HITS: Humans - Interaction - Technology

Agenda (final as of October 13, 2003)

Thursday, October 16

8:00 - 9:00 Registration and continental breakfast

9:00 - 9:05 Allan Myerson, Provost and Senior Vice President of IIT, Welcome

9:05 - 9:35 Sam Pitroda, "Humanizing Technology"

9:35 - 10:05 Bruce Nussbaum, "Technology: Just Make It Simpler"

10:05 - 10:45 Coffee break

10:45 - 11:15 Tom MacTavish, "Understanding Business and Technology"

11:15 - 11:45 Jim Euchner, "Alignment for Innovation"

11:45 - 2:00 Lunch break

2:00 - 2:10 Don Norman, "Getting Our Act Together: Making Design Successful Within The Constraints of Business"

2:10 - 2:35 Chris Conley, "Networked Products"

2:35 - 3:00 Anjali Kelkar and Alex Kinnebrew, "The Urban Opportunity Project"

3:00 - 3:45 Snack break

3:45 - 4:30 Tim Brown, "Interaction Design: The Business of Prototypes"

4:30 - 5:00 Bruce Nussbaum and John Heskett, discussion of design and business value

5:00 - 5:30 Interaction poster session begins

5:30 - 7:30 Cocktail reception

Friday, October 17

8:00 - 9:00 Continental breakfast

9:00 - 9:05 Patrick Whitney, intro

9:05 - 9:35 Stephen Wilcox, "Inclusive Design"

9:35 - 9:50 Kathleen Brandenburg, "Bridging the Need Gap"

9:50 - 10:15 Grace Lo, "New forms of lighting controls"

10:15 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 11:20 Yin-jia Yao, "High-tech Products For The Chinese Market"

11:20 - 11:50 Paul Siebert, "Breaking & Borrowing Conventions"

11:50 - 2:00 Lunch break

2:00 - 2:20 Austin Henderson, "Designing for Evolution"

2:20 - 2:40 Vijay Kumar, "The Innovation Toolkit"

2:40 - 3:10 Larry Keeley, "Amplifying Innovation"

3:10 - 3:45 Snack break

3:45 - 4:15 Don Norman and Roger Martin, discussion of embedded technologies and disruptive innovation

4:15 - 4:20 Patrick Whitney, closing remarks

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Modified: Monday, 13-Oct-2003 12:22:15 CDT