Rendre la vie plus facile - Making Life Easier

1)subjects and location: Nov. 14th 2006, from 5.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.(local times), a series of short conferences and debates are to be held on "Rendre la vie plus facile - Making life easier" with the partnership and strong involvement of Paul Verlaine University-Metz and the Conseil Régional de Lorraine.

The whole evening will be hosted within the premises of the Conseil Régional de Lorraine, Salle EUROPA , Place Gabriel Hocquard 57036 METZ.

Contact and information: ortiz@univ-metz.fr (33)03 87 31 56 21

2)Programme:(20 minutes per topic)

-5.30p.m./Les enjeux sociaux et économiques de la facilité d'utilisation- What is at stake in usability. By Eric Brangier, Professor and Director of the 2LP-ETIC laboratory at Paul Verlaine University,Metz.

-5.50/ L'utilisabilité des urnes de votes électroniques-usability of electronic voting boxes. By Gabriel Michel, Assistant Professor and member of the 2LP-ETIC laboratory at Paul Verlaine University,Metz.

-6.10/Améliorer l'utilisation d'un logiciel dans le domaine de l'aéronautique- How to improve the usability of software material in the field of  aeronautics. By Virginie Valiani, from Jules Vernes University in Picardie.

-6.30/ L'utilisabilité des produits de grande consommation-Usability of everyday products. by Javier Barcenilla, Assistant Professor and member of the 2LP-ETIC laboratory at Paul Verlaine University, Metz.

-6.50/ Mesurer la facilité d'utilisation en laboratoire d'usage: Le cas du projet ECIM- Evaluating usability within a test laboratory: The case of the ECIM project. By Jamel Baina, coordinator of the European project on info-mobility for the city of Metz, and Robin Vivian, Assistant Professor and member of the 2LP-ETIC laboratory at Paul Verlaine University, Metz.

-7.10/(in need of confirmation)L'utilisabilité : Enjeux politiques et scientifiques ?-Usability: political and scientific stakes? By M. Abate, Vice-President to the Conseil Régional de Lorraine (Innovation et transfert technologique) and M. Neboit, President for "la Société d'Ergonomie de Langue française."

-7.30/ Open debate with the audience.

8.00/Cocktails offered.

The whole event will of course be advertised in the local and regional papers, and plenty of adverts are to be dealt out in Metz and the Lorraine Region.The 2 Websites (Conseil Régional + Paul Verlaine University) are also to advertise about it.