Schedule
Wednesday, March 28th -29th, 2012
We are pleased to annouce Phil Barret from Flow will be offering his User Experience design training course prior to the conference “The best course of its kind in South Africa”, for UX enthusiasts who want a hands-on training. Only 3 spaces left so book soon: http://www.userexperience.co.za/training.html
Friday, March 30th, 2012
We have 3 tracks running on the day to ensure you have as much choice as possible:
| 07:30 |
Check-in & snack breakfast |
| 08:45 |
Mantaray – Opening |
| 09:00 |
Social media marketing – how to build a sustainable relationship with your customers
by Lana Strydom
FNB, South Africa |
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Track 1 |
Track 2 |
Track 3 |
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UX Design
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UX Research
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UX Strategy and Business
|
| 10:00 |
Mobile web vs. native:
it’s not about technology,
it’s about psychology
by Brian Donohue
iQ Content, Ireland |
Eye Tracking Crimes & Misdemeanors
by Aga Bojko
UserCentric, USA |
The business value of UX design
by Phil Barret
Flow Interactive, South Africa |
| 10:50 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
How to create experiences that people love
(Service design)
by Ilana Kaplan
Optimal Experience, Australia |
International bank benchmark – lessons learnt from the banks‘ mobile & web sites
by Helga Letowt-Vorbek
Mantaray, South Africa |
The end of hype, bullshit & bling: UX Strategy in the Age of Austerity
by Morgan McKeagney
iQ Content, Ireland |
| 11:50 |
Break |
| 12:00 |
Designing mobile web experiences – The rights
and wrongs of Mobile development
by Tim Bishop
Prezence, South Africa |
Usability research toolkit
by Thomas Visby Sniker
Snitkergroup, Denmark |
Making UX successful in an organisation – Goldilocks UX: Not too easy, not too hard, just right!
by Robert Schumacher
User Centric, USA |
| 12:50 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 |
Advanced User Experience Techniques – that they
don’t teach you in class
by Gavin Lew
User Centric, USA |
Around the World in 140 Characters: How Companies Manage Twitter in 17 Different Countries
by Florian Egger/Mercedes Sanchez, UXalliance |
Lexis Nexis creating product opportunities through UX
by Simon Herd
ExperienceLab, UK |
| 14:50 |
Break |
| 15:00 |
Designing for the
digital-native generation
by Eric Marillet
Axance, France |
Designing the Air New Zealand SkyCouch
by Shailesh Manga
User Centric, USA |
Back to the future – the history of usability meets the future of user experience
by Carola Weller
GfK SirValUse Consulting GmbH, Germany |
| 15:50 |
Break |
| 16:00 |
Round the world panel |
| 17:00 |
End of day cocktail party |
