CanUX News

October 8, 2015

The full program is now live.

By the time this message reaches your inbox, there will be less than 30 days to go until CanUX 2015, and only a handful of tickets are still available for purchase.

If you missed it last week, our main program is now live. 20 speakers from 5 countries on 3 continents will be in Ottawa on Nov 7-8, including:

• Aaron Draplin (DDC, Portland, OR)
• Peter Merholz (Jawbone, San Francisco, CA)
• Shelly Bernstein (The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY)
• Steve Hillenius (NASA, Mountain View, CA)
• Cennydd Bowles (formerly at Twitter, London, UK)
• Leisa Reichelt (Australian Gov’t DTO, Sydney, AU)
• Marsha Haverty (Autodesk, Portland, OR)
• Boon Sheridan (formerly at NASDAQ, Boston, MA)
• Matt Nish-Lapidus (Normative, Toronto, ON)
• Carine Lallemand (Univ of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, LU)
• Jess McMullin (Situ Strategy, Edmonton, AB)
• Brent Marshall (Eightlines, Kitchener-Waterloo, ON)
• Jennifer Hogan (Getty Images, Calgary, AB)
• Derek Featherstone (Simply Accessible, Ottawa, ON)
• Annemarie Lesage (Yu Centrik, Montreal, QC)
• Bruce Tsuji (Carleton University, Ottawa, ON)
• Jarred Szabadi (Gymtrack, Ottawa, ON)
• Kat Kavanagh (Capra Design, Ottawa, ON)
• Shannon Lee and Robert Rayson (Ottawa University, Ottawa, ON)

All hail the Saturday night CanUX 2015 Afterparty

For the first time in our six year history, we’re hosting an epic party in the museum’s Grand Hall, one of Canada’s most iconic indoor public spaces. Even if you don’t have a ticket to the conference, you can attend our social event by purchasing a party-only ticket for only $15 on our tickets page (bonus: the ticket comes with a free drink). Our esteemed speakers will be there, UX professionals from coast to coast will be there, and so should you. Also, we’re still looking for a sponsor for the afterparty, so if you want to put your stamp on the event, contact us at info@canuxconf.org for more details.

Introducing the first ever CanUX Job Fair

CanUX 2015 also marks the debut of our first ever CanUX Job Fair. If you are looking for a job in experience design, interaction design, information architecture, usability or just design in general, a number of top employers from the region will be on site following our closing keynote on Sunday, November 8, to showcase their open positions and potentially schedule follow-up interviews. More details about the job fair will be made available on our site in the coming days.

Newbie dinners and studio tours

If you are coming to the event for the first time (especially those coming from out of town and there are a lot of you this year), we’re setting up a number of pre-reserved non-sponsored newbie dinners hosted by a few CanUX friends who have attended our event in past years. They will also be able to answer questions about what you can expect. If you attend one of these, don’t forget to bring cash or plastic to pay your bill. And last but not least, on Friday morning and on Sunday afternoon after the closing keynote, a number of local companies will be hosting studio tours. Check our tickets page after October 15 to sign up for free for both newbie dinners and studio tours. We’ll also send you a quick reminder via email in case you forget.

More surprises await…

But this is not all. We’re cooking a few more goodies for this year’s attendees, but we don’t want to spoil all the surprises.We hope to see you all on Nov 7 :)