It’s almost time again for WUD, this year it will be held on the 13th of November:

Registration is OPEN for World Usability 2008 at our new website www.worldusabilityday.org. Registering your event for World Usability Day 2008 is free for everyone, so register early even if you don’t know all of the details yet! Our focus for World Usability Day 2008 is TRANSPORTATION. With the global focus on rising energy costs and the resulting design and development of new methods and modes of transportation; aging infrastructures and safety and security issues in the news daily, World Usability Day 2008 should make an impact on everyone.

http://www.worldusabilityday.org

More news from the UPA:

This is the first year of the UPA International Student Design Competition. Similar competitions have motivated and energized students to work on meaningful projects and led to initiatives that positively impacted lives of real people. Students who have participated in similar events went on to become active members of their professional communities.

http://www.usabilityprofessionals.org/conference/2009/students/

Given the discussion at Web Directions South this year regarding the relationship between usability and accessibility, this conference should prove popular:

UA Web 2008, Monterey, Mexico

The International Seminar on Usability and Accessibility for the Web will have Jesse James Garrett as the Keynote speaker and José Manuel Alonso, representing the e-Government chapter of the W3C will also speak. Together we will explore current trends in usability, accessibility, strategy, innovation, user experience and web standards.

http://www.uaweb.org.mx/en/seminar2008/prices

Fancy going to Portland, Oregon? Well next year’s UPA conference will be held in that wonderful city, and the organisers have just opened speaker submissions. The closing date is October 3, so you’ll have to be quick!

http://www.usabilityprofessionals.org/conference/2009/for_speakers/