Updates on IDSA District Conferences

Several of the upcoming district conferences have their 2008 web sites up - content still in progress, but expect them to fill out every the next few weeks.  Online registration is open on some of these sites as of this posting.

• Southern (March-8, Savannah, Georgia)
• Midwest (April 4-6, Kansas City, Missouri)
• Northeast (April 4-6, Philadelphia, PA) - site pending
• Mideast (April 11-13, Columbus, Ohio) 
• Western (April 25-27, Portland, Oregon) - site pending

You can see a list of all the IDSA district information on the IDSA site.

Specific information regarding conference content related to human factors and design research is TBD, but please send me any info that you know of at this time. 

Plans are moving ahead for the Design Research Portfolio Review at the Northeast district conference.  While still being refined, the plan is to have a two-part program:

• A series of short-presentations on communicating design research, followed by a moderated discussion.
• A portfolio-review session open to students and professionals interested in getting feedback on their user research work.  More details, presentation guidelines and registration information forthcoming.