World Usability Day at Microsoft
World Usability Day 2008
Posted March 23rd, 2010 by LadaGorlenko| Country: | US | Local start: | Event is Over |
| City (& state): | Redmond, WA | Local finish: | Event is Over |
| Event location: |
Microsoft campus The Commons |
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Event Details
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
About the event
On Nov 12, Microsoft hosts a day-long free event for the Puget Sound UX practitioners and members of related engineering disciplines. You and your teams are invited to attend in-person at Microsoft campus in Redmond or join the sessions online. Specific details and the full program of the event will be posted by October 30 on the event site.
If you would like to join us as a speaker, submit a proposal for a talk or a panel discussion by end of day October 15.
Your target audience
- Your peers at the Puget Sound UX community and worldwide
- Your colleagues in related non-UX disciplines (Product Management, Development, Test, Planning, Marketing
- Your future UX colleagues from local universities
Your theme: Designing for Sustainability
TALKS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS
- A talk is a 20-minute presentation, followed by 5 minutes of Q&A. Talks are typically accompanied by a visual presentation. The 20-minute format ensures that more ideas get shared in a crisp and succinct manner.
- A panel discussion is a 30-minute shared conversation with more than one presenter. It typically does not include a concurrent visual presentation.
DESIGNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainable design supports environmental components by promoting a whole lifecycle approach to design. It explicitly encourages all those involved in design to consider the longer-term implications of their system for their users and therefore for the environment. Sustainable design directly addresses two pillars.
- Economic - matching a design to user's needs and abilities enhance its utilization, quality, and efficiency, thus providing cost effective solutions and reducing the likelihood that systems products and services will be rejected by their user
- Social - taking a human-centered approach results in systems, products and services which are better for the health and wellbeing of their users, including users with disabilities.
Contact the organizer
Lada Gorlenko
E-mail: ladag [AT] microsoft [DOT] com
WUD Chapter or Company: Microsoft
