Programme

Here’s the latest batch of confirmed presentations, including the opening and closing keynotes, 18 parallel presentations, and most of the interactive demos.

all (33) business (7) design (16) psychology (9) social (17) research (11) ubiquity (12)

All sessions in 'research'

Engaging With the Future Differently – From Pyramids to Pancakes Keynote An international leader in Social Foresight for Strategy and Innovation, Josephine will show us ways to decentralise and distribute innovation, strategy and design. Josephine Green Speaker and consultant at Beyond 20: 21st century stories
Close to Robots: Human responses to collaboration with robots Vanessa will present insights in how people perceive and trust robots, the ways human attitudes toward robots are influenced, and international differences in human responses to social robots. Vanessa Evers University of Amsterdam
Floorbook Demo Robbert and Suleman will demo an application that encourages social contact on the work floor by providing information about colleagues and their activities. Robbert Elshout, Suleman Shahid Tilburg University
Global Usability Testing in Parking Meter Designs Wouter will share how global tests for new parking meters were conducted, the challenges of global user research , and how it can contribute to creating better products and happy parkers. Wouter Sluis-Thiescheffer User Intelligence
Improving Resilience in Urban Search and Rescue Missions by Smart Information Exchange Poster Demo This demo will feature the interface designed for improving urban search and rescue capabilities and resilience. Marc Grootjen, Tjerk de Greef, Mark Neerincx, Jasper Lindenberg TU Delft, TNO Human Factors
Improving Resilience in Urban Search and Rescue Missions by Smart Information Exchange Mark will summarize the domain analyses results, the corresponding user interface designs, and first tests of the support functions for improving urban search and rescue capabilities and resilience. Mark Neerincx TU Delft
Practical Demo of a Global Parking Meter Usability Test Poster Researchers from User Intelligence will show off the test set-up that was used in a global usability study into parking meter design and discuss their findings. Martijn Klompenhouwer, Paula Deisz, Mark Kassteen User Intelligence
Research Into Smart Device For Listening to Music in Traffic Guido will elaborate on users needs need and functionality of a smart device that allows listening to music in traffic while still being aware of the environment. Guido Hermans Industrial Designer
Social Shopper Wouter and Geke will outline a number of social media driven changes taking place on the Web, what they mean for consumers' purchase behaviour, the shopping process, store concept and the store layout. Wouter Teeuw, Geke Ludden Saxion University of Applied Technology, Novay
Transition IOP-MMI - Chi Nederland
Ceremonial speech
This brief session highlights the Chi Nederland and IOP-MMI's complementary relationship and their shared objective: the growth and success of the Dutch HCI field.
Rene Collier, Sander Leer Agentschap NL, HAN University, Chi Nederland
UX Research Methods For Ubiquitous Computing Ubiquitous computing challenges the field of usability research. Stijn will talk about the evolution of the classic usability set-up and show new user experience research methods that valsplat is experimenting with. Stijn Nieuwendijk valsplat

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