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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060927
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060930
SUMMARY:Design & Emotion 2006
LOCATION:Göteborg, Sweden
DESCRIPTION:The International Conference on Design & Emotion is a forum whe
 re practitioners, researchers and industry meet and exchange knowledge and 
 insights concerning the cross-disciplinary field of design and emotion.
\n
 \nEmotions arise towards people, towards places, towards food, and towards 
 things.
\n
\nEmotions influence our well-being as well as our purchase deci
 sions. From a design perspective, we need to know more about how artefacts 
 elicit emotions. We also need to know more about the way we can identify th
 e relevant emotional aspects and how we can evaluate the emotional impact o
 f a particular design.
\n
\nThe International Conference on Design and Emot
 ion 2006 is the arena for these topics.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060928
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060930
SUMMARY:SHiFT - Social and Human Ideas for Technology
LOCATION:Lisbon, Portugal
DESCRIPTION:SHiFT will be all about emerging technologies, whether they’r
 e the latest internet trend or the latest social or psychological developme
 nt.
\n
\nSHiFT will evolve around five major areas, and the idea is to have
  contributions about them from all sections of society:
\n* People and Tech
 nology
\n* Knowledge Management
\n* Civic Participation
\n* Rights, Liberti
 es and Privacy for the Digital Age
\n* New forms of Economics
\n
\nThere wi
 ll be speakers from Yahoo, Google, Electronic Frontier
\nFoundation and the
  Open Rights Group.
\n
\n250 Euros after september 22th.
\nThere are discou
 nts (up 20% with the Portuguese airline).
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070919
SUMMARY:The Taming of the New - Larry Keeley on Innovation
LOCATION:Seattle, Washington, USA
DESCRIPTION:Larry Keeley, co-founder & president of the Doblin Group, expla
 ins the emerging disciplines of innovation and how they apply to you & your
  business.  The workshop is sponsored by Puget Sound SIGCHI. 
\n
\nLarry wi
 ll describe how to systematically boost your innovation success rates to 35
 %-70%.  The norm today is an incredibly low 4% rate.
\n
\nHe will explain h
 ow to identify the many surprising, counter-intuitive myths and lore that u
 ndermine innovation efforts-and how to adopt methods and logic that can shi
 ft innovation from a vague hope to a deep competence.  Learn how the succes
 s of the iPod illustrates the value of innovating across several types of i
 nnovation simultaneously, and the importance of effective customer-centered
  methods. 
\n
\nWhen:
\nTuesday, Sept. 18, 8 am - 2 pm
\n(Continental Break
 fast 7:30-8 am)
\n 
\nWhere:
\nThe Board Room at One Union Square, downtown
  Seattle, WA
\n 
\nCost:
\n$400 early bird (before Aug. 18th)
\n$200 early 
 bird student (50% or more in degree/certificate program - before Aug 18th)
 \n$500 regular pricing (starting Aug. 18th)
\nIncludes continental breakfas
 t and lunch.
\n 
\nRegister at: http://pssigchi.eventbrite.com/ 
\n
\nLarry
  has worked with a wide variety of pioneering enterprises since 1979, among
  them firms like Aetna, Apple, Citigroup, ExxonMobil, Hallmark, McDonald's,
  Motorola, Pfizer, Steelcase, Texas Instruments and Zurich Financial Servic
 es. He is a board member of the Institute of Design at Illinois Institute o
 f Technology.
\n
\nPuget Sound Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Int
 eraction (SIGCHI) is a non-profit, local SIG chapter of the Association of 
 Computing Machinery serving the Puget Sound region's interface design, usab
 ility, and research communities. http://www.pssigchi.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071024
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071025
SUMMARY:Contextual Innovation & Cross-cultural Design
LOCATION:Singapore, Singapore
DESCRIPTION:Half-day Seminar organized by Ergonomics Society of Singapore (
 http://www.ergoss.org)
\n
\nVenue: Hotel Meritus Mandarin, Singapore
\nTime
 : 9.30 am to 12.30 pm
\n
\nWHAT YOU WILL LEARN
\n- How to successfully intr
 oduce products and services to new markets
\n- How to apply user needs and 
 cultural context to drive design ideas
\n- How to transform data into pract
 ical insights and product concepts
\n
\nFIND OUT HOW THE CONTEXTUAL INNOVAT
 ION (CI) PROCESS MIGHT HELP YOU AND YOUR COMPANY
\n- You have a technology 
 but you need to identify potential users
\n- You have an idea and you want 
 to discover potential domains and markets for exploration
\n- You have a pr
 oduct which worked for one market but now you want to take it to another ma
 rket
\n- You want to understand in depth about culture, the people, and pre
 ferences that will affect their adoption, usage and implementation of new p
 roducts or services.
\n
\nFEES
\nFree of charge.
\n
\nLimited seats. Please
  register early. Follow the link below for more details, seminar brochure a
 nd online registration (on HFI website):
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071109
SUMMARY:UI12 - User Interface 12 Conference
LOCATION:Boston, Massachusetts, USA
DESCRIPTION:Register for all 4 days by October 23rd with the promotion code
  BOXES to receive $30 off each day and a limited-edition UI12 iPod video ht
 tp://www.uiconf.com
\n
\nBOXES promo code cannot be combined with any other
  special offer or promotional code, and is only valid for 4 day registratio
 ns. 
\n
\nFor the User Interface 12 Conference 
\n( http://www.uiconf.com )
 , Jared M. Spool and his team of usability researchers have asked the most 
 forward thinking minds in the world of usability to present on today's most
  pressing design topics.  
\n
\nFor 4 full days, you'll learn in-depth tech
 niques from these top experts, and come away with the knowledge and confide
 nce necessary to tackle your biggest design challenges. 
\n
\nNow in its tw
 elfth year, the UI12 Conference examines the most critical web design and u
 sability issues facing designers, information architects, and usability pro
 fessionals. Topics include: Agile Development, Task-based Information Archi
 tecture, Usability Testing, Visual Design, Building Innovative Designs, Com
 municating with Comics, Interaction Design, and Designing with CSS. 
\n
\nO
 n Monday, November 5th, you'll have the chance to attend one of four full-d
 ay seminars from Larry Constantine, Gerry McGovern, Rolf Molich, or Luke Wr
 oblewski. 
\n
\nOn Tuesday, November 6th, you'll have the chance to attend 
 several of the informative and entertaining 90-minute Featured Talks from e
 ach of our conference speakers, as well as the UI12 Conference Keynote pres
 entation from Jared M. Spool. 
\n
\nOn Wednesday, November 7th, you'll have
  the chance to attend one of four full-day seminars from Scott Berkun, Kevi
 n Cheng, Kim Goodwin, or Cameron Moll. 
\n
\nWe'll cap off the week on Thur
 sday, November 8th, with our Showcase Seminar Day, where you can choose bet
 ween UIE's most popular seminars.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071128
SUMMARY:CanUX, the Canadian User Experience Workshop
LOCATION:Banff, Canada
DESCRIPTION:Speakers include:    
\n
\n* Lou Rosenfeld, founding figure in 
 modern information architecture, author of the best selling Information Arc
 hitecture for the World Wide Web, and publisher at Rosenfeld Media.
\n    *
  Derek Featherstone, leading authority on accessibility and its implication
 s for user experience.
\n    * Gene Smith, author of the definitive book on
  tagging, coming early 2008 from New Riders, and principal at nForm User Ex
 perience.
\n    * The Banff Leadership Arts Ensemble, world-renowned facili
 tators who work to help executives develop leadership capacity through the 
 combination of the arts, creativity, and leadership principles.
\n    * Kes
  and Sue Sampanthar, founders of Metamemes, producer of generative thinking
  tools and experts in moving beyond brainstorming for innovation.
\n    * J
 ess McMullin, business and design evangelist, advocate for increasing pract
 itioners’ influence in the organizations they serve, CanUX program chair an
 d nForm User Experience founder.
\n    * Brad Nemer, Product Portfolio Mana
 ger for Motorola’s Asian 3G business, and pioneer in combining business and
  design thinking.
\n
\nEarlybird All-Inclusive registration, with hotel, me
 als, and conference fee is only $699+tax for single accommodation, $599+tax
  for double accommodation. Early registration deadline is September 21st.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080623
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080625
SUMMARY:Cooper U: The Business of Innovation
LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA
DESCRIPTION:The Business of Innovation: Aligning Your Organization Through 
 Design.
\n 
\nThis new two day course is intended for all of you who have b
 een working hard to help your organizations get the most out of design. We’
 ll cover the topics so many people have been asking us about, including:
\n
 
\nDay one
\n-What makes products (and the companies that make them) succes
 sful
\n-How design provides a repeatable approach to innovation
\n-Why comp
 anies fail at innovation and design
\n-Assessing how well your organization
  has incorporated design
\n-Pros and cons of various organizational structu
 res and processes for design and development
\n-Determining what roles, pro
 cesses, and structures are right for your company
\n-New product definition
  vs. incremental innovation
\n
\nDay two
\n-Principles and challenges in ch
 ange management
\n-Being an effective leader of change
\n-Characteristics o
 f successful change initiatives
\n-Developing a change plan and building co
 nsensus around it
\n-Identifying a demonstration project
\n-Identifying way
 s to measure your success
\n-Implementing a change plan and handling challe
 nges along the way
\n-Maintaining design and innovation as core values
\n
\
 nAs in all Cooper U courses, we’ll provide plenty of content along with han
 ds-on learning. We’ll be taking a business school approach, examining detai
 led case studies of what has and hasn’t worked for other organizations. We’
 ll also give you opportunities to apply what you’re learning to your own or
 ganization so you’ll have the beginnings of a plan to share when you go bac
 k to the office.
\n
\nInstructors Kim Goodwin and Steve Calde will lead the
  course, which is limited to 20 people to ensure plenty of interaction.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081011
SUMMARY:Designing Innovative Business Models
LOCATION:New York, New York, USA
DESCRIPTION:In today?s global competitive environment business model thinki
 ng is an essential skill for every business person. A recent CEO survey by 
 IBM shows that business models and business model innovation are on top of 
 the executive agenda. Also, entrepreneurs across industries are searching f
 or the most appropriate business models to bring new and innovative product
 s and services to the market.
\n
\nUnfortunately, management literature pro
 vides little methodological guidance that helps executives and entrepreneur
 s systematically reflect on the topic of business model design and innovati
 on. This workshop addresses that gap by providing participants with a power
 ful, tested and pragmatic approach that assists business people in designin
 g competitive and innovative business models.
\n
\nThe approach is based on
  the ?Business Model Canvas?, which allows business people to describe busi
 ness models with a simple and common language based on 9 building blocks. T
 his language can then be used to assess business models and come up with ne
 w and innovative business model alternatives. The approach appeals to senio
 r executives, department heads, entrepreneurs and financiers alike, since a
 ll have a common need of identifying and implementing competitive and susta
 inable business models.
\n
\nIn this workshop you will:
\n    * sense why i
 t is indispensable for you to start thinking in terms of business models in
  today?s competitive landscape
\n    * learn how to describe your own busin
 ess model(s) based on the intuitive and pragmatic Business Model Canvas app
 roach
\n    * be able to generate business model alternatives in your own c
 ompetitive environment
\n    * apply the Business Model Canvas approach in 
 break-out sessions
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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.  Can't attend the entire conference?  You'll get $30/d
 ay off for each day you register.
\n
\nAt User Interface 13, the longest ru
 nning conference dedicated to web design, information architecture, and usa
 bility, you’ll get 4 full days of in-depth techniques from the world’s lead
 ing web design and usability experts. 
\n
\nWe've asked the most forward-th
 inking minds in the world of experience design to address your biggest chal
 lenges. Our expert speakers will present on today's most pressing topics, i
 ncluding interaction design, information architecture, agile development, i
 nnovation, usability testing, Ajax, product strategy, and visual design.
\n
 
\nOn Monday and Wednesday, you will attend full-day seminars with our expe
 rt speakers. On Tuesday, we have a day filled with 90-minute Featured Talks
 . We'll cap off the week on Thursday with our Showcase Seminar Day, where y
 ou can choose between UIE's most popular seminars.
\n
\nWe’ve recruited a f
 abulous group of speakers, ready to help you solve your biggest design prob
 lems. You'll hear from:
\n
\nJeff Patton, Kim Goodwin, Dana Chisnell, Jerem
 y Keith, Scott Burkun, Peter Merholz, Andrew Crow, Luke Wroblewski, Donna (
 Maurer) Spencer, Bill Verplank, Christine Perfetti, and Jared Spool
\n
\nUs
 e the promo code "BOXES" for a free Flip Ultra Camcorder when you register 
 for the full conference, and $120 off the four day conference registration 
 rate.  Can't attend the entire conference?  You'll get $30/day off for each
  day you register.
\n
\nView the complete summit description, and register 
 at http://www.uiconf.com
\n
\nUI13 is produced by User Interface Engineerin
 g.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081022
SUMMARY:Design by Fire conference
LOCATION:Utrecht, Netherlands
DESCRIPTION:By the name of 'Design by Fire' Chi Nederland, the Dutch local 
 chapter of ACM SIGCHI, organizes an international conference on interaction
  design. The event offers an inspiring stage for interaction, information, 
 interface and experience designers.
\n
\nAfter the success in 2007 a second
  edition was inevitable. We are very pleased with the speakers on the progr
 am for this year:
\n
\n:: Brendan Dawes (Creative Director for magneticNort
 h, UK) will take care of an inspiring keynote titled 'C30, C60, C90, GO!'. 
 
\n
\n:: August de los Reyes, Principal Experience Architect for Microsoft 
 Surface, will share his expertise in designing for natural user interfaces.
 
\n
\n:: Marthijn Pool, senior project architect at ONL (NL) will introduce
  their groundbreaking interactive architecture.
\n
\n:: Thomas Küber, Inter
 action Designer at D-LABS (D), will show the results of their 'Design Led I
 nnovation' approach.
\n
\n:: Gert Hans Berghuis, founder of Fabrique Commun
 ication & Design (NL), will discuss the art of designing for user generated
  content.
\n
\n:: Jonathan Arnowitz, User Experience Architect with Google 
 will talk about creativity, innovation and design in a world of technology.
 
\nThere will be enough time for the audience to participate in a discussio
 n after each presentation.
\n
\nDesign by Fire 2008 will take place on Tues
 day 21 October in Media Plaza, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 
\n
\nJoin 150 int
 eraction, interface, information and experience designers and be part of th
 is inspiring event. Early birds are rewarded with a 30 euro discount. Membe
 rs of IxDA and ACM SIGCHI are entitled to an additional discount.
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