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Usability Associates
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Rochester, NY 14618
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CONSORTIUM AGENDA - OCTOBER 14-15 AT UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
IN TORONTO, ON, CANADA

Tuesday October 14

7:00am - 8:00am  Breakfast at hotel
8:00am - 8:45am  Travel to UHN via OCAD
8:45am – 10:00am  University Health Network HF Overview and Lab Tour
 (Anjum Chagpar)
10:00am – 10:30am  Travel to Computer Science HCI
10:30am -12:00pm  Computer Science HCI (Ravin Balakrishnan)
12:00pm – 1:00pm  Lunch at Computer Science
1:00pm - 2:00pm  Computer Science HCI (continued)
2:00pm - 2:30pm  Travel to Mechanical/Industrial Engineering (MIE)
2:30pm – 3:45pm  MIE HF Academic Program and Research Projects
 (Greg Jamieson)
3:45pm – 4:00pm  Break
4:00pm – 5:00pm  MIE HF Research Projects (Paul Milgram)
5:00pm – 5:30pm  Travel to hotel
5:30pm – 6:15pm  Free time
6:15pm – 6:30pm  Travel to restaurant
6:30pm – 7:15pm  Reception at restaurant for consortium hosts
7:15pm  Dinner
 

Wednesday October 15

 
6:45am – 7:45am  Breakfast at hotel
7:45am – 8:00am  Travel to DesignWorks
8:00am – 10:00am  Consortium Roundtable
10:00am- 10:15am  Break
10:15am- 12:00pm  Rotman School of Management DesignWorks
(Heather Fraser)
12:00pm – 1:00pm  Lunch at DesignWorks
1:00pm – 2:00pm  DesignWorks (continued)
2:00pm – 3:00pm  Consortium Research – 2008 & 2009
3:00pm – 3:30pm  Wrap up

CONSORTIUM AGENDA - APRIL 28-29 AT IIT IN CHICAGO, IL

Monday, April 28

 
7:00am - 8:00am   Breakfast at hotel
8:00am - 8:15am   Travel to ID
8:15am - 8:30am   Opening Remarks (Stan)
8:30am – 12:00 pm   News Round Robin (All) / Break
12:00pm -1:00pm   Lunch (closed)
1:00pm - 2:00pm   Consortium Research Update (Stan)
2:00pm -2:30pm   ID overview/history (Patrick Whitney, Director)
2:30pm – 3:15pm   ID nuts & bolts (Jeremy Alexis, Professor)
3:15pm – 3:30pm   Break
3:30pm – 4:15pm   Design principles and ID methods (Vijay Kumar, Professor)
4:15pm – 4:30pm   Travel to hotel
4:30pm – 5:30pm   Free time
5:30pm – 5:45pm   Travel to restaurant
5:45pm – 7:15pm   Dinner
7:15pm – 7:30pm   Travel to theater
7:30pm – 8:00pm   Group seating (Must be at theater by 7:30pm)
8:00pm   Second City performance


Tuesday, April 29

 
8:00am - 9:00am   Breakfast at hotel
9:00am - 9:15am   Travel to ID
9:15am - 10:15am   ID student project case study (ID students)
10:15am - 10:30am   Introduction/explanation of break out activity (Jeremy Alexis, Professor)
10:30am - 12:00pm   Break out sessions (led by ID students)
12:00pm – 12:30pm   Session report-backs and discussion
12:30pm -1:45pm   Lunch (w/faculty and students)
12:45pm – 1:30pm   ID student project presentations (ID students)
1:30pm - 2:30pm   Consortium research (continued as necessary)
2:30pm - 3:00pm   Wrap Up

CONSORTIUM AGENDA - NOVEMBER 5-6, 2007 AT SPRINT IN OVERLAND PARK, KS

Monday, November 5

7:00 am – 8:00 am Breakfast in hotel restaurant
8:00 am – 8:30 am Travel to meeting site
8:30 am – 8:45 am Welcome & Agenda review
8:45 am – 10:45 am News Round Robin & Break
10:45 am – 11:00 am Overview of Sprint Concept Realization Center
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Innovation
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch with Sprint guests
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Overview of Sprint Innovation Spiral Process
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm Future consortium research projects
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Break
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Semiotics
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Roadmapping at Johnson Controls
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Dinner (possible hotel break)

Tuesday, November 6

7:00 am – 8:00 am Breakfast in hotel restaurant
8:00 am – 8:30 am Travel to meeting site
8:30 am – 2:45 pm Trend Analysis and Roadmapping Panel
  + Trend analysis at Johnson Controls
  + Customer Experience Roadmapping at HP
  + Technology Roadmapping at Kodak
  + Discussion
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm Overview of Action UI (new handset UI paradigm)
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Tour of Sprint Campus

CONSORTIUM AGENDA - APRIL 18-19, 2007 CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURGH, PA

Wednesday, April 18

7:15am - 8:00am Breakfast at hotel restaurant
8:00am - 8:15am Travel to CMU
8:15am - 8:30am Opening Remarks (Stan and Brad Myers)
8:30am - 10:45 am News Round Robin (All) / Break
10:45am - 11:15am CMU Welcome (Peter Lee, Vice Provost for Research)
11:15am - 12:15am CMU HCII Overview (Dan Siewiorek, Director, HCI Institute)
12:15am -1:15pm Lunch
1:15pm -1:45pm CMU Design Overview (Dan Boyarski, Head, School of Design)
1:45pm -2:45pm 2006 Consortium Research Update (Stan)
2:45pm - 3:00pm Break
3:00pm - 4:30pm Looks Better, Works Better: Designing a Process to Integrate Form and Function (Aaron Gannon-Honeywell)
4:30pm - 5:45pm CMU – Wearable Computers and User State Awareness (Asim)
5:45pm - 7:00pm Sightseeing
7:00pm - 9:00pm Dinner

Thursday, April 19

7:15am - 8:00am Breakfast at hotel restaurant
8:00am - 8:15am Travel to meeting site
8:15am - 9:45am 2007 Research Selection (All)
9:45am -12:00am CMU Presentations / Tours / Break
12:00pm -1:00pm Lunch
1:00am - 2:30pm CMU Presentations / Tours
2:30pm - 4:00pm Wrap Up

bullet Corporate alumni policy (Carole)
bullet Current Meeting Evaluation
bullet Next Meeting

CONSORTIUM AGENDA - October 26-27, 2006 at Honeywell in Minneapolis, MN.

Thursday, October 26

2:00pm - 2:15pm Opening Remarks (Stan)
2:15pm - 4:45pm News Round Robin (All)
4:45pm - 5:45pm Innovation (Nelson)
5:45pm - 6:00pm Travel to hotel
6:45pm - 7:00pm Meet in lobby and travel to restaurant
7:00pm - 8:30pm Dinner*

Friday, October 27

7:00am - 7:45am Breakfast at hotel restaurant
7:45am - 8:15am Travel to meeting site
8:15am - 10:15am Offshore Design Sourcing (Dave)*
10:15am - 10:30am Break
10:30am - 12:00am Technology Roadmapping (Bill Rogers, Honeywell Fellow)*
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch
1:00am - 1:30pm Corporate Alumni Policy (Carole)
1:30am - 2:30pm 2006 Consortium Research Update (Stan)
2:30pm - 3:00pm Administrative items
3:00pm - 4:00pm Special Honeywell presentations

CONSORTIUM AGENDA - May 8-9, 2006 in Redmond, WA, hosted by Microsoft
 

May 8

9:00am-10:00am Tour of Center for Information Work (Office of the Future)
10:30am-12:30pm News Round Robin (All)
12:30pm-1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm-3:30pm Universal Design (Pete)
4:00pm-5:00pm Prototyping as the Hub of Usability Activity (Rose Mae)

May 9

8:00am-10am Methods for Measuring Desirability of Products (Joey Benedek-Microsoft)
10:00am-10:15am Break
1015am-12:00pm Strategy for Engagement in Overseas Markets
12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm-2:15pm Research progress report
2:15pm-3:00pm Wrap-up (including review of consortium governance rules)
3:00pm-6:00pm Tours of Microsoft Home, Visitors Center (Museum), & Store

CONSORTIUM AGENDA - November 3-4, 2005 - in Pasadena, CA hosted by Arts Center College of Design.

November 3, ART CENTER HILLSIDE CAMPUS

7:45am: Breakfast at Art Center
8:30-10:00am: Introduction (All)
10:00-10:15pm: Break
10:15-11:45am: Best Practices for Patent Portfolio Strategy (Dave)
11:45am-1:00pm: Lunch
1:00-2:30pm: Results of Benchmarking Study (Clyde)
2:30-4:00pm: Integrating User-Centered Design with Six Sigma (Rob)
4:00-7:00: Art Center Tours, Content, and reception
7:00-8:00pm: Dinner

November 4, THE HILTON PASADENA

7:15am: Breakfast at hotel
8:15-9:45am: User Experience Leadership at Microsoft (Surya)
9:45-11:15am: Consortium Research Report and Direction (Stan)
11:15am-12:00pm: Wrap Up

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CONSORTIUM AGENDA - May 16-17, 2005 - hosted by Rob Huber (Johnson Controls) in Holland, Michigan.

May 16, Monday Haworth Center
3:00pm Introduction (All)
4:00pm Engineering Aesthetics (Kristi Schmidt - U of Michigan)
5:30pm World Wide Appearance and Design Attributes (Dave)
7:00pm Dinner

May 17, Tuesday Haworth Center
7:15am Breakfast

May 17, Tuesday Johnson Controls
8:30am Outcome Approach - Importance and Satisfaction (Nelson)
10:00am Break
10:15am User Experience Leadership (Surya)
11:15pm Results of Benchmarking Study (Jeff)
12:30pm Lunch
1:15pm Tour of Advanced Design Studio (Rob)
2:30pm Selection of Consortium Research Project for 2005 (Stan)
4:00pm Rapeille Methods (Pete)
5:30-6:00pm: Wrap up (Stan)

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CONSORTIUM AGENDA - October 25-26, 2004 - hosted by Pete Mitchell (Boeing) in Seattle, WA

October 25, Monday (At hotel)
4:00pm Startup – what’s new and interesting, what communications have you had, communication process improvements (Stan and Pete)
4:30pm Choose tomorrow’s discussion topic from list generated at last meeting
5:00pm Design “craftsman” attribute checklist (Rob)
6:00pm Worldwide appearance and design attributes (Dave) DEFERRED TO NEXT MEETING
7:00pm Dinner

October 26, Tuesday AM (Boeing Payload Concept Center)
Breakfast at hotel
8:30am Research progress report (Stan)
9:30am Organization of Xerox Industrial Design/Human Interface Department (Dave)
10:00am Break
10:15am Discussion of IDSA catalyst award data of entries (Carole) DEFERRED TO NEXT MEETING
10:45am Outcome approach – importance and satisfaction (Nelson) DEFERRED TO NEXT MEETING
11:45am Lunch

October 26, Tuesday PM (Boeing Payload Concept Center)
1:00pm Kansei approach to evaluation of user perception (Jeanne Guerin, Boeing)
1:45pm Tour of Boeing Payloads Concept Center
2:45pm Break
3:00pm Open discussion
4:00pm Wrap up
4:30pm Tour of Boeing plant – if interested (wear comfortable shoes)
6:00pm End

CONSORTIUM AGENDA - April 29-30, 2004 - hosted by Carole Bilson (Pitney Bowes) in Stamford, CT

April 29, Thursday (Westin Hotel)
4:00pm Welcome (Stan and Carole)
4:45pm Individual introductions
6:00pm Dinner
7:15pm Establish management topics for next day discussion

April 30, Friday (Pitney Bowes)
7:30am Breakfast and Pitney Bowes exhibit
8:30am Discuss management topics on agenda
12:00pm Lunch and Welcome from Pitney Bowes CTO
1:15pm Identify joint research project
4:00pm Discuss governance issues and communication preferences
4:45pm Wrap up including set next meeting
5:00pm Dinner (for those staying)

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