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UPA International 2012

June 4-8, 2012
Las Vegas, NV

The ultimate conference for Usability and UX practicioners, the UPA Conferences offer its attendees the ability to network, learn and inspire one another. Through workshops and seesions aimed to encourage and motivate, the UPA Conferences help build and grow leadership skills so that our attendees leave with both the desire and means to be leaders.

This year, we are privedged to have not one, but four Mad*Powers representing at UPA 2012! Amy Cueva, Adam Connor, Chris Hass & Dan Berlin will be will be rounding out our UPA team and their panel presentations shouldn't be missed!

For more information on speakers and the conference agenda, please visit the Event Website. See y'all in Sin City!

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Insights

Consumer Decisions in a Social World
In a recent issue of the Harvard Business Review that focused on branding, David Edelman articulates how consumers’ engagement with brands is evolving with the proliferation of social media and other digital channels.
5 Steps To Designing A Better Health Care System
The goal of the Healthcare Experience Design Conference (HxD) held in Boston recently was less about dissecting the problems within our existing health care system and more about how we can start solving them. In the keynote address, the U.S. Chief Technology Officer, Todd Park, called on designers to participate in a “self-propelled, open ecosystem of innovation.” As people invested in improving health care through design, we were excited to hear it.
Defining A Social Commerce Strategy
Relying on friends, family and other consumers to gather and share purchase information is fundamental to shopping behavior.