UXalliance Meets in Florence, Italy for Seventh Bi-Annual Conference

The User Experience Alliance (UXalliance), an international network of leading usability companies, convenes twice a year to discuss current usability trends across the globe. The meeting was held in Florence, Italy from April 4th through April 6th in conjunction with the CHI conference. This meeting brings each member face-to-face to ensure quality standards are being met, discuss global research experiences, and investigate new opportunities in emerging markets. With constant focus on how to improve the client experience when testing internationally, the UXalliance is committed to developing new ways using cutting edge technology, like User Centric's new streaming interface, to make multi-country testing as seamless and cost effective as possible.

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.