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With the Consumer Electronics Show and MacWorld underway here on the West side, I thought it would be good to highlight some key user experience and product development events that have already been scheduled for the year ahead. From virtual sessions to week-long events, here are some events worth checking out across the globe. Please add a comment below if you would like to add other events here.

January

How to Design for Persuasion, Emotion, and Trust
by Human Factors International
Toronto, Canada from January 14-16

Virtual Seminar: The Road to Informed Decisions
by UIE
Online on January 15

Web Usability training
by UserFocus
London from January 27-28

February

Interaction ‘09
by IXDA
Vancouver, Canada from February 5-8

GSMA Mobile World Congress
Barcelona, Spain from February 16-19

Webstock 2009
Wellington, NZ from Feb 16-20

FITC Amsterdam 2009
Amsterdam, NL from February 22-24

Lift 2009
Geneva, Switzerland from February 25-27

March

MX San Francisco: Managing Experience through Creative Leadership
by Adaptive Path
San Francisco, CA from March 1-3

SXSW Interactive
Austin, TX from March 13-17

Information Architecture Summit 2009
Memphis, TN on March 20-22

Conference for Software User Assistance
by Writers UA
Seattle, WA from March 29 - April 1

April

CHI 2009: Digital Life New World
Boston from April 4-9

Usability Week 2009
by Nielson Norman Group
Washington, D.C. from April 5-10

UIE Web App Summit 2009
Newport Beach, CA from April 19-22

Gel 2009
New York City from April 30 - May 1

Future of Web Design - London
London from April 30 - May 1

May

Usability Week 2009
by Nielson Norman Group
London from May 17-22

June

UPA 2009: Bringing Usability to Life
Portland, Oregon USA from June 8-12, 2009

UX London
London from June 15th-17th

An Event Apart Boston
Boston, MA from June 22-23

Usability Week 2009
by Nielson Norman Group
San Francisco, CA from June 22-27

July

Usability Week 2009
by Nielson Norman Group
Sydney from July 27- August 1

August

Nordic Design Research Conference, NORDES 09: Engaging Artifacts
Oslo, Norway from August 30 to September 1

September

UX Week by Adaptive Path
San Francisco, CA from September 15-18

Euro IA Summit ‘09
Amsterdam, NL from September 26-27

October

AIGA Design Conference 2009
Memphis, TN from October 8-11

An Event Apart Chicago
Chicago, IL from October 12-13

Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces (DPPI)
Compiegne, France from October 13-16

November

None listed as yet.. stay tuned!

December

An Event Apart San Francisco
San Francisco, CA from December 7-8

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 at 1:19 pm and is filed under All User Experience Design, Events.