Tutorials (click here for details)

Tutorials are formally prepared sessions at which instructors teach conference participants specific usability or design skills. Session sizes range from 10 to 100 participants. One-third to one-half of each session must involve audience participation. For 2005, we invite new submissions, submissions from previous years and encourage a variety of state-of-the-art topics.

Workshops

UPA workshops provide an active arena for advancements in the field of usability and design. Workshops provide the opportunity for experienced practitioners to develop new ideas about a topic of common interest and experience.

Presentations and Panels

Presentation sessions focus on a practitioner's ideas and experience with usability methods, skills, philosophy, design, business case studies, or other relevant topics.

Panels consists of 4-6 experts in the topic of the panel conversation.

Peer Reviewed Papers

Peer-reviewed papers will be published in a special section of the conference proceedings. All proposals for papers must be submitted in a package with a proposal for a presentation, which will be delivered at a special paper presentation session. Both the paper and the presentation must reflect the priorities of the UPA conference, which emphasize practicality, hands-on experience, and interactive presentation.

Advanced Topics

Advanced Topics Seminars are forums in which experienced usability professionals can discuss focused topics in more detail than at presentations or panels.

Posters

Posters are a way to present late-breaking results, new ideas or concepts in an informal, visual and interactive manner.

Idea Market

The Idea Market is a highly interactive and casual set of discussions about "burning questions" in usability and user-centered design, led by an "activator". Each activator chooses a topic, posts the questions or issues to explore about the topic, and records the ideas that come up during the discussion.