January 23, 2009, User Centric Visit and Agenda

Top row, left to right: Chris DeSalvo, Kelly Steelman, Kevin O'Brien, Brett Miller, Katie Kopren, Andrew Maisel, Michelle Moon.
Bottom row, left to right: Aaron Parker, Melissa Bedell, Laura D'Andrea, Scarlett Herring, Joyce Tan, Jennifer Tsai.

Event excerpts from User Centric Site:

UIUC and User Centric Symposium --
Career Opportunities in User Experience Consulting

Road trip from Urbana-Champaign to Chicago to Visit User Centric

Event Info

Date: Friday, January 23, 2009
Time: 1:00-5:00pm
Location: User Centric, Inc, 2 Trans Am Plaza Dr, Ste 100, Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Description

The Univeristy of Illinois-Urbana Champaign (UIUC) Student Chapter of the HFES will make a visit to User Centric.
   
Tentative Agenda
1:00 Gavin Lew – “Welcome and Overview”
1:15 Michelle Moon - "Supporting joint human-computer judgment under uncertainty"
1:30 Jennifer Tsai - "Situated Cognitive Model of the Routine Evolution of Skills"
1:45 Scarlett Herring - "Developing tools to support the creative process: Lessons learned and implications for future designs"
2:00 Kirsten Peters – “Emerging trends in Personal Health Records”
2:20 Martin Ho – “Points of interest with Point of Sale kiosk designs”
2:40 Jared Jeffers – “Ethnography and User Experience”
-- break --
3:15 Melinda McElheny & Friends – Q&A panel – “What's it like to be a consultant?”