CUU 2000: ACM Conference on Universal Usability CUU 2000
November 16-17, 2000, Arlington, VA, USA

Final Conference Program

November 16, 2000 (Thursday)

8:30 - 9:00 Welcome: Ben Shneiderman (University of Maryland)
9:00 - 9:30 Opening Speech: Tom Kalil (White House, U. S. National Economic Council)
9:30 - 10:30 Keynote: Raising Awareness of the Economic Advantages of Universal Design
Michael Burks (AT&T)
10:30- 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:15 Papers: Architecture and Experience, Session chair: Susan Regli (CMU)
  • The FirstSearch User Interface Architecture: Universal Access for any User, in many Languages, on any Platform
    Gary Perlman (OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc)
  • Configuration Agents, Control and Privacy
    Shari Trewin (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center)
  • Reducing the Gap Between What Users Know and What They Need to Know
    Ron Baecker, Sasha Jovicic, Joanna McGrenere, Gale Moore (University of Toronto), Kellogg Booth (University of British Columbia)
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15 - 3:00 Papers: The Design Process, Session chair: Anna Wichanasky (Oracle)
  • Fundamental Principles and Priority Setting for Universal Usability
    Gregg Vanderheiden (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
  • "User Sensitive Inclusive Design" - In Search of a New Paradigm
    Alan F Newell, Peter Gregor (University of Dundee)
  • Towards a Practical Inclusive Design Approach
    Simeon Keates, P. John Clarkson, Lee-Anne Harrison, Peter Robinson (University of Cambridge)
  • Participant Stakeholder Evaluation as a Design Process
    Richard Giordano (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), David Bell (Xerox PARC)
  • Usability and Public Administration: Experiences of a Difficult Marriage
    Tiziana Catarci (Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica), Giacinto Matarazzo (Foundazione Ugo Bordozi), Gianluigi Raiss (Autorità per l'Informatica nella Pubblica)
3:00 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 4:30 Panel: Dimensions of Diversity in Design of Telerehabilitation Systems for Universal Usability
M. Rosen, D. Brenna, C. Trepagnier (The National Rehab Hospital), B. Tran, D. Lauderdale, C. Lathan (The Catholic University of America)
4:30 - 5:30 Panel: From Equal Access to Differential Invitation: Creating collaborative cultures that provide equal access and encourage equal participation
Lynn Henderson (The Shyness Institute), Neil G. Scott, Isabelle Gingras, Victoria Plaut (Stanford University), Richard Adler (SeniorNet), Vanessa Fleming (Plugged In), Charles Merritt (Palo Alto High School)
5:30 - 7:00 Poster Reception (with light food and drinks)

November 17, 2000 (Friday)

8:30 - 10:00 Papers: Age before Beauty, Session chair: Marney Beard (Sun)
  • Increasing the Opportunities for Aging in Place
    Elizabeth Mynatt, Irfan Essa, Wendy Rogers (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  • The ELDeR Project: Social, Emotional, and Environmental Factors in the Design of Eldercare Technologies
    Tad Hirsch, Jodi Forlizzi, Elaine Hyder, Jennifer Goetz, Jacey Stroback, Chris Kurtz (Carnegie Mellon University)
  • Designing for Context: Usability in a Ubiquitous Environment
    Jenna Burrell, Paul Treadwell, Geri K. Gay (Cornell University)
  • The Beauty of Simplicity
    Kristiina Karvonen (University of Helsinki and Helsinki University of Technology)
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:00 Papers: Reaching Diverse Communities, Session chair: Sharon Laskowski (NIST)
  • Intelligent Speech for Information Systems: Toward Bilteracy and Trilingualism
    Helen Meng (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
  • Accessible Accessibility
    David Sloan, Peter Gregor, Murray Rowan, Paul Booth (University of Dundee)
  • Usability Testing with Screen Reading Technology in a Windows Environment
    Kitch Barnicle (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
  • Mixing Oil and Water: Transcending Method Boundaries in Assistive Technology for Traumatic Brain Injury
    Eamon Doherty, Gilbert Cockton, and Chris Bloor (University of Sunderland), Dennis Benigno (Neurological Institute of N.J.)
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Panel: Hot Topics in Universal Usability
To Be Announced
2:00 - 3:00 Report from the CUU Fellow Workshop
Chair: Joelle Coutaz (CLIPS-IMAG, France), Penny Collings (ISE Canberra, Australia), Clare-Marie Karat (IBM TJ Watson Research, USA), Mary Beth Rosson (Virginia Tech, USA)
3:00 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 5:00 Papers: Easy Access and The Web, Session chair: Harrison Sherwood (AOL)
  • The Development of a Simple, Low Cost Set of Universal Access Features for Electronic Devices
    Chris Law, Gregg Vanderheiden (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
  • Aurora: A Conceptual Model for Web-Content Adaptation to Support the Universal Usability of Web-based Services
    Anita Huang (IBM Almaden Research Center), Neel Sunderson (NehaNet Corporation)
  • Extending User Understanding of Federal Statistics in Tables
    Gary Marchionini (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Carol Hert, Liz Liddy (Syracuse University), Ben Shneiderman (University of Maryland)
  • Barriers to Use: Usability and Content Accessibility on the Web's Most Popular Sites
    Terry Sullivan, Rebecca Matson (University of North Texas)
5:00 - 5:15 Closing Remarks


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