Celebrate Michigan World Usability Day November 14

Date: October 10 2006 - October 24 2006

Location: East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Website: http://www.usability.msu.edu/conf2006.asp

About This Event

DATE: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, East Lansing, Michigan

RSVP: This event is free, but seating is limited. Registration and detailed program information is available at www.usability.msu.edu/conf2006.asp.

PROGRAM

Workshop 1-A:
Usability as a Tool for Capacity Building: Conducting Community-Based User-Research
Speaker: Jeff Grabill, Co-Director, MSU WIDE Research Center and Associate Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures

Workshop 1-B:
Live Web Site Usability and Marketing Message Assessment
Speaker: Dave Mitropoulos-Rundus, Compuware Corporation

Session 2:
New Communication Technology for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
Speaker: Christopher Hunter, Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth

Session 3:
"Ford! Where's My Car?" -- The Story of Usability and Vehicle Order Management
Speakers: Chad Esselink and IT Creative Design and Usability Team, Ford Motor Company

Session 4:
Podcasting About Usability: Behind the Sounds of "Design Critique: Products for People"
Speaker: Timothy Keirnan, Design Critique: Products for People

Session 5:
Driver Distraction: What is the Problem and How can it be Solved?
Speaker: Paul A. Green, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

Session 6:
The Expertise and Complexity of Citizen Knowledge Work; or, A Tale of How Information Technologies Move from Being Good Collaborators to Poor Collaborations
Speaker: Jeff Grabill

STUDENT POSTER SESSION

TOURS, MSU USABILITY & ACCESSIBILITY CENTER

EVENT SPONSORS:
UPA Michigan Chapter, TechSmith, Michigan Ohio Computer-Human Interaction, Society for Technical Communication Southeastern Michigan Chapter, and the Michigan State University: College of Communications Arts and Sciences, MATRIX, Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, Writing in Digital Environments Research Center, National Center for the Study of University Engagement, and University Outreach and Engagement.

Sign Up!

http://www.usability.msu.edu/conf2006.asp

Tags

accessibility, usability