The next 3 days I will attend the UPA Europe 2008 which will be held in Torino, my city.

In the last year I've got more and more interested in usability in general. It's really a fascinating research area and I judge it essential in the success of a IT project.

I've been pretty lucky that the conference is held in my city, just at about 30 minutes from my home. Moreover, as a student and a UPA-I member, I got a very cheap price. Cool, isn't?

I'm really looking forward attending the conference as there will be really a lot of interesting talks. Just to name some:

Keynote on Usability & Creativity

Elizabeth Churchill - Yahoo!

Agile UCD to design the usability of an interactive news website

Michele Visciola - Experientia

Overlapping User Experiences: Mobile Web Usability and Accessibility for People with Disabilities

Shawn Lawton Henry - W3C MIT

How New Web Accessibility Standards Impact User Experience

Shawn Lawton Henry - W3C MIT

and many more..

A part from the talks arguments, I'm also curious about watching and listening those usability expert presentations. Surely there will be lot to learn in communication from such experts.

Will surely post my opinions on the conference.