http://ukupa.org.uk/events/ en-us 2008-12-08T11:13:23+00:00 http://ukupa.org.uk/events/archives/000561.html The first European regional conference of the UPA will take place on December 4th - 6th 2008 in Turin. Details can be found on the UPA Europe website.... clairemitchell 2008-12-08T11:13:23+00:00 http://ukupa.org.uk/events/archives/000601.html WUD is taking place this year on Thursday 13th November. The focus this year is Usability in Transportation. The UK UPA will shortly be launching a poster competition in the run up to the day so watch this space for... clairemitchell 2008-11-30T14:55:08+00:00 http://ukupa.org.uk/events/archives/000597.html The September event will be taking place on Thursday 18th September at LBi's offices on Brick Lane. Getting it Wrong - Qualitative Research in the Usability Community Catriona Campbell, Director at Foviance, a ground-breaking customer experience consultancy, believes it's time... 2008 clairemitchell 2008-09-19T10:19:36+00:00 http://ukupa.org.uk/events/archives/000582.html The August event will be taking place on Thursday 7th August at LBi's new offices on Brick Lane. The BBC Experience: Jonathan Hassell Jonathan Hassell, the BBC's Head of Audience Experience & Usability, will be talking about the BBC's approach... 2008 Lola Oyelayo 2008-08-08T18:20:09+00:00 http://ukupa.org.uk/events/archives/000559.html This year's UK UPA Careers Event will be held on Thursday 3rd July at LBi's new offices on Brick Lane. Event Sponsors: LBi, Aquent, Avenue A | Razorfish, Conchango, CX Partners, Flow Interactive, Foolproof, Fortune Cookie, Webcredible. The event aims... 2008 clairemitchell 2008-07-04T10:54:31+00:00 http://ukupa.org.uk/events/archives/000560.html UPA Conference is being held this year in Baltimore on June 16th-20th. The theme is 'The Many Faces of User Experience: Usability through holistic practice'. Details can be found on the main UPA site.... clairemitchell 2008-06-20T11:11:22+00:00 http://ukupa.org.uk/events/archives/000558.html There is no event planned for May.... 2008 clairemitchell 2008-05-31T14:49:23+00:00 http://ukupa.org.uk/events/archives/000539.html Designing for the social: Avoiding anti-social networks This presentation considers the role of traditional social networks and the role of IAs in addressing the challenges that arise when designing and using online social networks. The presentation discusses philosophical approaches to... 2008 clairemitchell 2008-04-24T16:35:35+00:00 http://ukupa.org.uk/events/archives/000538.html Sub-groups, Deviants and Navigational Alignment: Advanced topics in card sorting Have you ever wondered When and why to use sub-groups in a card sort? How to maximize the quality of sorting analysis? Where to find the main differences between sorting... 2008 clairemitchell 2008-03-21T16:34:11+00:00 http://ukupa.org.uk/events/archives/000537.html Personas: Archetype not Stereotype There are some common misconceptions about what personas are and what role they play in the User Centred Design process. Martina Schell and Simon Johnson from Flow Interactive will be covering the basics of what personas... 2008 clairemitchell 2008-02-22T11:53:05+00:00 http://ukupa.org.uk/events/archives/000524.html Beyond "usable security": how to manage the human element in security – M. Angela Sasse, Professor of Human-Centred Technology, University College London Research in usable security commenced 10 years ago, when it was found that many users make mistakes using... 2008 clairemitchell 2008-01-30T17:32:50+00:00 http://ukupa.org.uk/events/archives/000516.html Product Usability: Chris Rourke & Mark Westwater - User Vision Chris and Mark will cover the scope of product usability and focus on the primary differences between product and web usability. They will provide case studies and examples from a... 2007 christinali 2007-11-23T15:18:51+00:00 http://ukupa.org.uk/events/archives/000492.html World Usability Day is taking place on Thursday 8th November 2007, with a focus this year on Healthcare. The UK UPA is supporting an all-day event at LBi in London that will showcase some case studies of healthcare user experience... 2007 clairemitchell 2007-11-08T23:59:59+00:00 http://ukupa.org.uk/events/archives/000509.html Slides from Scott's talk can be found here Scott Weiss on Mobile Widgets and Mobile Search: UX Findings from New York. Scott Weiss leads Usable Products Company, a usability agency in New York focused on two things: quantitative usability benchmarks... 2007 clairemitchell 2007-10-25T23:59:59+00:00 http://ukupa.org.uk/events/archives/000491.html Accessibility & the challenges of Web 2.0, user generated content and the social networking revolution. Speaker: Kath Moonan, AbilityNet Web 2.0 is the name commonly given to the latest generation of web sites where users themselves generate the content. For... 2007 clairemitchell 2007-10-18T22:00:00+00:00