[comp.society] Conference on Participatory Design

roberts@src.dec.com (Eric Roberts) (01/03/90)

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CONFERENCE ON PARTICIPATORY DESIGN      PPP   DDD    CC   ''  99    00
University of Washington                P  P  D  D  C  C  '  9  9  0  0
Seattle, Washington                     PPP   D  D  C         999  0  0
Saturday and Sunday                     P     D  D  C  C        9  0  0
March 31-April 1, 1990                  P     DDD    CC        9    00

Sponsor: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Workplace Project

By failing to utilize the experience and knowledge of workers, traditional
approaches to computer system design often fail to meet workplace needs. 
Participatory design stresses direct user involvement throughout the design
and implementation of a system.  It has been applied successfully in 
Western Europe, but is less well known in the United States.  To promote
greater understanding of participatory design, CPSR is sponsoring PDC'90,
a conference that will bring together researchers, system designers, and
users to explore the topic through talks and workshops.

The first day will consist of invited talks on the following topics:
 - Overview of participatory design (Christiane Floyd, T.U., Berlin)
 - Hazards of omitting user involvement (Karen Nussbaum, 9to5)
 - Constraints in Product Development Organizations (Jonathan Grudin, MCC)
 - Experiences in participatory design (K. Thoresen and T. Bermann, Norway)
 - Strategies and tools (Pelle Ehn, Aarhus U., Denmark)
 - Panel: Applying the European approach in the U.S. (Lucy Suchman, Xerox PARC)
The second day will consist of half-day workshops and a closing plenary.

To register, or for further information, please write to the address below or
call Paul Czyzewski at (415) 967-7079 or Jeff Johnson at (415) 857-7661.

    CPSR Workplace Project                 Full registration    $55
    P.O. Box 717                           CPSR members         $45
    Palo Alto, CA  94302                   Student/Low income   $15
    cpsr-workplace@csli.stanford.edu       Proceedings only     $10