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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061025
SUMMARY:Celebrate Michigan World Usability Day November 14
LOCATION:East Lansing, Michigan, USA
DESCRIPTION:DATE: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
\nTIME: 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
 \nLOCATION: Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, East Lansing, Michigan
\n
\n
 RSVP: This event is free, but seating is limited. Registration and detailed
  program information is available at www.usability.msu.edu/conf2006.asp.
\n
 
\nPROGRAM
\n
\nWorkshop 1-A: 
\nUsability as a Tool for Capacity Building:
  Conducting Community-Based User-Research
\nSpeaker: Jeff Grabill, Co-Direc
 tor, MSU WIDE Research Center and Associate Professor of Writing, Rhetoric,
  and American Cultures
\n
\nWorkshop 1-B:
\nLive Web Site Usability and Mar
 keting Message Assessment
\nSpeaker: Dave Mitropoulos-Rundus, Compuware Cor
 poration
\n
\nSession 2:
\nNew Communication Technology for Deaf and Hard o
 f Hearing People
\nSpeaker: Christopher Hunter, Michigan Department of Labo
 r and Economic Growth
\n
\nSession 3:
\n"Ford! Where's My Car?" -- The Stor
 y of Usability and Vehicle Order Management
\nSpeakers: Chad Esselink and I
 T Creative Design and Usability Team, Ford Motor Company
\n
\nSession 4:
\n
 Podcasting About Usability: Behind the Sounds of "Design Critique: Products
  for People"
\nSpeaker: Timothy Keirnan, Design Critique: Products for Peop
 le
\n
\nSession 5:
\nDriver Distraction: What is the Problem and How can it
  be Solved?
\nSpeaker: Paul A. Green, University of Michigan Transportation
  Research Institute
\n
\nSession 6:
\nThe Expertise and Complexity of Citiz
 en Knowledge Work; or, A Tale of How Information Technologies Move from Bei
 ng Good Collaborators to Poor Collaborations
\nSpeaker: Jeff Grabill
\n
\nS
 TUDENT POSTER SESSION
\n
\nTOURS, MSU USABILITY & ACCESSIBILITY CENTER
\n
\
 nEVENT SPONSORS:
\nUPA Michigan Chapter, TechSmith, Michigan Ohio Computer-
 Human Interaction, Society for Technical Communication Southeastern Michiga
 n Chapter, and the Michigan State University: College of Communications Art
 s and Sciences, MATRIX, Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, Writ
 ing in Digital Environments Research Center, National Center for the Study 
 of University Engagement, and University Outreach and Engagement.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061102
SUMMARY:Automated Testing for Web Accessibility
LOCATION:Boston, Massachusetts, USA
DESCRIPTION:November 1, 2006
\nThe Conference Center at Bentley College
\nW
 altham, MA 02452
\n6:30 - 9 p.m.
\n
\nBoston-IA (www.Boston-IA.org), a netw
 orking organization bringing Information Architecture and Internet Accessib
 ility together, will present Dana Louise Simberkoff of HiSoftware (www.HiSo
 ftware.com), creators of the Cynthia Says accessibility evaluation portal (
 www.CynthiaSays.com) and other products such as AccMonitor, AccVerify, and 
 Hi-Caption, talking about about "Incorporating Automated Testing into Your 
 Web Accessibility Strategy".
\n
\nPre-registered participants will receive 
 a free book about achieving accessibility compliance for websites and intra
 nets.
\n
\nPre-register at www.Boston-IA.org before October 30. Pay at the 
 door. On-campus parking passes required.
\n
\nEvent Price: $25 for guests; 
 free for Boston-IA members.
\n
\ncall: 781-646-6849
\nemail: info@Boston-IA
 .org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070211
SUMMARY:Web Directions North
LOCATION:Vancouver, Canada
DESCRIPTION:Put together by designers and developers, for designers and dev
 elopers, Web Directions North is brought to you by Dave Shea, Derek Feather
 stone, Maxine Sherrin and John Allsopp. 
\n
\nOver two days and nights, Web
  Directions North is packed tight with sessions by renowned, inspiring, ent
 ertaining speakers and experts, parties, and more.
\n
\nCome along and hear
  Kelly Goto, Andy Clarke, Adrian Holovaty, Douglas Bowman, Dan Cederholm, J
 oe Clark, Molly Holzschlag, Derek Featherstone, Veerle Pieters, Jeremy Keit
 h and many other present and future web luminaries, covering Ajax and Javas
 cript, CSS, Microformats, mashups, standards based web design and developme
 nt, accessibility, web app development, XHTML and HTML and more. 
\n
\nBegi
 nning with an optional day of workshops from some of the web’s best educa
 tors, and rounded off with two optional days of skiing and boarding at Whis
 tler, Web Directions North is 2007’s web design and development event not
  to be missed.
\n
\nRegister until December 31 for just $CDN895 (about USD$
 770), and includes two tight-packed, fully catered days of renowned speaker
 s, an offical reception and closing night party.
\n
\nWorkshops are just $C
 DN395 (~USD$340) for a full, fully catered day with world experts Andy Clar
 ke and Aaron Gustafson, Derek Featherstone, or Kelly Goto.
\n
\nFor confere
 nce attendees and their family, each day at Whistler is just $CDN120 (~USD$
 100, including transfers too and from Whistler and Vancouver, and lift tick
 ets)
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070326
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070328
SUMMARY:An Event Apart Boston 2007
LOCATION:Boston, Massachusetts, USA
DESCRIPTION:An Event Apart Boston
\nMarch 26th–27th, 2007
\nMarriott Copl
 ey Place
\nRegistration: $795 early bird (until Feb. 26, 2007) / $895 regul
 ar / $995 at the door
\n
\nJoin Eric Meyer, Jeffrey Zeldman and special gue
 sts, to gain a deeper understanding of web standards and emerging best prac
 tices. Be inspired by fresh ideas and new directions. Join the greatest min
 ds and hottest talents in web design today.
\n
\nFeaturing Steve Krug ("Don
 't Make Me Think!"), Dan Cederholm ("Web Standards Solutions," "Bulletproof
  Web Design"), Andrew Kirkpatrick ("“Web Accessibility: Web Standards and
  Regulatory Compliance"), Cameron Moll ("Mobile Web Design"), Molly Holzsch
 lag ("Zen of CSS Design," present leader of The Web Standards Project), Eth
 an Marcotte ("Professional CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design"), Ja
 son Santa Maria (A List Apart, Happy Cog, jasonsantamaria.com), Eric Meyer 
 ("CSS: The Definitive Guide," "Eric Meyer on CSS") and Jeffrey Zeldman ("De
 signing With Web Standards," A List Apart, Happy Cog, zeldman.com, co-found
 er/leader emeritus of The Web Standards Project).
\n
\nREGISTRATION BEGINS 
 JANUARY 2007.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070607
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070608
SUMMARY:Barrier-Free Web Surfing
LOCATION:Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
DESCRIPTION:June 7, 2007
\n6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
\n
\nThe Conference Cente
 r at Bentley College,
\nLa Cava Campus Center,
\n175 Forest Street,
\nWalth
 am, MA 02452.
\n
\nBoston-IA (www.Boston-IA.org), a networking organization
  bringing Information Architecture and Internet Accessibility together, wil
 l present Amy Ruell of the Boston Visually Impaired and Blind User Group (w
 ww.VIBUG.org) demonstrating the barriers people who are blind experience wh
 en surfing the internet.
\n
\nP.J. Gardner, founder of Boston-IA, will show
  how web site developers can solve these problems by discussing the code.
\
 n
\nCost is $25 for guests, and free for Boston-IA members.  Join Boston-IA
  now for $25 (renewable in September 2007) and attend the meeting for free!
 
\n
\nPre-register at www.Boston-IA.org by June 1. On-campus parking passes
  are required.  Pay the guest fee or join Boston-IA at the door.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080501
SUMMARY:HiSoftware on Accessibility Projects
LOCATION:Boston, Massachusetts, USA
DESCRIPTION:Boston-IA (www.boston-ia.org) invites you to attend "Setting Up
  a Web Accessibility Program" on Wednesday, April 30, 2008.  Boston-IA will
  present Dan Revellese of HiSoftware Inc (www.hisoftware.com). discussing t
 he issues involved in developing a Web Accessibility program for large-scal
 e and enterprise-wide web development projects.
\n
\nThe meeting will be he
 ld at the Bank of America Conference Center (www.bankofamerica.com) in down
 town Boston, Massachusetts.
\n
\nDan will detail how to make a business cas
 e for implementing a Web Accessibility program in an organization and strat
 egies for ensuring accessibility, as well as tips for finding a champion to
  sponsor the program and suggestions for managing the program. A hypothetic
 al, composite case study from the point of view of HiSoftware’s clients wil
 l be presented to clearly illustrate the many benefits a Web Accessibility 
 program can bring to an organization and its web users.
\n
\nHiSoftware Inc
 . is a leading provider of software, services, and on-demand solutions that
  test, repair, monitor, and enforce web content, quality, and regulatory co
 mpliance.
\n
\nMeeting Details
\n
\nPresentation by: HiSoftware (www.hisoft
 ware.com)
\n"Setting Up a Web Accessibility Program"
\n
\nWednesday, April 
 30, 2008,  6:30 to 9:00 p.m.
\nSponsored and hosted by:
\n
\nBank of Americ
 a
\nConference Center, One Federal Street, Floor 7
\nBoston, Massachusetts 
 02110
\n
\nDirections to Bank of America (http://www.boston-ia.org/meetings
 /directions.html)
\n
\nRegistration
\n
\nThe meeting is free for Boston-IA 
 members, and $15 for all others, payable at the door. New or returning memb
 ers can join Boston-IA for $50 (renewable January, 2009) and attend for fre
 e. Light refreshments will be served. Please pre-register at: www.Boston-IA
 .org or by sending e-mail to:
\n
\nregisterlist@Boston-IA.org
\n
\nWe hope 
 to see you there!
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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.
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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.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081203
SUMMARY:Web Accessibility Training
LOCATION:London, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:For developers and designers who need to create accessible web 
 sites, "Web accessibility for developers and designers" is a 1-day seminar 
 that shows delegates how to design accessible web pages and how to evaluate
  web pages for accessibility. Recently updated to cover the principles, gui
 delines and success criteria in WCAG 2.0, this seminar provides a practical
  path through the legislation, describing what you need to do to meet the m
 inimum requirements, how to retrofit inaccessible pages and how to make sur
 e new content is accessible.
\n
\nWHAT YOU'LL LEARN
\n
\n-Articulate the bu
 siness benefits of an accessible website;
\n-Intuitively understand the obs
 tacles facing disabled people as they use the web;
\n-Experience the assist
 ive devices used by disabled people to overcome these barriers;
\n-Write al
 ternative content;
\n-Interpret the principles, guidelines and success crit
 eria in WCAG 2.0;
\n-Evaluate web site accessibility and define how accessi
 bility standards will be met;
\n-Learn how to check the accessibility of in
 dividual pages, using tools like the web accessibility toolbar;
\n-Apprecia
 te the strengths and weaknesses of on-line accessibility tools like Bobby;
 \n-Use standards and guidelines to design sophisticated, accessible sites t
 hat will work in future browsers as well as current ones.
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