[Sigia-l] UPA Conference -- thoughts?

[Whitney Quesenbery]

Like the IA Summits, the UPA conference is a small, friendly, collegial 
conference on a defined topic (compared to all of HCI, for example) - with 
sessions that exploring that issue from a lot of perspectives.

This may seem like an odd thing to say, but one of the things that I liked 
about it when I first attended was that the "leaders" actually attended 
sessions - the conference is for practitioners, not just newbies or 
researchers. Even when there were only 4 concurrent sessions, I was often 
torn about what to attend.

It's one of my favorites.

(and why I now work with UPA as a volunteer)



At 11:24 AM 5/4/2002 -0700, Noel Franus wrote:
>I'm pulling my head out of the sand and am looking at conferences coming 
>up in the next few months.
>
>The Usability Professionals Association conference in July looks like it 
>actually has a pretty decent lineup. Their workshops and schedule go far 
>deeper into the broader scope of UE issues than what I would have 
>expected. Take a peek and see for yourself: 
><http://www.upassoc.org/new/conferences/2002/conf_index.php>
>
>So I'm considering going. How many of you have been to a UPA conference? 
>Was it worthwile, and if so, why?
>
>(Steve Krug, I know you're, um, lurking...and I know you're presenting. 
>Feel free to sell yourself silly.)
>
>Muy curioso...
>
>N
>
>noel franus  ::  noel at carboniq.com
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Whitney Quesenbery
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UPA 2002 - July 8-12, Orlando - www.upassoc.org/new/conferences/2002/index.html

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