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Special Interest Groups Dedicated SIGs for UPA 1999 (Thursday, July 1, 1999, 5:15-6:30 pm) Please take a few minutes to review this year's lineup of interesting SIGs. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Laura Downey, SIG Chair at ldowney@vignette.com. Two time slots remains open; if you have suggestions for a SIG, please contact Laura Downey. SIGs will be held in the conference breakout rooms. Making the Transition from Technical Writing to Usability Come brainstorm and exchange experiences and "lessons learned" on the migration of technical writers to usability analysts and interface designers. Fred Drake, Shared Medical Systems Corporation Whitney Quesenbery, Cognetics Corporation To Boldly Go Where Everyone Else Has Gone Before: Issues in Designing and Evaluating for Usability and Accessibility Principles, pointers to information, tools and guidelines. Key issues and group interaction. Robert J. Kamper , IBM Corp. Michael F. DiAngelo, IBM Corp. Creating Local UPA Chapters A discussion about how to form local chapters affiliated with the UPA. Issues include membership, charter, officers, support from the UPA, and possible future actions. Steve Macko, Cognos Janice James, Simply Usable through Design Martin Rantzer, Ericsson Radio Systems Remote Usability Testing: We're here. They're there. What do you do when developers and users are in separate locations and there's no travel budget? Let's discuss remote usability testing benefits, challenges, and results. Brenda Moten, Caterpillar Inc. Kevin Robinson, Caterpillar Inc. Marketing for Usability Consultants Current and prospective consultants will share ideas about effective and efficient marketing techniques. Focusing on this one consulting issue should help make the discussion maximally productive. Howard Tamler, HT CONSULTING Understanding Conceptualizations Across the Great Divide We will discuss and explore the role of the usability engineer in reporting differing design attitudes between designers and users. Lillie R. Jenkins, Online Computer Library Center. Inc. More informal SIGs can be scheduled at the organizers' discretion as usual by posting an announcement on the bulletin board at the conference.