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Who: Jon Udell, Microsoft
What: Teaching Web Fluency: How we can help web users become web thinkers and web makers?
When: Friday, May 17, Noon to  1:20 p.m. Pizza provided!
Where: Mary Gates Hall (MGH), Room 420, University of Washington, Seattle

Abstract: Students of computer and information sciences aren’t the only ones who need to understand how web resources are represented, named, provided, composed, and exchanged. Everyone can learn a set of basic principles and then apply them to be more effective participants in (and co-creators of) the web. Microsoft’s Jon Udell is teaching communities how to manage their public calendars in a way that enables groups and organization to be authoritative for their own calendar data, and to connect their calendars in syndication networks using the well-established (but underutilized) Internet standard for calendar exchange. In this talk he’ll review the progress he’s made so far helping cities and towns around the country adopt this model, discuss the web concepts required, and explore the challenges involved in conveying those concepts. He’ll also suggest how lessons learned from community calendar syndication can generalize to other domains, including health care, energy conservation, and political discourse.

About Jon Udell
Jon Udell is an author, information architect, software developer, and new media innovator. His 1999 book, Practical Internet Groupware, helped lay the foundation for what we now call social software. Udell was formerly a software developer at Lotus, BYTE Magazine’s executive editor and Web maven, and an independent consultant. A hands-on thinker, Udell’s analysis of industry trends has always been informed by his own ongoing experiments with software, information architecture, and new media. From 2002 to 2006 he was InfoWorld’s lead analyst, author of the weekly Strategic Developer column, and blogger-in-chief. During his InfoWorld tenure he also pioneered the medium now known as screencasting and produced an audio show, Interviews with Innovators. In 2007 Udell joined Microsoft as a writer, interviewer, speaker, and experimental software developer. Currently he is building and explaining a calendar network that’s based on open standards and runs in the Windows Azure cloud.

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CodeDay is a 24 hour hackathon aimed towards students and hosted by local nonprofit StudentRND. CodeDay is aimed at students and it is focused on helping students learn new technologies and showing off their coding skills.

The next Seattle CodeDay event is coming up soon on May 25, 2013. Tickets are on sale now for $10 until May 20 and $20 afterwards.

More information: http://codeday.org/

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Payroll Title: Part-Time Advancement Student Worker

Supervised By:  Special Events Manager, College of Engineering

• Assist special events team with the production of event collateral, venue research, online calendar updating, and day-of event assistance.

• Assist donor relations manager with endowment and donor files, schedule student scholarship recipients for assignments and update and maintain the endowment master list.

• Data entry, ensure that alumni updates are entered into University database.

• Assist Marketing and Communications team with research projects, mail list maintenance, online image gallery maintenance and general office support.

Desired Qualifications:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Project management skills, ability work independently and meet deadlines.  Attention to detail and the ability to multi-task.

• Capacity to work professionally with many constituencies (e.g., staff, faculty).

• Demonstrated strong computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office, Creative Suite (primarily InDesign, PhotoShop, Illustrator) and MAC computers.

• Ability to work outside of regularly scheduled work hours on event days (evenings and weekends).

• Ability to lift 25-30 lbs.

To APPLY please forward resumes to claradp@uw.edu

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Join us May 17th, 7:30pm

for DINING, DRINKS, DANCIN’ and a DARN good time!

 Your favorite Engineering Ladies are hosting a Roaring Twenties Ball to celebrate the end of Spring Quarter. Finish off the school year with this unforgettable night glittering of love, bliss and extravagance! If you’re a senior, don’t miss out on the last fun event that you will have as a UW student!

 Featuring: LIVE BAND LIVE SINGERS
The Joint: HUB South Ballroom

The goods:

• Open to all kinds o’ cats (all majors)
• Live Swingin’ Band – playing modern music!
• Free ritzy Italian cuisine catered by Bay Laurel
• Spiffy chocolate fondue fountain
• Swanky (formal) attire suggested
• Moonshine for 21+ (professional bartender)
• Themed free photo booth with wacky accessories! Keep your memories forever…

THEME is Roaring Twenties: Reference the Great Gatsby, Moulin Rouge and Some Like it Hot for Outfit Ideas. Don’t be the only one looking like you just finished from lab.

Your secret password:
$15 pre-sale
$20 after May 1st
Tickets: tinyurl.com/SWE13

Event site: tinyurl.com/SWE13

Find us on Facebook: Roaring Twenties Ball

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Announcing the 10thth annual

Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC)

 Students: Do you have a world-changing idea?

The Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) is a social venture plan competition open to enrolled university students in any discipline around the world. Applicants submit an executive summary of a business idea that both addresses an issue related to global poverty and will be implemented in the developing world.

The deadline for this year’s competition is Tuesday November 12, 2013 at midnight Pacific Time. Semi-finalist teams (about 15-20) will be notified in early December, and will be invited to compete at the week-long competition held at the University of Washington in Seattle February 24-28, 2014, where they will receive coaching, network with hundreds of local health, development and business professionals, attend an event with the Seattle Rotary, and finally, compete for cash and in-kind prizes, including a grand prize of $12,500, a $10,000 Global Health prize, a $10,000 ICT prize, and other prizes from the Rotary and NCIIA, detailed along with their criteria here.

Applications will open in August, 2013. Learn more about GSEC at our website.

gsec@uw.edu | GSEC on Facebook |GSEC Home Page

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Seattle Tech Meetup happens on the 3rd Tuesday of every month, and this May they’ve decided to host their event at UW!

Join us for FREE on May 21st for food, drink, fun, community connections and five awesome presentations of new technology from startups and major companies founded or run by UW grads!   Enjoy this SPECIAL EVENT bridging the UW tech community with the greater Seattle tech community.

Agenda

6:00pm – Doors Open/Buffet/Drinks/Get to know your community
7:00pm – Event Begins!

- Community Announcements: Events, Jobs, etc. (20 seconds/ea)
- Pres. #1: PatientStream
- Pres. #2: LumiSands
- Pres. #3: SpiralGenetics
- Pres. #4: Decide.com
- Pres. #5: (Surprise Keynote!!)

8:00pm – Closing / Sponsor thank you’s / Open Networking

Sign up information: The event will be on May 21st at 6pm at the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering. The event is FREE…FREE…FREE…and we’re expecting 300+ to show up. If you want to attend, RSVP Here: http://www.meetup.com/SeattleTechMeetup/events/107869672/

Want to know more about #STMeetup? Check out the STM Teaser Video.

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The UX Team of One Bootcamp
@ TBA
Friday, May 31st, 2013 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Many organizations have only a modest understanding of user experience. Some have none at all. In such an environment, if you are the key person or team driving for a more user-centered way of working, you are a user experience team of one. (That’s true whether it’s your official job or not.)

This workshop is a hands-on crash course in the skills, methods, and clever hacks that successful UX teams of one use to work inclusively, efficiently, and effectively. It is also a frank and candid guide to the challenges and opportunities that you might encounter if you’re a UX team of one.

In this workshop, you’ll learn:

• Quick and effective methods for every point in the UX process, from planning a project to collaborative lo-fi design and rapid prototyping
• Language and tools for “selling” UX and building support
• Soft skills for gaining buy-in, conquering conflict, and communicating your work

Like any good bootcamp, this workshop will get you working, sweating, and challenging your own assumptions about what you’re capable of.

About Leah Buley

Leah Buley is a design strategist at Intuit and the author of the forthcoming book “The User Experience Team of One”. Prior to Intuit, Leah was a lead experience designer at Adaptive Path working for clients in financial services, media, consumer products, and the non-profit world. Leah writes and speaks regularly on tactics for inviting colleagues and skeptics into the user-centered design process. Her workshops and presentations have a reputation for being quirky, information-packed, and always fun.

Date & Time: Friday, May 31st, 2013 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Location: TBA

Agenda

• 9:00 – 9:30 Check-in and breakfast
• 9:30 – 12:00 Workshop
• 12:00 – 12:30 Lunch
• 12:30 – 3:00 Workshop

Registration

A limited number of scholarships are available! See our website for details.

Early bird signup before May 1st
$360 for members, $395 for non-members (includes PS SIGCHI membership for a year).

May 1st or later
$375 for members, $410 for non-members (includes PS SIGCHI membership for a year)

Join PS SIGCHI for only $35/year for extra benefits.

Rebecca Destello
Secretary, Puget Sound SIGCHI
http://www.pssigchi.org

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Call for UW Undergrad Research Papers & Projects  -  Be eligible for a $1000.00 award!

• What? The UW Libraries Research Award for Undergraduates recognizes undergraduate students who have authored superb research projects that demonstrate a creative use of scholarly materials.
• Why? Winners receive $1,000 and University-wide recognition for their outstanding accomplishment.
• When? Deadline to submit is Monday, May 13, 2013, by 5:00pm PST.
• Where and How? Submission criteria and guidelines are available online.
• Questions? Send them to libaward@uw.edu

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Please join the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) for a 10-week seminar this winter on user experience (UX), as industry experts speak about current issues and research in the field.

Each 40-minute talk will be filmed and will be followed by a Q&A session. Videos of each talk will be posted online afterwards. Members of the University of Washington community and the public are welcome. http://www.hcde.washington.edu/ux

Lecture Speaker: Carol Taylor

Date/Time: Friday, March 15, 2013 11:30–12:20 PM

Location: Loew Hall, Room 216
University of Washington, Seattle campus

Abstract                                                                                                                              Designing a compelling consumer service that delivers streaming music across a wide range of connected devices creates unique and complex UX challenges. Rhapsody has encountered different standards and constraints across mobile phones, tablets, PCs, Web, TVs, xBox and consumer electronics devices running Android, iOS, Windows, and other proprietary operating systems. Learn how we adapted and innovated to move towards a unified music service that compliments the needs and strengths of different contexts of use.

About the Speaker
Carol A. Taylor is the Director of User Research and Experience at Rhapsody International, a streaming music service. Prior to Rhapsody, she worked at Motricity (mobile data services) and T-Mobile USA and was a partner in both Magi Group Interactive and Sakson & Taylor. She has been researching and designing user experiences for mobile, Web, and PC applications for the past 15 years and is currently focused on cross-platform experience design for mobile, PC, and consumer electronics devices.

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The ideal candidate’s skill set:

• Embrace Lean Start-Up principles.
• UX Designer – Turn the vision and general design into a User Centered Design with User Experience Specifications for our software developers. Create personas, user journeys, and task based design.
• Information Architect – Must be well versed in the core aspects of designing for website usability.
• User Testing – Bring the usability of the new design from an initial point of “great idea” to “proven idea backed up with a proven design” that can be refined and polished iteratively.
• Business Acumen – Be an active musician.

Pay is negotiable. Part-time contract position/hourly basis. Must be available to start immediately.

Please send your resume and portfolio link to Faculty@masterclassu.com

Job Information Link: http://masterclassu.wpengine.com/?p=18

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Please join the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) for a 10-week seminar this winter on user experience (UX), as industry experts speak about current issues and research in the field.

Each 40-minute talk will be filmed and will be followed by a Q&A session. Videos of each talk will be posted online afterwards. Members of the University of Washington community and the public are welcome. http://www.hcde.washington.edu/ux

Lecture Speaker: Yang Li

Date/Time: Friday, March 8, 2013 11:30–12:20 PM

Location: Loew Hall, Room 216
University of Washington, Seattle campus

Abstract                                                                                                                               The ubiquity of mobile devices has fundamentally shifted the landscape of personal computing. However, there is a tension between the ever-growing computing power of these devices and the limited capability they offer for interaction. In this talk, I will focus on three important aspects of mobile interaction research: applications, design fundamentals and tool support. I will give examples of interactive systems that can leverage unique capabilities and interaction context of mobile devices, discuss our efforts in discovering and distilling fundamentals for designing mobile interaction, and demonstrate new methods and tools for creating advanced mobile interaction behaviors.

About the Speaker
Yang Li is a Senior Research Scientist at Google, and an affiliate faculty member in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. He earned a PhD degree in Computer Science from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and then conducted postdoctoral research in EECS at the University of California at Berkeley. Yang is broadly interested in Human-Computer Interaction, especially mobile computing, interaction design tools and gesture-based interaction. His work (Gesture Search and Library) has been used by millions of users.

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Monday, March 4th
Sieg Hall, Room 224
5:00PM – 6:00PM

Come join the Andreessen Horowitz team as we discuss how design
is impacting startups. We will have a panel discussion/Q&A with key
designers from our startups followed by an interactive mixer, dinner and
dessert.
Our portfolio companies are changing the way design is incorporated
into the overall product development strategy. Design is no longer just
about making a product aesthetically appealing, it’s also about solving
complex user problems. Join a16z, Julep, Apptio and Zulily to learn about
the convergence of tech and design!

RSVP at: jessica@a16z.com

If you are unable to attend but would like more information please contact Jessica Hansen at jessica@a16z.com

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Summer@Highland Info Session
Monday, March 11th
5:30-7:30pm, The Career Center (134 Mary Gates Hall)

Come and learn more about Summer@Highland, a summer startup program built exclusively for student founders. In its sixth year, Summer@Highland is hosted by Highland Capital Partners, a 25-year old, global venture capital firm that has raised over $3 billion in committed capital and backed current technology leaders like 2U, Aereo, Bit9, Leap Motion, LevelUp, Rent The Runway, Rethink Robotics, Violin Memory, and WePay.

Selected teams receive:

• An $18,000 stipend to cover your expenses.
• Free workspace in Highland’s Boston or Silicon Valley office.
• A Highland investor mentor, who will help guide you to grow your company.
• Access to a network of seasoned mentors through the Summer@Highland Speaker Series

Past teams include Cloudflare, Gemvara, Tivli, and Wildfire. In aggregate, some of the 35 alumni Summer@Highland companies have gone on to raise almost $100 million in venture capital and get acquired by tech giants like Dropbox, Google, and Oracle.

Bring your questions about the program, as well as any specific questions about the application process in advance of the application deadline: (Early) March 3, 2013 at 11:59pm PST and (Regular) April 1, 2013 at 11:59pm PST.

RSVP:
Don’t miss this great opportunity to build your startup with us this summer! RSVP at http://summerathighlandwashington.eventbrite.com/ and also through your HuskyJobs account:

Log-in to your HuskyJobs account at:
https://washington-csm.symplicity.com/students/

1. Under the Shortcuts section, click on “Events – Employer Info Sessions”
2. Find the employer who’s event you want to attend
3. Click on the underlined Information Session date
4. Read the event information
5. Scroll down the page and click on the RSVP button to let them know that you plan to attend

And join the Summer@Highland mailing list to stay in-the-loop: http://eepurl.com/t8rJ9

Questions?

Contact crecruit@uw.edu

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Join HCDE alumnus Matt Shobe in welcoming Enrique Allen, co-director of Bay Area-based Designer Fund, for lively talk on lessons learned by designer-founders of several startups you may very well have heard about. Space is limited! Lunch will be served.

Enrique Allen will share 5 lessons learned from designers who founded Pinterest, Behance, fuseproject, Slideshare, and theicebreak from the first edition of the Designer Founders ebook.

When: Friday, March 8, 12:00–1:00 PM
Where: Sieg Hall, Room 420, University of Washington Seattle campus
RSVP: http://app.designerfund.com/uw

Note: Lunch will be served but space will be limited to 20.

About the speaker
Enrique Allen is the co-director of Designer Fund. Previously he was a designer at venture capital funds including 500 Startups, Facebook’s fbFund & Venrock. As a Bay Area Native and Stanford University alum, Enrique continues to teach at the Stanford d.school.

Contact: enrique@designerfund.com

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Please join the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) for a 10-week seminar this winter on user experience (UX), as industry experts speak about current issues and research in the field.

Each 40-minute talk will be filmed and will be followed by a Q&A session. Videos of each talk will be posted online afterwards. Members of the University of Washington community and the public are welcome. http://www.hcde.washington.edu/ux

Lecture Speaker: Candace Soderston

Date/Time: Friday, March 1, 2013 11:30–12:20 PM

Location: Loew Hall, Room 216
University of Washington, Seattle campus

Abstract

The commercial software industry, universities, financial institutions, and e-commerce providers across the board are increasingly focused on making their web services accessible to all. This talk focuses on the evaluation process and results of a case study we did in the Kuali Rice project that identified the most common types of design and programming “mistakes” that negatively impact the accessibility of web applications.

About the Speaker

Candace Soderston is a user experience consultant focused on the frontiers of technology, in researching, developing and applying best practices. Candace worked at Microsoft for 5 years and at IBM for 2 decades, as a manager and individual contributor in user experience, focused on user requirements, user interface design, accessibility, and ergonomics. At Microsoft she managed user experience research and design teams for Exchange 2007 and SQL Server 2008 (where she launched their focus on accessibility) and did research for the Office Labs team to yield insights for future offerings (post 2010). During her tenure at IBM, she managed a team responsible for integrating user-centered design into the product development process applied across divisions. During her last 9 years there, she integrated the focus on user-centered design and accessibility into the Personal Computing Division, which included ThinkPad, ThinkCentre, ThinkVision, ThinkVantage software and options portfolios. In 2011/2012, Candace worked at the University of Washington on a grant from the Kuali Foundation in the role of user experience architect for a community-sourced middleware platform for Java applications. She earned her HCI Ph.D. (described as “Communication in technologically mediated contexts”) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.

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‘Design and Thinking’ Screening and Panel Event, March 6, Seattle Art Museum

Analytic Design Group and OneOak Design is hosting a screening of ‘Design & Thinking’. View this new documentary and join in on the conversation with the post-screening panel discussion and reception as this fascinating topic is further explored and how it’s impact is being felt in Seattle and Beyond.

We have a terrific panel from a broad cross section of design disciplines that includes Jon Winebrenner or One Oak Design, Alysha Naples or TEAGUE, Carl Ledbetter of XBox, and Karyn Zuidinga of Analytic Design Group. We are looking for a lively and informative discussion!

Tickets can be purchased at: http://dandtmovie.eventbrite.com

Here is some information about the film.

Produced by One Time Studio in San Francisco, ‘Design & Thinking’ was funded via a successful Kickstarter campaign and features interviews with a some of the world’s best design minds–including laptop inventor and IDEO cofounder Bill Moggridge; Smart Design cofounder Dan Formosa; and AIGA CEO Richard Grefe.  One Time Studio’s Yang Yu Hsiu says: “From our point of view, design thinking did a good job of bringing forward the value of design to address changes in the world. There have been many backlashes over the topic recently. We want to introduce many voices by form of documentary to look at the topic neutrally. It is important for people to know both the good and bad of design thinking, at the same time.”

Please see the event details page form more information.

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Dear HCDE community,

The UW Student Food Co-operative is a group of students hoping to better the UW food system by working to create opportunities for providing affordable, sustainable, and ethical food to the UW community. Currently, we are doing this through a small Bulk Buying Club which we would like to expand, hopefully by connecting with different farms and suppliers in the Seattle area.

We are looking for someone, or a small group of people, to help lead us in our technological ventures! Specifically, we are looking for someone who:

• Is passionate about sustainable, organic, local food
• Has experience/is in the process of gaining experience with programming websites
• Has knowledge about Google domains
• Would like to take on a leadership role in this area

In exchange for your time and effort, we can provide you with:

• A support system of peers who are also interested in similar issues
• The opportunity to create change in the way our campus views food
• Experience working with our website
• Leadership and personal development

We are also looking for members who have experience with marketing, experience connecting with farmers, or anyone who loves food!

UWSFC can be reached at info@uwsfc.com.

The UW Student Food Co-operative meets every Monday at 6:30 PM in various locations. E-mail the group at info@uwsfc to find out the room for the upcoming week!

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Interested in designing extremely affordable innovations to tackle problems that are of life-and-death importance?

We have launched the first Human-Centered Design Innovation Lab in Cambodia.  We need you to help us grow. iDE is looking for a product designer, with 2-4 years experience in product development, specifically in a human-centered design context.  You will take on a key role within a multi-disciplinary team, based in Ethiopia and Cambodia for a 16-month Fellowship.

This is an opportunity to work on real-world problems alongside a close-knit, diverse, and top-calibre team. You’ll wear many hats, including that of a coach, to grow HCD in Cambodia. You’ll work on designing solutions for the developing world that improve the lives of those who need them most. And at the end of the term, if we see a mutual fit, you’ll be offered an opportunity to stay on as full-time Leader at the innovation-Lab.

The deadline for applications is March 2, 2013.

For full details, including how to apply, download the position description at http://www.ide-cambodia.org/images/human-centered_product_designer_fellowship_-_hcd_i-lab2.pdf

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VillageReach is currently hiring for a Technology Manager.  This exciting position will help to develop, manage, and implement logistics and last-mile related information systems, including VillageReach’s work with the OpenLMIS initiative.

VillageReach invites applications for a Technology Manager in the Information Systems Group, based in the Seattle headquarters of VillageReach. The position will be part of the Information Systems Group, but will collaborate closely with the Health Systems Group and Social Business Group on logistics-focused initiatives. The successful candidate will be a person motivated by mission, a highly dynamic and innovative environment, and the understanding that his or her contribution is critical to the success of VillageReach. Read the full job description here.

For more information, visit: www.villagereach.org

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The IEEE Professional Communication Society (PCS) invites student submissions to the Electronic Poster Competition at the 2013 International Professional Communication Conference (IPCC 2013), which will be hosted by the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (July 15 – 17, 2013).

Beyond Borders: Communicating Globally. The theme explores how communication technologies shape, alter, and reinvent global communication; how existing and new technologies erode borders between knowledge producers and knowledge consumers; and, how today’s engineers are preparing to communicate in the global workplace.

Electronic posters on other technical communication-related topics will also be considered. Suggested topic areas include, but are not limited to:

• Cross-cultural communication
• Engineering communication
• Managing information and communication systems
• Information quality
• Humanitarian aid communication
• Engineering management
• Training and consulting
• Visual/multimedia communication
• Health/environmental communication
• Information and communication security
• Technical and professional communication pedagogy
• Usability
• Information design
• Tools/techniques for collaboration
• Content management/document technologies
• Accessibility and Software user assistance

Graduate and undergraduate students are invited to submit electronic posters representing projects related to the conference theme or any other area of technical communication. All winning electronic posters will be displayed on a large monitor during the entire conference.

• A self-explanatory, one-page PDF version of the electronic poster in a landscape orientation. The poster will not be printed and the student will not be presenting. Name the PDF file LastName_FirstInitial_IPCC2013
• A 300-word abstract about the electronic poster explaining its technical or research topic, including an explanation of how the poster succeeds in communicating the message visually. Name the file LastName_FirstInitial_Abstract_IPCC2013
• Create a Dropbox account (www.dropbox.com), name the folder Lastname_Firstname, and invite ipcc.2013.poster.competition@gmail.com to share the folder containing the poster PDF and the abstract, no later than 15 May 2013.

Undergraduate and graduate level posters will be judged separately. The competition committee, comprising both academic and practitioner members of PCS, will evaluate the content and design of all posters. The self-explanatory posters must visually illustrate and briefly explain technical projects or research studies related to the conference theme or other topics related to the field of professional communication. Judging Rubric for Electronic Poster Competition: (http://sites.ieee.org/pcs/files/2012/11/poster_-rubric_IPCC_2013.pdf)

The competition committee will notify the winners by 30 June 2013. In each level, first place and second place winners will be awarded cash prizes. Third place winners from each level will get honorable mentions. All winning posters will be displayed on a large monitor during the conference. Winning posters will not be printed, and students will not be presenting.

• 15 May 2013: Deadline for poster submission
• 30 June 2013: Winner notification

Contact ipcc.2013.poster.competition@gmail.com

For more information about the conference, visit http://pcs.ieee.org/ipcc2013/

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