World Usability Day in Israel

A full-day conference in parallel with a workshop. Organized in cooperation with "Hasifa" School of Communications, Television and Multimedia, the Open University.

Tentative Conference Schedule:

• Greetings - Mr. Ghaleb Magadla, The Minister of Science, Culture and Sports
• Greetings - Open University Representative
• Opening Words - Eva Tzur, President, UPA Israel
• Issues in Planning Touch Screen Interfaces - Amir Zvuloni, Manager SCP-Pamam
• iPhone - Revolutions and their Cost - Itai Vonshak and Alex Rappaport, Elements
• The Challenge of Designing Usable Work Environments for the Na ve User - Prof. Yoram Eshet, Head of Chais Research Center for the Integration of Technology in Education, The Open University
• Why Hospitals are a Dangerous Place - Prof. Yoel Donchin, Head of Patient Safety Unit, Hadassah Medical Center and Author of the Column "Systems' Scan" in Ha'aretz Daily Newspaper
• Internet, Medicine and the Elderly - Dr. Naomi Bitterman, Head of the Industrial Design Program, Technion, Haifa
• Serious Games - Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli, Director of the Center for the Study of the Information Society, University of Haifa
• Interactive Digital Publishing for Children, MIT Knows that Every Child Can Do It - Dr. Oren Zukerman, The Interdisciplinary Center , Herzliya
• Futuristic User Interfaces from the Past and Current User Interfaces: Movies, Thoughts and Ponderings - Dr. Yaakov Greenshpan, Co-CEO UI

Chairman: Ronnie Haffner

In parallel, there will be a Usability Workshop organized by Netwise Ltd. titled "Planning a User Interface", which will include:

• Analyzing User Processes
• Creating Personnae
• Planning the UI Concept