The MSU Usability & Accessibility Center and the Michigan Usability Professionals'
Association (MI-UPA) are joining over 100 locations in more than 35 countries to
promote World Usability Day. This is also MSU's Third Annual Usability
& Accessibility Event.
DATE: Thursday, November 3, 2005
TIME: 1:00 - 5:30pm
LOCATION: MSU Union Ballroom, MSU Campus (Abbott and Grand River), East Lansing,
MI --
View the campus map with parking locations
(NOTE: The parking structure closest to the Union building for
evening and weekend parking is under construction and unavailable)
RSVP: This is a free event, but seating is limited.
Program
Session 1
Real World Usability Success Story
Speaker: Carol Barnum, Professor of Information
Design and Co-Director of the Usability Center, Southern Polytechnic State University,
and author of Usability Testing and Research
Video Stream of Session 1 (uncaptioned)
Session 2
Useful, Usable, AND Desirable: How One Washer Changed
the Face of Laundry
Speakers: Laura Vennie and
Sara Ulius Sabel, Usability Specialists from Whirlpool
Video Stream of Session 2 (uncaptioned)
Session 3
Accessibility Experts Lead the Way to Profits by
Design
Speakers: Stephen Blosser and
Michael J. Hudson. Stephen is an Assistive Technology Specialist at the
MSU Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities (RCPD) and Client Advocacy Office.
Michael is the Director of RCPD.
Video Stream of Session 3 (uncaptioned)
Session 4
User Experiences and System Issues with Online
Recommender Systems
Speaker: Joseph Konstan, Professor, Department
of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, and author of Word
of Mouse: The Marketing Power of Collaborative Filtering
Video Stream of Session 4 (uncaptioned)
Who Will Benefit
- Industry professionals
- Academics
- Government officials
- Students
MSU Usability & Accessibility Center Tours
Informal tours of the recently opened Usability & Accessibility Center will be
offered from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on the day of the event. Please e-mail
uac@msu.edu to schedule tours on other days.
Event Sponsors
Corporate:
MSU: