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1999 Conference - Cincinnati, Ohio

Usability Sessions at a Glance
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Post-Conf. Workshops

 

Monday Sessions

8:30-10:00

Opening Session

10:30 - 12:00

ID2L - Making Information More Accessible for our Users (papers) - Craig Marion, Strohl Systems, Moderator

12:00 - 2:00

Networking Luncheon

2:00 - 3:30

ET3N - Web Pages, Interactive Interfaces and Worm Holes–The Next Generation of User Interface Designers (panel discussion) - David F. Hans, IBM Corporation, Moderator

TR3T - Usability Progression: Catching the Main Currents in Usability Part I

TT3AA - Bringing Help to the User: A Look at Embedded Assistance - Michael P. Bates, IBM Corporation

4:00 - 5:30

TR4T - Usability Progression: Catching the Main Currents in Usability Part II

TR4W - Working with the Web (papers) - Marsha Durham, University of Western Sydney, Moderator

 

Go to top of pageTuesday Sessions

8:30-10:00

ID5L - Information Design with Cutting Edge Prototype Technology (panel discussion) - Tom Vail, Sakson & Taylor, Moderator

ID5Y - Creating a Visual Interface Design in Lotus Notes - Whitney Quesenbery, Cognetics Corp.

TR5W - Prototyping Your Process, Team, and Tools: Improving Usability at Work - Karen L. Mobley, IBM Corporation, Moderator

10:30 - 12:00

ID6O - How Information Developers Can Improve the User Interface - Kymm Gossett Welle, Mona Cocciardi, Carol Hobday, PictureTel Corporation

12:00 - 2:00

SIG Networking Luncheon

2:00 - 3:30

TR7M - Usability Review Sessions

WE7I - I Didn’t Know It Was Loaded: How to Stop Murdering Your Message in Today’s International Marketplace - Hans Fenstermacher, ArchiText, Leader

4:00 - 5:30

ID8O - Search Interfaces: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Whitney Quesenbery, Cognetics Corp.

TT8B - Writing and Analyzing Requirements - Ruth A. Mickelson, Dee Hayes, Guidant CPI

 

Go to top of pageWednesday Sessions

8:30-10:00

TR9R - User-Driven Documentation: From Usability Testing to User Guide (panel discussion) - Jennifer L. Giordano, Rockwell Software, Moderator

10:30 - 12:00

Usability SIG Business Meeting

ID10I - Usability Testing for Information Design Projects - Barbara K. Kingsley, Kenneth D. Keiser, Susan D. Kleimann, Kleimann Communication Group

12:00 - 2:00

2:00 - 3:30

ID 11CC - When Worlds Collide: How People Really Use Help, Print and the Web - Tara Scanlon, Jared M. Spool, Carolyn Snyder, User Interface Engineering

TR11M - Usability Review Sessions

TT11AA - Using the LUCID Design Methodology - Whitney Quesenbery, Cognetics Corp.

4:00 - 5:30

Closing Session

 

Go to top of pagePost Conference Workshops
Thursday,
May 20
8:30 - 5:00
PC 5 - Conducting Mail, Telephone, and Online Surveys - Donald E. Zimmerman, professor of technical journalism at Colorado State University

PC 6 - Designing the User Experience: Preventing Failure in Your Application - Mike Bates and Ed See, IBM Corporation

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