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UPA International 2012 Conference - "LEADERSHIP"

Join us this June where we will explore leadership — how user experience professionals lead the way in our practice, our work, our communities, and the world.

UPA 2012 early discounted registration opens at 1:00pm CT on January 30, 2012 to the first 200 received registrations.

Review the 2012 online program & registration fees.

Round two! Call for Idea Market & Poster submissions is open through February 6, 2012.

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Virtual Seminars

Short of time or budget? Need to connect with the latest user experience trends & topics? Avoid travel, participate in a UPA Virtual Seminar. Facilitated by industry experts, UPA Virtual Seminars are an intensive 60 to 90 minutes of training via the comfort of your own computer or local Chapter event!

Next seminar on November 16, 2011! Details & registration available here: UPA Events

UPA International & Chapter News

2011 Salary Survey now available for UPA International members!

Better Ballots: New York Times endorses usability testing in elections
In a lead editorial, the New York Times says "[Congress] should also mandate pre-election usability testing and make funds available for it." The editorial responds to a study by the Brennan Center for Justice that reports on the impact on elections of poor usability and confusing instructions.
Read the report and other press coverage or visit the UPA Usability in Civic Life project for more information.

US News' top careers of 2008
Usability/user experience specialist made the list of top careers!

About Usability

What's the value of usability?
Presentations, articles, white papers and tools on the ROI of usability and ways to make the case for usability and user-centered design.

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UPA thanks all 2011 corporate sponsors!
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(2011 Sponsorship valid March 31, 2011 - March 31, 2012)

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Gold Sponsors

       

 

 

 

Thank you, Alfonso de la Neuz

 

 

 

 

       

 

Silver Sponsors

       

 

 

 

Thank you, Toby Biddle

 

Thank you, Alejandro Rivas-Micoud

 

 

Thank you, Dan Szuc

 

 

 

Thank you, Lisa Battle & Duane Degler

 

 

Thank you, Jakob Biesterfeldt

Thank you, Megan Smargiasso

   

 

       

 

Bronze Sponsors

       

 

 

 

Thank you, Amy Kidd

 

 

 

Thank you, Ayako Matsumoto

 

 

 

Thank you, Marcus Plach

 

Thank you, Harvinder Singh

Thank you, Frank Torbey

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you, Masayasu Yamamoto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

     

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