UI Events

 

UI Events: Conferences, Workshops, and More

Updated: August 27, 2010

Upcoming Events 2010 | Past Events 2010 | Upcoming Events 2011 | Upcoming Events 2012

Here we list upcoming events for 2010 in the areas of user interface design (including usability, user experience, ...), visual design, and information design. We also provide a brief outlook to 2011 and 2012.

Further HCI events can be found in the Calendar of Bay Area HCI Events, on the SIGGHI events page, in the calender of conferences/events of interaction-design.org, and in the calendar of The User Experience Network • For further graphic design events check also the event lists of Icograda or Netdiver.

 

2010

Upcoming Events

Title of Event
Date
Location
Description
UX Week 2010 August 24-27, 2009 San Francisco, CA, USA

UX Week is the premier user experience conference. Join us this fall for a mix of inspiring talks from recognized thought leaders and hands-on workshops delivering takeaway skills. This event delivers for user experience practitioners of all levels.
(From conference Website; Adaptive Path)

Mensch & Computer 2010 / DeLFI 2010 September 12-15, 2010 Duisburg, Germany

Mensch & Computer is the leading event as to the topic of man-computer interaction in German-speaking countries. It is held by the MCI section of the Gesellschaft für Informatik (German: Mensch & Computer ist die führende Veranstaltung zum Thema Mensch-Computer-Interaktion im deutschsprachigen Raum und wird vom Fachbereich MCI der Gesellschaft für Informatik ausgerichtet.)
(From announcement, translated)

Best Practices 2010 September 13-15, 2010 Hampton, VA, USA

Join CIDM members and colleagues at the 12th Annual Best Practices Conference in Hampton, Virginia on September 13-15, 2010. At this premier industry conference for managers representing documentation training, and support, learn how your colleagues are promoting and implementing industry best practices and responding to the economic downturn.
(From conference Website; Center of Information-Development Management, ComTech)

USAB 2010 September 16-17, 2010 Klagenfurt, Austria 6th Symposium of the Austrian Computer Society
NordiCHI 2010 October 16-20, 2010 Reykjavik, Iceland The conference will take place at the Hilton Reykjavik Nordica hotel and is a joint event between the University of Iceland and Reykjavik University.
(From Website)
ASIS&T 2010 October 24-27, 2010 Pittsburgh, PA, USA Annual Meeting of the Information Society for the Information Age
User Interface 15 Conference (link leads to 2009 conference) November 8-10, 2010 Boston, MA, USA

UI15 will be back in Boston at the Renaissance Hotel, November 8-10, 2010. Information about UI15 will be available starting in June, 2010.
(From UIE Website; User Interface Engineering)

World Usability Day 2010 November 11, 2010 World-wide World Usability Day 2010 will serve as an impetus to creating greater awareness for designs, products and services that improve and facilitate communication around the world. Communications is the theme for World Usability Day 2010.
(From Website).
DMMK Young Professionals 2010 November 13, 2010 Stuttgart, Germany

The DMMK (Deutscher Multimedia Kongress) Young Professionals is "the" recruiting day for the German interactivity sector with presentations, discussion forums, and job matching platforms. The conference's goal is to bring together students, graduates, and young professionals with enterprises in the digital business and educational institutions.
(From DMMK Website, translated)

DITA Europe 2010 Conference November 15-15, 2010 Vienna, Austria

This conference is designed for those who are interested in implementing XML, DITA, or learning more about this new standard for topic-based authoring.
(From conference Website; Center of Information-Development Management, ComTech)

Past Events

Title of Event
Date
Location
Description
DIS 2010 August 16-20, 2009 Aarhus, Denmark

The DIS (Designing Interactive Systems) conference addresses design as an integrated activity spanning technical, social, cognitive, organisational, and cultural factors. It brings together professional designers, ethnographers, systems engineers, usability engineers, psychologists, design managers, product managers, academics and anyone involved in the design of interactive systems.
(From Website)

Web App Masters Tour July 12-13, 2010 Seattle, WA, USA Two days full of inspiration, aimed directly at you, the designer of today's web-based applications. You'll hear these Web App Masters share their wisdom and deliver powerful insights you'll want to act on immediately.
(From UIE Website, adapted; User Interface Engineering)
Create10 June 30 - July 2, 2010 Edinburgh, UK The Create 10 conference (Conference for Innovative Interaction Design) centers on the discipline of interaction design, a young disciple with roots in human-computer interaction, ergonomics, product and graphic design, multi-media and art. It is held at the Edinburgh Napier University, UK.
(From Website; adapted)
ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems June 21-23, 2010 Berlin, Germany EICS (the ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems) is a the second edition of the new international conference devoted to all aspects of the engineering of usable and effective interactive computing systems, ranging from traditional workstation-based interactive systems to those involving new and emerging modalities (e.g. gesture), applications (e.g. mobile and ubiquitous games) and development methods (e.g. extreme programming).
(From Website)
Web App Masters Tour June 7-8, 2010 Philadelphia, PA, USA Two days full of inspiration, aimed directly at you, the designer of today's web-based applications. You'll hear these Web App Masters share their wisdom and deliver powerful insights you'll want to act on immediately.
(From UIE Website, adapted; User Interface Engineering)
UPA International Conference 2010 May 24-28 Munich, Germany

For the first time in its history, the UPA conference will travel to the heart of Europe. It will take place from May 24-28, 2010 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich with the motto: "Embracing Cultural Diversity – User Experience Design for the World."
(From conference Website; adapted)

Design 2010 May 17-20, 2010 Dubrovnik, Croatia The Organizational Board invites you to the 11th International DESIGN Conference – DESIGN 2010 to continue the tradition of the previous meetings by presenting your view on the "EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN".
(From Website)
Usability Week 2010 May 16-21, 2010 London, UK

Many conferences offer cavernous exhibit halls, brief seminars on second-hand discoveries, and a sense of anonymity that can be truly alienating. Usability Week takes a different approach.
(From conference Website; Nielsen Norman Group)

IA Konferenz 2010 May 14-15, 2010 Munich, Germany Deutsche Konferenz für Informationsarchitektur – die Konzepter-Konferenz (German conference for information architecture)
UX Intensive April 27-30, 2010 Amsterdam, The Netherlands

This four-day workshop series is for experienced professionals wanting to take their practice to the next level. We examine the key elements that contribute to a successful interactive experience: Design Strategy, Design Research, Interaction Design and Information Architecture. Each workshop is led by Adaptive Path's team of experts. Get ready to roll up your sleeves and get to work.
(From conference Website; Adaptive Path)

Web App Masters Tour April 27-28, 2010 Minneapolis, MN, USA Two days full of inspiration, aimed directly at you, the designer of today's web-based applications. You'll hear these Web App Masters share their wisdom and deliver powerful insights you'll want to act on immediately.
(From UIE Website, adapted; User Interface Engineering)

Content Management Strategies/DITA North America 2010 Conference

April 19-21, 2010 Santa Clara, CA, USA At CMS/DITA North America 2010, join an outstanding group of individuals who have moved their organizations into content management, implemented the DITA standard, reduced their operations costs, and solved copious technical issues. The program is divided into four segments to give you an opportunity to specialize in one area or sample from several.
(From conference Website; Center of Information-Development Management, ComTech)
CHI 2010 April 10-15, 2010 Atlanta, GA, USA Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
CHI 2010 looks outward to the human experience of computing in the world. "We are HCI" challenges our community to embrace the diversity of HCI in the world and to exclaim our commitment as a profession to empower people from all walks of life.
(From Website)
IA Summit 2010 April 7-11, 2010 Phoenix, AZ, USA

The Information Architecture Summit is the premier gathering place for information architects and other user experience professionals.
(From Website)

Web App Masters Tour March 23-24, 2010 San Diego, CA, USA Two days full of inspiration, aimed directly at you, the designer of today's web-based applications. You'll hear these Web App Masters share their wisdom and deliver powerful insights you'll want to act on immediately.
(From UIE Website, adapted; User Interface Engineering)
CSUN 2010 March 22-27, 2010 San Diego, CA, USA The 25th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference
Usability Week 2010 March 22-26, 2010 New York, NY, USA

Many conferences offer cavernous exhibit halls, brief seminars on second-hand discoveries, and a sense of anonymity that can be truly alienating. Usability Week takes a different approach.
(From conference Website; Nielsen Norman Group)

MX 2010 March 7-8, 2010 San Francisco, CA, USA

MX (Managing Experiences Across the Web and Beyond) is a conference for people who take a leadership role in guiding better experiences into the world. This year, MX serves up examples to learn from and approaches to adopt that can help you lead your organization toward investing in or improving your customer experience on the web, mobile, and more. Over a day and a half we'll look at the key elements critical to your success as a leader: experience strategy and communicating that strategy, organizational buy-in, results-oriented investment and measurement, and the emerging trends you'll have to master.
(From conference Website; Adaptive Path)

Usability Week 2010 February, 22-26, 2010 Atlanta, GA, USA

Many conferences offer cavernous exhibit halls, brief seminars on second-hand discoveries, and a sense of anonymity that can be truly alienating. Usability Week takes a different approach.
(From conference Website; Nielsen Norman Group)

CSCW 2010 February 6-10, 2010 Savannah, GA, USA

CSCW is a premier venue for presenting research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, and communities. Although work is an important area of focus for the conference, technology is increasingly supporting a wide range of recreational and social activities, and we embrace the growth of the discipline in the areas of Collaboration, Sociality, Computation, and the Web. CSCW 2010 will bring together top researchers and practitioners who are interested in both the technical and social aspects of collaboration.
(From Website)

Interaction '10 February 4-7, 2010 Savannah, GA, USA

Every year, the interaction design community gathers to stretch our minds, sharpen our skills and inspire each other. Mark your calendar so you don't miss this incredible opportunity!
(From ixda Website)

Usability Week 2010 January, 25-29, 2010 Miami, FL, USA

Many conferences offer cavernous exhibit halls, brief seminars on second-hand discoveries, and a sense of anonymity that can be truly alienating. Usability Week takes a different approach.
(From conference Website; Nielsen Norman Group)

 

2011

Upcoming Events

Title of Event
Date
Location
Description
TEI '11 January 23-26, 2011 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

TEI' 11 (Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction ) is the fifth international conference dedicated to presenting the latest results in tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction. The work presented at TEI addresses HCI issues, design, interactive art, user experience, tools and technologies, with a strong focus on how computing can finally bridge atoms and bits into cohesive interactive systems. The intimate size of this single-track conference provides a unique forum for exchanging ideas and presenting innovative work through talks, interactive exhibits, demos, hands-on studios, posters, art installations and performances.
(From Website)

Interaction 11 (IxDA 2011) February, 9-12, 2011 Boulder, CO, USA

Welcome to the official home of the IxDA Interaction conference – the premiere annual event for interaction designers, with content and activities relevant to practitioners, managers, educators, and students. Now in its fourth year, the Interaction conference has hosted leading speakers from consultancies, agencies, corporations, and universities around the world.
(From conference Website)

IUI 2011 February, 13-16, 2011 Palo Alto, CA, USA IUI 2011 (International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces) is the annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community and serves as the principal international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces.
(From Website)
IA Summit 2011 March 30-April 3, 2011 Denver, CO, USA The Information Architecture Summit is the premier gathering place for information architects and other user experience professionals.
(From Website)
CHI 2011 May 7-12, 2011 Vancouver, CA Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
IA Konferenz 2011 May 20-21, 2011 Munich, Germany Deutsche Konferenz für Informationsarchitektur – die Konzepter-Konferenz (German conference for information architecture)
UPA International Conference 2011 June 20-24, 2011 Atlanta, GA, USA

Motto: "Designing for social change"

HCI International 2011 July, 9-14, 2011 Orlando, FL, USA 14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction; includes the DUXU 2011 conference
Interact 2011 July 11-15, 2011 Lisbon, Portugal 13th IFIP TC13 Conference in Human-Computer Interaction
MobileHCI 2011 August 30-September 2 Stockholm, Sweden

MobileHCI 2011 is organised by the Mobile Life VinnExcellence Centre (Stockholm University, Interactive Institute and SICS) in collaboration with Ericsson, Nokia, Kista Science City, the City of Stockholm and ACM.

 

2012

Upcoming Events

Title of Event
Date
Location
Description
CHI 2012 May 5-10, 2012 Austin, TX, USA Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
DIS 2012 open open The DIS (Designing Interactive Systems) conference addresses design as an integrated activity spanning technical, social, cognitive, organisational, and cultural factors. It brings together professional designers, ethnographers, systems engineers, usability engineers, psychologists, design managers, product managers, academics and anyone involved in the design of interactive systems.
(From 2010 Website)

 

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