visual Interface Design and Communicating Design classes the follo wing week. \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080723 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080724 SUMMARY:NH UPA July Meeting LOCATION:Bedford, New Hampshire, USA DESCRIPTION:Topic: 10 Marketing Myths Usability Experts Need to Know \n \nS peaker: Aileen Cahill, Customer Connections \n \nWhen: \nWednesday, July 23 rd \nRefreshments & Networking: 6-7:00 PM – Food & beverages will be provid ed. \nMeeting: 7:00 PM – 8ish \n \nWhere: \nChordiant Software, Inc. (Googl e map: http://tinyurl.com/43le9t) \n8 Commerce Drive \nBedford, NH 03110 \n \nSummary: \nAs user experience professionals, we work with marketing team s all the time. Successful collaboration isn't always easy, but it's key to creating a superior customer experience that meets the goals of both the b usiness and the customer. Aileen Cahill has helped re-engineer companies in to becoming more customer focused for over 20 years. She will share insight s from her time on the inside; marketing's modus operandi, key motivators, organizational metrics, and facilitate an exploration of frameworks and pro cesses where collaboration will deliver a truly remarkable customer experie nce; both online and offline. \n \nAileen Cahill co-authored the transfor mative marketing text used by leading MBA programs, Internet Marketing: Bui lding Advantage in a Networked Economy, which presents a customer-focused f ramework for integrating marketing both online and offline. She is a classi cally trained brand marketer from the Fortune 1,000 and Customer Relationsh ip Management pioneer who founded the Pepper + Rogers Group consulting divi sion. Aileen is currently an Adjunct Professor of Marketing at the Univers ity of Southern Maine and is the Managing Partner of the consulting firm Cu stomer Connections. Her MBA in marketing is from Cornell’s Johnson Graduat e School of Management and she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in E xperimental Psychology from SUNY Binghamton. \n \nRSVP: \nPlease send RSVPs to info@nhupa.org so we have an idea of the head count for the venue and r efreshments. \n \n***NH UPA meetings are always open to anyone who is inte rested in attending. Membership to the UPA is NOT required.*** \n \nHope to see you there! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080724 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080725 SUMMARY:8 Guiding Principles for Prototyping LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA DESCRIPTION:6PM - 8PM on Thursday, July 24, 2008 \nMessagefirst \n230 N 2nd Street, Suite 2C \nPhiladelphia, PA 19106 \n======== \nRSVP: phillychi@gma il.com \n======== \n \nAbout this Presentation \nHave you ever wanted to in troduce prototyping into your organization's design process but weren't sur e of where to start? Or do you currently practice prototyping and need some fresh ideas? \n \nAt this month's PhillyCHI event, Todd Zaki Warfel will p resent eight guiding principles for prototyping and will perform a hands-on demonstration of several techniques. \n \nAbout the Speaker \nTodd Zaki Wa rfel is a Principal and Founder of Messagefirst, a Philadelphia-based desig n research consultancy, where he blends research and design to evolve produ cts in innovative and beautiful ways. Todd is a dynamic speaker and storyte ller by nature. He is an active speaker and member of a number of industry communities and organizations, including the Information Architecture Insti tute, Interaction Design Association and Usability Professionals' Associati on. \n \nTodd's clients have included Albertsons, AT&T Wireless, Bankrate, Bank of America, Citi, Comcast, Cornell University, IntraLinks, The Hartfor d, LA Times, Motorola, Palm and SBC. \n \nTodd currently lives in Philadelp hia and blogs at toddwarfel.com. His upcoming book, Practical Prototyping: A Practitioner's Guide to Prototyping from Rosenfeld Media, will take a han ds-on approach, enabling you to develop prototypes with minimal muss and fu ss. The book will discuss how prototypes are more than just a design tool b y demonstrating how they can help you market a product, gain internal buy-i n and test feasibility with your development team. It is anticipated to be available later this year. \n \nThose interested in obtaining a copy of Tod d's upcoming book can learn more at \nhttp://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/p rototyping \n \nFor more information about Messagefirst, visit http://www.m essagefirst.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080724 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080725 SUMMARY:NYC IxDA: The Naked Interface LOCATION:New York, New York, USA DESCRIPTION:- – - – - – - – - \nRSVP to: nyc-rsvp (at) ixda (dot) org \n- – - – - – - – - \nThroughout the electronic age, people have become accustom ed to interacting with digital media indirectly, mediated through screens a nd peripheral devices. But now, as digital technology becomes invisibly emb edded in everyday things, the “feeling” of everyday things is also increasi ngly becoming embedded in digital technology. \n \nIn many senses, physical objects are becoming more important. In an immediate way, they can help us define new systems of relationships with digital information. Luke William s, Creative Director at frog design, examines how perceptions and gestures formed through our experiences with physical products can effectively bring liberty to the relationship between brain, body, and digital media interfa ce. \n \nWHEN \nThursday, July 24th \n6:15 – 7:00 networking (refreshments served) \n7:00 – 8:00 presentation \n8:00 – 8:30 Q&A and discussion \n \nWH ERE \nLocation details provided on RSVP \n \n- – - – - – - – - \nRSVP to: n yc-rsvp (at) ixda (dot) org \n- – - – - – - – - \n \nABOUT OUR SPEAKER \nLu ke Williams is Creative Director for frog design, and heads the Industrial Design practice for the New York and Austin studios. Prior to that, he work ed in frog’s Silicon Valley and San Francisco studios as a creative lead fo r projects spanning a wide variety of enterprises such as Daimler Chrysler, Disney, Hewlett-Packard, Logitech, Microsoft, Motorola and Yahoo!. In addi tion to his role at frog design, Luke is an Adjunct Professor at NYU Stern School of Business where he co-founded the “Innovation and Design” course t o teach design thinking in the graduate MBA program. \n \nLuke’s opinions o n innovation and design have been sought after in interviews with National Public Radio (NPR), BusinessWeek, ID Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal, and he speaks regularly throughout the international design community. \n \n- – - – - – - – - \nRSVP to: nyc-rsvp (at) ixda (dot) org \n- – - – - – - – - END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080728 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080730 SUMMARY:Cooper U: Visual Interface Design course LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:Visual interface design combines detailed interaction design, s creen layout, and branding to ensure that a well-conceived, well-behaved pr oduct is also a usable and desirable one. Doing visual interface design the Goal-Directed way helps ensure that decisions and evaluation are based on clear criteria, rather than subjective opinion. \n \nThis two-day workshop will teach you how to: \n \n * Use research and personas to guide visual choices and drive consensus \n * Use color, size, and other visual prop erties to clarify interaction and information \n * Create learnable, mem orable icons \n * Adapt your corporate identity to a product or Web site \n * Apply visual design principles to multiple platforms \n * Manag e the collaboration between interaction design and visual interface design \n * Develop a comprehensive visual system for consistent, easy applicat ion \n * Capture your work in a comprehensive visual style guide \n \nAf ter taking this course, interaction designers, programmers, and product man agers will be better able to evaluate and discuss visual interface design. Practicing visual interface designers and graphic designers may find that t he sections on brand and using visual properties to establish hierarchy are review. \n______________________________________ \n \nHere's what attendee s are saying: \n \n"Take this course! There's really none like it." \n \n"E xcellent course. Good mix of theory and practical application." \n \n"Inten se and challenging--full of information that can be used in real life." \n_ ______________________________________ \n \nMake the trip even more worthwh ile! Our four-day Interaction Design Practicum is the previous week, and ou r two-day course on Communicating Design is the same week. \n \nAll Cooper U courses are taught by senior Cooper designers. Courses are limited to 20 people to ensure plenty of interaction. \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080729 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080730 SUMMARY:MySQL Camp, Bangalore LOCATION:Banglore, India DESCRIPTION:Sun India and OSSCube are organising a MySQL Camp on July 29th 2008 in the City of Bangalore. Kaj Arno, VP (Community Relations), MySQL, w ill be the star attraction at the meetup. During his visit in India, Kaj is specifically discussing how Sun's acquisition of MySQL is going to change the world's most popular open source database. \n \nThe venue for the camp is: \n Hi-Tech Seminar Hall, \n DES Block (Dept of Electrical Science) \n M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology \n Near MS Ramaiah hospital \n MSR Nagar, Bangalore - 560054 \n \nThe timings for the camp are 4PM to 7PM , July 29th, 2008. \n \nRegister: http://www.osscube.com/mysql/camp.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080730 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080801 SUMMARY:Cooper U: Communicating Design course LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:Even the best design can't speak for itself. In our years of co nsulting at Cooper, we've learned that getting the design right is only par t of the job. Let our experienced designers show you how to persuade stakeh olders that your solution is the best way to satisfy customers and accompli sh business goals. After that, we'll teach you how to document the expected form and behavior in enough detail that engineers can build it, QA can wri te test cases from it, and marketing and sales can start showing it to the world. \n \nThis two-day class will teach you effective ways to: \n \n * Target your communication for specific audiences \n * Communicate persu asively to build buy-in throughout the process \n * Present requirements and help stakeholders prioritize them \n * Describe an interaction fram ework and show your audience why it's good \n * Defend your design witho ut being defensive \n * Create compelling User & Domain Analysis documen ts \n * Construct a detailed specification that developers actually want to use \n * Get the most from your documentation time and effort \n____ ___________________________________ \n \nHere's what attendees are saying: \n \n"A logical and well thought-out approach to documenting the design and getting buy-in throughout the process." \n \n"Awesome! I came away with co ncrete examples I can use and apply to our process right away." \n \n______ _________________________________ \n \nMake the most of your trip to San Fr ancisco! Our two-day Visual Interface Design class is the same week, and ou r four-day Interaction Design Practicum is the week before. \n \nAll Cooper U courses are taught by senior Cooper designers. All are limited to 20 peo ple to ensure plenty of interaction. \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080807 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080809 SUMMARY:IA & Collaborative design LOCATION:Sydney, Australia DESCRIPTION:Information architecture (IA) involves structuring, organising, navigating, labelling and indexing information on intranets and websites t o assist organisations in achieving their information needs. It is used to decide how a site should be structured, what kind of content it should host , and how to accommodate its future growth. IA is the foundation of good we bsite or intranet design as it ensures the site will meet business and user needs and defines the backbone of an information system. \n \nHowever, man y organisation’s websites and intranets were established several years ago, and may have been designed in an ad-hoc way, since grown very large and di fficult to manage, and no longer accurately reflect the organisation’s curr ent goals, priorities, purpose, or functions. As a result, organisations ar e finding that IA issues aren’t only important in design, but also when rev amping, redesigning and upgrading their information systems, and are lookin g to IA to help them to locate the information they need, make better choic es and complete information tasks more rapidly and accurately. \n \nThis tw o-day interactive workshop will provide a thorough overview and understandi ng about how to effectively use information architecture to make your intra net or website as effective as possible. It will cover a wide range of info rmation architecture issues such as the following: \n \n- What information architecture is and how it can facilitate user experience \n- Analysing and sorting content \n- Carrying out user research: surveys, focus groups and card sorting \n- Classifying, sorting and labelling within your informati on system \n- Using wireframes and site maps: the ‘bread and butter’ tools of IA \n- Navigating, indexing and designing page layouts \n- Involving us ers via research, design games, prototypes and testing \n- Effectively car rying out your IA project: tips, tools, techniques and processes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080824 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080825 SUMMARY:Architect as DEVELOPER LOCATION:Washington DC, District of Columbia, USA DESCRIPTION:Jonathan Segal FAIA will hold a 6-8 hour seminar presentation i n Washington D.C. to explain the entire process of architect as DEVELOPER. He will go through case studies of his own work, taking attendees through t he entire process start to finish. \n \ninfo@architectasdeveloper.com \nww w.architectasdeveloper.com \nwww.jonathansegalarchitect.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080902 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080903 SUMMARY:Usability expert review training LOCATION:London, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:For people in design teams who need rapid methods for assessing usability, "How to carry out an expert review" is a 1-day usability traini ng course that will show you how to spot usability problems in prototypes a nd finished products. Unlike courses in usability testing, this course teac hes you how to find and fix usability problems without involving end users. \n \nAfter attending this course, you will be able to carry out a range of usability inspection methods, such as Nielsen's heuristic evaluation and a cognitive walkthrough. As well as a set of comprehensive notes, you will l eave the seminar with detailed usability checklists, workbooks and step-by- step instructions to help you carry out the most valuable techniques. \n \n WHAT YOU'LL LEARN \n \n-Appreciate the difference between a usability inspe ction and someone’s personal opinion. \n-Learn and practice some quick tech niques for carrying out usability reviews of prototypes and finished produc ts. \n-Find and fix usability bloopers before they become hard coded. \n-Ap ply Jakob Nielsen’s “heuristic evaluation” technique to software, products and web sites. \n-Uncover the elements of your design that lead new users t o make errors, using the task-based "cognitive walkthrough" method. \n-Lear n to spot usability problems in prototypes and finished products. \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080904 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080906 SUMMARY:Call for Speakers "Expert Forum Infoconnectivity" LOCATION:Vienna, Austria DESCRIPTION:The International Institute for Information Design (IIID) in Vi enna is organizing a top-notch event this year in connection with public tr ansportation. The Expert Forum “Infoconnectivity - Intertwined information for interconnected transport networks“. will focus on the effectiveness of public transport and the time it takes to change between different modes of transport. The quicker and the more efficient, the better for passengers, tourists or staff, in short: for everyone. Down-time should be reduced to a n absolute minimum. However, if this so-called “inter-connectivity” between transport networks is to be enhanced, it is vital to focus on measures of improving information-connectivity (infoconnectivity) between service provi ders in the area of public transport. \n \nIIID is still looking for speake rs who are willing, competent and eager to speak at this international desi gn event. \n \nFor details on the event (4/5 September 2008) and our "Call for Speakers" (deadline: 11 June 2008) please see www.iiid-expertforum.net . \nRequests for further information should be forwarded to christopher.han acek@iiid.net \n \nEvent Coordination: \nChristopher Hanacek-Schubert \nP ublic Relations and Communication \nIIID, Vienna \n \n..................... ................. \nIIID Expert Forum Transport Guiding Systems 2008: \nInf oconnectivity - Intertwined information for interconnected transport networ ks \n \n4/5 September 2008 \nTech Gate Vienna, Austria \n \nOrganizer: Inte rnational Institute for Information Design (IIID) \nCALL FOR SPEAKERS - SUB MISSION DEADLINE: 11 June 2008 \n \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080904 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080907 SUMMARY:USID2008: Design Innovation & User Experience LOCATION:Bangalore, India DESCRIPTION:Advances in communication and information technology have evolv ed users from ‘informed buyers' to ‘sophisticated consumers', and these sop histicated consumers expect more from the products and services they buy. \ n \nWhile ‘gathering requirements to fulfill needs of the users' were suffi cient for the informed buyer, it remains largely inadequate when attempting to address the needs of this ‘sophisticated consumer'. A striking example of this stark reality is that corporations are struggling to stay ahead in the marketplace by ensuring that their online mechanisms leverage the onsla ught of social communities, information networks, and technology to communi cate with their users. \n \nBusinesses are faced with a unprecedented dilem ma: Knowledge of ‘How to make..?” has outpaced the, imagination of ‘What to make…?” As the technology grows rapidly to deliver the function of the pro duct, the potential to equally deliver the user experience for the product remains a challenge. Acknowledging, and addressing the wide gap between tec hnology, innovation and user experience is crucial to transforming business es in the new economy. \n \nSatisfying this new generation of sophisticated consumers, their unexpressed expectations and their expressed needs poses a multitude of challenges and opportunities that demand a fundamental shift in the way we approach business. This paradigm shift requires organization s to build strategies that map their businesses and user goals by deliverin g a successful user-experience. \n \nDesign Innovation & User Experience ar e the key drivers in the new economy that will build the identity and the d istinctiveness required for businesses to stand out in the global marketpla ce. Innovation with focus on user experience can help businesses differenti ate in the global marketplace that has no dearth of competitors vying to ma ke their mark. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080910 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080912 SUMMARY:Cusp Conference 2008 LOCATION:Chicago, Illinois, USA DESCRIPTION:Two days. \n17+ presentations. \nOne incredible experience. \n \nCusp Conference 2008 will bring together thinkers, innovators, skeptics, believers, visionaries and explorers from the arts, sciences, technology, b usiness, design and government. They'll share their passions and stories an d help you create new ones. \n \nSpeakers to date include: \nChef Homaru Ca ntu / Moto / Cantu Designs \nJustine Ezarik / iJustine \nDouglas Gayeton / Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey \nDr. Ca rl Hodges / The Seawater Foundation \nAdam Kalkin / Architecture and Hygien e \nRobert F Kennedy Jr / Environmental Attorney \nQuinn Norton / Body Hack er \nPaul Polak / D-Rev: Design for the Other 90% \n \nChicago Museum of Co ntemporary Art Theater \n$1500 until July 31 \n$1750 August 01-September 09 \n \nSeating is limited. \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080922 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080925 SUMMARY:Design For Mobile LOCATION:Lawrence, Kansas, USA DESCRIPTION:Two days of sessions priced at $1,195, or $945 before August 1. Workshops on day 1 will be announced soon, see the conference web site. \n \n--------- Speakers and Topics ---------- \nJeff Axup of Mobile Communi ty Design — Social Networks \n \nLiselott Brunnberg of The Interactive Inst itute of Sweden — Context \n \nFrancis Djabri of Nokia — Services Design \n \nMarkus Grupp of TELUS — Devices \n \nClyde Heppner of Sprint-Nextel — Re search Techniques \n \nMorten Hjerde of mBricks — Application Design \n \nL ee Humphreys of Cornell University — Social Networks \n \nKashif Imam of EC CO Design — Intersection of Hardware & GUI Design \n \nMike Lundy of Sprint -Nextel — Device Case Study \n \nEnrique Ortiz of eZee — Context \n \nLuca Passani of AdMob — Design with WALL \n \nDan Saffer of Adaptive Path — Gest ural Interfaces \n \nGabriel White of Punchcut — Presence \n \n----------- \nHosted in beautiful Lawrence, Kansas, just outside of Kansas City. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080923 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080927 SUMMARY:Web Directions South 2008 LOCATION:Sydney, Australia DESCRIPTION:Featuring renowned international speakers with deep real world experience at organisations like Digg, Fast Company, Yahoo!, Apple, Google and more, and covering key areas in web design, front and back end web deve lopment, user experience design, information architecture, web application security, Ajax, online communities, accessibility, mobile web, and more, We b Directions South 08 will once again be the focus of the Australian web in dustry in September. \n \nSpeakers include \n \nJeffrey Veen - renowned UX expert from Wired Magazine, Adaptive Path and Google \nDerek Featherstone - Leading accessibility expert \nDaniel Burka - Interaction Designer for Dig g \nGina Bolton CSS expert from Apple \nDouglas Crockford - Ajax security e xpert at Yahoo!, and world's leading JavaScript authority \nJeff Croft - we b design and typography guru \nLynne D Johnson - Senior Editor and Communit y Director at FastCompany \n \nand many other international and local exper ts. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081007 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081009 SUMMARY:IDEA 2008 LOCATION:Chicago, Illinois, USA DESCRIPTION:Throughout their days, people are engaging with complex informa tion to manage their lives. \n \nAnd designers now realize that information isn't simply this stuff you find -- the appropriate presentation of inform ation helps people make sense of the world around them. \n \nThis conferenc e addresses issues of design for an always-on, always-connected world. Wher e "cyberspace" is a meaningless term because the online and offline worlds cannot be made distinct. Where physical spaces are so complex that detailed wayfinding is necessary to navigate them. Where work processes have become so involved, and so digitized, that we need new processes to manage those processes. \n \nThis conference brings together people who are addressing t hese challenges head on. Speakers from a variety of backgrounds will discus s designing complex information spaces in the physical and virtual worlds. \n \nSpeakers include... \n* David Armano, VP Experience Design, Critical M ass \n* Chris Crawford, Author & Inventor, Storytron \n* Bill DeRouchey, Sr . Interaction Designer, Ziba Design \n* Aradhana Goel, Service Design Strat egist, IDEO \n* Andrew Hinton, Lead Information Architect, Vanguard \n* Jas on Kunesh, Independent Design Professional \n \nand more. \n \nPrice: \nFor IAI members, $350 until Aug. 17th, $450 between Aug. 18th - Oct. 7th \n \n For non-members, $450 until Aug. 17th, $550 between Aug. 18th - Oct. 7th \n \nThere are student and group discounts. IAI membership is $40/year. \n \n Information Architect Institute (IAI) website: http://iainstitute.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081007 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081009 SUMMARY:Web Usability training LOCATION:London, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:For web designers who want hands-on experience with usability t ools and techniques, "Web Usability" is a 2-day seminar that shows delegate s how to boost sales and conversion rates, increase usage and improve custo mer satisfaction. Unlike shorter introductory courses, this in-depth worksh op covers the entire design and development lifecycle. \n \nWHO IS THE COUR SE FOR? \n \nThis course is for you if you are actively involved in the des ign of a web site and you want to make sure that users can find and use con tent quickly and easily. The course will be valuable for business analysts who want quick and effective tools to communicate web user requirements and for designers who want to learn methods for evaluating their site structur e and web page designs. Marketing managers will benefit by learning about t he business and brand benefits of a usability focus. Delegates do not need a background in usability to benefit from this course. \n \nWHAT YOU'LL LEA RN \n \n-Describe a user centred design framework that supports end-to-end usability involvement in web projects \n-Use personas to share information about customers and their tasks in an engaging and usable way \n-Develop ch eap, throwaway prototypes to get quick and frequent feedback from your user s \n-Specify usability metrics to make sure your web site is neither under- nor over-engineered \n-Apply discount usability techniques, such as Nielse n's heuristic evaluation \n-Learn about different methods for usability tes ting web sites and when to apply them \n-Network with other professionals c arrying out usability activities in different companies END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081010 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081011 SUMMARY:FlashPitt 2008 LOCATION:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA DESCRIPTION:Flashpitt is a one-day conference for multimedia designers, dev elopers, and artists. It's Pittsburgh's first major Flash-centric conferenc e. National and international industry leaders will be present to inspire, educate, and challenge the region’s Flash community. Our speaker line up wi ll share inside tips, new technologies and behind the scenes looks to Flash pitt's attendees. \n \nWe'll have two tracks of sessions running from 9am u ntil about 6pm. We'll finish it all off with an after party full of fun and networking opportunities. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081012 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081015 SUMMARY:motion08 LOCATION:Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA DESCRIPTION:Top Hollywood animators, motion graphics artists, sound designe rs, game animators and VFX artists are coming to motion08 to share their sk ills, work, and professional insights in keynotes, panel discussions and wo rkshop sessions. \nThis year's speakers include Mike Goedecke founder and p rincipal of Belief Design, director Jamie Caliri (title design: Lemony Snic ket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, United Airlines :60 spot 'Dragon'), A fter Effects gurus Trish and Chris Meyer, animator extraordinaire Dan Haske tt (Toy Story, Little Mermaid, Prince of Egypt, Sesame Street), VFX artist Alex Lindsay (Pixel Corps, ILM), screen designer Mark Coleran (The Bourne U ltimatum, Mission Impossible 3, Mr. & Mrs. Smith) – and many more. \nThe ev ent includes three days of informative and inspiring creative sessions incl uding: two days of keynotes, sessions and panels? plus motion{u} - our one day extreme training with the pros. \nWith a line-up this hot - you don't w ant to miss it! \n \nVisit http://www.motionconference.com for the latest updates on speakers and sessions. Special early bird and student pricing is limited. \n \nmotion | experience inspiration END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081013 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081017 SUMMARY:User Interface 13 (UI13) LOCATION:Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA DESCRIPTION:Use the promo code "BOXES" for a free Flip Ultra camcorder when you register for the full conference, and $120 off the four day conferenc e registration rate. \n \nAt User Interface 13, the longest running confere nce dedicated to web design, information architecture, and usability, you’l l get 4 full days of in-depth techniques from the world’s leading web desig n and usability experts. \n \nWe've asked the most forward-thinking minds in the world of experience design to address your biggest challenges. Our e xpert speakers will present on today's most pressing topics, including inte raction design, information architecture, agile development, innovation, us ability testing, Ajax, product strategy, and visual design. \n \nOn Monday and Wednesday, you will attend full-day seminars with our expert speakers. On Tuesday, we have a day filled with 90-minute Featured Talks. We'll cap o ff the week on Thursday with our Showcase Seminar Day, where you can choose between UIE's most popular seminars. \n \nWe’ve recruited a fabulous group of speakers, ready to help you solve your biggest design problems. You'll hear from: \n \nJeff Patton, Kim Goodwin, Dana Chisnell, Jeremy Keith, Scot t Burkun, Peter Merholz, Andrew Crow, Luke Wroblewski, Donna (Maurer) Spenc er, Bill Verplank, Christine Perfetti, and Jared Spool \n \nUse the promo c ode "BOXES" for a free Flip Ultra Camcorder when you register for the full conference, and $120 off the four day conference registration rate. \n \nVi ew the complete summit description, and register at http://www.uiconf.com \ n \nUI13 is produced by User Interface Engineering. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081014 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081015 SUMMARY:FITC Seoul LOCATION:Seoul, Korea (South) DESCRIPTION:FITC makes its Far East debut with FITC Seoul, a one-day flash design event featuring seven of the world’s top designers and developers. \ n \nAmong those scheduled to appear are perennial favorites Joshua Davis an d Erik Natkze, creative guru Kyle Cooper (Imaginary Forces), Papervision 3D team member Ralph Hauwert, digital storyteller and creative director Euna Seol (PostVisual.com), and from Adobe Richard Galvan and Marcos Weskamp. Si multaneous translations from English to Korean and Korean to English (for E una Seol’s presentation) will be provided throughout the event. \n \n“Sou th Korea is one of the most wired places on the planet and a dynamo in the Interactive industry, one of the fastest growing economic sectors in Asia,” says Shawn Pucknell, Founder of FITC. “We are looking forward to tapping i nto this creative dynamic by bringing the world’s best designers and develo pers to Seoul for this unique event.” \n \nFITC Seoul is open to anyone who works with creative technologies -- whether Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, After-Effects, or a combination of these and other bold new programs. \n \nDelegate passes range in price from $59 to $149 US. Early bird discount r ates apply now through August 15, 2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081023 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081027 SUMMARY:the 12th Ningbo International Fashion Fair LOCATION:Ningbo, China DESCRIPTION:The 12th Ningbo International Fashion Fair (IFFAIR NINGBO) is o ne of the world’s most promising trade fair of its kind. Over 2,300 exhibit ors will be available on a total number of 4,800 booths in the huge 78,000 square-meter hall. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081108 SUMMARY:2nd Seminar on Usability and Accessibility MEXICO LOCATION:Monterrey, Mexico DESCRIPTION:Usabilidad y Accesibilidad para la Web A. C. (UA Web) will be h osting the Second International Seminar on Usability and Accesibility for t he Web on November, 5, 6 and 7, 2008. There will be keynote conferences by Jesse James Garrett (Adaptive Path) and Jose Manuel Alonso (W3C), two of th e most renowned experts in the area. \n \nThis seminar will provide a forum for exchanging experiences in web usability and accessibility. It will all ow us to gain a common ground and set common objectives. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR