World Usability Day - Michigan (Nov 8 2007)
The MSU Usability & Accessibility Center and the Michigan Usability Professionals' Association (MI-UPA) are joining over 170 other locations in 35 countries to promote World Usability Day. This is also MSU's Fifth Annual Usability & Accessibility Event.
The focus for World Usability Day 2007 is healthcare. Whether it's new medical devices or technologies; drug research, approval, or delivery; patient forms or medical records sharing; emergency disaster planning; increasing the functionality of hospitals; or everyday healthcare delivery, EVERYONE is affected by usability in healthcare.
DATE: Thursday, November 8, 2007
TIME: 8:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. (reception to follow)
LOCATION: Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, East Lansing, MI
COST: Free
REGISTRATION: http://outreach.msu.edu/events
MORE INFO: http://usability.msu.edu
SESSIONS:
"Designing Usable Healthcare Web Applications"
Speaker: Jason Withrow, Business Analyst, University of Michigan Health
System, and Faculty, Washtenaw Community College
"Winning with Usable Software in Life Science Research"
Speakers: Richard Sheridan, President, Menlo Innovations, and Jennifer
Baird, President and CEO, Accuri Cytometers
"Healthcare Usability--Code Blue!"
Speaker: Shane Lovellette, User Experience Products Manager, TechSmith
Corporation
"Patient Safety and Usability: Experiences in the Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA)"
Speaker: Janine A. Purcell, Cognitive Engineer, VHA Bar Code Resource Office
"Codeless QA Testing: A Revolution in the Automated Testing Tool Market"
Speaker: Sumanth Muthyala, Usability Engineer-Technical Lead, Ergin Salih,
TestPartner Development Team Lead, and Jim Brennan, TestPartner Product Manager, Compuware Corporation
"Making Sense out of Health Insurance Benefits Selection: Case Study with a Web Tool"
Speaker: Laurie Kantner, Vice President of Client Services, Tec-Ed, Inc.
"Designing for Older Adult Users of Web, Mobile, and Handheld Technologies"
Speaker: S. Ann Becker, Professor, Management Information Systems and Computer Science, and Director, National Center for Small Business Information, Florida Institute
of Technology
Burton A. Bargerstock
Director, Communication and Information Technologies
University Outreach and Engagement
Michigan State University
55 Kellogg Center
East Lansing, MI 48824-1022
Telephone: 517/353-8977
Fax: 517/432-9541
E-mail: bargerst[at]msu[dot]edu
WWW: http://outreach.msu.edu
Tags:
World Usability Day
2 comments:
Your World Usability Day event sounds great! Even the government's getting in on the act:
•USA.gov will host a panel of government usability leaders in Washington, D.C. on November 8, 2007, to mark World Usability Day and encourage students in usability-related fields to consider government as an exciting career choice. Truly!
When: Nov 8, 2007, 1:30-3:30 PM EST
Where: American Institute of Architects, 1735 N.Y. Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Register: www.eventbrite.com/event/78479735/rest (It's free but you have to register)
More info: Nicole.burton@gsa.gov
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