Schedule

Big Design has moved to a two day format. We’ll be offering two tracks each day with a workshop track running concurrently. This is the tentative schedule. It’s subject to change and all that other stuff that is usually said.

Friday

  Social Media Code Development Workshops
8:00 AM

Conference Check-in

Check-in and grab some breakfast. Pastries, coffee, and drinks will be available to our attendees as you check-in and prepare for the opening keynote.

9:00 AM

Susan Weinschenk

Keynote: Psychology of Online Behavior (Details)

10:00 AM

Erica O’Grady

Influencers Don’t Matter and Other Lessons from the Trenches

Chris Koenig

Reinventing Mobility with Window 7 Series (Details)

Joe Dyer

Overseas Usability Testing: Lessons from Abroad (Details)

11:00 AM

Ryan Merket

More Than a Blue Button

Jared Bienz

Windows Phone 7: A Design and Development Introduction (Details)

Alfonso de la Nuez

How to Conduct Global UX Benchmarking (Details)

12:00 PM

Lunch

Eat, visit the exhibit hall, network with attendees or check out any of the lunch sessions below:

12:15 PM (Lunch Sessions)

Creative Suite 5 Demo

Lynn Grillo demos CS 5 in the Forum (starts at 12:15)

Cartoon Carnival

Watch cartoons from 24-Hour Film Project in the Theater (starts at 12:15)

Ask the Experts

Chris Bernard and Chris Koenig are available in lunch room to answer questions

1:00 PM

Keith Anderson

Who Do You Think You Are? (Details)

Tom McCracken

Agile or Irrelevant?

Adam Polansky

Stack It, Split It, Slice It:  Managing Your Content (Details)

2:00 PM

Chris Pitre and Laura Verble

10 Commandments of Social Interaction Design

Adam Keys

Overcoming Inertia

Taylor Cowan

Get Your Head In the Clouds: Cloud Computing for Designers and Developers (Details)

3:00 PM

Giovanni Gallucci

Extreme Social Marketing

Brandon Aaron

In Your Font Face: How to Make Web Typography Suck Less (Details)

Brian Sullivan & Ryan Plesko

Design Studios: Sketching User Experiences (Details)

4:00 PM

Nathan Shedroff

Keynote

Saturday

  Design Strategy Workshops
8:00 AM

Conference Check-in

Check-in and grab some breakfast. Pastries, coffee, and drinks will be available to our attendees as you check-in and prepare for the opening keynote.

9:00 AM

Chris Bernard

Keynote: John Hughes–Lessons in Big Design (Details)

10:00 AM

Stephen Anderson

When Data Gets Up Close and Personal (Details)

Dr. Paul Sherman

Changing Minds and Removing Barriers: User Experience as Strategist and Change Agent (Details)

Elisa Miller

Creating Effective Online Surveys (Details)

11:00 AM

Bill Scott

Designing with Lenses: Lessons from Other Design Crafts (Details)

Amy Buckner

Understanding the Why Behind Web Analytics (Details)

Travis Isaacs

Keynote Kung-Fu: How Ninjas Wireframe (Details)

12:00 PM

Lunch

Eat, visit the exhibit hall, network with attendees or check out any of the lunch sessions below:

12:15 PM (Lunch Sessions)

Creative Suite 5 Demo

Lynn Grillo demos CS 5 in the Forum (starts at 12:15)

Cartoon Carnival

Watch cartoons from 24-Hour Film Project in the Theater (starts at 12:15)

Ask the Experts

Chris Bernard and Chris Koenig are available in lunch room to answer questions

1:00 PM

Aaron Hursman

Effective Dashboard Design: Why Your Baby Is Ugly (Details)

The Profit/Non-Profit Panel

What Designers for Profit and Non-Profits Can Learn from Each Other. (Details)

Caleb Jenkins

10 Things Developers Should Start Doing Right Now (Details)

2:00 PM

Jeremy Johnson

Understanding the Mobile Design Question (Details)

Sharron Rush

Can Helen Keller Learn in the 21st Century? (Details)

Elizabeth Rosenzweig

Spark Your Creative Juices (Details)

3:00 PM

Kelsey Ruger

Rebirth of Slick: Why Design Is Cool and Why It Will Make People Love Your Company (Details)

Russ Unger

Behind the Kimono: A Peak Behind the Design Process (Details)

AJ Wood

Creating Interactive Portfolios (Details)

4:00 PM

Jared Spool

Keynote

5:00 PM

Aquent After Party at CoHabitat

Join other conference attendees at the official Big Design After Party. It’s free thanks to our friends at Aquent when you register (will include adult beverages and hors d’oeuvres) - you won’t want to miss this! (Details)