Making Life Easy - Chicago 2006

 World Usability Day 2006 - Making Life Easy!

"Why doesn't this work right? What am I supposed to do with this
now?"  World Usability Day on November 14, 2006, is for everyone
who has ever asked these questions. This Earth Day style event, which
aims to raise awareness and visibility of usability engineering and
user centered design, will take place in cities around the world. In
Chicago, our program will offer presentations and other activities that
focus on the usability of every day life, ranging from communication,
home life, relationships, finance, health, and the world around you.

Event Logistics

What:    World Usability Day - Chicago 2006

When: November 14, 2006 7:30am - 7:30pm

Where: The offices of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Downtown Chicago

Register: Registration coming soon! For building security reasons, no walk-ins will be allowed. Please remember to register in advance.

Agenda Overview

7:30am Registration & Networking over Continental Breakfast 8:30am Presentations & Networking Breaks

-Don Norman, Northwestern University and Nielsen/Norman Group

-Patrick Whitney, Institute of Design (Illinois Institute of
Technology) -Tom Riley & Kelly Butler, Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Illinois

-Carol Shillinglaw, GE Healthcare Technologies -Laura Vennie & Brandon Satanek, Whirlpool

-Richard Schatzberger, Motorola Consumer Experience Design

-TBD, Tandem Seven

-    5:30pm Cocktail Reception -Mingle with attendees and reception sponsor CDW -Celebrate Design Competition Winners

-    7:30pm World Usability Day 2006 comes to a close.