UPA Sydney - Informal Briefing on Usability-Related Standards February 26, 2008

Informal Briefing on Usability-Related Standards
Dr Nigel Bevan, who has been participating in several international standards groups and contributed to the development of ISO 13407 (Human centred design processes for interactive systems), is in Sydney next week for an ISO standards meeting.

Members and friends of UPA Sydney are invited to get together for some drinks and an informal chat with Nigel about the development of this standard.

When: Wednesday 27th February 2008, 6:00pm
Where: Clarendon Hotel (upstairs) - 156 Devonshire Street (cnr Waterloo), Surry Hills 9319 6881

Dr. Bevan is a Professional Usability Consultant who has contributed to the development of many standards and and was responsible for developing the new Common Industry Format standard for usability requirements. He leads the Usability Body of Knowledge initiative, and was until recently Director of Professional Development for the Usability Professionals Association. He was a member of the US National Academies Committee on Human-System Design Support.

Nigel has first degrees in physics and psychology, and a PhD in man-machine interaction.

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