 | | Home » Welcome to USID2009 » Program | | | | USID2009 Conference | | | | | | | Day 1: 18th September, 2009, FRIDAY |  |
| Grand Ball Room |
Conference Sessions |
| Time |
Details |
| 08:30 - 09:30 |
Registration, Tea/Coffee & Speed Networking
(participants who will enter the Grand Ballroom before 8:30 AM will get surprise gifts) |
| 09:30 - 09:45 |
Introduction & Welcome by Raman Saxena
Founder USID Foundation & Sr. Director User Experience, CA |
| 09:45- 10:35 |
Keynote by Jennifer Kilian
Creative Director, frog Design, USA
Topic: Let the people innovate: Design solutions that evolve |
| 10:35 - 11:10 |
Sridhar Marri
VP & Head Communication Design Group, Infosys Technologies
Topic: Fun. Function. Funda. |
| 11:10 - 11:30 |
Tea Break |
| 11:30 - 12:05 |
Dr. Frederick Weber
Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, Columbia University Earth Institute
Topic: Spoken Language Technology for Development: Communication as Empowerment |
| 12:05 - 12:40 |
Ashish Gupta
Managing Director, Helion
Topic: Design process in entrepreneurship |
| 12:40 - 13:00 |
CA – USID Call for Paper Presentation 1
Biju Damodharan & Sharvari Ghosh - Yahoo India
Enabling access for all - the Yahoo! Mail way |
| 13:00 - 13:10 |
Inspirational Video – Arvind Eye Hospital |
| 13:10 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 – 14:45 |
USID Launch Pods – Session 1 | | 14:45 - 15:20 |
Jason Huang
Co-founder & President, UPA China & Founding Principle, TANG UX Consulting 
Topic:
A Market Snapshot of User Experience Design in China |
| 15:20 - 15:40 |
Tea Break | | 15:40 - 16:10 |
Microsoft-USID Academic Showcase – Speed Round 1 | | 16:10 - 16:40 |
Jan Blom
Research Team Leader, Nokia Research Center India
Topic: HealthRadar - mobile disease surveillance for developing regions of the world |
| 16:40 - 17:10 |
Abhishek Hazra
UX Designer Microsoft
Topic: Do Tag Clouds Dream of Condensation Nuclei? |
| 17:10 – 17:30 |
CA – USID Call for Paper Presentation 2 |
| 17:20 – 17:30 |
Inspirational Video |
| | | | | | Day 2: 19th September, 2009, SATURDAY | |
| Grand Ball Room |
Conference Sessions |
| Time |
Details |
| 08:30 - 09:45 |
Informal session/Networking |
| 09:45 - 10:40 |
Keynote Address by Dr. Carrie Gates
VP and Research Staff Member, CA Labs, CA Inc.
Topic: Usability Challenges in the Security Domain: Is Security a Special Case? |
| 10:40 - 11:15 |
Dr. Arun Mehta
Professor and chairman of CE Department, JMIT, Radaur
Topic: The joys and challenges in designing communications technology for children with mental challenges |
| 11:15 - 11:30 |
Tea Break | | 11:30 - 12:05 |
Prakash Sayini
Forum Nokia India Lead
Topic: Developing Mobile Solutions: Innovation is the Key |
| 12:05- 12:40 |
Natalie Buda Smith
User Experience Consultant
Topic: Not Just For The Young: Social Media and the Spectrum of Age Demographics |
| 12:40 - 13:10 |
Microsoft-USID Academic Showcase – Speed Round 2 |
| 13:10 - 13:15 |
Inspirational Video – Jaipur Foot |
| 13:15 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | | 14:00 - 14:45 |
USID Launch Pods – Session 2 | | 14:45 - 15:20 |
Saurabh Karandikar
Creative Head, Rediffusion – Y&R
Topic: Rules of Engagement – Lessons from Advertising Creativity |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Tea Break | | 15:40 - 16:15 |
Dr. Christian Lappe PhD.
Director Sales & Marketing, SensoMotoric Instruments GmbH, Germany
Topic: Eye Tracking for Usability: what gaze can tell! |
| 16:15 -16:50 |
Raghu Dwarkanath
Head of Product Development, Global Business Division Intuit
Topic: Solving unsolved customer pain-points – Building products in India for India using customer driven innovation and design for delight |
| 16:50 - 17:15 |
Deepak K. Menon
Group Design Manager, Microsoft India Development Center
Topic: Complexity and Contradiction in Software Design |
| 17:15 - 17:35 |
CA – USID Call for Paper Presentation 3
Raman Khanna – Design for Use
Design principles to accommodate expert & novice behavior for enterprise applications |
| | | | | | Day 3 : 20th September, 2009, SUNDAY | |
| Grand Ball Room |
Conference Sessions |
| Time |
Details |
| 08:30 - 10:00 |
Informal session/Networking |
| 10:00 - 10:50 |
Mrinal Wadhwa & Uday Shankar
Founder - Blu / Sr. User Experience Designer, Nokia R&D
Topic: Rapid UI Prototyping: Lessons from the trenches |
| 10:50 - 11:10 |
Tea Break | | 11:10 – 11:40 |
Sanjai K
Vice President & Head, Solution Mgmt. ERP, SRM and Sustain. Sol., SAP Labs, India
Topic: Usability and Social Media in Enterprise Software Application |
| 11:40 - 12:15 |
Bill Thies
Researcher Microsoft Research
Topic: Designing Mobile Interfaces for Novice and Low-Literate Users |
| 12:15 - 13:15 |
Dr. Murli Nagasunadram
Chief Everything Officer, d’zynovation
Topic: beyond experience: Designing <for> CONVERSATIONS |
| 13:15 - 14:15 | Lunch Break |
| 14:15 - 15:00 |
Informal session/Networking / Luck Draw |
| 15:00 - 16:30 |
Closing Ceremony - “Celebrating Abilities”
- Inspirational Video - 5 Min.
- Prizes and Recognition – 15 Min.
- Address by distinguish Guests – 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
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