Conference Program

All conference events will be held at the City Hotel and Bistro in Greenville, NC.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

2:30 – 6:30 PM WORKSHOP 3:00 – 6:00 PM SIGDOC Business Meeting, Room: Boardroom
Kinetic Architecture: A Methods Worskhop for Designing Pathways of Participation in Complex Ecosystems, Room: Director’s Room
4:00 – 7:00 PM REGISTRATION OPEN
7:00 – 9:00 PM INFORMAL RECEPTION, Lounge

Monday, September 30, 3013

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM REGISTRATION OPEN
8:45 – 8:55 AM WELCOME SESSION, Ivey Room
Salon 1 Salon 2
9:00 – 10:15 AM Theme: Content Strategy
Session Chair: Clare Cotugno		 Theme: Accessability
Session Chair: Stewart Whittemore
Comparing Complex Problem-Solving Using Print and Online Texts Howard, Johnson, Messenger Sympathic Devices: Designing Technologies for Older Adults Rebola, Jones
Analytics as Heuristics: Technical Considerations for DOC Faber Icon Design for User Interface of Remote Patient Monitoring Mobile Devices Kasack, Rebola, Braunstein, Sanford
Design Research Methods to Understand User Needs for an eTextile Knee Sleeve Byrne, Rebola, Zeagler
10:15 – 10:45 AM BREAK
10:45 – 12 Noon Theme: Research Methods
Session Chair: Kathie Gossett

Theme: Posters

Posters will be on display in the hallway throughout the conference.
Visual Research Methods and Communication Design McNely
The Ethics of Agile Ethnography Mara, Potts, Bartocci
12:15 – 1:45 PM

LUNCH, Ivey Room

Ignite Talks
2:00 – 3:15 PM Theme: Content Design
Session Chair: Stewart Whittemore		 Theme: eLearning
Session Chair: TBA
Simplifying Business Complexity with Frameworks Cotugno, Fitzhugh, Hoeft Understanding the Process of Learning Touch Screen Mobile Applications Weidman, Muni
Reducing Complexity Using an Interaction Room Grapenthin, Book, Gruhn, Schneider, Volker, Versicherungen Towards Simplifying Learning Systems Kolyda
On Signifying the Complexity of Inter-Agent Relations in AgentSheets Games and Simulations Mota
3:15 – 3:45 PM BREAK
3:45 – 5:00 PM Theme: User Experience
Session Chair: Guiseppe Getto
Teaching UX: Designing Programs to Train the Next Generation of UX Experts Getto, Potts, Salvo, Gossett
5:00 – 6:00 PM Meet & Greet with the UX Collaborative, Lounge
6:00 – 9:00

BANQUET, Ivey Room

Speaker: Liza Potts

SIGDOC: State of the SIG

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM REGISTRATION OPEN
Salon 1 Salon 2
9:00 – 10:15 AM Theme: Social Data
Session Chair: Kathie Gossett		 Theme: Accessibility and Usability
Session Chair: Michael Albers
The Complexity of Interfaces as Cultures: reddit and 4chan During the Boston Marathon Bombins Potts, Harrison-Eng An Approach to Improve Accessability and Usability of Existing Web Systems Forts, Dias
Linked Open Data for Cultural Heritage: Evolution of an Information Technology Edelstein, Li-Madeo, Marden, Whysel A Customized Mobile Application for a Cerebral Palsy User Borges
Use of 5E Models to Enhance User Experience Albers
10:15 – 10:45 AM BREAK
10:45 – 12 Noon Theme: Academic Journals
Session Chair: Kirk St. Amant

Theme: Posters

Posters will be on display in the hallway throughout the conference.
Examining the Complexities of Academic Publishing: A Discussion with Journal Editors Albers, Kain, St. Amant, Knight, Carliner
12:15 – 1:45 PM

LUNCH, Ivey Room

Keynote: Saul Carliner

Money Matters: The Roles of Economics and Business in the Future of Technical Communication
2:00 – 3:15 PM Theme: Collaboration
Session Chair: Angela Harrison Eng		 Theme: Structured Content
Session Chair: Dave Jones
Simplifying the Development of Cross-Platform Web User Interfaces by Collaborative Model-based Design Vanderdonckt, Genaromotti, Raggett, Cauwelawrt The Pragmatic Web: Addressing Complex Communication in Public Administration Using Tailored Delivery Colineau, Paris, Vander Linden
Simplifying Complexity: Modeling the Process of Collaboration Between Artists and Scientists McDougall, Fels, Lopes, and O’Brien
API Documentation and Software Community Values:

A Survey of Open-Source API Documentation

 Watson, Stamnes, Jeannot-Schroeder, Spyridakis