Fwd: Invitation: World Usability Day 2009!!
Ismail Dhorat
Item Type: Appointment
Start Date: Tuesday, 3 Nov 2009, 08:15:00am (South Africa Standard Time)
Duration: 6 Hours, 45 Mins
Place: Casa Toscana
Have you created or implemented an initiative that has used
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) or digital technology
to positively impact socially disadvantaged or digitally excluded
communities? Or are you interested in how people go about such
initiatives? Do you know what user experience is all about? Or why
user experience is important?
To find out more about e-inclusion and the relationship between that
and user experience in areas such as accessibility, information
architecture, usability evaluation, voice interaction and mobile human
computer interaction, you are invited to attend and participate in an
event on e-Inclusion and User Experience at the CSIR on Thursday, 12
November 2009. The event is organised under the auspices of SAFIPA
(http://www.safipa.com) and the international World Usability Day
(http://www.worldusabilityday.org) co-ordinating committee.
Date: 12 November 2009
Time: 08:30 - 15:00
Venue: Casa Toscana
Cost: None
Programme
08:30 Welcome by Kristiina Lahde (SAFIPA)
08:45 World Usability Day 2009 - Darelle van Greunen (South African
World Usability Day co-ordinator)
09:00 The role of e-inclusion and user experience in ICT today
-Darelle van Greunen (Institute for ICT Advancement, Nelson Mandela
Metropolitan University)
09:30 The role of e-Inclusion in Accessibility -Marde Greeff
(CSIR Meraka)
10:00 e-Inclusion of visually impaired users in a South
African context - Dr Louis Coetzee (CSIR Meraka)
10:30 Tea & Refreshments
11:00 Mobile HCI - a world of usability and e-inclusion - Adele
Botha (CSIR Meraka)
11:30 Usability in Voice Interaction - Jama Ndwe (CSIR Meraka)
12:00 The role of information architecture in design - Garth
Shoebridge (Umlungu Consulting)
12:30 Frequently used evaluation techniques - Marco
Pretorius (Usability Manager UNISA)
13:00 Discussion
13.30 Closure
RSVP to Lorraine Shikwane at lshi...@csir.co.za to confirm your
attendance by 12:00 noon on 11 November 2009.
NB: Map to the venue attached.
