USID2009 : REGULAR REGISTRATION OPEN TILL 12th SEP., 2009

*USID**2009
*India’s 3rd Three Days HCI & Design Conference
*DESIGN FOR ALL: Usability, Accessibility & Creativity*

18th to 20th September 2009
Hotel Leela Palace Kempinski
Bangalore, INDIA

*Regular Registration are Open till 12th September
**www.usidfoundation.org/usid2009/register*

*Advance Program**

* ** **Day 1 : 18th September, 2009, FRIDAY*

Time

Conference Session Details

08:30 - 09:30

Registration & Tea/Coffee & Networking

09:30 - 09:45

*Introduction & Welcome by Raman Saxena
*Founder USID Foundation & Sr. Director User Experience, CA**

09:45- 10:40

*Keynote by Jennifer Kilian*
Creative Director, frog Design, USA
*Let the people innovate: Design solutions that evolve*

10:40 - 11:15

*Sridhar Marri *
VP & Head Communication Design Group, Infosys Technologies*
**Fun. Function. Funda.*

11:15 - 11:35

Tea Break

11:35 - 12:10

*Dr. Arun Mehta*
Professor and chairman of CE Department, JMIT, Radaur
*The joys and challenges in designing communications technology for children
with mental challenges*

12:10 - 12:50

*Ashish Gupta*
Founding
*Topic: coming soon…***

12:50 - 13:15

*Microsoft-USID Academic Showcase – Speed Round 1*

13:15 - 13:20

*Inspirational Video* – Arvind Eye Hospital

13:20 - 14:20

Lunch Break

14:20 – 15:20

*USID Launch Pods* – Session 1

15:20 - 16:00

*TBD*

16:00 - 16:15

Tea Break

16:15- 16:30

Call for Paper Presentation 1

16:30 - 17:05

*Jason Huang
*Co-founder & President, UPA China & Founding Principle, TANG UX Consulting
Topic: Coming soon…

17:05 - 17:40

*TBD*

*Day 2 : 19th September, 2009, SATURDAY*

Time

Conference Session Details

08:30 - 09:45

Speed Networking

09:45 - 10:35

*Keynote Address by Dr. Carrie Gates,
*VP and Research Staff Member, CA Labs, CA Inc.
*Usability Challenges in the Security Domain: Is Security a Special Case?*

10:35 - 11:15

*Dr. Frederick Weber
*Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, Columbia University Earth Institute*
**Spoken Language Technology for Development: Communication as Empowerment**
*

11:15 - 11:30

Tea Break

11:30 - 12:05

*Natalie Buda Smith
*User Experience Consultant
*Not Just For The Young: Social Media and the Spectrum of Age Demographics*

12:05- 12:40

*Prakash Sayini*
Forum Nokia India Lead
*Developing Mobile Solutions: Innovation is the Key*

12:40 - 13:00

*Microsoft-USID Academic Showcase – Speed Round 2*

13:00 - 13:10

Inspirational Video – Jaipur Foot

13:10 - 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:00

*USID Launch Pods* – Session 2

15:00 - 15:35

*Abhishek Hazra
*Interaction Designer & New Media Artist
*Do Tag Clouds Dream of Condensation Nuclei?***

15:35- 16:00

Tea Break

16:00 -16:35

*Dr. Christian Lappe PhD.
*Director Sales & Marketing, SensoMotoric Instruments GmbH, Germany
*Eye Tracking for Usability: what gaze can tell!***

16:35 - 17:10

*Raghu Dwarkanath
*Head of Product Development, Global Business Division
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Topic: Coming soon…**

17:10 - 17:30

Call for Paper Presentation 2

17:30 – 17:40

Inspirational Video

*Day 3 : 20th September, 2009, SUNDAY*

Time

Conference Session Details

08:30 - 10:00

Informal session/Networking

10:00 - 11:00

*Mrinal Wadhwa & Uday Shankar* -
Founder - Blu / Sr. User Experience Designer, Nokia R&D*
**Rapid UI Prototyping: Lessons from the trenches***

11:00 - 11:15

Tea Break

11:15 – 11:30

Call for Paper Presentation 3**

11:30 - 12:10

*Bill Thies*
Researcher Microsoft Research
*Designing Mobile Interfaces for Novice and Low-Literate Users*

12:10 - 13:10

*Dr. Murli Nagasunadram
*Chief Everything Officer, d’zynovation*
**beyond experience: Designing <for> CONVERSATIONS***

13:10 - 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:00

Informal session/Networking Plus prizes

15:00 - 16:30

Closing Ceremony - *“Celebrating Abilities”*

- Inspirational Video - 5 Min.

- Prizes and Recognition – 15 Min.

- Address by William Bauman, GM & SVP, India Technology Center, CA
- 10 Min.

- *“Celebrating Abilities”* Performance by differently abled artist
of Ability Unlimited ,
Choreographed by Guruji Syed Sallauddin Pasha, recipient of National
Award by the
President of India - 60 Min.

- Vote of Thanks

* **This is an advance program and subject to change

Looikng forward to see you at the USID2009 Conference.

USID2009 Team