World Usability Day 2017 Inclusion through UX Elizabeth Rosenzweig Founder and Director World Usability Day

Inclusion in User Experience Around the Globe Currently 74 events in 28 countries!

Inclusion through user experience The world is changing and the climate of well-balanced and open society is not as prevalent as many of us would like.   Technology is developing alongside new political changes. This year, 2017 is a pivotal moment in history and we can help shape the course of events by the work we do.    

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World Usability Day 2017 North America

WORLD USABILITY DAY NEW ENGLAND

Seattle, WA – Puget Sound WUD features speakers from companies like Google, Disney, Amazon, and Microsoft, as well as leadership workshops. 

Hidalgo, Mexico - Design session in which participants will be asked to design a user-centered solution for a vulnerable group of society. Toronto, Canada – Inclusive Design Thinking Workshop at the Centre for Inclusive Design, OCADU. An introduction to Inclusive Design Thinking through an experiential learning activity that introduces thinking about accessibility and inclusion in functional terms.

World Usability Day Middle East 2017

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - World Usability Day 2017, sponsored by UXBERT Usability Lab Tehran, Iran - Usability Day 2017

World Usability Day South America

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - A day of workshops and speakers about inclusion through user experience. Also coincides with HFES month of ergonomics (October). Belo Horizonte, Brazil – an event hosted by the Interaction Design Association of Belo Horizonte.

World Usability Day South Pacific

Jakarta, Indonesia - SIS Design Challenge 2017 Jakarta, Indonesia - SIS Design Challenge 2017. Design challenge for undergraduate students to propose solutions to socio-cultural issues. Sydney, Australia - General Assembly presents Inclusion by Design: a panel of local experts discussing great inclusive design.

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World Usability Day Europe

Saint Petersburg, Russia - WUD @ ITMO: Experts design of interfaces share knowledge, opinions and effective solutions. Presented by ITMO University in Saint Petersburg, University of Tallinn, & University of Technology of Cyprus http://wud.ifmo.ru http://wudwroclaw.pl/ Wrocław, Poland – WUD: exploring UX technologies and how they affect humanity and ethics.

Guimarães, Portugal - focusing on automation in different settings, from the control room to the car, all with the human user at the center. http://wudmilan.com/ http://wud.eventos.ccg.pt/ Milan, Italy - “WUD Milan Without Barriers” – share experiences and recognize heterogeneous realities to establish a dialogue about issues linked by inclusiveness.

Frankfurt, Germany - focuses on sustainability & benefits in design & product development. Salzburg, Germany – how to communicate and strengthen user experience in the world. http://germanupa.de/events/world-usability-day http://frankfurt-wud.de/ http://www.wud-salzburg.at/#about http://owl-morgen.de/termine/details/2-world-usability-day-owl/detail/ Paderborn, Germany – the current trends as well as potentials & challenges of software solutions & digital assistance systems.

Vienna, Austria - RoX Conference: Different Approaches of Motivation. Prague, Czech Republic – involvement of seniors in our world through design. http://wud.cz/ http://wud.cz/ http://www.rox2017.com/ Vienna, Austria - RoX Conference: Different Approaches of Motivation.

UX Design and Research These will impact the future by creating technology, products and services that are inclusive at their core.

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