Registration is now open for the 2nd Annual Symposium  on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI)
February 25-26, 2013
East Carolina University
Greenville NC

For the full program, see the webpage:

http://workshop.design4complexity.com/home.php

Keynote address, "Is Usability Testing Putting Lipstick on a Pig?" will be given by Tharon Howard, Clemson University.

Symposium goals

The future will see the design of information and communication technologies that serve ever more complex purposes and problems. For these technologies, creating user centered design is particularly challenging when users are engaged in sophisticated knowledge work and collaborations and do not want to become power users to conduct this 
work electronically. Goals of this symposium are to clarify what we already know about communicating complex information and clarify our understanding of what issues urgently need further research.

We hope to reach new insights about

• The current major research issues that need to be addressed
• Ways to transform research into practical applications

The symposium offers a format designed to maximize the exchange of information and ideas among all the attendees. It features a highly interactive format with each presenter giving a 15-20 minute presentation followed by a 20-30 minute discussion. Our goal is to encourage high interactivity and in-depth discussion about each presentation.

For more information, contact Michael Albers.  albersm@ecu.edu