[IxDA Discuss] Design-oriented Conferences for 2007

[Nasir Barday]

Hi Everyone,

I'm shopping for a conference that will inspire me as a designer. But the
list of the usual UX standbys feels like it's focused on research methods
and tools rather than the actual craft of design. Granted, the best part of
*any* conference I've attended has been the networking, but this year I want
to be immersed in the design portion of what we do.

Ideas?

Here's a list of links to UX-y Conference programs I considered. It's too
late for me to plan for SXSW, and the program for Connecting '07 is too
vague at this point for me to make a decision. But those two are the closest
contenders. I also included links to help out fellow conference hunters.


ACM CHI:
http://chi2007.org/attend/program/ap.php

IA Summit:
http://www.iasummit.org/2007/conferenceProgram.htm

UPA:
http://www.usabilityprofessionals.org/conference/2007/program/index.html

 SXSW
http://2007.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/

Connecting '07 (IDSA/ICSD)
http://www.connecting07.org/

 IDEA 2007? IDEA Awards? (Mentioned earlier on the list, they have an IxD
category now, with a required research component for all categories-- anyone
know if there's any connection between this and Connecting '07?)

Thanks,
- Nasir