Events
Upcoming events
Past events
The psychological basis of nerdiness and its impact on user-centred design - Thursday 18th March 2010
The UKUPA is proud to invite William Hudson to give a talk providing insight to the challenges we, as technology focused specialists, face in designing for the average user.
This talk will be based on William’s short paper to the CHI and British HCI conferences in 2009 about his large-scale study of IT workers.
The application of empathizing-systemizing tests found that technologists have substantially reduced empathizing skills and consequently have real difficulty in appreciating that others do not understand technology in the same way they do.
Careers & Networking Event - Thursday 25th February 2010
The UK UPA is happy to be hosting a Careers & Networking event on Thursday 25th February 2010 aimed at bringing together User Experience agencies, industry, practitioners and recruiters.
User Research at Google: Focus on the User and all else will follow - Thursday 18th February 2010
The UKUPA is proud to invite Jens Riegelsberger from Google London and Molly Stevens from Google NYC to come and talk to us about Google's approach to developing for their users.
In their talk, Jens and Molly will give an informal overview on the user research team at Google: who they are and how they work.
UPA 2010 Conference - call for volunteers
We are building a team of friendly, committed volunteers to help with a variety of behind-the-scenes activities such as staffing the information booth, helping at the registration desk, and assisting session chairs and tutorial instructors. In return, volunteers receive greatly-reduced conference registration fees and the opportunity to interact closely with leaders in the User Experience field who will be attending the conference as speakers/presenters, conference planners, and participants.
Election Ballot Usability - Thursday 21st January 2010
The UKUPA is proud to announce our first 2010 event with a very timely look at a usability study carried out on voting for the UK Electoral Commission.
The Electoral Commission was concerned about whether the design of ballot papers was making it difficult for electors to vote accurately.
Spurred by this, the Electoral Commission commissioned User Vision and Effortmark to conduct usability tests with a range of voters in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
UPA 2010 International Conference REGISTRATION OPEN NOW!
The Usability Professionals' Association (UPA) is pleased to announce that registration for the UPA 2010 International Conference, "Embracing Cultural Diversity - User Experience Design for the World ”, is now OPEN.
2009 Roundup & New Year Events
Here is a round up of the year's events and news of events for 2010...
UK UPA Christmas drinks - Thursday 3rd December
We are holding a Christmas event on Thursday 3rd December - but due to not finding the right location for a quiz we are simply going to the pub! The committee will all be there, it's a totally informal evening, so just come along if you can - no need to book.
Date: Thursday 3rd December
Location: The Harrison, 28 Harrison Street, Kings Cross, London Kings Cross, WC1H 8JF
Time: 6.30pm onwards
WORLD USABILITY DAY - Thursday 12th November 2009
Come and join the UK UPA to celebrate this year's World Usability Day. Continuing on from last year, this year’s theme is Designing for a Sustainable World...
SKy and the Future of Online TV - Thursday 22nd October 2009
Wil Grace and Steve Johnson, AllofUs
Sky has been delivering Online TV since 2005. Since then it has grown from a value add-on service for existing Sky customers into a true alternative to the satellite TV model, and looks to be a serious contender in the growing market.
AllofUs have been responsible for the Sky Player interface and user experience since 2005, seeing it through a series of iterations from desktop application, Flash interface, Silverlight player through to recent releases on Xbox, Windows Media Center and the upcoming IP TV platform.
Accessibility 2.0: A Million Flowers Bloom - Tuesday 22nd September 2009
AbilityNet would like to offer all UPA UK members a special discount price of £170 to their one day conference: Accessibility 2.0: A Million Flowers Bloom at Microsoft Victoria, London on Tuesday 22nd September 2009. A day of inspiration and practical advice from the cutting edge of web accessibility.
UK UPA Event; Accessibility - Assistive Technologies Explored - Thursday 24th September 2009
An understanding of the role that assistive technology plays in helping disabled users to access information both online and offline is vital for usability professionals. This month’s UPA event will provide an opportunity to find out more about the assistive technology used daily by millions of British people.
UPA 2010 Conference Munich: Call for Submissions
Hear the exciting news? The Usability Professionals' Association
(UPA) International 2010 Conference will be hosted in Munich, Germany
May 24-28, 2010 at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof.
UPA is proud to announce the opening of 2010 Conference Submissions!
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Don’t miss this excellent opportunity to share your knowledge, experience
and opinions with industry professionals from around the globe! Join us at
the UPA International 2010 Conference - "Embracing Cultural Diversity,
User Experience Design for the World".
Middlesex University: MSc Digital Inclusion Open Days
Middlesex University is holding a series of open days and evenings in August and September to showcase it's new MSc Digital Inclusion programme which is the first to be offered in Europe. It's a groundbreaking programme designed to meet the existing and continuing demand for experts in eInclusion.
Digital Inclusion policy in UK and EU is addressing the needs of older people, and disabled people as well as other socially, economically or geographically disadvantaged groups.
REMINDER: The deadline for submissions for the 2010 UPA International conference is one week away!
The deadline for submissions for the 2010 UPA International conference is approaching fast. The closing date for submissions is September 11th and this year we will be unable to give extensions as we are opening registration earlier than in previous years.
City University Eye Tracking Practical Workshop: A one-day tutorial
As part of Digital Week 09 (21-27th Sept), City University HCID will be running a workshop on the 23rd September 2009 covering the basics of eye tracking and how to use the Tobii Studio software application to run eye tracking studies.