The UX Week collection of panels, sessions, case studies and workshops has been specially assembled to help attendees:
- EXPLORE the latest thinking in multi-channel experiences, participatory design, social media, user research and prototyping.
- GAIN practical user experience skills and techniques for web and mobile applications.
- LEARN to effectively communicate, evangelize and contextualize user experience across an organization.
- CONNECT with a network of preeminent user experience practitioners.
Who Should Attend?
Information architects, visual designers, interaction designers, user experience practitioners, or anyone whose current (or desired) job involves creating a user experience will benefit from the four full-days of inspirational crosspollination and education that UX Week offers.
Key Topics
UX Week participants will walk away from the conference with:
- A working understanding of emerging trends in participatory design, cross-channel design, interaction design for rich internet applications, user research and prototyping
- Practical user experience skills and techniques for web and mobile applications
- An ability to effectively communicate, evangelize and contextualize user experience across an organization
- New connections within the network of preeminent user experience practitioners
Join us and we'll help you conquer your UX challenges.
Agenda Preview
We're putting the final touches on our agenda for this UX Week. Check back for new speakers and added topics. Here's the schedule as it stands today and it is, as always, subject to change.
Sunday, August 12
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 7:00-9:00 pm | Welcome Reception |
Day 1, Monday, August 13
Sessions run from 9 am to 5:30 pm
Day 2, Tuesday, August 14
Sessions run from 9 am to 5:30 pm
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:00-9:00 am | Light Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:15 am | Introduction by Peter Merholz, Adaptive Path |
| 9:15-10:15 am | Keynote: One Laptop per Child by Lisa Strausfeld, Pentagram |
| 10:15-10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30-11:15 am | Making Smart Clients Usable: Designing for Ajax, RIAs, and Client-side Intelligence with Jared Spool, UIE |
| User-Centered Design for Evolving Products with Ryan Freitas, Adaptive Path | |
| 11:15-11:30 am | Break |
| 11:30-12:15 pm | The Conversation Gets Interesting: Creating the Adaptive Interface with Stephen P. Anderson, Sabre |
| Design by Hacking with Karon Weber and Bill Scott, Yahoo! | |
| 12:15-1:15 pm | Lunch |
| 1:15-1:45 pm | Five-Minute Madness with Andrew Crow, Adaptive Path |
| 1:45-2:00 pm | Break |
| 2:00-2:45 pm | Documentation: Choosing the Right Tool for the Job with Dan Brown, EightShapes |
| Sketching in Code: Using Prototypes to Visualize Interactions with David Verba, Adaptive Path | |
| 2:45-3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00-3:45 pm | Visual Vocabulary for Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) with Anthony Colfelt, myFamily.com |
| Waterfall Bad, Washing Machine Good with Leisa Reichelt, disambiguity.com | |
| 3:45-4:00 pm | Break |
| 4:00-4:45 pm | Pattern-based Design Communication Techniques with Doug LeMoine, Cooper |
| The Accessibility of Rich Internet Applications with Derek Featherstone, FurtherAhead | |
| 4:45-5:00 pm | Break |
| 5:00-5:45 pm | Discussion Panel: Beyond Wireframes with Dan Brown, EightShapes, et al |
Day 3, Wednesday, August 15
Sessions run from 9 am to 5:30 pm
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:00-9:00 am | Light Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:15 am | Introduction by Jesse James Garrett, Adaptive Path |
| 9:15-10:15 am | Keynote by Jan Chipchase, Nokia |
| 10:15-10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30-11:15 am | Search: The Purest Expression of Interaction Design with Chiara Fox, Adaptive Path |
| Inclusive Iterations: How a Design Team Builds Shared Insights, with Emily Ulrich, Steelcase | |
| 11:15-11:30 am | Break |
| 11:30-12:15 pm | Semantic Technologies with Cameron Hunt, CommIT Enterprises |
| Making Research Effective with Todd Wilkens, Adaptive Path | |
| 12:15-1:15 pm | Lunch |
| 1:15-1:45 pm | Learning from Adaptive Path's Mistakes with Bryan Mason, Adaptive Path |
| 1:45-2:00 pm | Break |
| 2:00-2:45 pm | Going Mobile: How to Choose Target Platforms and Devices? with Barbara Ballard, Little Springs Design |
| The Psychology of Social Design with Joshua Porter, UIE | |
| 2:45-3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00-3:45 pm | Mobile Usability Testing with Barbara Ballard, Little Springs Design |
| Stores, Web, & Beyond: Serving Multi-channel Customers with Meaningful User Experiences with Kathleen Hoski, BestBuy | |
| 3:45-4:00 pm | Break |
| 4:00-4:45 pm | Mobile Research Techniques with Rachel Hinman, Adaptive Path |
| Participate to Innovate with Marty Gage, Lextant | |
| 4:45-5:00 pm | Break |
| 5:00-5:45 pm | CNN.com Relaunch Case Study with Lori Adams and Dermot Waters, CNN |
| 6:00-8:00 pm | Billy Goat Tavern & Grill |
Day 4, Thursday, August 16
Sessions run from 9 am to 2:15 pm, plus an afternoon field trip
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:00-9:00 am | Light Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:15 am | Introduction by Sarah B. Nelson, Adaptive Path |
| 9:15-10:15 am | Keynote: New Sources of Inspiration for Interaction Design with Dan Saffer, Adaptive Path |
| 10:15-10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30-11:15 am | Learning Interaction Design from Everyday Objects by Bill DeRouchey, Ziba |
| 11:15-11:30 am | Break |
| 11:30-12:15 pm | The National Building Museum: From the Inside Out with Martin Moeller, National Building Museum |
| International Spy Museum: Orchestrating the User Experience with Cybelle Jones, Gallagher Associates and Robert Freeland, Quatrefoil | |
| 12:15-1:15 pm | Lunch |
| 1:15-5:00 pm | Docent Led Field Trips to the National Building Museum and the International Spy Museum |
And of course, UX Week will provide lots of opportunity to network with an international group of user experience professionals.
