Hasta La Ideas

UX Hong Kong 2011 is a new event organized by Daniel Szuc and Josephine Wong of Apogee Hong Kong. Daniel describes the goals and context of the conference in our Q+A with him below. Registration and additional information available here..

Core77: Tell us about this new event.

Daniel Szuc: UX Hong Kong 2011 will be held at the Innocenter in Kowloon Tong (Hong Kong) on Friday 18 Feb 2011. The program has been deliberately designed to be intimate and give attendees plenty of opportunity to talk with other people and get one on one time with the invited speakers, including Steve Baty and Janna DeVyler on UX strategy; Steve Portigal on design research, Rachel Hinman on mobile design, and Gerry Gaffney on the UX Toolkit.

Usability, Interaction Design and UX have been steadily maturing in Asia over the last 10 plus years so a major impetus is to give people who are passionate about UX a place to meet and to help raise the profile about UX in the region. To date, its been really encouraging to see registrations and interest come in from Australia, the UK, mainland China, Singapore and Taiwan to name a few. On the day after the conference the fun continues as we all plan to go out and experience Hong Kong with the speakers including the harbour, a ferry ride, walking the streets, a dim sum and perhaps a visit to the Big Buddah on Lantau island (weather allowing) so we get out of the confines of the conference facility.

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