SAFIPA supports World Usability Day, 12 November 2009!!

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 Conference Centre,                                  

Cost:      None

Programme

08:30     Welcome  -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     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     Discussions & Lunch
13.30     Closure

 

RSVP to Lorraine Shikwane at lshikwane@csir.co.za to confirm your attendance by 12:00 noon on 11 November 2009.

 For more information about the venue click the link http://www.casatoscana.co.za/contact.asp