Upcoming Events
Poster/Demo Session with Reception
Date: Thursday May 29, 2008
Duration: 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: Bahen Centre, Room 7229 (7th floor)
Cost: Special ToRCHI member price of $35, register by May 20
DGPis40 is the 40th anniversary celebration of the Dynamic Graphics Project (DGP) at the University of Toronto. DGP is an incredibly successful, award-winning research group that encompasses the research areas of graphics and human-computer interaction. DGPis40 will be a conference-style event on May 29 and 30 at the Bahen Centre for Information Technology, which has been home to the DGP lab since the building's opening in 2002. The event will feature talks by leaders in the field (most of whom are also DGP alumni), research demos and poster sessions by alumni, students, and faculty, and opportunities for socializing and celebrating the rich history and promising future of DGP.
TorCHI members can register for the Poster/Demo Session with Reception on Thursday May 29 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm at a special rate of $35. Space is limited, so please register early!
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UX+IA workshop: Toronto, June 2008
Initial call for participation
ToRCHI, the Toronto chapter of ACM SIGCHI, is organizing a one-day workshop in June on the topic of user experience (UX) design of web site information architectures (IA).
Date: June 23rd, 2008
Duration: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Networking lunch is included.
Location: Downtown Toronto, venue TBA
Workshop leader: Keith Instone
Estimate cost: $350 (ToRCHI members); $370 (non-ToRCHI members which includes
one year membership fee)
WORKSHOP DETAILS
This event is seeking to attract about 10 people who have significant professional experience in the workshop topic. Attendees will learn from each other by participating in structured activities and discussions facilitated by the workshop leader.
This workshop examines the design of web site organization and information architecture with a focus on user experience and usability considerations. Workshop activities will consist largely of analyzing and critiquing existing sites, discussing underlying design principles and guidelines, and completing design exercises and critiquing the results. The workshop will be divided into segments to focus on specific discussion topics, such as the following:
* Contexts of use as a determinant of web site organization
* Task-based organizational schemes
* Global (site-wide) navigation design
* Definition and design of site sections (a.k.a. sitelets, sub sites)
WORKSHOP LEADER: Keith Instone
As workshop leader, Keith Instone is responsible for preparing the structured workshop activities and ensuring a productive workshop discussion. Keith Instone is the information architecture lead and IA team lead for the ibm.com site. This site is one of the largest sites on the Web and is often cited as exemplary. In a prior position as usability specialist at Argus Associates, he helped define the field of information architecture as a merger of UCD and library science practices. He was also an early advocate of web usability, building UsableWeb.com. Keith has a long track record of organizing workshops, professional service, and speaking engagements. Recent speaking engagements related to the workshop topic include serving as a panelist for "The State of Web Site User Experience in 2007" at Internet User Experience 2007 and for "Setting the IA research agenda" at the IA Summit in 2006.
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:
For additional details, view the call for participation.