Activities of the Usability and User Experience Community
Usability at the STC Annual Conference

STC 2008 will be held June 1-4 in Philadelphia.

Preliminary program, registration and travel information on the conference web site:

• STC 2008

Previous Conferences

2007 Conference - May 13-16, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2006 Conference - May 7-11, Las Vegas, Nevada

2005 Conference - May 8-12, Seattle, Washington

• Idea Market Afterthoughts

2004 Conference -  May 9-13, Baltimore, Maryland

Idea Market Afterthoughts Pictures from the Conference General site for session handouts Look here for online copies of handouts from many talks List of sessions online (with speaker names) Sneak Preview, with information about the different topic threads, including advanced sessions, accessibility, getting started, practical research and information design.

Ben Shneiderman, the keynote speaker, participated in the UUX community meeting.

2003 Conference - May 18-21, Dallas, Texas

• General site for session handouts
  Look here for online copies of handouts from many talks

2002 Conference - May 5-8, Nashville, Tennessee

STC conference web site This site includes a searchable database of conference sessions, links to session handouts and other material and a downloadable version of the final program. Usability and Information Design Rapid Transit Map An overview of the UID sessions at the conference designed for the Usability SIG by Ergoline (PDF)

2001 Conference - May 13-16, Chicago, Illinois

• Usability Sessions
  35 sessions and several relevant post-conference workshops.
• General site for session handouts
  Look here for online copies of handouts from many talks

2000 Conference - May 21-24, Orlando, Florida

• Usability Sessions
  A great group of sessions, including the popular 99 Second Usability Tips
• General site for conference handouts
  Look here for online copies of handouts from many talks
  

1999 Conference - May 16-19, Cincinnati, Ohio

• Usability Sessions
  There were some great sessions, including a progression that spanned two time slots.
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1998 Conference - May 17-20, Anaheim, California

• Usability Sessions
  There were over two dozen sessions on usability topics at the 1998 Conference, from Ginny Redish and JoAnn Hackos' lessons on planning a site visit to a progression session on how to make the smart choices in usability testing with some of the top experts in STC.