[IxDA Discuss] World Usability Day - Michigan (Nov 8 2007)

[Burton Ashley Bargerstock]

The MSU Usability & Accessibility Center and the Michigan Usability 
Professionals' Association (MI-UPA) are joining over 170 other locations in 
35 countries to promote World Usability Day. This is also MSU's Fifth Annual 
Usability & Accessibility Event. 

The focus for World Usability Day 2007 is healthcare. Whether it's new 
medical devices or technologies; drug research, approval, or delivery; 
patient forms or medical records sharing; emergency disaster planning; 
increasing the functionality of hospitals; or everyday healthcare delivery, 
EVERYONE is affected by usability in healthcare. 

DATE: Thursday, November 8, 2007
TIME: 8:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. (reception to follow)
LOCATION: Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, East Lansing, MI
COST: Free
REGISTRATION: http://outreach.msu.edu/events/default4.asp
MORE INFO: http://usability.msu.edu/conf2007.asp 

SESSIONS: 

"Designing Usable Healthcare Web Applications"
Speaker: Jason Withrow, Business Analyst, University of Michigan Health 
System, and
Faculty, Washtenaw Community College 

"Winning with Usable Software in Life Science Research"
Speakers: Richard Sheridan, President, Menlo Innovations, and Jennifer 
Baird, President and CEO, Accuri Cytometers 

"Healthcare Usability--Code Blue!"
Speaker: Shane Lovellette, User Experience Products Manager, TechSmith 
Corporation 

"Patient Safety and Usability: Experiences in the Department of Veterans 
Affairs (VA)"
Speaker: Janine A. Purcell, Cognitive Engineer, VHA Bar Code Resource Office 

"Codeless QA Testing: A Revolution in the Automated Testing Tool Market"
Speaker: Sumanth Muthyala, Usability Engineer-Technical Lead, Ergin Salih, 
TestPartner Development Team Lead, and Jim Brennan, TestPartner Product 
Manager,
Compuware Corporation 

"Making Sense out of Health Insurance Benefits Selection: Case Study with a 
Web Tool"
Speaker: Laurie Kantner, Vice President of Client Services, Tec-Ed, Inc. 

"Designing for Older Adult Users of Web, Mobile, and Handheld Technologies"
Speaker: S. Ann Becker, Professor, Management Information Systems and 
Computer Science, and
Director, National Center for Small Business Information, Florida Institute 
of Technology 


Burton A. Bargerstock
Director, Communication and Information Technologies
University Outreach and Engagement
Michigan State University
55 Kellogg Center
East Lansing, MI 48824-1022
Telephone: 517/353-8977
Fax: 517/432-9541
E-mail: bargerst at msu.edu
WWW: http://outreach.msu.edu