Schedule

UX Week sessions take place over four days, with two session choices at most points. Don't forget to check out the field trips to the National Building Museum and the International Spy Museum at the end of day four.

Sunday, August 12

Time Event 1 Event 2 (If applicable)
7:00-8:00 pm Welcome Reception

Monday, August 13 - Day One  Back to top

Time Event 1 Event 2 (If applicable)
8:00-9:00 am Light Breakfast
9:00-9:15 am Introduction
Sarah B. Nelson, Adaptive Path
9:15-10:15 am (Keynote) ClearRx: From Masters Thesis to Medicine Cabinet
Deborah Alder, Milton Glaser Inc.
10:15-10:30 am Break
10:30-11:15 am Stone Soup: Stories and Storytelling for Collaboration
Kevin Brooks, Motorola Labs		 UX Design as Communities of Practice
Andrew Hinton, Vanguard
11:15-11:30 am Break
11:30-12:15 pm The Problem Solving Power of Stickies: Simple Tools that Deliver Great Results
Kate Rutter, Adaptive Path		 Collaborating with Customers: Leveraging Design and Research Methods for Customer Success
Jeff Herman and Ann Bishop, eBay
12:15-11:15 pm Lunch
1:15-1:45 pm Parallels in Cooking and Design
Ryan Freitas, Adaptive Path
1:45-2:00 pm Break
2:00-2:45 pm Smoothing the Way: The Designer as Facilitator
Jess McMullin, nForm		 How to Manage a User Experience Team (Without Losing Your Mind)
Katrina Alcorn, Hot
2:45-3:00 pm Break
3:00-3:45 pm Designing With Your Users: Generative Tools for Collective Creativity, Part 1
Liz Sanders, MakeTools.com		 Capturing the Whole User Experience
Indi Young
3:45-4:00 pm Break
4:00-4:45 pm Designing With Your Users: Generative Tools for Collective Creativity, Part 2: Workshop
Liz Sanders, MakeTools.com		 Communicating Ideas Throughout an Organization
Andrew Crow, Adaptive Path
4:45-5:00 pm Break
5:00-5:45 pm Discussion Panel: Skills for Current and Future User Experience Practitioners
Sarah B. Nelson, Adaptive Path
6:15-8:00 pm Center Café in Union Station

Tuesday, August 14 - Day Two  Back to top

Time Event 1 Event 2 (If applicable)
8:00-9:00 am Light Breakfast
9:00-9:15 am Introduction
Peter Merholz, Adaptive Path
9:15-10:15 am (Keynote) One Laptop Per Child
Lisa Strausfeld
10:15-10:30 am Break
10:30-11:15 am Making Smart Clients Usable: Designing for Ajax, RIAs, and Client-Side Integration
Jared Spool, UIE		 User-Centered Design for Evolving Products
Ryan Freitas, Adaptive Path
11:15-11:30 am Break
11:30-12:15 pm The Conversation Gets Interesting: Creative the Adaptive Interface
Stephen P. Anderson, Sabre		 Design by Hacking
Karon Weber and Bill Scott, Yahoo
12:15-11:15 pm Lunch
1:15-1:45 pm The Charmr Design Project
Jesse James Garett, Adaptive Path
1:45-2:00 pm Break
2:00-2:45 pm Documentation: Choosing the Right Tool for the Job
Dan Brown, EightShapes		 Sketching in Code: Using Prototypes to Visualize Interactions
David Verba, Adaptive Path
2:45-3:00 pm Break
3:00-3:45 pm Visual Vocabulary for Rich Internet Applications (RIAs)
Anthony Colfelt, myFamily.com		 Waterfall Bad, Washing Machine Good
Leisa Reichelt, disambiguity.com
3:45-4:00 pm Break
3:00-3:45 pm Pattern-Based Design Communication Techniques
Doug LeMoine, Cooper		 The Accessibility of Rich Internet Applications
Derek Featherstone, FurtherAhead
4:45-5:00 pm Break
5:00-5:45 pm Discussion Panel: Beyond Wireframes
Dan Brown, EightShapes, et al

Wednesday, August 15 - Day Three  Back to top

Time Event 1 Event 2 (If applicable)
8:00-9:00 am Light Breakfast
9:00-9:15 am Introduction
Jesse James Garret, Adaptive Path
9:15-10:15 am (Keynote)
Jan Chipchase, Nokia
10:15-10:30 am Break
10:30-11:15 am Search: The Purest Expression of Interaction Design
Chiara Fox, Adaptive Path		 Inclusive Iterations: How a Design Team Builds Shared Insights
Emily Ulrich, Steelcase
11:15-11:30 am Break
11:30-12:15 pm Semantic Technologies
Cameron Hunt, CommIT Enterprises		 Making Research Effective
Todd Wilkens, Adaptive Path
12:15-11:15 pm Lunch
1:15-1:45 pm Learning from Adaptive Path’s Mistakes
Bryan Mason, Adaptive Path
1:45-2:00 pm Break
2:00-2:45 pm Going Mobile: How to Choose Target Platforms and Devices
Barbara Ballard, Little Springs Design		 The Psychology of Social Design
Joshua Porter, UIE
2:45-3:00 pm Break
3:00-3:45 pm Mobile Usability Testing
Barbara Ballard, Little Springs Design		 Stores, Web, and Beyond: Serving Muli-Channel Customers with Meaningful User Experiences
Kathleen Hoski, BestBuy
3:45-4:00 pm Break
3:00-3:45 pm Mobile Research Techniques
Rachel Hinman, Adaptive Path		 Participate to Innovate
Marty Gage, Lextant
4:45-5:00 pm Break
5:00-5:45 pm CNN.com Relaunch Case Study
Lori Adams and Dermot Waters, CNN
6:00-8:00 pm Billy Goat Tavern and Grill

Thursday, August 16 - Day Four  Back to top

Time Event 1 Event 2 (If applicable)
8:00-9:00 am Light Breakfast
9:00-9:15 am Introduction
Sarah B. Nelson, Adaptive Path
9:15-10:15 am (Keynote) New Sources of Inspiration for Interaction Design
Dan Saffer, Adaptive Path
10:15-10:30 am Break
10:30-11:15 am Learning Interaction Design From Everyday Objects
Bill DeRouchey, Ziba
11:15-11:30 am Break
11:30-12:15 pm The National Building Museum: From the Inside Out
Martin Moeller, National Building Museum		 International Spy Museum: Orchestrating the User Experience
Cybelle Jones, Gallagher Associates and Robert Freeland, Quatrefoil
12:15-11:15 pm Lunch
1:15-5:00 pm Docent Led Field Trips to the National Building Museum and the International Spy Museum