Upcoming Events
April 26 - May 1, 2014
CHI 2014 Conference, Toronto
Metro Toronto Convention Centre 255 Front St W, Toronto, Ontario M5V 2W6, Canada
Taste of CHI ($10) For those curious about the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and wanting to learn more, but unable to attend the entire conference, this is the perfect opportunity!
When: Tuesday 29th April 2014, 5:30pm-7:30pm (doors open at 5pm)
CHI 2014 (http://chi2014.acm.org/) focuses on leveraging our diversity and connecting people, cultures, technologies, experiences, and ideas. Here is what you will see...
http://chi2014.acm.org/program/wearable-computing-exhibit
http://chi2014.acm.org/program/interactivity
http://chi2014.acm.org/program/video-showcase
May 22, 2014
CHI 2014 Conference Debrief at ToRCHI
CHI 2014 Conference is packed with valuable content. Its 76 page program covers 6 days and 15 parallel tracks of presentations, making it impossible to experience the whole conference. Many ToRCHI members and friends will attend the conference each sampling a different slice of the happenings. On May 22, ToRCHI will hold a session to discuss interesting insights gathered at the CHI 2014 conference. Please bring your conference highlight notes to share your impressions, learnings, and opinions. Bring a few points to talk about and other details you want to hear about. This promises to be an interactive engaging and enlightening evening.
Past events
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Eric Schaffer, Global CEO of HFI Human Factors International gave a talk on January 16, 2014 on Institutionalization of UX. Highlight slides are here EricSchaffer ToRCHI Slides Jan2014.pdf also see the VIDEO [1:19:48].
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Many thanks to Kimberley Peter and Adam Archer of
IBM for an insightful workshop in
December, 2013. Their presentation is available here: Advancing UX in Your Organization.
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New facebook group:
Toronto HCI is the place to go for discussion about everything to do with human-computer interaction that is of interest to people who: live in Toronto; used to live in Toronto; would like to live in Toronto, or who have a friend in Toronto, etc.
