Past Meeting Summary

Since 2003, Boston-IA meetings and special events have gathered people from all disciplines who design web sites, web applications, user interactions, content, and visual designs for delivery over the World Wide Web or other electronic media.

Our topics have been geared to bringing these professionals the information they need to make their designs more accessible.

Previous Meetings

Review the topics we have presented to date, organized by year:

• 2011
• 2010
• 2009
• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003

For more information about previous meetings, also visit our Boston-IA Viewpoint newsletter.

2011

To learn more about 2011 events:

• Read detailed summaries about 2011 events and programs.

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2010

• August 31, 2010: Movie Night with UPA Boston ("Temple Grandin" at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, Massachusetts).
• July 27, 2010: BostonCHI & UPA Boston Summer Picnic at Thomas W. Danehy Park in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• July 21, 2010: Panel of Speakers, "Ten-Minute Talks" (co-sponsored by Boston-IA and UPA Boston at Staples headquarters in Framingham, Massachsuetts),
• April 29, 2010: Jim Denham, Perkins School for the Blind: "Web Browsing Through Listening: Perspectives of a Blind Web Surfer" (hosted at the Perkins School).
• January 20, 2010: Boston Interactions Holiday Party 2010 with other Boston area user experience groups at The Red Fez in Boston's South End.

To learn more about 2010 events:

• Read detailed summaries about 2010 events and programs.

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2009

• November 18, 2009: Jess Mitchell, Fluid Project Manager, "A Pervasive Approach to Building Accessible Web Solutions: The Fluid Project" (hosted by the The Microsoft New England Research & Development Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts).
• November 12, 2009: Participation in World Usability Day 2009, South Station, Boston.
• September 23, 2009: Peter Wallack, Oracle Corporation, "The Accidental Accessibility Program Director" (hosted by Oracle Corporation in Burlington, Massachusetts).
• April 30, 2009: Panel of Six Speakers, "Ten-Minute Accessibility Talks" (co-sponsored by the Design and Usability Center (DUC) and the Information Design and Corporate Communication (IDCC) department at Bentley University).
• April 1, 2009: Lorraine Norwich, Assistant Director of Disability Services at Boston University, "Invisible Disabilities: Designing with Awareness".
• March 3, 2009: Andrew Kirkpatrick, Senior Product Manager for Accessibility, Adobe Systems Incorporated, "Accessible PDF Documents and Forms" (Joint meeting with the Technical Editing Special Interest Group of the Boston Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication).
• January 14, 2009: Boston Interactions Holiday Party with other Boston area user experience groups at Boston Beer Works, Kenmore Square, Boston, Massachusetts.

To learn more about 2009 events:

• Read detailed summaries about 2009 events and programs.

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2008

• November 13, 2008: Participation in World Usability Day 2008, Boston Museum of Science.
• October 22, 2008: Mike Paciello, co-chair, Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee (TEITAC), "The New Section 508: Modeling Usability, Interoperability, and Harmonization".
• July 22, 2008: Boston Interactions Pot Luck Picnic with other Boston area user experience groups at Thomas W. Danehy Park in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• June 5, 2008: Marguerite Bergel and Ann Chadwick-Dias, Fidelity Web Technology Group, "Universal Usability of Dynamic Content: Making Flash, AJAX, and DHTML Usable for Everyone" (hosted by Fidelity Investments).
• April 30, 2008: Dan Revellese of HiSoftware, "Proactively Addressing Web Accessibility" (hosted by Bank of America).
• March 19, 2008: Joint Meeting with the New England Chapter of the Applied Voice Input/Output Society (AVIOS): Stefan Sherwood, Molly Corbett, and Kim Patch, "Surfing the Web by Voice" (hosted by Nuance Communications).
• February 6, 2008: Larry Goldberg of the Media Access Group of WGBH, "Beyond the Box: Media Access Anywhere and Everywhere" (hosted by WGBH).
• January 8, 2008: Boston Interactions Networking Party with other Boston Interactions user experience groups at The Asgard Irish Pub & Restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

To learn more about 2008 events:

• Read detailed summaries about all 2008 events and programs.

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2007

• November 8, 2007: Participation in the World Usability Day III, Boston Museum of Science.
• September 19, 2007: Valerie Fletcher of Adaptive Environments, "Bodies, Brains, and the Role of Design in Social Sustainability" (Joint meeting with the New England Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society, hosted by Adaptive Environments).
• July 19, 2007: Boston-IA Fourth Anniversary Summer Picnic at Community Boating, Inc. [July 2007 photographs].
• June 7, 2007: Amy Ruell of the Visually Impaired and Blind User Group (VIBUG) and P.J. Gardner of Boston-IA, "Barrier-Free Web Surfing".
• February 21, 2007: Andrew Kirkpatrick of Adobe Systems, "Accessibility for Rich Internet Applications" (hosted by Adobe Systems Incorporated).

To learn more about 2007 events:

• Read detailed summaries about all 2007 events and programs.

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2006

• November 14, 2006: Participation in World Usability Day II, Boston Museum of Science.
• November 1, 2006: Dana Louise Simberkoff of HiSoftware, "Incorporating Automated Testing into Your Web Accessibility Strategy".
• May 10, 2006: Marguerite Bergel, Ann Chadwick-Dias, and Alison Savery, "Usability Testing for Accessible Web Sites" (hosted by Fidelity Investments).
• April 27, 2006: The Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton, Massachusetts, "Hands-On Accessibility".
• February 8, 2006: P.J. Gardner, "Highlights of Content Accessibility Issues for Editors" (Joint meeting with the Technical Editing Special Interest Group of the Boston Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication).
• January 26, 2006: Steve Krug, "Real-Life Accessibility".

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2005

• December 7, 2005: Tom Tullis, Fidelity Investments, "Usability and the Evolution of Technology, or, You Shouldn't Have to Read a User Manual to Ride an Elevator!" (Joint meeting with the Boston Chapter of the Usability Professionals Association).
• November 17, 2005: Maria Rueters, "Testing Software with JAWS and ZoomText" [November 2005 photographs].
• November 3, 2005: Participation in World Usability Day I, Boston Museum of Science.
• June 29, 2005: Dr. Bill Gribbons, Bentley University, "Universal Accessibility: Designing for the Aging Population".
• April 27, 2005: Barbara Casaly, P.J. Gardner, Judy Kessler, and Lori Gillen, "Creating Accessible Online Information" (Joint meeting with the Society for Technical Communication).
• January 12, 2005: Neil Perlin, "Preparing Content for Device Independence".

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2004

• September 29, 2004: Steve Mulder, "Personas: Making Your Users Real".
• June 23, 2004: Boston-IA First Anniversary Meeting: Mike Paciello and Larry Goldberg, "The Ramp to Accessible Software: Designing, Developing, and Testing for Online Accessibility".
• April 12, 2004: Valerie Clare Haven, "Using the JAWS Screen Reader to Surf the Internet".
• January 14, 2004: Chris Hass, "Usability Test Methods for Accessible Interface Design".

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2003

• September 30, 2003: Joel Sklar, "Using Style Sheets for Web Accessibility" [September 2003 photographs].
• June 25, 2003: Kickoff Meeting: Bill Buchholz and Neil Duane, "Bringing Information Architecture and Internet Accessibility Together" [June 2003 photographs].
• Article about the founding of Boston-IA by P.J. Gardner.

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