La Mesa para 8 es un formato de networking de calidad donde un máximo de 8 personas se encuentran para tratar un tema concreto, incluyendo la persona invitada, la moderadora, y 6 participantes que han confirmado su asistencia. Entre los asistentes se invitará a comer a la persona invitada.
9 de noviembre de 2006
14:00 a 16:00 horas (se requiere puntualidad)
Restaurante Little Italy
Av. Marques de la Argentera, 19
Barcelona.
15 EUR aproximadamente
Si quieres participar envía un mail con tu NOMBRE + EMPRESA a Eva de Lera(edelera@uoc.edu). En caso de haber más de 6 confirmaciones se sortearán las participaciones y se enviará un mail de confirmación de asistentes través de la Lista de Correo.
Si tienes cualquier pregunta envía un correo electrónico a edelera@uoc.edu
Se ruega a las personas confirmadas que en caso de tener que cancelar una comida lo hagan con amplia antelación (unas 72 horas mínimo), de esta manera podremos informar a la siguiente persona en la lista de interesados en asistir, y ésta puede reorganizar su agenda.
Director, Web & Usability/User Experience Lead
Columbia University
jb2110@columbia.edu, javier.broch@gmail.com
Javier Broch is a Certified Usability Analyst working at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City with fifteen years of experience in user interface design. The last five years of his career have focused on institutionalizing/socializing usability and user-centric design methodologies at Columbia.
He is interested in identifying successful methods for socializing usability to bringing the gap between politically-motivated design (e.g., the agency director’s favorite color is salmon, therefore the homepage is salmon.) and evidence-driven design in an academic environment.
In his current position, he has steered the university to recognize the value of usability, implement web standards, develop and maintain policies develop shared resources simplifying the application of usability by providing web developers resources to make usability easier. Along the way, he implemented, coordinated and moderated a University Web Steering Committee (represented by faculty, staff, students, various schools, and researchers, as well as hospital, clinical, marketing, and technology groups).
He currently teaches the following courses on usability: Basics of Usability, User-Centered Analysis, Information Architecture and Navigation Design, Writing for Online Content, Detailed Page Design.
In his current efforts he moves across the schools within the University, teaching, encouraging, cajoling and reinforcing the value of the user centered perspective. In addition, he designs interfaces to meet the needs of students, faculty, patients, researchers and donors. He directs remote and onsite usability testing, uses remote and in person card sorting tools, and implementing accessible USA 508-complient services, field studies, paper prototyping and expert reviews.
He describes himself as a “practitioner of simplicity”. He believes that less is more, simple is better; usability is almost everywhere; and that the majority of the existing web has never been used by its intended users.
Javier regularly presents both introductory and advanced methodology seminars both within his organization and as an invited speaker. He has presented at the Usability Professional Association, World Usability Day, government agencies and Universities. His presentations are very lively, pragmatic and interactive.
He has worked in Europe (Spain, UK) and the US; he is a native from Barcelona.
Education: Certified Usability Analyst (CUA) - Human Factors International, 2005; Graduate in Business Administration, The Management School, Barcelona, Spain, 1993.
Favorite Tasks; Simplify processes, reduce cognitive load
Hobbies: Marathon and Triathlons, Space exploration