After a slow start to the year, the Wellington UPA group has an exciting series of events planned for 2007! 

Thanks to some new members on the organizing group we are glad to announce regular monthly meetings for the rest of the year with a topic presenter/s at each meeting.  We will have each UPA meeting on the first Tuesday of each month.

To kick things off, our next meeting is Tuesday April 3^rd and will be about prototyping tools for web design.

A rapid iterative prototyping process is often used with user centred design methodologies.  With web based UCD designs we find interaction designers using a variety of tools to create, refine and test prototypes.  With so much to learn about each tools’ advantages/disadvantages, it can sometimes be helpful to simply talk to someone who has used the tool.

Come along to the next Wellington UPA meeting to listen to 6 speakers talk for 10 minutes each on a tool that they have used for prototyping. 

The speakers are:

1. Dave O’Brien, Optimal Usability, talking about Microsoft Visio
2. Lulu Pachuau, Hansel, talking about Omnigraffle
3. Nicole Kaufmann, Optimal Usability talking about Axure
4. Isha Hartono, Provoke talking about Microsoft Expression Suite
5. Tim Norton and Natalie Ferguson, Plan HQ talking about Adobe Flash
6. Mary Sue Severn, Effacy, talking about their own tool Simplar Studio

Please RSVP to kat@hansel.co.nz to confirm your attendance.

Details of the event are:

• When: Tuesday April 3^rd, 12 noon to 1.30pm
• Where: Hansel, Meeting Room, Level 3, 56 Victoria Street, Wellington
• RSVP: kat@hansel.co.nz