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2005 Events

By the time World Usability Day 2005 began, we had over 115 events organized around the world.

Country City
Event
United Arab Emirates (AE)
Al Ain
World Usability Day in UAEU
A seminar will be presented at the United Arab Emirates University, for the girls, the boys and...
Austria (AT)
Vienna
Open House at Interface Consult
Interface Consult would like to invite everybody into our new office for an open day. Everybody...
Australia (AU)
Carlton (Melbourne)
Usability: Why do we do it?
'Usability - why do we do it? What is the commercial value of doing usability?' A panel of...
Australia (AU)
Brisbane City
Making it easy: Usability and eLearning
Many course developers and educators often ask for tools and resources to help them create...
Australia (AU)
Kensington (Sydney NSW)
Common Sense in Foresight
Sydney World Usability Day will be held at UNSW's Red Centre. We will be showcasing some of the...
Australia (AU)
Rockhampton
CQU World Usability Day Morning Tea
Central Queensland University will be taking part with a morning tea, presentations by CQU staff...
Australia (AU)
Wollongong
Open House at ATUL
The Activity Theory Usability Laboratory (ATUL) is a unit of the University of Wollongong. ATUL is...
Belgium (BE)
Mechelen
Making IT Easy
Making IT easy: in this free seminar, speakers from different industries will present cases that...
Bulgaria (BG)
Sophia
E-government: usability, accessibility, and availability
Cases and research results illustarte the benefits of usability. To offer usable E-government...
Brazil (BR)
Sao Paolo
Usabilidade: é fácil fazer mais fácil
Usability: it's easy to make it easy! The event intends to promote the benefits user centered...
Brazil (BR)
Curitiba
Tornando a tecnologia mais fácil!
Dr. Constantine will be in Curitiba for World Usability Day. He will be presenting a lecture and...
Brazil (BR)
Belo Horizonte
World Usability Day in Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte will join the World Usability Day hosting a series of lectures and workshops aimed...
Canada (CA)
Quebec
Quebec launches first Usability Awards!
WUD in Quebec will last three days ! Between November 2 and 4, Utilisabilite‚ Quebec will...
Canada (CA)
Toronto
Practical Suggestions for Institutionalising Usability Across Large Organisations
Toronto Interacts, the UPA Toronto Chapter, is hosting a discussion on "Practical Suggestions for...
Canada (CA)
Toronto
Toronto UX Irregulars - World Usability Day F2F
Join the Toronto UX Irregulars in meatspace this Nov 3rd to celebrate World Usability Day. We're...
Canada (CA)
Ottawa
Making it easy: An interactive showcase
Ottawa celebrates "World Usability Day" at Carleton University to demonstrate how local usability...
Switzerland (Confoederatio Helvetica) (CH)
Bern
World Usability Day in Switzerland
This local Swiss event will be hosted by the city of Bern, the capital of Switzerland, where a...
Switzerland (Confoederatio Helvetica) (CH)
Lugano
World Usability Day - Lugano
This local Swiss event will be hosted by the University of Lugano (Ticino, Switzerland) and it is...
Switzerland (Confoederatio Helvetica) (CH)
Sion
Open House: L'usabilité des sites et applications Web
En quelques heures venez découvrir ou approfondir les apports de l'ergonomie pour vos sites web,...
Chile (CL)
Santiago
Hazlo facil
Celebraremos por primera vez en Chile el dia mundial de la usabilidad, ayudando a difundir esta...
China (CN)
Hong Kong
Conducting a Usability Walkthrough for www.globalhand.org
In support of World Usability Day and with the kind support of Global Hand, UPA HK will conduct a...
China (CN)
Beijing
Public Establishments Usability Problems Demonstration
We will demonstrate usability and accessibility problems of public establishments in the city of...
China (CN)
Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Academic-Industry Communication on Usability
This event will introduce World Usability Day and UPA to UI designers in Hangzhou, students and...
Cuba (CU)
La Habana
Dia Mundial de la Usabilidad Web
Primer Evento Práctico "Por un Diseño Web Accesible y Universal" los das 2 y 3 de noviembre en la...
Czech Republic (CZ)
Prague
Prague WUD
The one-day event will focus on Usability and Accessibility, areas which are almost unknown in the...
Germany (Deutschland) (DE)
Stuttgart
Making It Easy - Machen wir's einfach
For World Usability Day, Stuttgart presents the Usability Adventure Park. This includes...
Germany (Deutschland) (DE)
Kaiserslautern
World Usability Kaiserslautern
Warum kompliziert, wenn's auch einfach geht? - Why tricky, even if it can be done...
Germany (Deutschland) (DE)
Berlin
Berlin Open Usability Information Day
In Berlin, the World Usability Day will be in the light of "Open Usability". Open Usability aims at...
Germany (Deutschland) (DE)
Magdeburg
Centre the user!
Within the scope of a symposium, experts from universities and companies from Saxony-Anhalt will...
Germany (Deutschland) (DE)
Dusseldorf
Making life easier
How do we streamline software, websites and mobile devices to meet the needs of everyday...
Germany (Deutschland) (DE)
Munich
Usability as an innovation factor - for easy-to-use and attractive technologies
Well-known companies in Greater Munich (Siemens, BMW, Expedia, Bosch-Siemens Hausger„te, Portal...
Germany (Deutschland) (DE)
Bremen
Leonardo's Laptop
Ben Shneiderman will give a talk on Leonardo's Notebook: Human Needs and the New Computing...
Denmark (DK)
Copenhagen
International Usability in Denmark
Through a series of small talks, researchers and practitioners will talk about international...
Spain (Espana) (ES)
Zaragoza
Dia de la Usabilidad. Hacerlo fácil.
I Jornada sobre usabilidad, personas y sistemas de información. La web fácil de usar. Una...
Spain (Espana) (ES)
Madrid
The Madrid-Barcelona Usability Connection
La Asociación Interacción Persona-Ordenador (AIPO), en colaboración con Telefónica I+D, con...
Spain (Espana) (ES)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Día Mundial de la Usabilidad en Canarias
In collaboration with Cadius, we have organized a World Usability Day in the Canary Islands with...
Spain (Espana) (ES)
Madrid
Día Mundial de la Usabilidad
Cadius celebra el Día Mundial de la Usabilidad coincidiendo con su 4 aniversario. Cebraremos el...
Spain (Espana) (ES)
Barcelona
Usability for All (Usabilidad para Todos)
A usability awareness event organized by Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) promoting user...
Finland (FI)
Oulu
Seminar: Human technology
Come to a seminar on the theme: "Human technology - integrating usability engineering into...
Finland (FI)
Espoo
(Corporate event) Tekla World Usability Day event
We are planning an event to promote usability issues in our company. We will have presentations,...
France (FR)
Valbonne
Apéritif/ rencontre avec des professionnels de l'Utilisabilité et de l'Ergonomie
A l’occasion de la journée mondiale de l’utilisabilité, des experts en ergonomie informatique...
France (FR)
Paris
After-hour meeting
Everybody interested in usability, information architecture and ease of use is welcome to this...
France (FR)
Paris
Open House: Axance: 5 years of web usability
Axance invites its customers and relatives for a breakfast around web usability topic. Some...
Ireland (IE)
County Limerick
Primary School Demo
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: A 'show and let them tell' exercise with school kids (10 years...
Israel (IL)
Tel Aviv
World Usability Day in Israel
IsraCHI - Israel's organization for Computer-Human Interaction will celebrate World Usability Day...
India (IN)
Hyderabad
UsabilityMatters: UsabilityDay in Indis
UsabilityMatters.Org (UMO) is a non-profit organization working towards design awareness and...
India (IN)
Bangalore
Usability. Now, we are talking!
This is the final event in a series of presentations by experts on: Usability, Accessibility, and...
India (IN)
Chennai
World Usability Day - Chennai
Usability enthusisasts in Chennai, we welcome you attend this World first international event on...
Italy (IT)
Rome
Putting People First
World Usabity Day in Rome features a day-long symposium discussing current issues in public...
Netherlands (NL)
Wageningen
Making usability studies easy
Noldus Information Technology is organizing two events in Wageningen: Morning (9:30 - 12:30):...
Norway (NO)
Oslo
Business seminar on usability
We're hosting a free 4 hour seminar, with renowned speakers and case studies ranging from...
New Zealand (NZ)
Christchurch
World Usability - Open Day
Join us for a fully caffeinated day of talks, workshops, discussion and demonstrations at the home...
New Zealand (NZ)
Wellington
Usability in government - success stories
While there has been strong emphasis on e-government web standards and guidelines, these can...
New Zealand (NZ)
Auckland
Open Your Eyes to Usability!
Ever felt frustated, confused or lost when surfing the web? Ever wondered how your visitors really...
New Zealand (NZ)
Christchurch
World Usability Kick Off
Kick off World Usability Day with a breakfast event and the grand opening of New Zealand's first...
Philippines (PH)
Manila
Building Usability Awareness
For World Usability Day in Manila activities for current and graduating students at De La Salle...
Poland (PL)
Warsaw
World Usability Day in Poland
For World Usability Day in Poland we are launching a special website with basic usability and...
Portugal (PT)
Lisboa
Usability's new challenges
A full day of presentations, panel discussions and audience participation on topics in...
Portugal (PT)
Coimbra
Usability's New Challenges (Coimbra)
In Coimbra, José Campos will give a talk on "What Usability Can Do for Your Company?" He will...
Portugal (PT)
Porto
Usability's New Challenges (Porto)
Filipe Miguel Tavares, Director of Production and Design for Prodígio, founder and manager of...
Portugal (PT)
Braga
Usability's new challenges (Braga)
This event will focus on accessiblity and usability for people with special needs. ...
Russia (RU)
Moscow
WUD In Russia
In order to popularize usability in Russia, we are launching a new website www.wud.ru (World...
Sweden (SE)
Stockholm
Breakfast seminar: Usable IT Systems
This breakfast seminar will highligh "Usable IT systems" through short discussions from the...
Singapore (SG)
Singapore
Usability Day: Redesigning Singapore
The Usability Day Singapore event will feature before and after examples of the usability of...
Sweden (SW)
Uppsala
Usability everywhere
Presentations from many different domains, each showing the many faces of usability. The Swedish...
Sweden (SW)
Lund
Lunch Seminar
We invite everyone interested in easy-to-use technology to join our lunch seminar on World...
Sweden (SW)
Göteborg
Usability and computer games
A series of seminars on HCI with speakers from DICE, Volvo, SonyEricsson and INUse. Their...
United Kingdom (UK)
Edinburgh
(Open House) Usability testing and 'obstacle course'
User Vision will be hosting an open house for World Usability Day
United Kingdom (UK)
London
The UKUPA 2005 Awards
As part of World Usability Day, we'll be holding an evening event in Central London at which we...
United Kingdom (UK)
Edinburgh
Scottish Usability Showcase
Scottish companies will share case studies of projects to improve the usability of their product,...
United Kingdom (UK)
London
(Open Houses) London Usability Companies
Several companies in London are holding open houses for World Usability...
United Kingdom (UK)
Sunderland
Usability in the Public Sector
Public sector organisations are increasingly using usability requirements in their invitations to...
United Kingdom (UK)
Leicestershire
Guest lectures at Loughborough University
Two complementary presentations to promote awareness of the benefits of usability engineering and...
United States (US)
Piscataway, NJ
Live Usability Reviews of Gubernatorial Campaign Web Sites
From recent failures of voting ballot and system designs to the failure of recent car dashboard...
United States (US)
San Francisco, CA
DUX 2005 Opening Plenary and Reception
World Usability Day ends in San Francisco at the opening night for the DUX 2005 Conference on...
United States (US)
Columbus, OH
World Usability Day at OSU
Ohio State University is recognizing World Usability Day with a full slate of activities including...
United States (US)
Chicago, IL
World Usability Day Chicago: It Makes $ense
For the Chicago community, World Usability Day 2005 will be an opportunity to celebrate past and...
United States (US)
Minneapolis, MN
World Usability Day Program at the University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota is sponsoring a program of speakers on usability topics, and our...
United States (US)
Washington, DC
HHS World Usability Day Open House
To support this year's World Usability Day theme, "Making It Easy," the U.S. Department of Health...
United States (US)
Ann Arbor, MI
Redesign a classroom
SOCHI wants a usable lecture hall at the School of Information, and we think our students do...
United States (US)
Boston, MA
Boston Museum of Science
Boston's day-long event will be at the Museum of Science, Boston. Usability testing, exhibits,...
United States (US)
Pittsburgh, PA
(Open House) Free Usability Audit
MAYA Design, Inc. will perform a free Expert Usability Audit for any company that brings their...
United States (US)
Philadelphia, PA
World Usability Day Philadelphia
World Usability Day will be observed in the Philadelphia region on November 3rd. We will host an...
United States (US)
Washington, DC
Workshop on Document Design
How does design (layout, typography and so on) complement plain language? Are there...
United States (US)
USAF Academy, CO
Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory Open House
The Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory (HCIL) at the United States Air Force Academy is hosting...
United States (US)
Hyattsville, MD
Usability Info Table
The World Usability Day Info Table will display usability books, projects materials, and videos and...
United States (US)
Bellevue, WA
Open House: Making It Easy
The User Experience (UX) team at Infospace will invite the staff to "Making It Easy Slideshow and...
United States (US)
Southlake (Dallas), TX
Making Travel Easy
The Sabre Holdings Human Factors Center in Southlake will host an open house that includes tours of...
United States (US)
Columbus, OH
Usability: A case study
This interactive lunchtime discussion about website usability will key on a case study....
United States (US)
Indianapolis, IN
Multiple Dimensions of Usability
The Indiana UPA Considers Usability and Accessibility. Event speakers will focus on usability and...
United States (US)
Minneapolis, MN
World Usability Day Dinner and Speaker
The Minnesota Chapter of the Usability Professional's Association is holding a dinner at a hotel...
United States (US)
East Lansing, MI
Michigan World Usability Day
The event will be held at the Michigan State University, a location that is both relevant to the...
United States (US)
Minneapolis, MN
AMA Minnesota Conference: Experiential Marketing
Experiential marketing is all about strategically managing customer experiences and forging strong...
United States (US)
Montgomery, AL
Usability Day Presentation and Award
The concept of "usability" will be illustrated in the university assembly and an award will be...
United States (US)
Overland Park, KS
Open House: Sprint User Expereience Design (UXD) Lab
The Sprint User Experience Design (UXD)Usabilty Lab will host an open house to celebrate World...
United States (US)
St Louis, MO
Professional - Student Panel
The St. Louis ACM Sig CHI: Gateway CHI will be hosting a professional-student panel for World...
United States (US)
Auburn, AL
Usability Research and Statistics
Three brown-bag luncheon talks will be will be held from 12:00 to 1:30 pm, featuring talks by...
United States (US)
Tucson, AZ
World Usability Day in Tucson, AZ
Tucson World Usability Day at IBM on November 3rd will include a variety of hands-on activities,...
United States (US)
Miamisburg, OH
Dayton-Cincinnati Networking Event
In support of World Usability Day, professionals and colleagues in the Dayton-Cincinnati region are...
United States (US)
Research Triangle Park (Durham), NC
Triangle World Usability Day
The Triangle User Experience Group is hosting two events on World Usability Day: an interactionary...
United States (US)
Allentown, PA
(Corporate event) SodexhoNet - Improving our Intranet
SodexhoNet is accessed by over 14,000 managers within Sodexho's N.A.. World Usability Day falls on...
United States (US)
Hanover, NH
World Usability Day New England: Universal usability in teaching and learning
World Usability Day New England is a one-day conference organized jointly by Dartmouth College and...
United States (US)
New York City, NY
New York City Events
Ever wish a site, application, or device was easier to use? Ever wonder what 'usability' is and...
United States (US)
Columbus, OH
Open House: Live Usability Test of Holiday Gift Sites
Watch a live demonstration of an actual usability test. Learn how the testing process works and...
United States (US)
Washington, DC
eGov Success Stories from the Nation's Capital
"Show me what works, not what doesn’t.” When it comes to usability, we usually see examples of...
United States (US)
Atlanta, GA
Student Poster Contest & Scholarship
In honor of World Usability Day, the metro Atlanta chapter of ACM SIG-CHI will be holding a Student...
United States (US)
Ann Arbor, MI
Unusually Useful Software
This lecture will present 3 keys to creating unusually useful software: making information...
United States (US)
Austin, TX
Information Experience Lab (IX Lab) Open House
The University of Texas School of Information will host an open house to celebrate World Usability...
United States (US)
Newark, DE
(Corporate event) JP Morgan Chase: raising usability awareness
This event is organized within JPMorgan Chase & Co. to raise the awareness of usability through out...
South Africa (ZA)
Johannesburg
Breakfast Seminar: Making it Easy
The CHI-SA group will host a breakfast seminar in Johannesburg featuring the theme "Making it...
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