[Asis-l] FW: Celebrate World Usability Day 2010

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jodee Fortino [mailto:fortino at msu.edu] 
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 9:10 AM
Subject: Celebrate World Usability Day 2010


You are invited to Michigan World Usability Day 2010, hosted by Michigan State University Usability/Accessibility Research and Consulting.

Thursday, November 11, 2010
8:00-2:30, Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center, East Lansing

This year's theme will be Mobile Communication and will focus on the usability of websites on cell phones, tablets, PDAs, and other portable devices.

Please register at www.usability.msu.edu/wud by Monday, November 8, 2010.

To better accommodate businesses and attendees with tighter budgets and busier schedules (and out of respect for Veterans Day), WUD will be free of charge and streamlined into a half-day event. While abridged, the schedule will still be jam-packed, including five speakers and a workshop on Designing Mobile Apps Using Adobe Flash. For those that are interested, there will be a networking lunch after the final speaker, and the workshop, poster session, tours, and private meetings in the afternoon.

The schedule for the day will be:

Registration
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.

Speakers
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

- Talking Points: A Mobile Orientation and Information System for the Visually Impaired 
	Mark Newman, University of Michigan School of Information 

- User Experience Research in Mobile Applications 
	Kris Mihalic, Nokia 

- Building Mobile Experiences: Testing Rapid Functional Prototypes in Real Contexts of Use 
	Frank Bentley, Motorola 

- New Usability Process at the State of Michigan 
	Chuck Baird, Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget 

- Best Practices for Mobile Application Design 
	Jason Withrow, Washtenaw Community College Internet Professional Program 

Networking Lunch, Poster Session
12:30 - 1:15 p.m.
(Boxed lunch available at cost)

Workshop
1:15 - 2:30 p.m.

* Designing Mobile Applications Using Adobe Flash 
	Nick Kwiatkowski, Michigan State University Telecommunication Systems, Michigan Flex Users Group 

Tours, Scheduled Meetings
2:30 - 5:00 p.m.



______________________________________________
 
JoDee Fortino
Manager, Usability/Accessibility Research and Consulting University Outreach & Engagement
94 Kellogg Center
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48823
(517) 353-8977
(517) 432-9541 fax
fortino at msu.edu