Don Norman is getting around. This month, he is speaking at meetings of
two different CHI local sigs -- MOCHI & CHI-Squared, and I was almost able
to nab him to appear on the December BayCHI program.
Might YOU be interested in speaking at a meeting of a CHI local sig?
Contact a local sig in your area or in an area you plan to visit (take a
look at the SIGCHI local sigs page -- http://www.acm.org/sigchi/local-sigs/
-- for a list of all of them) and make the offer. The local sigs would
love to hear from you.
(Many thanks to Don and to all who speak at meetings of CHI local sigs.)
A sampling of specifics of what is happening in the world of CHI local sigs:
Europe
SIGCHI.DK will hold its first event on November 3rd: "Usability
testing - the solution?" featuring three academic speakers and three
speakers from industry. The mini-conference will be followed by the
statuary general meeting and dinner.
SIGCHI.NL will hold a full-day congress entitled, "HCI in the
Netherlands" that was organized in honor of the SIGCHI Executive
Committee. Speakers include Matthias Rauterberg, Gerrit vd Veer, P.
Timmer, G.W.M. Rauterberg, P.G.A.M. Jorna, Richard Anderson, L.I.J.
Cranen, Marilyn Tremaine, D.G. Bouwhuis, P.J. Werkhoven, V.E.C. Lokin,
& Dan Olsen; the topics are wide-ranging. The event will be held
11 November in Utrecht.
SwissCHI will meet Thursday, November 25th. Thema: "Rapid Prototyping
for E-Business." Speaker: Patrick Steiger, PricewaterhouseCoopers.
(Venue:18:30 , ETH-Zentrum, Clausiusstrasse 25, Building NW, Room B81,
CH-8092 Zurich.)
Americas (outside USA)
At ToRCHI on Thursday 25 November, Monica Schraefel will give a
talk entitled: "Whose Copyright? MP3, SDMI and the Music Industry: The
First Test of Authorship and Ownership in the Digital Domain" or
"The Travails of the Independent Artist in the Digital Domain."
Australasia
SIGCHI_NZ announced its prospective beginnings.
United States
BayCHI's program November 9: "Empowering Girls through Technology Use,"
Janese Swanson, Girl Tech.
ConnCHI's November meeting will be hosted by Sabine Kirstein from
Christensen/Roberts Solutions. The meeting will consist of a
discussion of what members have learned from attending HCI conferences
and workshops throughout the past year.
The November DC_CHI meeting will be held at GEIS in Rockville, MD and
will focus on what GEIS Usability Engineering does during the
development of GEIS software to increase usability and decrease
support costs. Dinner precedes at That's Amore. Date: Nov. 15.
CHI-Squared's meeting on November 17 in downtown Chicago will feature
Don Norman, who will speak on "Design Issues in Distance Education."
LowellCHI became SIGCHI's third chartered student chapter on October
15. LowellCHI is located at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
MOCHI is pleased to announce that human-computer interaction luminary
Donald A. Norman will be the invited speaker at its November 10
meeting. His presentation: "Technology and the rise of the for-profit
university" or "Technology begets change begets crisis begets
opportunity."
TwinCHI's October 26 meeting featured a presentation entitled,
"Real-World Design Experiences: Post-It Software Notes and Web-Site
Design Issues." Peter Eisenberg and Barbara Karyukina organized the
meeting.
GatewayCHI meets November 3 at 6 p.m. At this meeting, everyone will
have a chance to participate in "cracker barrel" discussion groups
focused on three different topics: targeted users, international issues,
and exploratory vs. formal usability protocols. This evening will
also introduce the first of several sessions on Good and Bad Designs
to be found in the St. Louis area.
CHI NY SIG will meeting on Monday November 8. Topic: "Wearable
Computing." Speaker: Despina Papadopoulos, Founder of 5050 Ltd.
(Location: iXL 79 Fifth Ave.)
PhiCHI will hold its first meeting on the 17th of November. The
featured speaker: Dr. John Thomas from IBM Watson.
CHI-Austin's November meeting will feature a panel discussion on
the design and product life cycle of online communities.
Puget Sound SIGCHI's November meeting will feature a panel discussion
on "E-Commerce: The User Experience." Experts from 3 Seattle-based
e-commerce firms will share their perspectives on improving the
e-commerce user experience.
For access to further information on the above and on what is happening
with other CHI Local SIGs, see the SIGCHI Local SIGs webpage
(http://www.acm.org/sigchi/local-sigs/).
Richard Anderson
Local SIGs Chair
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