Update: Conference dates are August 25-27 at the Langham Hotel in Melbourne, Australia.
On 2 February 2010 08:38, Steve Baty <steveb...@gmail.com> wrote: > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > UX Australia 2010: Call for proposals > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > We are very pleased to announce the call for proposals for UX Australia > 2010. > The conference program for UX Australia 2010 will be based on your > submissions, to ensure that the conference reflects current user experience > practice and also reflects the types of presentations you would like to see. > > We are calling for proposals for main conference presentations and for > pre-conference workshops. > > Key dates > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The key dates are: > * 21 Mar 2009: Proposals close (this is not a flexible date - we will close > on midnight AEST this date) > * 22 Mar 2009: Reviewing starts > * mid Apr 2009: Speakers notified > * 1 May 2009: Conference registration opens (with full program available) > > Guiding principles > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The key principles for UX Australia presentations are that they are > grounded in experience, focus on practice and engage the audience. For > example, your presentation may be a case study for a particular project, a > discussion of design principles or a description of techniques you’ve used > in different situations. > > Your presentation shouldn’t be an idea about how something should happen, > or about something for which you have little experience. Presentations > should not be overly academic (research findings are acceptable as long as > they are, again, grounded in practice). > > Most importantly, presentations should describe interesting problems and > how you solved them. > > There will be no sales pitches for products; or presentations that > primarily describe a service offering of a company. Sponsors do not get an > automatic right to present. > > Review proposals > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > UX Australia 2010 is a community-reviewed conference, and we need people to > help with reviewing. > > Reviewers should have experience in some aspect of user experience design > and an interest in helping us create a great program for the conference. > > We'll ask you to read up to 6 presentation proposals, rate according to > criteria and provide constructive comment. We expect the time required will > be up to 3 hours, and will be done between 22 March & 2 April. > > If you have time in that period, and are interested, please register via > the UX Australia conference management system > [http://www.conference-service.com/uxaust10/registration.cgi?] (select the > box that asks about reviewing). We'll contact you in mid March to get ready. > > Where do I start? > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Keen? Start here: > * Guiding principles: > http://www.uxaustralia.com.au/conference-2010/program/guiding-principles > * Call for proposals: > http://www.uxaustralia.com.au/conference-2010/program/call-for-proposals > * Register as a > reviewer:http://www.conference-service.com/uxaust10/registration.cgi > ? > > > Thanks > Steve Baty > UX Australia > > > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
