UXalliance exhibiting at CHI 2008

The User Experience Alliance (UXalliance), a multi-country organization comprised of usability companies from around the globe, will be exhibiting during the CHI 2008 conference in Florence, Italy. User Centric is proud to be one of the founding members of this alliance. The main purpose of the UXalliance is to facilitate international projects with one point of contact and standardized documents to ensure a high quality output and project success.

The conference will run from April 5-10 with exhibit hall hours beginning Monday evening, April 7, at 6:30pm. Many of our members will be attending this conference, so please visit Booth 41 to meet face-to-face and discuss how easy global testing can be with the UXalliance.

About CHI

CHI is the premiere conference in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Every year, it is a venue for 2000 HCI professionals, academics, and students to discuss HCI issues and research and make lasting connections in the HCI community. In addition, 40-50 industry exhibitors attend CHI to showcase their user experience products and departments and to recruit professionals to enhance their business. For more information, visit the CHI 2008 website (www.chi2008.org). 

About the UXalliance

Founded in 2005, the UXalliance is the international network for user experience. The UXalliance covers Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Australia; they are ideally placed to lead international user experience research. The UXalliance has over 250 professionals worldwide, manages over 50 testing facilities and has experience across a broad range of technologies and sectors. www.UXalliance.com

The UXalliance consists of eleven partner companies, Axance (France) www.axance.com, Mitsue-Links (Japan) www.mitsue.co.jp/english/, Optimal Usability (New Zealand) www.optimalusability.com, Serco ExperienceLab (United Kingdom) www.serco.com/usability, SirValUse (Germany) www.sirvaluse.de, Snitker & Co (Denmark) www.snitker.com, UIDesign Group (Moscow) http://eng.uidesign.ru, UserCentric (United States) www.usercentric.com, User Experience (China) www.usability.cn, User Intelligence (Netherlands) www.userintelligence.com, Xperience Consulting (Spain) www.xperienceconsulting.com; four associate partners, Mercedes Sanchez Usabilidade (Brazil) www.mercedessanchez.com.br, Teleno (Switzerland) www.teleno.com, ThinkUser (South Korea) www.thinkuser.com, and User Intelligence (Finland) www.userintelligence.com/fi; and six affiliate members, Ayer Viernes (Chili) www.ayerviernes.com, ExperienceU (Czech Republic) www.experienceu.com, SSB Bart Group (US) www.ssbbartgroup.com, Symetria (Poland) www.symetria.pl, The Design and Usability Center (DUC) www.bentley.edu/usability, and Yu Centrik (Canada) www.yucentrik.ca.

About User Centric, Inc.

User Centric is a global consulting firm that focuses on improving user experience. We apply our expertise to projects involving handhelds, web sites, software, medical devices, print, packaging, and telephony services. Experience, quality, value, global reach and outstanding client services set us apart. Our services include user research, user interface design consulting, information architecture, usability testing, user interface evaluations, eye tracking, and online surveys. Learn more about us at www.UserCentric.com.