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    <city>East Lansing</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2006-10-25</end-on>
    <full-description>DATE: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Kellogg Hotel &amp; 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 &amp; 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.</full-description>
    <id type="integer">88</id>
    <region>MI</region>
    <short-description>Michigan State University's Usability &amp; Accessibility Center and the Michigan Usability Professionals' Association (UPA) invite you to World Usability Day for Michigan on Tuesday, November 14, 2006.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2006-10-10</start-on>
    <title>Celebrate Michigan World Usability Day November 14</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.usability.msu.edu/conf2006.asp</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/88</url>
    <logo-url nil="true"></logo-url>
    <tag-string>accessibility, usability</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>Boston</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2006-11-02</end-on>
    <full-description>November 1, 2006
The Conference Center at Bentley College
Waltham, MA 02452
6:30 - 9 p.m.

Boston-IA (www.Boston-IA.org), a networking organization bringing Information Architecture and Internet Accessibility together, will present Dana Louise Simberkoff of HiSoftware (www.HiSoftware.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".

Pre-registered participants will receive a free book about achieving accessibility compliance for websites and intranets.

Pre-register at www.Boston-IA.org before October 30. Pay at the door. On-campus parking passes required.

Event Price: $25 for guests; free for Boston-IA members.

call: 781-646-6849
email: info@Boston-IA.org

</full-description>
    <id type="integer">101</id>
    <region>MA</region>
    <short-description>Boston-IA (www.Boston-IA.org) presents HiSoftware, creators of Cynthia Says (www.CynthiaSays.com), on using automated web testing tools to test and maintain Web Accessibility.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2006-11-01</start-on>
    <title>Automated Testing for Web Accessibility</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.boston-ia.org/meetings.html</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/101</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/101/Boston-IA.gif</logo-url>
    <tag-string>accessibility, automated testing, boston, design tools, information architecture, web design tools, web standards</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>Vancouver</city>
    <country>Canada</country>
    <end-on type="date">2007-02-11</end-on>
    <full-description>Put together by designers and developers, for designers and developers, Web Directions North is brought to you by Dave Shea, Derek Featherstone, Maxine Sherrin and John Allsopp. 

Over two days and nights, Web Directions North is packed tight with sessions by renowned, inspiring, entertaining speakers and experts, parties, and more.

Come along and hear Kelly Goto, Andy Clarke, Adrian Holovaty, Douglas Bowman, Dan Cederholm, Joe Clark, Molly Holzschlag, Derek Featherstone, Veerle Pieters, Jeremy Keith and many other present and future web luminaries, covering Ajax and Javascript, CSS, Microformats, mashups, standards based web design and development, accessibility, web app development, XHTML and HTML and more. 

Beginning with an optional day of workshops from some of the web&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s best educators, and rounded off with two optional days of skiing and boarding at Whistler, Web Directions North is 2007&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s web design and development event not to be missed.

Register until December 31 for just $CDN895 (about USD$770), and includes two tight-packed, fully catered days of renowned speakers, an offical reception and closing night party.

Workshops are just $CDN395 (~USD$340) for a full, fully catered day with world experts Andy Clarke and Aaron Gustafson, Derek Featherstone, or Kelly Goto.

For conference attendees and their family, each day at Whistler is just $CDN120 (~USD$100, including transfers too and from Whistler and Vancouver, and lift tickets)</full-description>
    <id type="integer">150</id>
    <region>Canada</region>
    <short-description>Be part of what promises to be one of 2007&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s best web designer and developer events. A two day conference with an optional day of workshops, and two optional days at Whistler, is not to be missed.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2007-02-06</start-on>
    <title>Web Directions North</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://north.webdirections.org</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/150</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/150/logo.png</logo-url>
    <tag-string>accessibility, ajax, apis, css, design, development, google, html, ia, mashups, microformats, mobile, ux, web20, webapps, webstandards, workflow, yahoo</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>Boston</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2007-03-28</end-on>
    <full-description>An Event Apart Boston
March 26th&#226;&#8364;&#8220;27th, 2007
Marriott Copley Place
Registration: $795 early bird (until Feb. 26, 2007) / $895 regular / $995 at the door

Join Eric Meyer, Jeffrey Zeldman and special guests, to gain a deeper understanding of web standards and emerging best practices. Be inspired by fresh ideas and new directions. Join the greatest minds and hottest talents in web design today.

Featuring Steve Krug ("Don't Make Me Think!"), Dan Cederholm ("Web Standards Solutions," "Bulletproof Web Design"), Andrew Kirkpatrick ("&#226;&#8364;&#339;Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance"), Cameron Moll ("Mobile Web Design"), Molly Holzschlag ("Zen of CSS Design," present leader of The Web Standards Project), Ethan Marcotte ("Professional CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design"), Jason Santa Maria (A List Apart, Happy Cog, jasonsantamaria.com), Eric Meyer ("CSS: The Definitive Guide," "Eric Meyer on CSS") and Jeffrey Zeldman ("Designing With Web Standards," A List Apart, Happy Cog, zeldman.com, co-founder/leader emeritus of The Web Standards Project).

REGISTRATION BEGINS JANUARY 2007.</full-description>
    <id type="integer">129</id>
    <region>MA</region>
    <short-description>Join Eric Meyer, Jeffrey Zeldman and guests Steve Krug, Dan Cederholm, Molly Holzschlag, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Cameron Moll, Ethan Marcotte, and Jason Santa Maria for two days of design and code.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2007-03-26</start-on>
    <title>An Event Apart Boston 2007</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.aneventapart.com/</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/129</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/129/aealogo.gif</logo-url>
    <tag-string>a list apart, accessibility, adobe, aiga, an event apart, andrew kirkpatrick, best practices, cameron moll, conference, conferences, css, dan cederholm, design, eric meyer, ethan marcotte, events, jason santa maria, jeffrey zeldman, media temple, molly holzschlag, new riders, seminars, steve krug, usability, web design, web standards, xhtml</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>Waltham</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2007-06-08</end-on>
    <full-description>June 7, 2007
6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

The Conference Center at Bentley College,
La Cava Campus Center,
175 Forest Street,
Waltham, MA 02452.

Boston-IA (www.Boston-IA.org), a networking organization bringing Information Architecture and Internet Accessibility together, will present Amy Ruell of the Boston Visually Impaired and Blind User Group (www.VIBUG.org) demonstrating the barriers people who are blind experience when surfing the internet.

P.J. Gardner, founder of Boston-IA, will show how web site developers can solve these problems by discussing the code.

Cost 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!

Pre-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.
</full-description>
    <id type="integer">214</id>
    <region>MA</region>
    <short-description>Boston-IA presents Amy Ruell of the Visually Impaired and Blind User Group (VIBUG) showing why inaccessible web sites are such a problem for people who are blind.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2007-06-07</start-on>
    <title>Barrier-Free Web Surfing</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.boston-ia.org</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/214</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/214/Boston-IA-logo.gif</logo-url>
    <tag-string>accessibility, web design</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>Boston</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2008-05-01</end-on>
    <full-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 the issues involved in developing a Web Accessibility program for large-scale and enterprise-wide web development projects.

The meeting will be held at the Bank of America Conference Center (www.bankofamerica.com) in downtown Boston, Massachusetts.

Dan will detail how to make a business case for implementing a Web Accessibility program in an organization and strategies for ensuring accessibility, as well as tips for finding a champion to sponsor the program and suggestions for managing the program. A hypothetical, composite case study from the point of view of HiSoftware&#8217;s clients will be presented to clearly illustrate the many benefits a Web Accessibility program can bring to an organization and its web users.

HiSoftware Inc. is a leading provider of software, services, and on-demand solutions that test, repair, monitor, and enforce web content, quality, and regulatory compliance.

Meeting Details

Presentation by: HiSoftware (www.hisoftware.com)
"Setting Up a Web Accessibility Program"

Wednesday, April 30, 2008,  6:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Sponsored and hosted by:

Bank of America
Conference Center, One Federal Street, Floor 7
Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Directions to Bank of America (http://www.boston-ia.org/meetings/directions.html)

Registration

The meeting is free for Boston-IA members, and $15 for all others, payable at the door. New or returning members can join Boston-IA for $50 (renewable January, 2009) and attend for free. Light refreshments will be served. Please pre-register at: www.Boston-IA.org or by sending e-mail to:

registerlist@Boston-IA.org

We hope to see you there!</full-description>
    <id type="integer">454</id>
    <region>MA</region>
    <short-description>Boston-IA invites you to attend a presentation by HiSoftware, Inc. entitled "Setting Up a Web Accessibility Program" at Bank of America in Boston.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2008-04-30</start-on>
    <title>HiSoftware on Accessibility Projects</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.Boston-IA.org</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/454</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/454/Boston-IA.gif</logo-url>
    <tag-string>accessibility, design, information architecture</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>Sydney</city>
    <country>Australia</country>
    <end-on type="date">2008-09-27</end-on>
    <full-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 development, user experience design, information architecture, web application security, Ajax, online communities, accessibility, mobile web, and more, Web Directions South 08 will once again be the focus of the Australian web industry in September.

Speakers include

Jeffrey Veen - renowned UX expert from Wired Magazine, Adaptive Path and Google
Derek Featherstone - Leading accessibility expert
Daniel Burka - Interaction Designer for Digg
Gina Bolton CSS expert from Apple
Douglas Crockford - Ajax security expert at Yahoo!, and world's leading JavaScript authority
Jeff Croft - web design and typography guru
Lynne D Johnson - Senior Editor and Community Director at FastCompany

and many other international and local experts.</full-description>
    <id type="integer">485</id>
    <region>Australia</region>
    <short-description>Widely regarded as one of the world's first &amp; leading conferences for web professionals, Web Directions returns for 4 days of workshops, conference, receptions, networking, expo, parties and more.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2008-09-23</start-on>
    <title>Web Directions South 2008</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://south08.webdirections.org/</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/485</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/485/logo.gif</logo-url>
    <tag-string>accessibility, ajax, front and back end web development, information architecture, mobile web, online communities, user experience design, web application security, web design</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>Monterrey</city>
    <country>Mexico</country>
    <end-on type="date">2008-11-08</end-on>
    <full-description>Usabilidad y Accesibilidad para la Web A. C. (UA Web) will be hosting the Second International Seminar on Usability and Accesibility for the 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 the most renowned experts in the area.

This seminar will provide a forum for exchanging experiences in web usability and accessibility. It will allow us to gain a common ground and set common objectives. </full-description>
    <id type="integer">499</id>
    <region>Mexico</region>
    <short-description>Join the Second International Seminar on Usability and Accessibility for the Web in Monterrey, Mexico 
</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2008-11-05</start-on>
    <title>2nd Seminar on Usability and Accessibility MEXICO</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.uaweb.org.mx/en/seminar2008</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/499</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/499/logouaweb.jpg</logo-url>
    <tag-string>accessibility, alonso, garrett, jesse, jesse james garrett, jose manuel alonso, mexico, monterrey, seminar, uaweb, usability, w3c, web</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>London</city>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <end-on type="date">2008-12-03</end-on>
    <full-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, guidelines 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 minimum requirements, how to retrofit inaccessible pages and how to make sure new content is accessible.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

-Articulate the business benefits of an accessible website;
-Intuitively understand the obstacles facing disabled people as they use the web;
-Experience the assistive devices used by disabled people to overcome these barriers;
-Write alternative content;
-Interpret the principles, guidelines and success criteria in WCAG 2.0;
-Evaluate web site accessibility and define how accessibility standards will be met;
-Learn how to check the accessibility of individual pages, using tools like the web accessibility toolbar;
-Appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of on-line accessibility tools like Bobby;
-Use standards and guidelines to design sophisticated, accessible sites that will work in future browsers as well as current ones.
</full-description>
    <id type="integer">405</id>
    <region>United Kingdom</region>
    <short-description>Learn how to design accessible web pages and find out how to evaluate web pages for accessibility.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2008-12-02</start-on>
    <title>Web Accessibility Training</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.userfocus.co.uk/training/webaccessibility.html</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/405</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/405/userfocus.gif</logo-url>
    <tag-string>accessibility, disability, web</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>Sydney</city>
    <country>Australia</country>
    <end-on type="date">2009-10-07</end-on>
    <full-description>Developing curricula and training for the next generation of web designers and developers often feels like shooting at a moving target. Best practices are constantly evolving, and difficult to keep track of, while standards seem to constantly emerge and be updated. Browsers upgrade at a seemingly furious pace. As a consequence, it&#8217;s a real challenge for education and training to prepare students for the needs of industry by equipping them with the proper foundational knowledge of current best practices and standards.

Ed Directions, a highly focussed, in-depth, whole day symposium, will address this challenge, by helping teachers, trainers, course and curriculum developers, and others in the education field keep abreast with the latest developments in standards and industry best practice, and to develop and deliver the best possible curricula and courses.

The day will be divided into 4 sessions:

* Session 1: HTML semantic markup and web content technologies
* Session 2: Cascading style sheets and web presentation
* Session 3: JavaScript and Ajax
* Session 4: Accessibility and usability

with each session featuring:

* a renowned domain expert giving an overview of current best practice, standards, as well as commonly used and taught, but outmoded, technologies and techniques
* experts in the education sector, covering the resources available (commercial, free, and open) to develop curricula and training courses
* experienced teachers and trainers with a track record of success in developing and delivering training in this area, sharing their real world experience
* interactive sessions to put these all this knowledge into practice, and share experiences with professionals facing the same challenges as you</full-description>
    <id type="integer">756</id>
    <region>Australia</region>
    <short-description>An in-depth, whole day symposium addressing the challenges of educating the next generation of web designers. For teachers, trainers, course and curriculum developers and anyone in education.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2009-10-06</start-on>
    <title>Ed Directions</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://south09.webdirections.org/workshops</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/756</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/756/logo.gif</logo-url>
    <tag-string>accessibility, education, web, web design, web development, web standards</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>Sydney</city>
    <country>Australia</country>
    <end-on type="date">2009-10-10</end-on>
    <full-description>From its humble beginnings as a grass roots conference for standardistas, Web Directions has grown into Australia's web industry conference - run by experts for experts like you. This year's conference keeps true to our roots, while broadening the range of topics covered to make it genuinely an event for your whole team.

This year we've got 3 tracks - Design, Development and Business - with leading international and local experts in user experience, interface design, social media, coding and development, SEO, accessibility, interaction design and much more. We think there'll be no better place for people who work on the web in any way at all to learn, connect, share and experience ideas in 2009.

Just a few of the names and ideas we'll be covering:

* Kelly Goto - design ethnography evangelist and workflow expert
* Ben Galbraith - co-founder of Ajaxian &amp; co-lead of Mozilla Foundations Tools team
* Elliot Jay Stocks - Famed UK web designer on CSS3 and other designer goodies
* Mark Boulton - designer and typography expert on the art and technology of web typography
* Christian Crumlish - curator of Yahoo!&#8217;s pattern library on designing social interfaces
* Deborah Schultz - Procter &amp; Gamble&#8217;s Global Strategic Adviser for Social Media &amp; Emerging Technology
* Philip Fierlinger - Rapid prototyping
* Luke Stevens - Data driven design
* Dmitry Baranovskiy - Canvas

Web Directions is an experience way beyond all these great sessions though. Fully catered breaks and lunches held at the venue, parties every night, and a Birds of a Feather breakfast all mean no shortage of opportunities to meet the local industry. No matter what size or type of organisation you work in, we guarantee you'll come away from Web Directions feeling enmeshed in the larger web community.</full-description>
    <id type="integer">753</id>
    <region>Australia</region>
    <short-description>Bringing together world experts in design, development and business, Web Directions is the professional and networking event of the year for the Australian web industry.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2009-10-08</start-on>
    <title>Web Directions South 2009</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://south09.webdirections.org</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/753</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/753/logo.gif</logo-url>
    <tag-string>accessibility, interaction design, interface design, seo, social media, user experience, web, web design, web development</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>London</city>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <end-on type="date">2010-04-21</end-on>
    <full-description>What will I achieve?
On successful completion of this course, participants will:
Have an understanding of the various accessibility guidelines (WCAG and Section 508)
Have an understanding of how accessibility guidelines can be used to assess and design a web site
Understand the importance and principles of including users in testing
Know how to incorporate the needs of disabled users at any stage of the design process
Have an understanding of the various challenges disabled people face when using web sites
Be aware of the various assistive technologies disabled people use and have an appreciation of how they work (Zoomtext, JAWS, Supernova and more)
Web Accessibility training course contentThis one day Web Accessibility training course provides delegates with practical examples, comprehensive notes, guidelines and sources of reference.The course can be tailored to meet the needs of your team and your organisation, but typical course content includes:
Introduction to accessibility and disabilities
Demonstration of assistive technologies (Zoomtext, JAWS, Supernova and more)
Demystifying the accessibility guidelines
Using accessibility checklists
Testing tools and techniques
Make accessible images, forms, tables and navigation
Create an accessibility action plan for your web site
Incorporating disabled users into the design process
The importance and principles of user testing
Tools you can download to conduct your own testing
Group Accessibility review of your sites
Accessible content
Pre-requisitesYou should be familiar with the web amd have a basic understanding of working with HTML tags and knowledge of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and Web Standards.</full-description>
    <id type="integer">1452</id>
    <region>United Kingdom</region>
    <short-description>This one day Web Accessibility training course is designed for people who want to know how to make web sites accessible and for anyone who is involved in the design process.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2010-04-20</start-on>
    <title>Web Accessibility training</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.spotlessinteractive.com/services/training-courses/web-accessibility-training.php</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/1452</url>
    <logo-url nil="true"></logo-url>
    <tag-string>accessibility, accessible content, create an accessibility action plan for your web site, demonstration of assistive technologies zoomtext, demystifying the accessibility guidelines, disabilities, forms, group accessibility review of your sites, incorporating disabled users into the design process, jaws, make accessible images, navigation, supernova and more, tables, testing tools and techniques, the importance and principles of user testing, tools you can download to conduct your own testing, using accessibility checklists</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>London</city>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <end-on type="date">2010-06-09</end-on>
    <full-description>What will I achieve?
On successful completion of this course, participants will:
Have an understanding of the various accessibility guidelines (WCAG and Section 508)
Have an understanding of how accessibility guidelines can be used to assess and design a web site
Understand the importance and principles of including users in testing
Know how to incorporate the needs of disabled users at any stage of the design process
Have an understanding of the various challenges disabled people face when using web sites
Be aware of the various assistive technologies disabled people use and have an appreciation of how they work (Zoomtext, JAWS, Supernova and more)
Web Accessibility training course contentThis one day Web Accessibility training course provides delegates with practical examples, comprehensive notes, guidelines and sources of reference.The course can be tailored to meet the needs of your team and your organisation, but typical course content includes:
Introduction to accessibility and disabilities
Demonstration of assistive technologies (Zoomtext, JAWS, Supernova and more)
Demystifying the accessibility guidelines
Using accessibility checklists
Testing tools and techniques
Make accessible images, forms, tables and navigation
Create an accessibility action plan for your web site
Incorporating disabled users into the design process
The importance and principles of user testing
Tools you can download to conduct your own testing
Group Accessibility review of your sites
Accessible content
Pre-requisitesYou should be familiar with the web amd have a basic understanding of working with HTML tags and knowledge of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and Web Standards.</full-description>
    <id type="integer">1453</id>
    <region>United Kingdom</region>
    <short-description>This one day Web Accessibility training course is designed for people who want to know how to make web sites accessible and for anyone who is involved in the design process.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2010-06-08</start-on>
    <title>Web Accessibility training</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.spotlessinteractive.com/services/training-courses/web-accessibility-training.php</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/1453</url>
    <logo-url nil="true"></logo-url>
    <tag-string>accessibility, accessible content, create an accessibility action plan for your web site, demonstration of assistive technologies zoomtext, demystifying the accessibility guidelines, disabilities, forms, group accessibility review of your sites, incorporating disabled users into the design process, jaws, make accessible images, navigation, supernova and more, tables, testing tools and techniques, the importance and principles of user testing, tools you can download to conduct your own testing, using accessibility checklists</tag-string>
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  <event>
    <city>London</city>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <end-on type="date">2010-09-22</end-on>
    <full-description>What will I achieve?
On successful completion of this course, participants will:
Have an understanding of the various accessibility guidelines (WCAG and Section 508)
Have an understanding of how accessibility guidelines can be used to assess and design a web site
Understand the importance and principles of including users in testing
Know how to incorporate the needs of disabled users at any stage of the design process
Have an understanding of the various challenges disabled people face when using web sites
Be aware of the various assistive technologies disabled people use and have an appreciation of how they work (Zoomtext, JAWS, Supernova and more)
Web Accessibility training course contentThis one day Web Accessibility training course provides delegates with practical examples, comprehensive notes, guidelines and sources of reference.The course can be tailored to meet the needs of your team and your organisation, but typical course content includes:
Introduction to accessibility and disabilities
Demonstration of assistive technologies (Zoomtext, JAWS, Supernova and more)
Demystifying the accessibility guidelines
Using accessibility checklists
Testing tools and techniques
Make accessible images, forms, tables and navigation
Create an accessibility action plan for your web site
Incorporating disabled users into the design process
The importance and principles of user testing
Tools you can download to conduct your own testing
Group Accessibility review of your sites
Accessible content
Pre-requisitesYou should be familiar with the web amd have a basic understanding of working with HTML tags and knowledge of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and Web Standards.</full-description>
    <id type="integer">1454</id>
    <region>United Kingdom</region>
    <short-description>This one day Web Accessibility training course is designed for people who want to know how to make web sites accessible and for anyone who is involved in the design process.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2010-09-21</start-on>
    <title>Web Accessibility training</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.spotlessinteractive.com/services/training-courses/web-accessibility-training.php</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/1454</url>
    <logo-url nil="true"></logo-url>
    <tag-string>accessibility, accessible content, create an accessibility action plan for your web site, demonstration of assistive technologies zoomtext, demystifying the accessibility guidelines, disabilities, forms, group accessibility review of your sites, incorporating disabled users into the design process, jaws, make accessible images, navigation, supernova and more, tables, testing tools and techniques, the importance and principles of user testing, tools you can download to conduct your own testing, using accessibility checklists</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>London</city>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <end-on type="date">2010-11-27</end-on>
    <full-description>Hello,
A quick reminder that early bird pricing for UX People ends in three days. Snap up the last of the early bird tickets while you still can, and join us on 26 November. 

Speakers from AKQA, Lab49, Nokia, Web Technology Group, and the only UK-accredited Axure trainer will be sharing their expertise on topics that include:
&#8226;	Axure prototyping (with a free licence worth $589 up for grabs)
&#8226;	Sketching techniques
&#8226;	Designing for mobile
&#8226;	Designing rich user interactions 
&#8226;	Coping strategies for an Agile world
&#8226;	Developing social media strategies

Held in the striking location of Kings Place in the heart of London, this non-profit, one-day UX conference is an unmissable date on the calendar. Book your tickets before 22 October for limited Early Bird prices.

We hope to see you there!</full-description>
    <id type="integer">1512</id>
    <region>United Kingdom</region>
    <short-description>A quick reminder that early bird pricing for UX People ends in three days. Snap up the last of the early bird tickets while you still can, and join us on 26 November. </short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2010-11-26</start-on>
    <title>UX People - early bird pricing ends in 3 days!</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.uxpeople.co.uk/autumn2010</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/1512</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/1512/ux-people-logo.jpg</logo-url>
    <tag-string>accessibility, axure, information architect, information architects, prototypes, prototyping, usability, user experience, ux</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>London</city>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <end-on type="date">2011-06-07</end-on>
    <full-description>During the one-day interactive web accessibility training course you will:

    Find out how to implement 'real-world' accessibility, beyond merely box-ticking
    Utilise and learn how to understand WCAG 2.0 and how it differs to WCAG 1.0
    Use screen reader &amp; screen magnifier assistive technologies
    Make accessible images, forms, tables &amp; navigation
    Understand how to make accessible media (audio, video &amp; flash)
    See how JavaScript can be implemented with accessibility in mind
    Learn the importance of accessible content and how to make it
    Discover how to thoroughly test a website for accessibility
    Create an accessibility action plan for your website

You'll also receive a free 80-page web accessibility training manual that contains all tutorials.

The web accessibility training is part of our usability &amp; accessibility training stream, which also includes:

    Web usability training
    Usability testing training
    Information architecture (IA) training
    Prototype with Axure training
    Mobile user experience training

You'll automatically get a 10% or 20% discount when you book on any 2 or 3+ different courses respectively.
</full-description>
    <id type="integer">1570</id>
    <region>United Kingdom</region>
    <short-description>One day hands-on classroom-based web accessibility training course. Find out what you really need to do in order to make your site fully accessible. </short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2011-06-06</start-on>
    <title>Web Accessibility Training</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.webcredible.co.uk/services/web-accessibility-training.shtml</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/1570</url>
    <logo-url nil="true"></logo-url>
    <tag-string>accessibility, design, interaction, ux</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>Belo Horizonte - MG</city>
    <country>Brazil</country>
    <end-on type="date">2011-12-04</end-on>
    <full-description>Interaction South America 2011 is a design event that combines three days of inspiring conversations on activities presented by a set of regional and international experts.

Our goal is to share knowledge on interaction design and its practice. Some of the most important global names in the area have already confirmed their presence in the 2011 edition.
Confirmed speakers
Jon Kolko
Mike Kuniavsky
Brian Rink
Bill Scott
Mike Kruzeniski
Martin Verzilli
Mariana Salgado
Chloe Gottlieb
Walter Cybis
h.d.mabuse
Caio Vass&#227;o
Gustavo Moura
Denise Eler
Robson Santos
&#201;rico Fileno
Workshops
Design Echos
Mike Kuniavsky
Elizabeth Goodman
Isabel Fr&#243;es
Walter Cybis
Caio Vass&#227;o

Article presentations
The Interaction South America strives to publish and disseminate scholarly articles that present conclusive results related to interaction design.

If you have some original work, you can submit it to our scientific committee for consideration. Interactive and performative artwork may also apply.

Interactive art exhibit
In IxDSA11 will be a space dedicated to the exhibition of interactive art and conceptual projects of functional prototypes.

In addition to it's interactions, the projects should provide critical content and rich conceptual argument. Works of Installation, performance or products in demo/concept phase will be accepted.

Professionals from different fields are welcome to participate.

Design Challenge
This year South America Interaction 11 will open space for a big competition, the Design Challenge that will be open for students and participants from outside the event.

Stay tuned for the launch, assemble your team and participate.

</full-description>
    <id type="integer">1593</id>
    <region>Brazil</region>
    <short-description>3rd Latin American Conference for Interaction Design includes 18 talks, 6 workshops, academic paper presentations, and a design contest (challenge). </short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2011-12-01</start-on>
    <title>Interaction South America 2011 </title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.interaction-southamerica.org/2011/</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/1593</url>
    <logo-url nil="true"></logo-url>
    <tag-string>accessibility, design, interaction, ux</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>Manchester</city>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <end-on type="date">2012-03-30</end-on>
    <full-description>Camp Digital is a free, one-day event focusing on user experience, accessibility, inclusive digital design and agile development. We&#8217;re bringing together a bunch of interesting, forward thinking people to hear about and debate some of the key themes and trends happening in our industry, and hopefully to provide some valuable insights and ideas.
We have high profile speakers lined up from:

&#8226;	BBC
&#8226;	CapGemini
&#8226;	AbilityNet
&#8226;	del Galdo Consulting
&#8226;	Hassell Inclusion
&#8226;	Manchester Metropolitan University
&#8226;	Dublin City University
&#8226;	Acuity ETS
&#8226;	EPiServer
</full-description>
    <id type="integer">1829</id>
    <region>United Kingdom</region>
    <short-description>A day of inspirational &amp; educational talks about user experience, accessibility &amp; agile development</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2012-03-29</start-on>
    <title>Camp Digital: Manchester (Free)</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.wearesigma.com/campdigital/</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/1829</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/1829/campdigital.gif</logo-url>
    <tag-string>accessibility, agile, agile ux, mobile, ux</tag-string>
  </event>
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