The Ottawa Usability Consortium will be hosting a day of seminars and case studies, plus a commercial showcase.

Building on the success of World Usability Day in 2005 and 2006, the Usability Professionals Association (UPA) is preparing for World Usability Day 2007.

See full details of the event on the Ottawa Usability Consortium s website.

The Ottawa event for 2006 included activities which attracted 17 sponsors, exhibitors and supporters; over 250 attendees from academia, public and industry, including defence and security, e-business, software, life sciences, microelectronics/wireless, telecommunications, and more; plus media coverage on CTV news, CTV Tech Now, and CBC Radio Ottawa Morning Show, as well as an article in Carleton Now.

World Usability Day 2007 is being hosted by the Ottawa Usability Consortium (OUC), an organization of usability professionals and academics who promote usability through a range of activities throughout the year. To learn more about the OUC or to sign up as a member, please visit www.ottawausability.org or contact ouc-info@ottawausability.org ...">ouc-info@ottawausability.org.

World Usability Day is for everyone who's ever asked questions such as Why doesn t this work right? and What am I supposed to do with this now? World Usability Day aims to raise awareness and visibility of usability engineering and user-centered design. This year's theme is Healthcare. Together let's explore how our health is impacted by design.

Join us on November 8th

Whether you re a usability professional or just an enthusiastic (or frustrated) user, each participant has a contribution to make in making life easy . Usable technology makes a difference to everyone, everywhere, around the world. We believe that every user has the right - indeed the responsibility - to ask that interactive products and services work better.

For more information about this year's event in Ottawa, please contact Gord Hopkins at ouc-info@ottawausability.org ...">ouc-info@ottawausability.org or (613) 836-0660.