About the Conference

We ​are ​pleased ​to ​announce ​that ​registration for the ​SIGDOC ​2018 ​Conference ​is now open! SIGDOC 2018 will ​be ​held ​at ​the ​Milwaukee ​School ​of ​Engineering, ​August ​3-5, ​2018! This ​year’s ​conference ​features ​exceptional ​speakers ​and ​scholars, ​including ​keynotes ​by ​this ​year's ​Diana ​award ​winner, ​the ​Center ​for ​Civic ​Design, ​and ​Ken ​Cook, ​the ​President ​of ​Ken ​Cook ​Co. ​and ​a ​recently ​named ​STC ​"legend ​of ​Technical ​Communication." ​Also ​featured ​will ​be ​a ​full ​slate ​of ​panels, ​workshops, ​the ​SIGDOC ​Research ​Network, ​ignite ​talks, ​and ​the ​Microsoft ​Student ​Research ​Competition. IMPORTANT: ​ ​PLEASE ​REGISTER ​FOR ​THE ​CONFERENCE ​AND ​RESERVE ​LODGING ​BY ​JULY ​20, ​2017 ​TO ​AVOID ​LATE ​REGISTRATION ​RATES. To register: click here

Congratulations to our 2018 Diana Award Winner: The Center for Civic Design! "Our mission is summed up in our slogan, democracy is a design problem, and the opening words of our site: Ensuring voter intent through design. Our goal is to make every interaction between government and citizens easy, effective, and pleasant. We bring civic design skills in research, usability, design, accessibility, and plain language to improve the voting experience, make elections easier to administer, and encourage participation in elections. Through our work, we have helped hundreds of election officials build their skills and capacity, and touched millions of voters in small but important ways. Across all of our projects, our research suggests that the voter journey—all of the information, decisions,...