We'll be heading back to Washington D.C. with more sessions and more speakers than ever, including special keynote speakers Steven Johnson, Michael Bierut, and Jeffrey Veen.
We're developing all new curriculum for this year's User Experience Week. And we're presenting sessions in two tracks that will offer practitioner skills development as well as product management strategy and business value methods.
Join us and we'll help you conquer your UX challenges.
Agenda Preview
Sunday, August 13
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 5:00-8:00 pm | Welcome Reception and Book Signing with Steven Berlin Johnson at the Brickskeller Saloon, 1523 22nd St. NW. Google map |
Day 1, Monday, August 14
Sessions run from 9 am to 5 pm
Day One will offer practical case studies and stories from the "trenches." You will learn how our presenters resolved a variety of real-life enterprise website design challenges. The Management track will feature discussions and methods on product strategy and business value.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:00-9:30 am | Introduction by Jesse James Garrett, Adaptive Path |
| 9:30-10:30 am | Keynote by Steven Johnson |
| 10:30-10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45-11:30 am | Track 1: Understanding Your Content by Chiara Fox, Adaptive Path |
| Track 2: Creative Production by Chris Conley, Gravity Tank | |
| 11:45-12:30 pm | Track 1: Business Objects: Enterprise Tagging on the Intranet by Don Macaulay, Business Objects |
| Track 2: Seasoning with Stakeholders by Charles Warren, IDEO | |
| 12:30-2:00 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00-2:45 pm | Track 1: Case Study: Wachovia Accessibility by Brian Williams, Lee Wilson, and Jeremiah Rogers |
| Track 2: Creating Tangible Value with Design, Part 1 by Brandon Schauer and Steven Toomey, Adaptive Path | |
| 2:45-3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00-3:45 pm | Track 1: Architecting Government Web Sites for the User Experience by Leo Mullen, Natalie Buda, and Cindy Blue, NavigationArts |
| Track 2: Creating Tangible Value with Design, Part 2 by Brandon Schauer and Steven Toomey, Adaptive Path | |
| 3:45-4:00 pm | Break |
| 4:00-5:00 pm | Magical Secrets About Thinking Creatively A conversation with Kathan Brown, hosted by Janice Fraser, Adaptive Path |
| 7:00-9:00 pm | Google Cocktail Reception at Buffalo Billiards, 1330 19th St NW. Google Map |
Day 2, Tuesday, August 15
Sessions run from 9 am to 5 pm
Day 2 will focus on interaction design skills and the management track will offer sessions addressing strategies for innovation.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:00-8:45 am | Breakfast: Microsoft's "A Tour of Atlas" by G. Andrew Duthie and David Shadle, Microsoft |
| 9:00-9:30 am | Introduction by Peter Merholz, Adaptive Path |
| 9:30-10:30 am | Keynote by Michael Bierut, Pentagram |
| 10:30-10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45-11:30 am | Track 1: Inside the Innovation Planning Process, Part 1 by Jeremy Alexis, Institute of Design, IIT |
| Track 2: What Is Interaction Design? by Dan Saffer, Adaptive Path | |
| 11:30-11:45 am | Break |
| 11:45-12:30 pm | Track 1: Inside the Innovation Planning Process, Part 2 by Jeremy Alexis, Institute of Design, IIT |
| Track 2: The Elements, Laws and Attributes of Interaction Design by Dan Saffer, Adaptive Path | |
| 12:30-2:00 pm | Lunch and Book Signing with Dan Saffer, Jesse James Garrett, Dan Brown, and Kathan Brown. |
| 2:00-2:45 pm | Track 1: Communicating Design: Creating Effective Documentation for Web Site Design and Planning by Dan Brown, Computech |
| Track 2: The Future of Design, Part 1 by Shelley Evenson, Carnegie Mellon Design | |
| 2:45-3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00-3:45 pm | Track 1: Panel: Documentation and Deliverables led by Ryan Freitas, Adaptive Path |
| Track 2: The Future of Design, Part 2 by Shelley Evenson, Carnegie Mellon Design | |
| 3:45-4:00 pm | Break |
| 4:00-5:00 pm | Panel: What Are the Grad Schools Teaching? led by Peter Merholz, Adaptive Path |
| 7:00-9:00 pm | Book Launch Party for Dan Saffer's Designing for Interaction at Nanny O'Briens, 3319 Connecticut Ave, NW. Google Map |
Day 3, Wednesday, August 16
Sessions run from 9 am to 5 pm
Day 3 will dig into field research and offer insights into new challenges presented by the new generation of web applications.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:00-8:45 am | Breakfast: What Can IIT Do For You? hosted by IIT Institute of Design |
| 9:00-9:30 am | Introduction by Lane Becker, Adaptive Path |
| 9:30-10:30 am | Designing the Next Generation of Web Applications by Jeffrey Veen, Google |
| 10:30-10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45-11:30 am | Track 1: We Are Not Alone: Usability Practitioners' Role in the Optimal Design Team by Jared Spool, UIE |
| Track 2: Facilitating Collaboration: Web Technologies That Work by Ryan Freitas, Adaptive Path | |
| 11:30-11:45 am | Break |
| 11:45-12:30 pm | Track 1: Cross-cultural Research: Adventures in a Parallel Universe by Steve Portigal, Portigal Consulting |
| Track 2: The Brave New World: Usability Challenges of Web 2.0 by Jared Spool, UIE | |
| 12:30-2:00 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00-2:45 pm | Track 1: Lowering Barriers to Participation by Bradley Horowitz, Yahoo! |
| Track 2: Playing Games and Cursing: The Truth About Remote User Research, Part 1 by Nate Bolt, Bolt|Peters and Rashmi Sinha, Uzanto | |
| 2:45-3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00-3:45 pm | Track 1: Mobile Experience Design by Anita Wilhem, Caterpillar Mobile |
| Track 2: Playing Games and Cursing: The Truth About Remote User Research, Part 2 by Nate Bolt, Bolt|Peters and Rashmi Sinha, Uzanto | |
| 3:45-4:00 pm | Break |
| 4:00-5:00 pm | Panel: Next Generation of Web Applications led by Jeffrey Veen, Google |
Day 4, Thursday, August 17
Sessions run from 9 am to 1 pm, plus an afternoon field trip
Day 4, a half-day of sessions, is about opening minds and collecting lessons from non-traditional sources. And since mistakes tend to teach us our most memorable lessons, we thought we'd open Adaptive Path's box of mistakes and share what's inside. The day will conclude with a field trip in the afternoon.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:00-9:15 am | Introduction by Jesse James Garrett, Adaptive Path |
| 9:15-10:00 am | Designing America by Air by Barbara Brennan, National Air and Space Museum |
| 10:00-10:45 am | Communicating Concepts Through Comics by Kevin Cheng, Yahoo! |
| 10:45-11:00 am | Break | 11:00-11:45 am | Information Visualization by Michal Migurski, Stamen |
| 11:45-12:45 pm | Panel: Learning From Adaptive Path's Mistakes led by Lane Becker, Adaptive Path |
| 1:30-4:30 pm | Field Trip. UX Week attendees will get a rare peek behind the scenes of the National Air and Space Museum at the Paul E. Garber Facility for Preservation, Restoration, and Storage. This facility, where the Museum repairs and assembles its exhibits, is ordinarily closed to public. This special opportunity is hosted by NASM Exhibition Designer Barbara Brennan, who will be presenting earlier in the day. |
And of course, UX Week will provide lots of opportunity to network with an international group of user experience professionals.