Michigan World Usability Day Conference at Michigan State University

Michigan State University's Usability & Accessibility Center hosted the Michigan World Usability Day 2009 conference, featuring a special session on contemporary issues of information technology in the sustainable global knowledge economy. Other presentations included sustainability and agility for designing eForms, hybrid car usability, eGovernment for a sustainable community, an assistive technology expo, and an accessibility workshop on WCAG 2.0, ARIA, and AJAX. The Michigan chapter of the Usability Professionals' Association joined MSU in this year's event, offering attendees an exciting opportunity to participate in a live usability evaluation of alarm clocks.

The Michigan event drew over 150 designers, developers, usability and accessibility specialists, IT corporate and government professionals, as well as community planners and academics interested in usability, user-centered design, accessibility, and HCI. MSU's Libraries, Computing & Technology division was the Platinum sponsor. Detailed program information about the conference is available at http://usability.msu.edu.