CHI/UX Industry Symposium

Tuesday 28 November

OzCHI 2017 aims to bring together academics and industry practitioners with an interest in Human-Computer Interaction and User Experience Design. There will be several events as part of the OzCHi 2017 Industry Days: We are planning to hold a CHI/UX Industry Symposium on Tuesday 28th November. Wednesday 29th November will have a dedicated track with a special focus on practical information and case studies for industry practitioners. Industry attendees can choose to attend individual days or the whole conference to fully immerse themselves in the latest academic and practical thinking, as well as giving themselves the greatest opportunities to meet and liaise with colleagues from across Australia, and around the world.

CHI/UX Industry Symposium

We are planning to hold a CHI/UX Industry symposium on Tuesday 28th November. The objective of this symposium is to discuss in form of a “thought hackathon” how academia and industry can collaborate better and come up with a future vision. We would like to invite you to submit an abstract (up to 250 words) with topics you would like to discuss during the symposium. Accepted abstracts will form the basis of short presentations, discussions and further activities we run throughout the day, using LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® amongst other techniques to co-design a vision for the CHI/UX community for future collaboration.

Topics might include but are not limited to:

  • How can industry make better use of research results?
  • Key challenges for collaboration.
  • How could the future OzCHI community consisting of academics and industry partners look like?
  • Best practice examples of collaboration formats or projects
  • Important Dates

    Please let us know if you are interested to facilitate a session on the suggested topic.

    • 15th of October 2017: Abstract submission deadline
    • More information on the symposium and topics selected: 30th of October 2017
    • Event date: Tuesday 28th of November 2017

    Submission Format

    Submit an abstract via email directly to industry.chair@ozchi.org. The participation in the Industry Symposium is free of charge, but you need to register for this event.

    CHI/UX Industry Symposium Chair

    Sonja Pedell, Swinburne University of Technology

    Email queries can be sent to industry.chair@ozchi.org