Hi, Nice to see such user experience initiatives in India, but I couldn't find what does "USID" stands for ?
Thank you, Zinal Patel On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:51 PM, USID Team <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *USID*2010 > *India’s 4th International conference on UX & Design > ** > Designing Customer Experience for Emerging Markets & Beyond...** > > * > ** > > *Pre-Conference Event** > *Call for Papers for USID 2010** > > Life, culture, and context of use for end users in the emerging markets are > different to users in markets such as Europe and America. Therefore it is > not necessary that the product which is successful in other parts of the > world will also be successful in the markets of emerging economies. It is > critical that professionals and organizations must research and understand > the culture, context and needs of these people before they design any > products, applications, or services for emerging markets. > > The USID2010 pre-conference event organizing committee is inviting > designers, researchers, product development professionals and students from > all over the world to submit papers on ideas and research work on how > technology > should be enabled, utilized, and then presented as solutions to reach the > masses of the emerging markets for overall socio-economic development in the > following areas - > > 1. Education & Literacy > > 2. Mobility, Society, and Culture > > 3. Digital Communication , Media, and Entertainment > > 4. Collaboration and Social Networking > > 5. Accessibility and Assistive technologies > > 6. Aged and differently-abled population > > 7. Medical and Healthcare > > * * > > The papers will be reviewed by a panel of expert professionals, both from > industry and academia, which is under formation. The papers will be selected > for presentation on the eve of the USID2010 conference and also for > publication in the USID2010 conference proceedings.** > > * * > > *GUILDELINES FOR SUBMISSION *** > > · All submissions must be in English and must include a > title and author information, including author affiliations. > > · Faxed submissions are not acceptable. > > · Late submissions will not be reviewed. > > · The written paper should include a short abstract, > keywords, body, and references (for more details, please see the USID2009 > Conference Publication > Format<http://www.usidfoundation.org/usid2009/images/usid2009conferencepapers.doc>). > > > · Submissions must not contain proprietary or confidential > material and should not cite proprietary or confidential publications. > > · All submissions must be in the camera-ready format (PDF). > Due to tight publication schedules, revisions will not be possible. The > submitted PDF version will be considered the final version of the paper. > > · We recommend that you register using an e-mail address for > communication between the review panel and the individuals. Important > information will be distributed via e-mail for individuals invited to attend > the conference, which must be acted on in a timely fashion. > > · Submit your papers at > [email protected] > > * * > > *ELIGIBILITY* > > Open to the professionals, academicians, researchers, and students from all > over the world > > *IMPORTANT DATES* > > *Last date for Registration:* December 31st, 2009 > > *Final Submission:* March 31st, 2010 > > For registration send an email to [email protected] > your name, the name of your > institute/ organization, and the theme of your paper. > > > > *USID2010 Conference* > > *USID Foundation, India is proud to announce that continuing our tradition > of organizing International conferences on User Experience and Design in > India since USID2007, the first of the pre-conference event announcements > introduces the theme of the conference for USID 2010. > > USID foundation, India genuinely believes and follows the practice of > taking inputs and suggestion from the User Experience and Design community, > and is currently in the process of collecting inputs and suggestions from > the community on the location of the conference, dates of the conference, > and the content for the USID2010 conference. These details will be > announced soon based on the inputs and suggestions received. We welcome any > suggestions, inputs and participation in organizing and making the USID2010 > conference richer in terms of quality and content. We are also inviting the > volunteers for the USID2010.* > > > > *Watch out, we are going to announce more pre-conference events soon!* > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
