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UX Australia 2010 program

The program for UX Australia was made up of two parts – a day of hands-on workshops and 2 days of main conference presentations.

Hands-on workshops and the main conference were all at Hotel Langham, Melbourne.

25 August: Hands-on workshops

Hands-on workshops were held on Wednesday 25 August 2010.

Half day workshops, morning:

• Jared Spool: Designing for content-rich sites
• Todd Zaki Warfel: Practical prototyping
• Rachel Hinman: Mobile UX essentials

Half-day workshops, afternoon:

• Lisa Herrod: Inclusive Design: Accessible user experiences on the web
• Dana Chisnell: Making sense of the data: Collaborative analysis techniques for user research
• MJ Broadbent: Visual skills for the ‘I Can’t Draw’ crowd

Full day workshop:

• Daniel Szuc & Gerry Gaffney: The usability kit workshop

Hands-on workshops were priced separately (additional to) to the main conference so you can choose the best combination for you. The full day workshop was $550; half day workshops were $300 each.

Full day workshops ran 9am-5pm (with morning, lunch & afternoon breaks). Half-day workshops ran 9am-12.30 and 1.30-5pm. Lunch was provided to people attending the full day workshop or two half-day workshops.

26-27 August: Conference presentations

The main conference was on 26 & 27 August and included 23 presentations on a wide range of user experience topics. Conference pricing was $700 until 30 June 2010 and $800 after 30 June 2010.

Start and end times were:

• Thursday 26 August: 9am-5.45pm
• Friday 27 August: 9am-5.45pm

Social

We arranged (or worked with the Melbourne UX community to arrange) a range of social activities around the conference.