In summary...
The World Usability Day 2006 event in Ottawa was a huge success! We would like to thank all the presenters, sponsors, exhibitors, volunteers, and attendees for making this year's event so great! The Ottawa event for 2006 included activities which attracted 17 sponsors, exhibitors and supporters; over 250 attendees from academia, public and industry, including defence and security, e-business, software, life sciences, microelectronics/wireless, telecommunications, and more; plus media coverage on CTV news, CTV Tech Now, and CBC Radio Ottawa Morning Show, as well as an article in Carleton Now.
World Usability Day 2006 was hosted by the Ottawa Usability Consortium (OUC), an organization of usability professionals and academics who promote usability through a range of activities throughout the year. To learn more about the OUC or to sign up as a member, please visit www.ottawausability.org or contact ouc-info@ottawausability.org.
World Usability Day is for everyone who's ever asked questions such as “Why doesn’t this work right?” and “What am I supposed to do with this now?” World Usability Day aims to raise awareness and visibility of usability engineering and user-centered design. This year’s theme, "Making life easy!", focuses on accessibility and inclusion.
Presentations...
We thank our presenters for providing us with their slide presentations. Links for the various presentations are found below in a reproduction of the 2006 program.
08:00-12:00 |
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Speakers from various types of government organizations came together and shared their experiences on researching the human factor and designing products, systems and services to meet user needs. |
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08:00 - 08:30 |
Coffee and networking |
08:30 - 08:40 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
08:40 - 09:20 |
Usability at Industry Canada Download the slide presentation... (PDF 1.4Mb) |
09:20 - 10:00 |
The Role of Usability in Accident Investigations at the Transportation Safety Board Download the slide presentation... (PDF 2.7Mb) |
10:00 - 10:30 |
Break (Morning coffee/tea) |
10:30 - 11:10 |
Usability in the Provincial Government Download the slide presentation... (PDF 1.0Mb) |
11:10 - 11:50 |
Usability at the City of Ottawa Download the slide presentation... (PDF 1.1Mb) |
11:50 - 12:00 |
Summary and Closing Remarks |
Lunch Break |
12:00-13:30 |
12:00 - 13:30 |
Lunch Break - Light refreshments |
12:00-15:30 |
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An exhibition by local usability, accessibility, and user experience practitioners working in the private and public sectors plus academia. Meet them, learn from them, and exchange ideas with them. |
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12:00 - 15:30 |
Practitioners exhibits included:
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| 12:00 - 15:30 | Come “See how it works”. Watch live usability testing, using MORAE from TechSmith. |
| 12:00 - 15:30 | Fantastic door prizes on the half-hour (12:30; 13:30; 14:30) |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Afternoon coffee/tea break |
| 15:20 - 15:30 | Concluding remarks Gitte Lindgaard, Carleton University HOT Lab |
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