Schedule

UX Week takes place over 4 days. We will be offer more than 30 sessions and outings to San Francisco landmarks.

This schedule is subject to change. Some sessions might shift days. No listed sessions will be removed.

Monday, August 11

Time Event 1
5:00-7:30 pm Registration
6:00-7:30 pm Welcome Reception

Tuesday, August 12 - Day One

Time Event 1
8:00-9:00 am Registration and Light Breakfast
9:00-9:15am Introduction
Peter Merholz
9:15-10:15am Keynote Interview
Don Norman with Peter Merholz
10:15-10:30am Session
Jeffrey Veen
10:30-11:00am Break
11:00-11:45am Session to be scheduled
11:45am-12:30pm Making a Creative Space: Lessons from the Neo-Futurists
Sarah Nelson and Jay Torrance
12:30-2:00pm Lunch
2:00-5:00pm Workshops
The workshops listed below run concurrently. You will choose one to attend. The earlier you register, the more likely you’ll get your top choice. We will provide a workshop-picker tool closer to the event.
  Storytelling for User Experience Design
Taught by Kevin Brooks
  Become a Sticky Ninja
Taught by Kate Rutter
  Good Design Faster
Taught by Leah Buley and Brandon Schauer
  Prototyping With Flash
Taught by Alexa Andrzejewski
  Design is Made of People
Taught by Sarah Nelson and Julia Houck-Whitaker
  Unpacking Stories to Serve People Better
Taught by Indi Young
  Drawing Ideas: Quick Sketching for Interaction Design
Taught by Mark Baskinger
5:00-6:00pm Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind
Neo-Futurists
6:00-7:30pm Reception

Wednesday, August 13 - Day Two Back to top

Time Event 1
8:00-9:00 am Light Breakfast
9:00-9:15am Introduction
9:15-10:00am Keynote
Scott Griffith, CEO of Zipcar
10:00-10:30am Session to be scheduled
10:30-11:00am Break
11:00-11:45am TheDailyShow.com: Fake News, 24/7
Audrey Chen
  Ben: A Prototype for Democracy in the 21st Century
Dave Wolf
11:45am-12:30pm Service Design: The Next Step for User Experience
Jennifer Bove, Ben Fullerton
12:30-2:00pm Lunch
2:00-5:00pm Workshops
The workshops listed below run concurrently. You will choose one to attend.
  The Neo-Futurists Short Short Story Workshop
Taught by Jay Torrance
  Beyond Wireframes - Making Interactive Sketches
Taught by Dan Harrelson
  Making Thinking Tangible
Taught by Todd Wilkens
  Design Management for User Experience
Taught by Margaret Stewart and Graham Jenkins
  Live, Vast and Deep: Web-native Information Visualization
Taught by Tom Carden and Michal Migurski
  Designing Gestural Interfaces
Taught by Dan Saffer
5:00-6:00pm Building Brands The Build Community: LIVESTRONG and Blanton Museum of Art
Katherine Jones
6:00-7:30pm Reception

Thursday, August 14 - Day Three Back to top

Time Event 1
8:00-9:00 am Light Breakfast
9:00-9:15am Introduction
9:15-10:15am Keynote
Jane McGonigal
10:15-10:30am Session to be scheduled
10:30-11:00am Break
11:00-11:45am Session
Jake Barton
11:45am-12:30pm From Kahlo to Contemporary: Designing Contexts for Connecting with Art at SFMOMA
Peter Samis
12:30-1:30pm Lunch
1:30-6:00pm Exploratorium Field Trip
San Francisco’s Exploratorium is the leading hands-on science museum in the country, if not the world. We will learn about the design of exhibits in the museum, the design of the website as a means to extend the visitor experience, and get behind-the-scenes access to the museum. And we’ll get to have fun!
6:00-7:30pm Reception
7:30-10:00pm SFMOMA is open late on Thursdays. Let’s go!

Friday, August 15 - Day Four Back to top

Time Event 1
8:00-9:00 am Light Breakfast
9:00-9:15am Introduction
9:15-10:15am Keynote
10:15-10:30am Interaction Design and Physical Computing
Mike Kuniavsky
10:30-11:00am Break
11:00-11:45am Designing for A Post-PC World
Rachel Hinman
11:45-12:30pm The Revolution will be Visualized
12:30-2:00pm Lunch
2:00-2:45pm The Future of the Web Browser
Jesse James Garrett
2:45-3:30pm Tap Is The New Click
Dan Saffer
  Designing Natural Interfaces: Adventures in touchscreen, multi-touch, and multi-user experiences
Nathan Moody and Darren David, Stimulant
3:30-4:00 Break
4:00-4:45 Human-Robot Interaction
Aaron Powers
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iRobot
  Wiimote Hacks
Johnny C. Lee
4:45-5:30 Closing Plenary
Bruce Sterling