Interaction Design Training Workshop
Date: 20 Nov 2008
City: Brisbane Qld
Category: Interaction Design
Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web applications, intranet and internet sites - one day course.

Ever wonder why users don't behave how you expect? Ever done usability testing or found usability issues but didn't know how to fix them? This course will provide an insight into human characteristics and online behaviour based on latest research and hundreds of usability tests with users, including video footage of usability test sessions. We will also cover the theory and principles of interaction design.

Mental Models: Aligning web design strategy with human behaviour
Date: 19 and 20 November 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Interaction Design
In this 2 day course, Indi Young will show how you can use mental models to align your web design strategy with how people work.

Web Application Design Training Workshop
Date: 19 Nov 2008
City: Brisbane Qld
Category: Interaction Design
Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable web applications - one day course.

From internet banking, online learning, government transactional sites to employee phonebooks, online projects increasingly include elements of web application design. This course will explore the value and limitations of building a web application and introduce a range of tools, approaches and interface design principles to ensure that you understand your audience and design intuitive and usable web applications.

World Usability day
Date: Thursday 13 November, 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: IA
World Usability Day is a global event initiated by the Usability Professionals' Association (UPA). UPA Sydney is organising another great event this year, focusing on how to improve the design of transport systems and infrastructure.

WIPA Web Accessibility 2.0 Seminar
Date: 12-Nov-08
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Accessibility
Version 2 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) is about to be released, introducing some changes in the recommendations for website accessibility. WIPA is presenting this afternoon seminar to help the web community understand WCAG 2.0 and prepare sites with improved accessibility.

WIPA Web Accessibility 2.0 Seminar [EVENT FULL]
Date: 10-Nov-08
City: Canberra ACT
Category: Accessibility
Version 2 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) is about to be released, introducing some changes in the recommendations for website accessibility. WIPA is presenting this afternoon seminar to help the web community understand WCAG 2.0 and prepare sites with improved accessibility.

Taxonomies 2.0
Date: 30 October 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: IA
Workshop about the steps you need to take to exploit the benefits of social media when related to your organisational taxonomies. For more information go to www.keyforums.com.au or call 02 9436 4255 to request a copy of the brochure.

Intranets 2.0
Date: 29 October 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Intranets
With cases studies and practical tips, this one-day conference will show how organisations are weaving social media tools into an intranet framework.

Interaction Design Training Workshop
Date: 22 Oct 2008
City: Canberra ACT
Category: Interaction Design
Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web applications, intranet and internet sites - one day course.

Ever wonder why users don't behave how you expect? Ever done usability testing or found usability issues but didn't know how to fix them? This course will provide an insight into human characteristics and online behaviour based on latest research and hundreds of usability tests with users, including video footage of usability test sessions. We will also cover the theory and principles of interaction design.

Web Application Design Training Workshop
Date: 21 Oct 2008
City: Canberra ACT
Category: Interaction Design
Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable web applications - one day course.

From internet banking, online learning, government transactional sites to employee phonebooks, online projects increasingly include elements of web application design. This course will explore the value and limitations of building a web application and introduce a range of tools, approaches and interface design principles to ensure that you understand your audience and design intuitive and usable web applications.

Web Directions South 2008
Date: September 23-26
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Technology
This year in over 30 sessions across 3 tracks and 2 days, plus another
2 days of workshops, we cover off front and back end design and
development, mobile design and development, information architecture,
user experience and interaction design, social media and networks,
accessibility, Ajax and Javascript, semantic web, RIAs, web
application security, marketing and advertising online and so much more.

With speakers including

* Jeffrey Veen - renowned UX expert from Wired Magazine, Adaptive Path
and Google
* Derek Featherstone - leading accessibility expert
* Daniel Burka - interaction designer for Digg
* Jina Bolton - The Art and Science of CSS
* Douglas Crockford - Ajax security expert at Yahoo!, and the world's
leading JavaScript authority
* Jeff Croft - web design and typography guru
* Lynne D Johnson - Senior Editor and Community Director at FastCompany

CHISIG Intranet Usability Seminar
Date: 23 Sep 2008
City: Brisbane Qld
Category: Intranets
Hear from 2 speakers. Janet Kirkwood - Moreton Bay Regional Council on the topic "Aligning your intranet with your organisation". Also, Tania Lang - Peak Usability about Breaking through resistance to change: Qld Government intranet case studies.
To be held at Microsoft Level 9 Waterfront Place, 1 Eagle St Brisbane from 3pm-5pm.
Please RSVP by Fri 19th September.
Email: qldrep@chisig.com to RSVP or for more details.

Web Usability Training Course
Date: 9 Sept 2008
City: Brisbane Qld
Category: Usability
Introduction to User Centred Design tools and techniques.

As a result of attending this one day course, participants will have a good understanding of the value and importance of user centred design and have the basic skills, knowledge and tools to apply the user centred design approach to developing usable Internet sites, Intranet sites or web applications within their own organisation.

IxDA Brisbane Face to Face
Date: 26-Aug-08
City: Brisbane Qld
Category: Interaction Design
Help us kick off the new local IxDA Brisbane chapter by joining us for our first Face to Face event.

Interaction Design Training Workshop
Date: 15 Aug 2008
City: Brisbane Qld
Category: Interaction Design
Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web applications, intranet and internet sites - one day course.

Ever wonder why users don't behave how you expect? Ever done usability testing or found usability issues but didn't know how to fix them? This course will provide an insight into human characteristics and online behaviour based on latest research and hundreds of usability tests with users, including video footage of usability test sessions. We will also cover the theory and principles of interaction design.

Web Application Design Training Workshop
Date: 14 Aug 2008
City: Brisbane Qld
Category: Interaction Design
Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable web applications - one day course.

From internet banking, online learning, government transactional sites to employee phonebooks, online projects increasingly include elements of web application design. This course will explore the value and limitations of building a web application and introduce a range of tools, approaches and interface design principles to ensure that you understand your audience and design intuitive and usable web applications.

Information Architecture and Collaborative Design Masterclass
Date: 7 and 8 August 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: IA
Using IA to enhance the use and effectiveness of your information system

This two-day interactive workshop will provide a thorough overview and understanding about how to effectively use information architecture to make your intranet or website as effective as possible.

15% discount for WIPA members

Usability Evaluation & Testing Training Workshop
Date: 6 August 2008
City: Brisbane Qld
Category: Usability
Discount evaluation techniques and how to conduct usability tests - one day course

In this one day interactive workshop, learn valuable usability evaluation and testing methods that you can use to evaluate your organisation's Internet and Intranet site, web applications and software. This course will explore the difference between expert reviews and usability testing and which is better to use and when. We will cover when to usability test, what to test and how to test.

Usability Evaluation & Testing Training Workshop
Date: 23 July 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Usability
Discount evaluation techniques and how to conduct usability tests - one day course

In this one day interactive workshop, learn valuable usability evaluation and testing methods that you can use to evaluate your organisation's Internet and Intranet site, web applications and software. This course will explore the difference between expert reviews and usability testing and which is better to use and when. We will cover when to usability test, what to test and how to test.

Web Usability Training Course
Date: 22 July 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Usability
Introduction to User Centred Design tools and techniques.

As a result of attending this one day course, participants will have a good understanding of the value and importance of user centred design and have the basic skills, knowledge and tools to apply the user centred design approach to developing usable Internet sites, Intranet sites or web applications within their own organisation.

Presentation Zen comes to Sydney
Date: 4th July 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Effective presentations
Presentation Zen (www.presentationzen.com) is the legendary blog on creating and delivering remarkable presentations. Garr Reynold's
recent book of the same name is now a best-seller, and is being translated into seven languages.

When we found out he was coming to Sydney for a holiday, we talked him into giving a public presentation. This will be on 4th of July, and will be the only chance to see him in action in Australia.

Information Architecture Essentials
Date: 18th June 2008
City: Brisbane NSW
Category: Usability
In this one-day workshop, Rebecca Rodgers from Step Two Designs will present the fundamentals of information architecture (IA), the core methodology for organising and designing websites and intranets.

Key skills such as card sorting will be taught, and this workshop is designed to build in-house information architecture skills. A must for all web or intranet teams.

IA provides a rich toolbox of techniques and frameworks to ensure that websites and intranets are structured in a way that makes sense to users.

Rydges Southbank, Brisbane.

*Please note* this is a introductory workshop designed to build core skills, and is not suitable for intermediate or experienced practitioners.

WIPA Usability and Eyetracking Seminar
Date: 12-Jun-08
City: Brisbane Qld
Category: Usability
WIPA is presenting an afternoon seminar on the use of the latest eyetracking technologies and the challenges of ensuring usability when an Agile Development process is used for developing websites. The two speakers are Dr Peter Brawn and Dr John Eklund, who are both experienced and respected experts in their field.

WIPA Usability and Eyetracking Seminar
Date: 04-Jun-08
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Usability
WIPA is presenting an afternoon seminar on the use of the latest eyetracking technologies and the challenges of ensuring usability when an Agile Development process is used for developing websites. The two speakers are Dr Peter Brawn and Dr John Eklund, who are both experienced and respected experts in their field.

WIPA Usability and Eyetracking Seminar
Date: 23-May-08
City: Canberra ACT
Category: Usability
WIPA is presenting an afternoon seminar on the use of the latest eyetracking technologies and the challenges of ensuring usability when an Agile Development process is used for developing websites. The two speakers are Dr Peter Brawn and Dr John Eklund, who are both experienced and respected experts in their field.

Complete Intranet Management - Exploring the Intranet Hive
Date: 9th May 2008
City: Melbourne Vic
Category: Intranets
It is never easy juggling the many tasks involved in maintaining and growing intranets. This workshop introduces a new model for managing intranets: the Intranet Hive.

Dividing intranet tasks into six segments, this model has been developed by Step Two Designs to help intranet teams assess how they are going, and to identify missing activities.

Cairo Walker will facilitate an exploration of this new model, as well providing practical insight into many aspects of intranet management.

Crowne Plaza, Melbourne

webDU 2008
Date: 07-May-08
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Developers
And so it begins -- the sixth Asia-Pacific web developers conference, web DownUnder 2008!

Usability Evaluation & Testing Training Workshop
Date: 7 May 2008
City: Melbourne Vic
Category: Usability
Discount evaluation techniques and how to conduct usability tests - one day course

In this one day interactive workshop, learn valuable usability evaluation and testing methods that you can use to evaluate your organisation's Internet and Intranet site, web applications and software. This course will explore the difference between expert reviews and usability testing and which is better to use and when. We will cover when to usability test, what to test and how to test.

Web Usability Training Workshop
Date: 6 May 2008
City: Melbourne Vic
Category: Usability
Introduction to User Centred Design tools and techniques.

As a result of attending this one day course, participants will have a good understanding of the value and importance of user centred design and have the basic skills, knowledge and tools to apply the user centred design approach to developing usable Internet sites, Intranet sites or web applications within their own organisation.

Website user experience & CSS workshop
Date: Thursday 1 May and Friday 2 May
City: Brisbane Qld
Category: Design
A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS expert, Russ Weakley.

Over two full days you will build detailed websites layouts from the ground up - starting with page layout, navigation and form design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS.

Interaction Design
Date: 30 April 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Interaction Design
Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web applications, intranet and internet sites - one day course.

Ever wonder why users don't behave how you expect? Ever done usability testing or found usability issues but didn't know how to fix them? This course will provide an insight into human characteristics and online behaviour based on latest research and hundreds of usability tests with users, including video footage of usability test sessions. We will also cover the theory and principles of interaction design.

Web Application Design Training Workshop
Date: 29 April 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Interaction Design
Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable web applications - one day course.

From internet banking, online learning, government transactional sites to employee phonebooks, online projects increasingly include elements of web application design. This course will explore the value and limitations of building a web application and introduce a range of tools, approaches and interface design principles to ensure that you understand your audience and design intuitive and usable web applications.

Website user experience & CSS workshop
Date: Monday 28 April and Tuesday 29 April
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Design
A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS expert, Russ Weakley.

Over two full days you will build detailed websites layouts from the ground up - starting with page layout, navigation and form design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS.

BarCamp Canberra
Date: 14-Apr-08
City: Canberra ACT
Category: Technology
CSIT Building, North Road, Australian National University
A BarCamp in the capital? Capital! After a year of trying, we've finally
scored a venue and BarCamp Canberra is happening! Here are the details:
* Who? Anyone who is interested in technology, the Internet and
related topics. We have room for 60ish people, so bring your colleagues.
* What? A good opportunity to share ideas and projects and to work
with like-minded individuals.
* When? 1000-1700 on Saturday 19 April 2008
* Where? BarCampCanberra will be held at the CSIT Building, North
Road, ANU.

Search Marketing Expo - SMX Sydney
Date: 10 & 11 April 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: SEO
Search Marketing Expo - SMX Sydney is certain to be to the "must-attend" interactive and search engine marketing event of the year in Australia, delivering superior value to conference delegates and exhibit hall attendees alike.

Information Architecture Essentials
Date: 9th April 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Usability
In this one-day workshop, Patrick Kennedy from Step Two Designs will present the fundamentals of information architecture (IA), the core methodology for organising and designing websites and intranets.

Key skills such as card sorting will be taught, and this workshop is designed to build in-house information architecture skills. A must for all web or intranet teams.

IA provides a rich toolbox of techniques and frameworks to ensure that websites and intranets are structured in a way that makes sense to users.

Mercure Hotel, Sydney

*Please note* this is a introductory workshop designed to build core skills, and is not suitable for intermediate or experienced practitioners.

Ausweb 08
Date: 05-Apr-08
City: Ballina NSW
Category: Developers
In April 2008 (5th-9th) the 14th Australasian World Wide Web Conference, AusWeb08, will again be held at the Ballina Beach Resort.

Website user experience & CSS workshop
Date: Thursday 3 April and Friday 4 April
City: Melbourne Vic
Category: Design
A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS expert, Russ Weakley.

Over two full days you will build detailed websites layouts from the ground up - starting with page layout, navigation and form design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS.

Innovative Information Management Planning
Date: 2nd April 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Information Management
To be successful, information management initiatives must quickly become valuable to the business, delivering tangible and visible benefits. This can be challenging in complex organisational environments with many hurdles to overcome.

Cairo Walker shares her on-the-ground experience working with some of Australasia's most prominent private and public sector organisation's information management strategies, plans and initiatives.

Don't miss this opportunity to hear Cairo share her thoughts and insights on making information management work.

Mercure Hotel, Sydney

Website user experience & CSS workshop
Date: Monday 31 March and Tuesday 1 April
City: Canberra ACT
Category: Design
A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS expert, Russ Weakley.

Over two full days you will build detailed websites layouts from the ground up - starting with page layout, navigation and form design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS.

Usability Evaluation & Testing Training Workshop
Date: 29 Feb 2008
City: Brisbane Qld
Category: Usability
Discount evaluation techniques and how to conduct usability tests - one day course

In this one day interactive workshop, learn valuable usability evaluation and testing methods that you can use to evaluate your organisation's Internet and Intranet site, web applications and software. This course will explore the difference between expert reviews and usability testing and which is better to use and when. We will cover when to usability test, what to test and how to test.

Web Usability Training Workshop
Date: 28 Feb 2007
City: Brisbane Qld
Category: Usability
Introduction to User Centred Design tools and techniques.

As a result of attending this one day course, participants will have a good understanding of the value and importance of user centred design and have the basic skills, knowledge and tools to apply the user centred design approach to developing usable Internet sites, Intranet sites or web applications within their own organisation.

Fred Schebesta's Online Traffic Formula Seminar
Date: 28th February 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: SEO
Entrepreneurs and marketing directors can learn the secrets to the Online Traffic Formula and gain a stronger online presence.

With only ten places available for this seminar, participants learn from one of Australia's best and awarded online marketing experts - Fred Schebesta.

Dojo Toolkit Training
Date: 06-Feb-08
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Developers
Dojo hit 1.0 a couple of weeks ago. It is a great toolkit for building
rich AJAX web apps. Topics Covered: Dojo Base and Dojo Core, Dijit, DojoX, Dojo Utilities APIs and development issues discussed include: Ajax, Events, DOM, query, and behavior, Effects, Data providers and Wire, RPC and JSONP, Custom Dijit Development, dojo.declare and other advanced JavaScript language constructs and more! Course runs 3 days, it is $2500USD, you need intermediate or expert javascript skills and you will need to BYOL (bring your own laptop)

An evening with Molly E. Holzschlag
Date: 06-Feb-08
City: Melbourne Vic
Category: Social
Come along and take part in an informal Q&A session with one of the industries leading educators and best-practice advocators.

Enhancing search and retrieval capabilities and performance
Date: 4-6 February 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Search Technology
Capitalising on new and existing search tools to improve information retrieval and access

Linux.conf.au
Date: 28-Jan-08
City: Melbourne Vic
Category: Open Source
Next year from January 28th - February 2nd, Melbourne will host one of the
world's best FOSS conferences: Linux.conf.au. On the last day, Saturday
February 2nd we will be running an Open Day for the general public to
showcase open source. The 2007 open day had a fantastic line-up of
Displays.

Canberra Web-blast 07
Date: 12-Dec-07
City: Canberra ACT
Category: Social
Web-blast is a huge end-of-year party for Canberra's web community - bringing together web designers, web project managers, interface designers, information architects and other web professionals. See the website for further details.

Web-blast07
Date: 12-Dec-07
City: Sydney (Bar Broadway) NSW
Category: Social
Web-blast is a huge end-of-year party for Sydney's web community - bringing together web designers, web project managers, interface designers, information architects and other web professionals. See the website for further details.

OzeWAI 2007
Date: 05-Dec-07
City: Melbourne Vic
Category: Accessibility
Web Adaptability for Inclusion Conference 2007:
Web 2.0 accessibility - is it going to be easier?

Worldwide, there have been significant steps towards a more inclusive online environment. New applications for improving the accessibility of content and services are adopting revised guidelines from W3C; new quality certification standards have been developed, and interactive accessibility services are emerging. The ISO committee has produced an inventory of needs, responses, and requires input from users and developers. Learn more about Web 2.0 and these developments at OZeWAI 2007.

Melbourne Web Standards Group meeting
Date: 06-Dec-07
City: Melbourne Vic
Category: Web Standards
James Farmer, former online community manager for theage.com.au and organiser of the first ever Melbourne WordCamp, will be talking about blogging tools.

DebateIT: The Web is a Wonderful World for Women
Date: 21 November 2007
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Social Networking
Less than 15% of people employed in the ICT industry are women, that women earn 85 cents for every dollar of their male counter-parts and female ICT workers represent a mere 1% of all employed women.

We've all heard the ABS statistics!

However, Australian women are doing a helluva lot in the wild world of the web. Women with initiative and spunk that redefine success with each wave of technology. And women that have fun while they are doing it.

After an overwhelming response from the call to find extraordinary women of the web, Slattery IT has rounded up a bunch of truly inspirational women that have cast off gender stereotypes and limitations to go forth and
conquer cyberspace!