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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 de
 velopers\, Web Directions North is brought to you by Dave Shea\, Derek Feat
 herstone\, Maxine Sherrin and John Allsopp. 
\n
\nOver two days and nights\
 , Web Directions North is packed tight with sessions by renowned\, inspirin
 g\, entertaining speakers and experts\, parties\, and more.
\n
\nCome along
  and hear Kelly Goto\, Andy Clarke\, Adrian Holovaty\, Douglas Bowman\, Dan
  Cederholm\, Joe Clark\, Molly Holzschlag\, Derek Featherstone\, Veerle Pie
 ters\, Jeremy Keith and many other present and future web luminaries\, cove
 ring Ajax and Javascript\, CSS\, Microformats\, mashups\, standards based w
 eb design and development\, accessibility\, web app development\, XHTML and
  HTML and more. 
\n
\nBeginning with an optional day of workshops from some
  of the web’s best educators\, and rounded off with two optional days of 
 skiing and boarding at Whistler\, Web Directions North is 2007’s web desi
 gn and development event not to be missed.
\n
\nRegister until December 31 
 for just $CDN895 (about USD$770)\, and includes two tight-packed\, fully ca
 tered days of renowned speakers\, an offical reception and closing night pa
 rty.
\n
\nWorkshops are just $CDN395 (~USD$340) for a full\, fully catered 
 day with world experts Andy Clarke and Aaron Gustafson\, Derek Featherstone
 \, or Kelly Goto.
\n
\nFor conference attendees and their family\, each day
  at Whistler is just $CDN120 (~USD$100\, including transfers too and from W
 histler and Vancouver\, and lift tickets)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070912
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070913
SUMMARY:Foundations of Interaction Design
LOCATION:New York\, New York\, USA
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to “use” a computer? How do you “talk” to the
  machine in a way that it will understand\, and how do you interpret its re
 sponse to you? Many principles of how we interact with computers are so fam
 iliar to us that we don’t stop to think how they came to be that way. In th
 is class\, we’ll discuss this history of how people have adapted themselves
  to these “thinking machines\,” learn about many of the innovators who defi
 ned how we interact with computers today\, and explore how over time we’ve 
 changed the way computers work so they better meet our needs.
\n
\nHow it B
 enefits You
\nFor anyone who designs\, builds\, markets\, or manages digita
 l products (like websites\, software\, or devices)\, an understanding of th
 e foundations of the field will help you make more effective decisions. You
  will learn the essential history that shaped the industry\, making you bet
 ter prepared to face the challenges of tomorrow.
\n
\nAbout Karen McGrane
\
 nKaren is a Senior Partner in Bond Art and Science\, a digital services fir
 m focused on simplifying interactions between people and the devices they u
 se to share information\, store media\, and communicate with each other. Pr
 eviously Karen worked at Razorfish\, most recently as Vice President for Us
 er Experience at Avenue A | Razorfish.
\n
\nKaren's clients have included s
 everal in the financial services industry\, such as J.P. Morgan\, and Citib
 ank\, as well as travel industry clients like Travelocity and Cendant. Her 
 media experience includes work for The Week\, Inc.\, and Fast Company magaz
 ines\, as well as a variety of projects with Condé Nast\, Nielsen Media Res
 earch\, The New York Public Library\, and The Disney Internet Group. Her re
 design of The New York Times website has won several awards
\n
\nKaren rece
 ived an M.S. in Technical Communication from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institu
 te\, focusing her research and studies on interface design and usability. S
 he taught courses in HCI and usability via distance learning to IBM campuse
 s across North America.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080524
SUMMARY:WebVisions 2008
LOCATION:Portland\, Oregon\, USA
DESCRIPTION:WebVisions explores the future of the Web with an all-star line
 up of visionary speakers that includes keynotes from Jeffrey Veen of Google
  and Lynne Johnson of FastCompany.com\, as well as sessions by Rashmi Sinha
  (Slideshare.net)\, Matt Haughey (MetaFilter)\, Christina Wodtke (Boxes and
  Arrows)\, Tjeerd Hoek (frog design)\, Bill DeRouchey (Ziba Design)\, Kimbe
 rly Blessing (Paypal) and many others.
\n
\nHalf day workshops feature accl
 aimed designer Roger Black ("Type Class")\, Aaron Gustafson ("Progressive E
 nhancement with Javascript and CSS")\, Erica O'Grady ("The Art and Science 
 of Conversation in  Social Media")\, Tyler Sticka ("The Control Freak's Gui
 de to Web Design")\, David McFarland ("Javascript for Designers") and more.
 
\n
\nConference Pass: $180 Early Bird* / $250 Standard
\n*if purchased by 
 March 31st
\n
\nWorkshops: $375 Early Bird* / $450 Standard
\n*if purchased
  by March 31st
\n
\nGroup rates\, association discounts and student discoun
 ts are also available\; call Brad Smith at 503-230-2058 or email brad@webvi
 sionsevent.com for more information.
\n
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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 Comm
 unity Design — Social Networks
\n
\nLiselott Brunnberg of The Interactive I
 nstitute of Sweden — Context
\n
\nFrancis Djabri of Nokia — Services Design
 
\n
\nMarkus Grupp of TELUS — Devices
\n
\nClyde Heppner of Sprint-Nextel —
  Research Techniques
\n
\nMorten Hjerde of mBricks — Application Design
\n
 \nLee Humphreys of Cornell University — Social Networks
\n
\nKashif Imam of
  ECCO Design — Intersection of Hardware & GUI Design
\n
\nMike Lundy of Spr
 int-Nextel — Device Case Study
\n
\nEnrique Ortiz of eZee — Context
\n
\nLu
 ca Passani of AdMob — Design with WALL
\n
\nDan Saffer of Adaptive Path — G
 estural Interfaces
\n
\nGabriel White of Punchcut — Presence
\n
\n---------
 --
\nHosted in beautiful Lawrence\, Kansas\, just outside of Kansas City.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090206
SUMMARY:Web Directions North 2009
LOCATION:Denver\, Colorado\, USA
DESCRIPTION:Web Directions is one of the world's leading conferences for we
 b professionals\, bringing together the leading experts from around the nat
 ion and around the world to educate\, entertain and inspire our attendees.
 \n
\nPrices start at just $195 for workshops and $795 for the conference.
\
 n
\nBut for Boxes and Arrows readers\, we have a special offer of just $745
  before December 6th. Just sign up using the code WDN09BA.
\n 
\nWeb Direct
 ions focusses on the professional development of web designers and develope
 rs\, interaction designers\, user experience professionals and other practi
 tioners in the web arena\, whether they work as a contractor\, in a design 
 agency\, in small or large businesses\, in government\, education or the no
 t-for-profit sector.
\n
\nWeb Directions covers established and emerging fi
 elds such as:
\n
\nWeb design & development
\nMobile design & development
\
 nAccessibility
\nAJAX techniques
\nUser Experience
\nRIA development
\nWeb 
 Application security
\nUser Testing
\n
\nSpeakers include
\n
\nDerek Feathe
 rstone
\nNate Koechly
\nDan Cederholm
\nJuliette Melton
\nBrian Fling
\nNic
 ole Sullivan-Haas
\nBen Galbraith
\nJina Bolton
\nElliot Jay Stocks
\nDave 
 Shea
\n
\nand many more.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090420
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090422
SUMMARY:Web Directions Roadshow: Melbourne
LOCATION:Melbourne\, Australia
DESCRIPTION:Six full day workshops for web designers\, developers and manag
 ers
\n
\nIndi Young - Mental Models
\n
\nIf you are a product designer\, us
 er experience professional\, or design researcher looking to create better 
 web products for your organisation or clients\, don’t miss this full day wo
 rkshop.
\n
\nLisa Herrod - Web usability: a holistic approach
\n
\nCreating
  a great user experience is now expected of the entire project team. This h
 ands on practical workshop is for people who need to understand usability i
 n the context of their role\, who want to improve their skills and take a m
 ore professional approach to it in their work.
\n
\nAndy Clarke - Visual We
 b Design Masterclass
\nThis one day masterclass will inspire you to make th
 e best design possible for the web\, showing you new ways of working with C
 SS and standards based markup to create beautiful designs using classic typ
 ography and layout.
\n
\nChristian Heilmann - Pragmatic\, accessible JavaSc
 ript in a web services world
\n
\nIn this workshop we’ll take a rather mess
 ed up old web product and clean it up to make it accessible\, easy to maint
 ain and hand over to third parties\, and always up-to-date by piggy-backing
  on web services like Yahoo’s YQL and Pipes\, and social systems like Twitt
 er\, Flickr and Delicious.
\n
\nBrian Fling - Creating mobile 2.0 web apps
 \n
\nMore mobile devices can access the Internet than there are desktop com
 puters. More people can make purchases with a mobile phone than have credit
  cards. But how do you build for it? And how can you make money doing it? I
 n this full day workshop we will find answers to both these questions by cr
 eating a mobile application together.
\n
\nGrant Young - Engaging social me
 dia
\n
\nThis workshop is ideal for anyone considering engagement in social
  media either at a strategy or tactical level. This is not a technical sess
 ion and although we will briefly touch on some popular sites\, the focus wi
 ll be on how you and your organisation can effectively and authentically en
 gage participants.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090422
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090423
SUMMARY:Web Directions Roadshow: Canberra
LOCATION:Canberra\, Australia
DESCRIPTION:Indi Young - Mental Models
\n
\nThere is no single methodology 
 for creating the perfect web product. But you can increase your odds\, and 
 one of the best ways to do this is to really understand users' reasons for 
 doing things. Indi Young's Mental Models workshop will give you the tools t
 o help you grasp\, and design for\, those reasons. If you are a product des
 igner\, user experience professional\, or design researcher looking to crea
 te better web products for your organisation or clients\, don't miss this f
 ull day workshop.
\n
\nLisa Herrod - Web usability: a holistic approach
\n
 \nCreating a great 'User Experience' is now expected not only of the Usabil
 ity Specialist\, but also of the entire project team. More than ever\, web 
 practitioners across all roles within a team are required to have knowledge
  of and even experience in conducting user research and usability testing. 
 The current economic climate adds to this pressure as businesses strive to 
 get the best from their online investments.
\n
\nThis workshop is for peopl
 e who need to understand usability in the context of their role\, who want 
 to improve their skills and take a more professional approach to it in thei
 r work. This is a hands on practical workshop combined with discussions on 
 a variety of methods and approaches to implementing usability in the real w
 orld.
\n
\nAndy Clarke - Visual Web Design Masterclass
\nSometimes\, in all
  the excitement about AJAX\, APIs\, frameworks and other technical whizz-ba
 ngs\, talk about visual design on the web gets lost. This one day mastercla
 ss by the the author of Transcending CSS\, Andy Clarke\, will inspire you t
 o make the best design possible for the web\, and show you how to discover 
 new ideas and new ways of working with CSS and standards based markup.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090423
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090425
SUMMARY:Web Directions Roadshow: Sydney
LOCATION:Sydney\, Australia
DESCRIPTION:Six full day workshops for web designers\, developers and manag
 ers
\n
\nIndi Young - Mental Models
\n
\nIf you are a product designer\, us
 er experience professional\, or design researcher looking to create better 
 web products for your organisation or clients\, don’t miss this full day wo
 rkshop.
\n
\nLisa Herrod - Web usability: a holistic approach
\n
\nCreating
  a great user experience is now expected of the entire project team. This h
 ands on practical workshop is for people who need to understand usability i
 n the context of their role\, who want to improve their skills and take a m
 ore professional approach to it in their work.
\n
\nAndy Clarke - Visual We
 b Design Masterclass
\nThis one day masterclass will inspire you to make th
 e best design possible for the web\, showing you new ways of working with C
 SS and standards based markup to create beautiful designs using classic typ
 ography and layout.
\n
\nChristian Heilmann - Pragmatic\, accessible JavaSc
 ript in a web services world
\n
\nIn this workshop we’ll take a rather mess
 ed up old web product and clean it up to make it accessible\, easy to maint
 ain and hand over to third parties\, and always up-to-date by piggy-backing
  on web services like Yahoo’s YQL and Pipes\, and social systems like Twitt
 er\, Flickr and Delicious.
\n
\nBrian Fling - Creating mobile 2.0 web apps
 \n
\nMore mobile devices can access the Internet than there are desktop com
 puters. More people can make purchases with a mobile phone than have credit
  cards. But how do you build for it? And how can you make money doing it? I
 n this full day workshop we will find answers to both these questions by cr
 eating a mobile application together.
\n
\nGrant Young - Engaging social me
 dia
\n
\nThis workshop is ideal for anyone considering engagement in social
  media either at a strategy or tactical level. This is not a technical sess
 ion and although we will briefly touch on some popular sites\, the focus wi
 ll be on how you and your organisation can effectively and authentically en
 gage participants.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090916
SUMMARY:Mobile Interaction with the Real World
LOCATION:Bonn\, Germany
DESCRIPTION:An inherit problem of current mobile devices are their limited 
 output and input capabilities. This workshop continues a successful series 
 of workshops that focus on new approaches to overcome these issues. Example
 s are the usage of external visual interfaces (e.g. projector phones\, publ
 ic displays\, interactive surfaces) and additional input capabilities (e.g.
  gestures\, on-body interfaces\, pointing) and innovative feedback mechanis
 ms (e.g. tactile feedback). The workshop combines technical presentations w
 ith the presentation of prototypes and focused discussions to drive interac
 tion between participants.
\n
\nTopics
\n-------
\nTopics of the workshop a
 re applications\, interaction techniques\, frameworks\, and user studies in
  the area of mobile interaction with the real world. Possible research them
 es include (but are not limited to):
\n* Extending the user interface beyon
 d the mobile device
\n* Mobile interaction with real world objects and smar
 t objects
\n* Wearable computing and wearable input devices
\n* Multimodal 
 interaction techniques using mobile phones
\n* Augmented and mixed reality 
 on mobile devices
\n* Interaction techniques using external displays\, proj
 ector phones or floor displays
\n* Using mobile device's sensors for pervas
 ive applications
\n* Novel interfaces for conveying spatial information
\n*
  Pervasive interaction metaphors
\n* Guidelines and standards for mobile in
 teractions with the real world
\n* Interaction techniques using multiple mo
 bile devices
\n* Support of knowledge processes and collaboration through m
 obile and wearable technologies
\n
\nImportant Dates
\n---------------
\n* 
 Monday May 4\, 2009 - Submission Deadline
\n* Friday May 18\, 2009 - Accept
 ance Notification
\n* Tuesday June 23\, 2009 - Revised Manuscript Due
\n* T
 uesday September 15\, 2009 - Workshop Date
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090919
SUMMARY:Workshop - Web and Mobile Interfaces Design
LOCATION:Lugano\, Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will teach you how to develop your first interfac
 es' project.
\n
\nUntil 22th March: € 600 / Fr. 900
\nLater: € 750 / Fr. 11
 00
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091020
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091021
SUMMARY:Put Down That iPhone! A Discussion About the State
LOCATION:Brooklyn\, New York\, USA
DESCRIPTION:DESCRIPTION
\n
\nAs mobile applications\, or "apps"\, prolifera
 te in App Stores everywhere\, most people focus directly on the app itself.
  But let's take a step back and look at the environments in which these app
 s live. How do we effectively design a service that offers not just apps\, 
 but SMS\, mobile web\, HTML5\, and desktop integration? And can such enviro
 nments exist on other platforms besides the iPhone?
\n
\nJoin us for an eve
 ning with Leland Rechis of Twitter\, as he tells us what mobile services ha
 ve to offer\, what other operating systems offer\, and how to tie them toge
 ther to deliver great experiences for a wide range of users.
\n
\nJoin us f
 or a great discussion on mobile user experience - meaning\, come prepared w
 ith questions!
\n
\nABOUT THE SPEAKER
\n
\nLeland Rechis has designed mobil
 e experiences for many mobile services\, including Google Search\, Android 
 Market\, and most recently\, Twitter. In addition to the Android Market\, L
 eland led the design of key services core to the openness of the Android op
 erating system\, including the Web Browser\, Input Methods\, and Applicatio
 n management and security.
\n
\nSpeaker: Leland Rechis
\nDate: Tuesday\, Oc
 tober 20\, 2009
\nCost: $15 for non-members\; $10 for members\; $5 for stud
 ents
\n(Pre-payment online required for all tickets)
\nTime: Approx. 6:00 -
  8:30 pm
\n
\n
\nPlease arrive by 6 to allow time to get through security. 
 Photo ID required by security to enter building. It must match the name on 
 the registration list.
\n
\n
\nSchedule
\nNetworking and Refreshments:	  6:
 00-6:30pm
\nAnnouncements:	  6:30-6:45pm
\nPresentation and Q&A:	  6:45-8:0
 0pm
\nLocation
\n
\nHUGE 
\n
\n45 Main St #220\, Brooklyn\, NY 11201-1019. 
 View Map >>
\n
\n
\n
\nRegister at: www.nycupa.org
\n
\n
\n
\nDeadlines
\n
 \nRegistration closes at noon October 19th\, 2009 (1 bus. days before the e
 vent).
\n
\nFor refunds and transfers\, please see our website.
\n
\nNO EMA
 IL RSVPs ACCEPTED FOR THIS EVENT.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091211
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091212
SUMMARY:Design for Conversion\, the mobile edition
LOCATION:Amsterdam\, Netherlands
DESCRIPTION:Design for Conversion is unique in that it offers a platform fo
 r bridging the gap between the three attending disciplines that are crucial
  to successful conversion on the web\; online marketing\, analytics and use
 r experience design - also referred to as “the conversion family”. 
\n
\nDe
 sign for Conversion is not for the faint at heart as there is no escaping t
 he interactive nature of the format. You will have to be willing to burn an
 d learn. The interaction takes place in a special exchange with the interna
 tional key note speakers. Besides being experts in their field\, just as im
 portantly\, the speakers become actively involved in the participants’ team
  challenges. This expectation to get involved may not be for everybody\, bu
 t one thing’s for sure boring it is not!
\n
\nWhy the Mobile Edition:
\nAdd
 ressing the need to drive conversion through portable devices is unavoidabl
 e in this day and age. Consumers increasingly expect access to quality serv
 ices irrespective of where they happen to be. Not long ago something always
  seemed to be missing from the business equation\, be it infrastructure\, s
 tandards\, devices\, applications or business models. That was then\, this 
 is now: companies who continue to ignore the opportunities targeting consum
 er behaviour and driving conversion through portable devices will be missin
 g out big time!
\n
\nFor this special Mobile Edition\, the Design for Conve
 rsion team has yet again managed to interest a star cast of speakers. With 
 pride they present: 
\n
\nPriya Prakash – Creative Director for Consumer Ex
 perience\, Nokia
\n
\nEric Siegel – President\, Prediction Impact Inc.
\n
\
 nScott Weiss – Symbian Foundation\, Chair of UI Council
\n
\nJerome Nadel -
  Senior Vice President of User Experience at Sagem Wireless
\n
\nFurther in
 formation on the speakers: http://designforconversion.nl/speakers/
\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110331
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110402
SUMMARY:UX Masterclass
LOCATION:Copenhagen\, Denmark
DESCRIPTION:SnitkerGroup\, the Danish partner of the UXalliance\, a global 
 network of specialized user experience (UX) companies\, invites a team of i
 nternational experts to Copenhagen for a unique User Experience Masterclass
  on Friday\, April 1st\, with a full day of tutorials on Thursday\, March 3
 1st\, 2011 at the Marriott Hotel.
\n
\nChoose to attend 1 or both days! Ove
 r 40 experts in user experience and design from 20 countries around the wor
 ld will share the schedule to present interactive tutorials and case studie
 s on targeted topics such as web\, apps\, mobile\, design and usability. 
\
 n
\nFollow us on Twitter @uxmasterclass
\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110522
SUMMARY:German IA Summit / IA Konferenz
LOCATION:Munich\, Germany
DESCRIPTION:Shaping the Mobile Experience. 
\n
\nThe annual German IA Konfe
 renz presents a cross section of current ideas in information architecture\
 , methods and case studies. It is the principal German language IA event\, 
 drawing attendees and speakers from Germany\, Austria and Switzerland and b
 eyond.
\n
\nThe IA Konferenz 2010 provides insight into the strategies\, pr
 ocesses\, techniques and methods employed in the attempt to achieve “true” 
 or perhaps subtle innovation\, and utilizes case studies to demonstrate the
  models that can lead to success. Particular emphasis is placed on methods 
 and ideas that are common to the growing field of mobile design and the met
 hodology of smart user experiences.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110523
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110525
SUMMARY:Web App Masters Tour Seattle
LOCATION:Seattle\, Washington\, USA
DESCRIPTION:Get $100 off your registration with promotion code BOXES and ge
 t Josh Clark's Mobile Design Webinar for free.
\n
\nRamp up your skills at 
 the Web App Masters Tour. Whether you’ve been designing web apps for some t
 ime\, or just starting out\, the Tour will give you a fresh look at web app
  design and strategy.
\n
\nWe’ll cover:
\n* Steps to take when mapping out 
 your company’s mobile strategy
\n* Information visualization techniques to 
 communicate your data
\n* Best practices\, tips\, and techniques for your d
 esign process
\n
\nGet the details on the conference at http://www.UIETour.
 com.
\n
\nUse promotion code BOXES and get $100 off your registration plus 
 Josh Clark's Mobile Design webinar for free.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110524
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110525
SUMMARY:Introduction to Usability and User Experience
LOCATION:London\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:Web Usability training course content
\n
\nThis one day Web Usa
 bility training course provides delegates with practical examples\, compreh
 ensive notes\, guidelines and sources of reference.
\n
\nThe course can be 
 tailored to meet the needs of your team and your organisation\, but typical
  course content includes:
\n
\n    Have an understanding of Usability and t
 he User Centred Design (UCD) approach
\n    See and discuss examples of goo
 d and bad Usability
\n    Understand the importance and principles of inclu
 ding users in testing
\n    Know how and where to recruit users for user te
 sting
\n    Gain knowledge on setting up your own usability lab onsite
\n  
   Understand the basics of eyetracking
\n    Have an awareness of the tools
  available for information architecture and wireframing
\n    Improving for
 ms\, search\, navigation and error messages
\n    Perform a card sort exerc
 ise of web site navigation
\n    Tips for merchandising and selling online
 \n    Understand how to sell usability within your organisation
\n    Under
 stand the basics of Mobile usability
\n
\nPre-requisites
\n
\nYou should be
  familiar with the web and general trends online.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110525
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110527
SUMMARY:UX Sofia
LOCATION:Sofia\, Bulgaria
DESCRIPTION:A usability conference in Sofia\, Bulgaria\, with a focus on mo
 bile devices.
\n
\nWith internationally recognized speakers from organizati
 ons such as FatDUX\, Opera\, VMware\, and Adaptive Path\, UX Sofia aims to 
 attract professionals in the usability and design domains for a 2-day confe
 rence in the heart of Bulgaria.
\n
\nThe conference consists of a one-day s
 eminar on May 25th and two interactive workshops on May 26th.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110627
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110629
SUMMARY:Web App Masters Tour Minneapolis
LOCATION:Minneapolis\, Minnesota\, USA
DESCRIPTION:Register with the code BOXES and get $300 off the final price. 
 Pay just $795.
\n
\nDuring the two days you'll learn:
\n
\n* Steps to take 
 when mapping out your company's mobile strategy
\n
\n* Information visualiz
 ation techniques to communicate your data
\n
\n* Best practices\, tips\, an
 d techniques for your design process
\n
\nYou'll hear the lead designers fr
 om Netflix\, AARP\, PatientsLikeMe\, and Salesforce.com. They'll share thei
 r solutions to the hardest of challenges and open your mind to new opportun
 ities. Just look at who we have lined up:
\n
\nStephen Anderson: The Quest 
 for Emotional Engagement 
\nJosh Clark: Mobile Apps- Native or Web-based? 
 \nNoah Iliinsky: The Steps to Beautiful Visualization 
\nKate Brigham: Pati
 entslikeme - Adventures with Data Visualizations 
\nBill Scott: Designing f
 or Mice and Men 
\nAviva Rosenstein: Saleforce.com - Designing the Experien
 ce of The Clouds 
\nMike Lee: AARP - Designing a Strategy for Organizationa
 l Transformations 
\nJared Spool doing two presentations based on User Inte
 rface Engineering's latest research
\n
\nRemember to use the code BOXES and
  pay just $795 (current rate is $995).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110705
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110706
SUMMARY:Introduction to Usability and User Experience
LOCATION:London\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:Web Usability training course content
\n
\nThis one day Web Usa
 bility training course provides delegates with practical examples\, compreh
 ensive notes\, guidelines and sources of reference.
\n
\nThe course can be 
 tailored to meet the needs of your team and your organisation\, but typical
  course content includes:
\n
\n    Have an understanding of Usability and t
 he User Centred Design (UCD) approach
\n    See and discuss examples of goo
 d and bad Usability
\n    Understand the importance and principles of inclu
 ding users in testing
\n    Know how and where to recruit users for user te
 sting
\n    Gain knowledge on setting up your own usability lab onsite
\n  
   Understand the basics of eyetracking
\n    Have an awareness of the tools
  available for information architecture and wireframing
\n    Improving for
 ms\, search\, navigation and error messages
\n    Perform a card sort exerc
 ise of web site navigation
\n    Tips for merchandising and selling online
 \n    Understand how to sell usability within your organisation
\n    Under
 stand the basics of Mobile usability
\n------
\nPre-requisites
\n
\nYou sho
 uld be familiar with the web and general trends online.
\n-------
\nLocatio
 n
\n
\n2e2 Ltd
\n
\nGillingham House
\n
\n38-44 Gillingham St.
\n
\nVictori
 a
\n
\nLondon
\n
\nSW1V 1HU
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\nDiscounts
\n
\nWe offer a 15% discount
  if the same candidate books on more than one course. We also offer the sam
 e discount for not for profit organisations\, and for organisations that se
 nd multiple candidates to the same course.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110714
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110717
SUMMARY:Big Design Conference
LOCATION:Dallas\, Texas\, USA
DESCRIPTION:Big Design Conference is an intense 3-day conference where desi
 gners\, developers\, usability professionals\, and UX enthusiasts converge 
 to learn in 40+ sessions with topics in strategy\, design\, development\, g
 aming\, mobile\, content\, and career development. 
\n
\nInvited speakers\,
  include: Jared Spool\, Russ Unger\, Nathan Shedroff\, and Joshua Clark. Bi
 g Design Conference is hosted by DFW-UPA\, IXDA-Dallas\, STC-LSC.
\n
\nRegi
 ster: http://bigdesignevents.com/conference/register/
\n
\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110917
SUMMARY:UX Masterclass Chicago
LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois\, USA
DESCRIPTION:User Centric\, Inc. invites researchers and industry profession
 als to join forces and share today’s most successful customer experience tr
 ansformations at the fourth bi-annual UX Masterclass on September 15 and 16
 \, at The Field Museum\, Chicago.
\n
\nUser Centric\, a user experience res
 earch and design firm based in Chicago\, and the UXalliance\, a partnership
  of user experience firms from 23 countries\, bring together accomplished U
 X professionals and user experience enthusiasts at the two-day event.  The 
 UX Masterclass will allow attendees to tap into trending topics in healthca
 re\, mobile\, design and eye tracking led by global experts in these fields
 .
\n
\n“User Centric is excited to bring the conference to Chicago this yea
 r\, because attendees will learn so much. What we do\, user research and de
 sign\, isn’t just about a product—it’s about the entire experience. Sometim
 es the change we affect is revolutionary but more often the small differenc
 es matter. Either way\, we should recognize that what we do matters.” said 
 Gavin Lew\, User Centric Managing Director.
\n
\nWith three successful glob
 al conferences held in New Zealand\, Canada and Denmark in the last 18 mont
 hs\, this event will appeal to user experience enthusiasts who understand t
 hat great experiences lead to customer loyalty.  The most recent UX Masterc
 lass in Copenhagen\, held on April 1 of this year\, gave over 200 attendees
  an opportunity to learn first-hand from 40 leading experts.
\n
\n“This con
 ference is more than moving from presentation to presentation. We want to m
 ake sure that attendees have the opportunity to share and debate practices 
 and trends. We will have workshops and plenty of interaction allowing atten
 dees to exchange ideas with colleagues from around the world\,” said UXalli
 ance Marketing Coordinator Aimee Reif.
\n
\nFor current program details\, l
 ocation information and registration visit www.uxmasterclass.com. Register 
 before August 15 to benefit from the early registration discount.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120113
SUMMARY:January 2012 UIE Virtual Seminars: Mobile & Agile
LOCATION:Virtual
DESCRIPTION:1/12 UIE Virtual Seminars: Mobile and Agile
\n
\nOn January 12:
 
\nButtons Are a Hack: The New Rules of Designing for Touch
\nwith Josh Cla
 rk
\nhttp://www.uie.com/events/virtual_seminars/buttons_a_hack/
\n
\nIf you
 ’ve ever seen a child pick up and use an iPad\, then you already have seen 
 the intuitive power of touch in interface design. And in today’s mobile wor
 ld\, gestures allow us to create experiences
\nfor fingers and thumbs rathe
 r than mice and cursors. Learn the new rules of touch-screen design from Jo
 sh Clark in our first Virtual Seminar of 2012. Learn more about Josh's semi
 nar: 
\nhttp://www.uie.com/events/virtual_seminars/buttons_a_hack/
\n
\n
\n
 On January 24: 
\nA NEXT STEP seminar—Designing with Agile
\nwith Anders Ra
 msay (and in cooperation with Rosenfeld Media)
\nhttp://www.uie.com/events/
 virtual_seminars/fusing_agile/
\n
\nUX design in Agile can be a frustrating
  experience when teams are more focused on delivery over the quality of the
  experience. But the thinking underlying major Agile methods such as XP or 
 Scrum can be applied to UX design\, too\, and Anders is going to show you h
 ow. Learn more about Anders' seminar:
\nhttp://www.uie.com/events/virtual_s
 eminars/fusing_agile/
\n
\n
\n
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