Announcements

"I love the educational atmosphere. It's great to learn from folks who are eager to learn themselves. Their ability to relate their experiences to the course material was really effective."
— Jason Goldman, Google

UX Week 2009 announces 3 invited speakers

UX Week 2009 will be looking outside the immediate field of design, identifying people who influence our work from other disciplines. With that theme in mind, I’m pleased to announce our first three invited speakers:
Scott McCloud
Scott McCloud has been writing, drawing, and examining comics since 1984. He’s best known for his seminal work Understanding […]

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Video: Bruce Sterling

UX Week | Bruce Sterling from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

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Video: Audrey Chen

Audrey Chen | UX Week 2008 from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

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Video: Aaron Powers

Aaron Powers | UX Week 2008 | Adaptive Path from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

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Video: Jay Torrence & Sarah B. Nelson

Jay Torrence & Sarah B. Nelson Speaking at UX Week 2008 by Adaptive Path from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

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Video: Jane McGonigal

Jane McGonigal | UX Week 2008 | Adaptive Path from Teresa Brazen on Vimeo.

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Video: Rod Naber & Dan Levine

Rod Naber & Dan Levine | UX Week 2008 | Adaptive Path from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

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Video: Dan Albritton

Dan Albritton | UX Week 2008 | Adaptive Path from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

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Video: Aurora Panel

Aurora Panel | UX Week 2008 | Adaptive Path from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

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Session Slides

Some of our presenters have posted slides for their main stage talks and/or their workshops. Here’s links to the slides that are currently available. All are in PDF format.

NEW!! The History of the Ribbon by JensenHarris
Quick and Easy Flash Prototyping by Alexa Andrzejewski
 Design is Made of People
by Sara B. Nelson and Julia Houck-Whitaker (worksheets)
TV With […]

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Single Day Registration for Days 1 and 2 are Sold Out

Just a quick note that we’ve sold out for single day registrations for Days 1 and 2 of UX Week 2008. We’ve still got single-day availability for Days 3 and 4, and we still have spots available for people interested in registering for all four days.

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The UX Week Social Network

As part of UX Week, we’re offering a social network where attendees can meet and connect before the event. It’s a large event this year and we want to make sure you get as much out of networking in the lobby as you do from the sessions.
Browse the network and sign up for an account!
What […]

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Single Day Registration Available

We wanted to announce this before the price jump on June 30. You can now register for UX Week 2008 on a day-by-day basis. I explained in an earlier blog post the day-by-day narrative of the event, which I’ll briefly recap here:

Day 1: Fundamentals of User Experience
Day 2: Service and Media Design
Day 3: Play and […]

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Companies attending UX Week 2008

We’ve got an impressive list of companies attending UX Week 2008. If you’ve already registered — you’re in good company! If you haven’t yet — look at some the organizations represented:
Design Firms

Cooper
Avenue A | Razorfish
Schematic
Navigation Arts
Habanero Consulting
Flow Interactive
Arc Worldwide

Mobile Devices

Nokia
Research in Motion
Sony Ericsson

Financial Services and Insurance

Fidelity
Vanguard
Wells Fargo
Allstate
Nationwide
Charles Schwab
Wachovia

Software

SAP
Sage Software
SAS
Microsoft
TellMe
Skype

E-Commerce / Retail

eBay
Walmart.com
Zappos.com
Gap
LiveNation
AutoTrader
Best Buy

Travel

Continental Airlines
American Airlines
Expedia

Health Care/Biotech

Humana
Walgreen […]

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Schedule is Complete

The schedule for UX Week 2008 is complete, and we think it’s the best conference we’ve put together yet. On Day 1, we focus on the fundamentals of user experience kicking off with legendary Don Norman, and following that with presentations on the intense redesign of Microsoft Office, and workshops covering a range of essential […]

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Our Schedule is Nearly Complete

Take a look at the list of speakers, workshops, and the schedule. We’ve got an amazing lineup featuring leading thinkers and practitioners in user experience, speaking and teaching on essential topics in the field. From the grounded experience of Don Norman to the flights of fancy of Bruce Sterling, from designing for the Web to […]

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At UX Week, You Will

EXPLORE the latest thinking in multi-channel experiences, product and service ecologies, social media, user research, prototyping, storytelling, and interaction design.
GAIN practical user experience skills and techniques, whether you’re a director, manager, or practitioner.
LEARN to effectively communicate, evangelize and contextualize user experience across an organization.
CONNECT with a network of preeminent user experience practitioners.

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What You Can Expect

Past UX Weeks featured such luminaries as Steven Johnson (author, Emergence, The Ghost Map), Jan Chipchase (designer and researcher, Nokia), Lisa Strausfeld (design director, One Laptop Per Child), Deborah Adler (designer, Target’s ClearRx pharmacy system), Michael Bierut (Principal, Pentagram), and Jared Spool (principal, User Interface Engineering).
Though don’t just take it from us. Here’s what an […]

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