World Usability Day 2007 -- RTP, North Carolina -- Nov. 8th

RTP World Usability Day 2007
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Join UX professionals from around the Triangle area for an Interactionary (live design competition), keynote speech, food, drink, and fun!

Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Date: Thursday, November 8th, 2007
Place: Ruvane Auditorium at GSK, RTP, NC

Please RSVP Online: http://tinyurl.com/3cudwf

Organized by Triangle UPA

Keynote Speaker
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"Web Leadership through Client Focus: Client Perspectives as Drivers of Innovation and Integration"

Anthony D. Hall, Ph.D.
Senior Technical Staff Member and Manager
Global Web Strategy and Enablement, ibm.com
IBM Corporation

Anthony D. Hall is a Senior Technical Staff Member and Manager on the Global Web Strategy and Enablement team, ibm.com, IBM. He leads deep software modeling of cross-enterprise web experience architecture, exploration of future intelligent adaptive web experiences, and
primary user research on IBM's external global web experience. Anthony is responsible for driving best practices in user research to enable IBM's clients to easily accomplish their goals and have a satisfying experience on ibm.com, for both today and tomorrow.

More Info: http://tinyurl.com/23x4n9

Interactionary
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Last year GSK won the professional and all-around competitions, and NC State won the student competition. This year we're trying something a little different. Mixed teams of students and practitioners will compete head-to-head in a live design competition.

Simply put, the Interactionary is a live team-based design competition. Teams are given a design problem and 10-20 minutes to design a solution to the problem. Teams then present their design to the audience, and the judges.

Sponsors
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A big thanks to all of the sponsors that are making this year's World Usability Day celebration possible!

Premier Sponsor: GSK
Partner Sponsor: Lulu.com
Gold Sponsors: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Insight
Silver Sponsors: Lenovo, Hesketh, Capstrat