October 2006

IDEA 2006

A conference on designing complex information spaces of all kinds (October 23-24, 2006: Seattle Public Library, Seattle WA USA)
Design problems are increasingly becoming information problems. Throughout their days, people are engaging with complex information to manage their lives. And designers now realize that information isn't simply this stuff you find -- the appropriate presentation of information helps people make sense of the world around them. This conference addresses issues of design for an always-on, always-connected world. Where 'cyberspace' is a meaningless term because the online and offline worlds cannot be made distinct. Where physical spaces are so complex that detailed wayfinding is necessary to navigate them. Where work processes have become so involved, and so digitized, that we need new means to manage those processes. This conference brings together people who are addressing these challenges head on. Speakers from a variety of backgrounds will discuss designing complex information spaces in the physical and virtual worlds.

Start date: October 23, 2006 | Comments (0) | Permalink

IIiX 2006

First Symposium on Information Interaction in Context (October 18-20, 2006: Copenhagen, Denmark)
There is a growing realisation that relevant information will be accessible increasingly across media and genres, across languages and across modalities. The retrieval of such information will depend on time, place, history of interaction, task in hand, and a range of other factors that are not given explicitly but are implicit in the interaction and ambient environment, namely the context. Information Retrieval and Seeking research is now conducted in multi-media, multi-lingual, and multi-modal environments, but largely out of context.

Start date: October 18, 2006 | Comments (0) | Permalink

UI11

User Interface 11 Conference: Enriching the Experience (October 9-12, 2006 - Cambridge MA, USA)
At User Interface 11, you'll get 4 full days of in-depth techniques from the world's leading web design and usability experts. On Monday and Wednesday, you will attend full-day seminars with our expert speakers. On Tuesday, we have a day filled with 90-minute Featured Talks. We'll cap off the week on Thursday with our Showcase Seminar Day, where you'll have the choice between UIE's most popular seminars or Rolf Molich's Master Workshop.

Start date: October 09, 2006 | Comments (0) | Permalink