Design and Go: Enriching transportation with human-centered design

 
Ready.  Set.  Design and Go!
 
Persist through the snow and traffic to arrive at the stately St. Paul Union Depot, and then warm up with drink and food from Christos.  Coat check is available.  Easy, free, on-street parking! 
 
Schedule
5:45 pm – check your coat
6 pm – grab a drink and get some food
6:15 – we will welcome you
And then, we’ll pick up the pace with speakers, posters, and conversation.
 
 
Keynote Speakers
 
Driven Crazy: What users want from the transportation experience
Jim Foti, Transportation and Commuting Reporter, The Star Tribune, writer of the weekly Roadguy column and a transportation blog for StarTribune.com
Accessibility: A measure of what we can reach
Dr. David Levinson, RP Braun Center for Transportation Studies Chair in Transportation Engineering , University of Minnesota, Department of Civil Engineering
 
 
10-Minute Talks
 
Secrets to a smooth ride at MSP airport
Dennis Probst, Deputy Executive Director – Planning and Environment, Metropolitan Airports Commission
Beyond the curlicue: helping people locate themselves physically, culturally, and emotionally
Teri Kwant, Experience Designer and Artist, iDesign
The unique design innovation of Segway – the story and enabling technologies behind the experience
Bill Neuenschwander, President, Mobile Entertainment, LCC
 

Posters

• User Centered Revolution: the design of a breakthrough stroller, Brooks Stevens
• Process used to evaluate and enhance the usability of a web application that tracks mobile workers, Evantage Consulting
• Minnesota Traffic Observatory: Human-centered transportation research, Minnesota Traffic Observatory
• Transportation Gets Mobile - applying user-centered design (UCD) techniques to handheld transportation logistic devices, Perficient, Inc.
• Designing a mobile banking experience based on research and testing of mobile needs, US Bank
• Designing an application that creates a transaction for purchasing aviation fuel using a credit card, US Bank
• Actions speak louder than words, Worrell, Inc.
• Shared Space: The end of signs, Bernard Gonzalez

 
Special Exhibit by Teri Kwant of iDesign