"Why doesn't this work better? Why can't they make this easier?” World Usability Day is for all the people who've ever asked questions like these.

This annual worldwide series of events, organized by the Usability Professionals' Association, promotes awareness of the benefits of usability engineering and user-centered design, Earth Day style.

The theme for the next World Usability Day is Communication. World Usability Day 2010 will serve as an impetus for creating greater awareness for designs, products and services that improve and facilitate communication around the world. It will be held on Thursday, 11 November 2010.

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World Usability Day 2009 Events

 

Australia

Designing for a sustainable world
Sydney

Simple Change Big Impact
South Melbourne
Victoria

Vic CHISIG: WSP Lincolne Scott case studies & tour
Melbourne
Victoria

Bulgaria

World Usability Day in Bulgaria 2009
Sofia

Brazil

Dia Mundial da Usabilidade 2009 - Fortaleza
Fortaleza

Canada

A Force of One-to-Many
Richmond
British Columbia

World Usability Day Quiz / Draw
Ottawa
Ontario

Egypt

Online event
Cairo

Finland

Käytettävyys Iskut Kuopiossa! > Usability attacts the city!
Kuopio

France

World Usability Day in Sophia Antipolis
Sophia Antipolis

India

World UsabilityDay in INDIA(Hyderabad)
Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh

Japan

Tokyo Public Transportation Usability Research Day
Tokyo

New Zealand

World Usabiity Day Mega Workshop Bundle
Wellington

World Usability Day Wellington
Wellington

Poland

WUD Tour 2009
Wroclaw

Russia

WUD Russia
Moscow

WUD-2009 webinar
Moscow

Sweden

Breakfast seminar on Designing for a Sustainable World
Stockholm

Design contest
Eskilstuna

Seminar on usability and sustainable design
Stockholm

WUD Karlstad, Sweden
Satterstrand, Hammaro

Thailand

User-centered System Development
Hat Yai, Songkla

Taiwan

Sticker Action in Taiwan - "Earth-Centered Design"
Taipei

United Kingdom

World Usability Day Competition at Cogapp
UK

United States

Design Slam 2009
Egg Harbor Township
New Jersey

Screen Space 11: Usability & Usability Testing 101
Atlanta
Georgia

Usability Day in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles
California

World Usability Day at Delta
Atlanta
Georgia

World Usability Day at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Dayton
Ohio

World Usability Day in the Upper Peninsula (WUD-UP)
Houghton
Michigan