Many conferences offer cavernous exhibit halls, brief seminars on second-hand discoveries, and a sense of anonymity that can be truly alienating.

Usability Week takes a different approach.

Knowledge, Directly from the Source

In place of scattered, shallow talks, Usability Week offers up to 6 days of deep learning as international experts lead full-day tutorials on topics such as:

• Fundamental guidelines for Web usability
• Applying information architecture (IA) principles
• Writing for the Web
• Application design
• Integrating social features on mainstream websites
• The human mind (how your users think)

Course levels range from introductory to advanced; you can sign up for as few as 1 or 2 days or as many as 6.

Industry leaders carefully design each tutorial to emphasize practical application, offering you maximum return-on-investment.

Many sessions include hands-on training exercises that let you apply what you learn immediately; all ensure that you'll learn tools you can use to improve your website, intranet, or application as soon as you get home.

Venues

The conference visits several of the world's great cities, providing ample incentive to continue networking offsite at world-class restaurants, clubs, and attractions.

Choose your city for agendas, location, pricing, and registration information:

Toronto: August 9-14, 2010
San Francisco: October 3-8, 2010
Copenhagen: October 18-22, 2010
Edinburgh: October 25-29, 2010

Attendees with special needs should contact conference hotels directly to discuss accommodations (hotel information is available under each city's "location info” link).

You can also book most tutorials for in-house presentation at your company or interest group.