Register for the UMO2007

Register for the UMO2007::the National Conference on Designing for User Experience at Hyderabad, India

Hi Friend,

I am writing to you on behalf of UMO, Hyderabad, India. UMO is a non-profit organization working towards design awareness and exchange of design sensibilities through interaction between designers, IT industry and design sensitive consumers. It is a forum dedicated to discussing, improving and promoting the work of the Usability, HCI and Interaction design community in India.

On November 30, 2007; UMO and allied organizations in India will join communities across the world to mark the celebrations for World Usability Day 2007 ( www.umo.in/umo2007) in Hyderabad, India. World Usability Day is a world wide self-organized event with the goal to promote the fields of Usability Engineering and User-Centered Design. The event is designed to raise awareness about the importance of ' Good Design for Better Living'. Eminent people from the academia, industry, business and governance will be sharing their views and insights on this day.

Since UMO's World Usability Day 2007 is first of its kind and scale in India and having participation from international speakers, we are confident that you would be interested to support us in organizing this event and making it our 3rd successful event in a row in three years. Kindly get registered at www.umo.in and honor the event to make the World Usability Day 2007 at Hyderabad an awareness generating and difference making success. UMO would appreciate if your esteemed organization supports you by sponsoring your registration. Please find the event details enclosed here with.

Looking forward to your response soon.

Regards,
Kaladhar Bapu
UMO2007-coordinator

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Registration Details:

Conference : on 30th Nov.2007 (8.30am to 6.30pm)
Venue: Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
Registration fee Rs. 3000/-
Early Bird discount: Rs.2500/-( 31st Oct'07)
Group discount: Rs.2500/- each(If more than 3 registrations)
Volunteer discount: Rs.2000/- (UMO volunteer)
Full time student: Rs.1500/-

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Workshops: 1st and 2nd of Dec.2007 (9.30am to 5.30pm)
Venue: To be announced
Registration fee Rs. 3000/-

We have two tracks in workshops. Participant can choose one of them.
Track 1: Organization and Structuring of Information( 2 days)
by Prof. Ravi Poovaiah, HOD, IDC, IITBombay.

Track 2: Eye tracking and usability evaluation (1day 1)
by Dr. Jon Dodd, CEO, BunnyFoot, UK
Track 2: UX Foundation: Fundamentals of User Experience Design (day 2)
by Kaladhar Bapu, UX, Microsoft
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Confirmed Speakers so far,
1. Jon Dodd, Director and Co- founder, BunnyFoot, UK
2. Ravi Poovaih, Head, IDC, IITBombay
3. Anil Jampala, Vice President, Satyam, President, Hysea
4. Anirudha Joshi, Prof. Interaction design, IITBombay
5. Poosapati Parameshwar Raju, Artist and Art historian
6. Nanda Kumar Birudavolu, Architect and Designer
7. Dr.Neeraj Raj, Director, MedRC, E- learning
8. Eric Schaffer, CEO, Human Factors International
9. Apala Lahiri Chavan, VP, Human Factors Asia

Important links
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Organized by: UsabilityMatters.Org
Theme: Design Innovation in Health Care '
Event Date: 30th November 2007
Venue: Indian School of Business Auditorium, Hyderabad, India

Audience: Usability & UI Design Professionals, UI Developers, Software Quality/Testing/ Documentation Professionals, Project Leads/Managers, Practice/Global Heads, Human Factor Engineers/Specialis ts, Designers, Architects, Enthusiasts & Design Sensitive Users
Event Highlights
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UMO -Boycott Bad-Design Contest'07
UMO is holding this competition for identifying Bad-Designs as part of our activities towards the World Usability Day-2007. Participation is open to everybody from every country in the world, and from any background- designers and design sensitive consumers!
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UMO -International Cartoon Contest'07
The UMO-3rd International Cartoon Contest'07 is organized by UMO towards the World Usability Day. Participation is open to all cartoonists from every country in the world.
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UMO –Change Makers
The UMO-ChangeMakers Award is patronaged by UsabilityMatters. Org to mark the celebrations of the World Usability Day and UMO2007. All the qualified entries will be presented on 30th November 2007 on the conference day.
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www.umo.in/umo2007
usabilitymatters.org,
plot no.12, penthouse,icrisat colony,
road no.11, jubilee hills,hyderabad. 500 045
ph: +91-0-9849301500
usa: (213)2912586