Global Organisations
Professional organisations providing services related to usability
Country | Comments | |
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ACM SIGCHI | USA | For HCI researchers and practitioners |
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society | USA | For human factors and ergonomics researchers and professionals |
IFIP
TC.13 on HCI |
international | Organises INTERACT conferences and working groups |
Society for Technical Communication | USA | For technical writers, has an active usability SIG |
Usability Professionals Association | USA | For usability practitioners |
Other professional organisations supporting user experience
Acronym | Name | Scope |
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AIGA-ED | AIGA Experience Design | Organizational connection and communication, understanding people, in ways useful for business and design, and conceive, envision, and inform what products, services, and communications to make. |
IxDA | Interaction Design Association | Defines the structure and behaviors of interactive products and services and user interactions with those products and services. |
IAI | The Information Architecture Institute | The art and science of organizing and labeling web sites, intranets, online communities and software to support usability and findability. |
IIID | International Institute for Information Design | Design of visual information including graphic information design to overcome both social and language barriers. |
European support networks
Support network | Comments |
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EDeAN | European Design for All e-Accessibility Network |
Local organisations
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Updated January 2006 by Nigel Bevan.
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