Archive for year: 2024

Usability Day in Colombia – Why is usability a key issue for a better world?

USABILITY DESIGN AWARD

On 14 November 2024, Usability Day in Colombia will be a hybrid event with an academic agenda and a challenge for usability design in a better world. The Usability Award will also be presented. Three of the most important universities in Colombia participate in this annual meeting.

AGENDA 2024

9:00 Welcome to the usability day
9:15 Why usability is a key topic for a better world?
Juan A Castillo- M PhD. Professor U. Rosario
9:45 Usability experiences at UPTC
Professor : Claudia Rojas R; Fabian Alfredo Torres; Fernando Camelo P. – UPTC
10:45 Accessibility in the digital era
Jorge E. Mejía DI. Professor U. Javeriana
11:15 Activation based on gamification for creative processes
Carlos M. Monsalve DI- Kaboom

12:00 Lunch

13:30 Presentation of the distinction for innovation in usability
UPTC -UR
13:45 Challenge: innovating for a better world with usability
Fabian Torres – UPTC
17:00 AWARD CEREMONY

What is the usability award?
It is a distinction to the design that gives an account of a response to the challenges of usability in the world of production and consumption, it involves responding with a broad scope to the expectations of potential users.

City

Duitama, Boyacá

Colombia

 

https://url.unad.edu.co/zFtYy

World Usability Day Estonia 2024

wud estonia

World Usability Day Estonia (WUD) is an annual UX-, web- and interaction design conference, the largest in the Baltics.WUD 2024 will provide a platform for professionals to network, share experiences, and build connections with like-minded individuals who are passionate about UX.

 

This year, the event will take place on November 18-22:

  • November 18-21: Workshop days at Trinidad Wiseman office (Meistri 14, 4th floor, Brainery room, Tallinn) and Estonian
  • Academy of Arts (Põhja puiestee 7, Tallinn)
  • November 21: Conference pre-event with academic talks at Tallinn University, ELU area, 3rd floor of the Mare building (Narva mnt 25, Tallinn)
  • November 22: Conference day in Kultuurikatel (Kursi 3, Tallinn, Estonia) and online
  • November 22 around 18:00: Afterparty

 

Note: The conference and workshops are in English

Participation possible both online and offline

Read more: https://wud.ee/

See last year’s throwback video: https://youtu.be/Fyitp3vy3D8?si=ejqDS3iBoW7qtvcb