*USID**2009 *India’s 3rd Three Days HCI & Design Conference *DESIGN FOR ALL: Usability, Accessibility & Creativity*
18th to 20th September 2009 Hotel Leela Palace Kempinski Bangalore, INDIA *Regular Registration are Open till 12th September **www.usidfoundation.org/usid2009/register* *Advance Program** * ** **Day 1 : 18th September, 2009, FRIDAY* Time Conference Session Details 08:30 - 09:30 Registration & Tea/Coffee & Networking 09:30 - 09:45 *Introduction & Welcome by Raman Saxena *Founder USID Foundation & Sr. Director User Experience, CA** 09:45- 10:40 *Keynote by Jennifer Kilian* Creative Director, frog Design, USA *Let the people innovate: Design solutions that evolve* 10:40 - 11:15 *Sridhar Marri * VP & Head Communication Design Group, Infosys Technologies* **Fun. Function. Funda.* 11:15 - 11:35 Tea Break 11:35 - 12:10 *Dr. Arun Mehta* Professor and chairman of CE Department, JMIT, Radaur *The joys and challenges in designing communications technology for children with mental challenges* 12:10 - 12:50 *Ashish Gupta* Founding *Topic: coming soon…*** 12:50 - 13:15 *Microsoft-USID Academic Showcase – Speed Round 1* 13:15 - 13:20 *Inspirational Video* – Arvind Eye Hospital 13:20 - 14:20 Lunch Break 14:20 – 15:20 *USID Launch Pods* – Session 1 15:20 - 16:00 *TBD* 16:00 - 16:15 Tea Break 16:15- 16:30 Call for Paper Presentation 1 16:30 - 17:05 *Jason Huang *Co-founder & President, UPA China & Founding Principle, TANG UX Consulting Topic: Coming soon… 17:05 - 17:40 *TBD* *Day 2 : 19th September, 2009, SATURDAY* Time Conference Session Details 08:30 - 09:45 Speed Networking 09:45 - 10:35 *Keynote Address by Dr. Carrie Gates, *VP and Research Staff Member, CA Labs, CA Inc. *Usability Challenges in the Security Domain: Is Security a Special Case?* 10:35 - 11:15 *Dr. Frederick Weber *Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, Columbia University Earth Institute* **Spoken Language Technology for Development: Communication as Empowerment** * 11:15 - 11:30 Tea Break 11:30 - 12:05 *Natalie Buda Smith *User Experience Consultant *Not Just For The Young: Social Media and the Spectrum of Age Demographics* 12:05- 12:40 *Prakash Sayini* Forum Nokia India Lead *Developing Mobile Solutions: Innovation is the Key* 12:40 - 13:00 *Microsoft-USID Academic Showcase – Speed Round 2* 13:00 - 13:10 Inspirational Video – Jaipur Foot 13:10 - 14:00 Lunch Break 14:00 - 15:00 *USID Launch Pods* – Session 2 15:00 - 15:35 *Abhishek Hazra *Interaction Designer & New Media Artist *Do Tag Clouds Dream of Condensation Nuclei?*** 15:35- 16:00 Tea Break 16:00 -16:35 *Dr. Christian Lappe PhD. *Director Sales & Marketing, SensoMotoric Instruments GmbH, Germany *Eye Tracking for Usability: what gaze can tell!*** 16:35 - 17:10 *Raghu Dwarkanath *Head of Product Development, Global Business Division Intuit<http://www.usidfoundation.org/usid2009/speakers.htm> Topic: Coming soon…** 17:10 - 17:30 Call for Paper Presentation 2 17:30 – 17:40 Inspirational Video *Day 3 : 20th September, 2009, SUNDAY* Time Conference Session Details 08:30 - 10:00 Informal session/Networking 10:00 - 11:00 *Mrinal Wadhwa & Uday Shankar* - Founder - Blu / Sr. User Experience Designer, Nokia R&D* **Rapid UI Prototyping: Lessons from the trenches*** 11:00 - 11:15 Tea Break 11:15 – 11:30 Call for Paper Presentation 3** 11:30 - 12:10 *Bill Thies* Researcher Microsoft Research *Designing Mobile Interfaces for Novice and Low-Literate Users* 12:10 - 13:10 *Dr. Murli Nagasunadram *Chief Everything Officer, d’zynovation* **beyond experience: Designing <for> CONVERSATIONS*** 13:10 - 14:00 Lunch Break 14:00 - 15:00 Informal session/Networking Plus prizes 15:00 - 16:30 Closing Ceremony - *“Celebrating Abilities”* - Inspirational Video - 5 Min. - Prizes and Recognition – 15 Min. - Address by William Bauman, GM & SVP, India Technology Center, CA - 10 Min. - *“Celebrating Abilities”* Performance by differently abled artist of Ability Unlimited , Choreographed by Guruji Syed Sallauddin Pasha, recipient of National Award by the President of India - 60 Min. - Vote of Thanks * **This is an advance program and subject to change Looikng forward to see you at the USID2009 Conference. USID2009 Team ________________________________________________________________ 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