[IxDA Discuss] NYC-UPA season finale, 6/20, Strategic Design: Interface As a Critical Business

[Joy Zigo]

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NYC Usability Professionals Association presents:

Strategic Design: Interface As a Critical Business Function

Speaker:
David Lipkin, founder and COO, Method, Inc.

Sponsored by: Sachs Insights http://www.sachsinsights.com

Date: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Registration: 6:00pm (refreshments served)
Presentation: 6:30pm to 8:00pm (includes Q&A)
Networking: 8:00pm to 8:30pm
Dinner at a nearby restaurant: 8:30pm to whenever (participants pay for 
their own dinner)
Location: Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Laura Parsons Pratt 
Conference Center, 281 Park Avenue South (at 22nd Street).

NYC-UPA is thrilled to have David Lipkin of Method, Inc., as this year's 
final speaker. Come learn a lot and do some extra networking before summer!

Many businesses, according to David Lipkin, now conduct their entire 
customer relationships through an interface. This is a paradigm shift that 
makes user experience a key differentiator for branding new products, giving 
designers of all sorts the opportunity to be strategic in the profitability 
of the companies they work with.

David will display and discuss groundbreaking interfaces and products that 
have been enabled over the last few years such as mobile devices, the web, 
gaming platforms, and more. His presentation will also provide a backward 
glance at classic interfaces--such as Mosaic .96, early cell phones, and the 
Lisa--that presaged today's world of strategic design.

David Lipkin is the founder and COO of Method, a company that is “passionate 
about design.” See http://www.method.com for more information about their 
approach, services and impressive customer list.

Prior to founding Method, David was Director of Technology at MetaDesign.  
While there, he played a key role in transforming the company from a 
print-based design studio to one that created multimedia, internet-based and 
application-based products.

David has a BA from Reed College where he studied history, chemistry, 
biology and physics.

Attendees who stay for dinner are invited to ask David about the time he met 
Steve Jobs.

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Special offer:
Bring a boss or other management colleague for free, when you both 
pre-register. Send a single e-mail to rsvp at nycupa.org, providing your name 
and your manager's (or managerial colleague's) name. This pre-registration 
e-mail is required for the special offer. And be sure to mention the free 
offer when registering!
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Cost: $10 for NYC-UPA members if pre-registered, $15 if not pre-registered; 
$20 for non-members if pre-registered, $25 if not pre-registered; $5 for 
full-time students if pre-registered, $10 if not pre-registered (students 
please provide valid ID) All fees payable, by cash or check only, at the 
door only.

RSVP: Reserve your space by sending an email to rsvp at nycupa.org with the 
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Please send the RSVP in plain text.

You will get an e-mail confirmation. If you have not received this 
confirmation within 2 days, please register again to ensure your place at 
the event.

For more information, visit our Web site:
http://www.nycupa.org/events.html

Thanks to our meeting sponsor: Sachs Insights. Visit them at 
http://www.sachsinsights.com

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