Co-Designing the Mobile User Interface

Speaker:	Dr. David M Williams
		Founder, Partner and Lead Mobile UI Consultant
		MAJIRE
		U.K.

Title:		"Co-Designing the Mobile User Interface"

Date:		Monday, 21 Nov 2005

Time:		4:00pm - 5:00pm

Venue:		Lecture Theatre F
		(Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theatre, near lift nos. 25/26)
		HKUST

Abstract:

The mobile telephone user interface is becoming a commercial battleground
between mobile operators, services/application providers and
manufacturers. The user interface is seen as a key way to differentiate
products, promote brand awareness and increase customer loyalty.
Consequently, what was a predominantly manufacturer-led design activity is
now becoming a collaborative or co-design activity between operators,
manufacturers and others. This presentation will describe the emergence of
this new design environment in global markets.


Key points of this talk:-

- Technology developments and Mobile UI
- Commercialization of the Mobile UI
- Emergence of Design Ecologies
- Stages of Mobile UI Co-Design
- Future directions -products/services, design between East & West,
  ecologies, design roles and tools



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Biography:

David Williams founded the mobile UI design consultancy MAJIRE in 2003.
MAJIRE provides user interface design skills to mobile telecoms carriers,
manufacturers and application developers in Asia and the West who work
together to co-design mobile product user interfaces - an increasing trend
in the mobile industry.

David has 12 years experience in leading international projects in user
interface design, strategy and user research. He was worked in applied
research groups, product delivery teams and design consultancies. From
1998-2003 he held European-level roles for Motorola and Razorfish working
with the major European carriers such as Vodafone and Orange. He has also
worked with Korean and Japanese manufacturers to deliver product user
interfaces that meet European user needs. Widely published, David is also
active in a number of technical committees of international conferences
such as Mobile HCI and IEEE Mobility.

David has a PhD in Multimedia User Interface design from Loughborough
University, UK (super. Prof. James L Alty) and a Bachelors degree in
Information Systems Engineering from Imperial College of Science,
Technology and Medicine, UK (super. Prof. R. Spence).