Mayor Richard Daley officially declares
" World Usability Day" in Chicago

Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley announces official recognition of World Usability Day (PDF, 2MB) for the City of Chicago.

World Usability Day promotes the value of usability engineering, user-centered design, and every user's responsibility to ask for things that work better.

UPA is . . .

The Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA) supports usability specialists, people from all aspects of human-centered design, and the broad family of disciplines that create the user experience in promoting the design and development of usable products. Our goals are to:

• Provide an international network through which usability professionals can share information about the techniques and methodologies in the profession.
• Create an inclusive community for those interested in usability, whether it is their primary focus or a related discipline.
• Change new product development processes to include a concern for the people who use them by presenting the business case for usability in product development to colleagues, customers, the public and governmental agencies.
• Increase the body of knowledge about usability and user-centered design through professional education, meetings and conventions and other professional interchanges.
  

CUPA is . .

CUPA is the Chicago chapter of the UPA. Our mission is to provide networking and learning opportunities for those who advocate the development of usable products in the Chicago area. We place an emphasis on “Usability in Practice”, and focus our events on people, labs, organizations and practitioners that are local to the Chicago community. In addition, we like events that “push” the boundaries of traditional usability practices, in efforts to inspire creativity in the work of the attendees.

World Usability Day

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

World Usability Day is November 8th. Register by November 1st.

Get Involved!

To stay abreast of future chapter news, join our CUPA-Announce Yahoo! Group.

There are plenty of volunteer opportunities. If you are interested in any of the following focus areas or you just want to learn more about the chapter, please contact us chicagoupa (at) gmail.com:

• CUPA Planning Committee (events, membership, etc)
• CUPA Website
• Event Speakers for the 2007 calendar year
• Event venue sponsors for the 2007 calendar year
• Job Announcements

CUPA President: Joi L. Roberts
Design Operations Manager - Motorola
chicagoupa (at) gmail.com

CUPA Vice-President: Suzanne EL-Moursi
Principal Designer- GE Healthcare
sue.elmoursi (at) gmail.com

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