[Linux-bruxelles] [Fwd: SIGCHI.be -- Mon 19 October -- 2009 Fall conference on New Communities]

Marc Arnoldy marc_arnoldy at yahoo.fr
Mer 7 Oct 23:02:44 CEST 2009


Anyone interested?

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Sujet: SIGCHI.be -- Mon 19 October -- 2009 Fall conference on New 
Communities
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 18:22:49 +0200
De: Joannes Vandermeulen <jv at namahn.com>
Répondre à: jv at namahn.com
Organisation: Namahn
Pour: <marc.a at bxlug.be>

Dear Sir, Madam

On Monday 19 October 2009 SIGCHI.be, the Belgian professional 
association for
Human-Computer Interaction (www.sigchi.be), organises its first full-day 
conference
on New Communities.

Theme: New Communities

This year's theme addresses the heightened interest in building and 
supporting
communities in all its shades: groupware, work communities, social 
networks,
community software & tools. It also refers to the new community of Belgian
HCI professionals that this conference wants to bring together, enabling 
people
to step forward and present their work to their peers and to the broader 
ICT
community.

Timing

Monday 19 October 2009, from 8:30 till 18:00 

Program

08:30 - 09:00   Arrival
09:00 - 10:00   Welcome speech and opening keynote
10:00 - 10:30   Morning break
10:30 - 12:00   Research paper presentations
12:00 - 13:30   Lunch break
13:30 - 15:30   Case studies
15:30 - 16:00   Afternoon break
16:00 - 17:00    Research paper presentations
17:00 - 18:00    Closing keynote

Keynotes

09:00 - 10:00

Communities of Practice: A conceptual frame for Human-Centred Computing

Volker Wulf, University of Siegen and Fraunhofer FIT, Sankt Augustin
 
17:00 - 18:00

Geekiness is the new cool

Tom Palmaerts, Trendwolves

At the conference, Namahn's Kristel Van Ael  and Joannes Vandermeulen will
present a practical case study on The animated GUI: lessons from Disney.

Location

De Montil, Moortelstraat 8, 1790 Affligem - www.demontil.be

Pricing

• SIGCHI.be or ACM members: 60 eur
• Non-SIGCHI.be members: 120 eur
• Students: 40 eur

Info and registration

You can find more info on the conference page or register on the signup 
page
of the SIGCHI.be website.

Target audience

Our first conference will bring together researchers and practitioners like
usability specialists, designers, computer scientists and all people with a
heart and mind set for Human-Computer Interaction.

I hope to see you at the conference.

Joannes

 

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Joannes Vandermeulen (Mr), Namahn, Brussels
+32 476 62 62 46  jv at namahn.com
Minding the user throughout -- namahn.com






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