"World Usability Day Chicago 2005: It Makes $ense"

For the Chicago community, World Usability Day 2005 will be an opportunity to celebrate past and present successes in the User Experience community as well as stimulate ideas about our future. Local leaders from a variety of academic and corporate environments will present case studies demonstrating current usability efforts, discussing challenges and highlighting success stories. In addition, networking breaks will allow user experience and usability practitioners to mingle with business stakeholders and professionals.

We would like to spread the word in the Chicago user experience and usability community to "attend WUD and bring a business partner or two."

By educating your work partners and business stakeholders about the usability field, WUD2005 will help strengthen relationships between businesses and UX practitioners. Moreover, this event will provide insight into the User Experience discipline and its importance in the project lifecycle.

WUD Chicago Contact:

Suzanne EL-Moursi
Event Planning Committee Chair
sue.elmoursi@gmail.com
312-493-4536

Registration for this event is now closed. Thank you for your interest and support for the Chicago World Usability Day 2005! We look forward to celebrating the day with you in 2006!

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Press release for this event

Theme:	"World Usability Day Chicago 2005: It Makes $ense"	What is it like to have a career in usability?

When:	November 3, 2005 – 8:00am to 7:00pm

Where:	Chicago Architectural Foundation 224 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL

Speakers:	Susan Weinschenk, Human Factors International Dayna Bateman, Hammacher-Schlemmer Doug Walston, Motorola Elisabeth Klann, Jim McNally, HSBC Hala Hemayssi, Pathfinder Associates LLC Jason Kunesh, Orbitz Jeremy Alexis, Institute of Design, IIT John Yesko, Fry Inc. Karen Ziech, Lucent Technologies, Inc.

	Schedule for the day: "World Usability Day Chicago 2005: It Makes $ense"
	8:00 – 9:00 Registration is open WUD Chicago 2005 Press Hour
	9:00 – 9:15 Welcome Thoughts
	9:15 – 10:00 Opening Keynote Address: Combining inspiration and business savvy: The future of usability Susan Weinschenk Chief of Technical Staff Human Factors International
	10:00 – 10:30 Celebrating User Experience – Part I
	10:30 – 11:00 Networking Break
	11:00 – 11:30 Presentation: Evolution of the User Centered Design Team at HSBC Elisabeth Klann & Jim McNally Managers, User Centered Design Team HSBC
	11:30 – 12:00 Presentation: Features into Flow: The Fusion of Design and Technology Hala Hemayssi Director, User Experience Pathfinder Associates LLC
	12:00 – 1:15 Lunch
	1:15 – 1:30 Celebrating User Experience – Part II
	1:30 – 2:00 Presentation: Offer an Award to Promote Usability in Your Company – the Lucent Experience Karen Ziech Usability Special Interest Group (USIG) Lucent Technologies, Inc.
	2:00 – 2:45 Panel Discussion on Practiced Usability: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly A panel discussion with John Yesko of Fry Inc., Jason Kunesh of Orbitz and Dayna Bateman of Hammacher Schlemmer.
	2:45 – 3:00 Networking Break
	3:00 – 3:30 Presentation: Motorola: Investing in User Interface Design Doug Walston Director, User Interface Design Consumer eXperience Design Motorola, Inc., Mobile Devices
	3:30 – 4:15 Closing Keynote Address: Next Generation of User Experience Design and looking at a strategic process for businesses Jeremy Alexis Assistant Professor Institute of Design, IIT
	4:15 – 4:30 Closing Thoughts: The frontiers of user experience: charting how our community can capture more value through new practices, approaches, and business models
	5:00 – 7:00 Cocktail Hour

Registration for this event is now closed. Thank you for your interest and support for the Chicago World Usability Day 2005! We look forward to celebrating the day with you in 2006!