Re: Academic/commercial collaboration
William Hudson <[email protected]>
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Nick - There is no shortage of mixed academic/commercial lists. This list is one (it was one of the goals in setting it up and it does have quite a few academic subscribers). CHI-WEB is another (send an empty email to [email protected] to subscribe or see the web site below). However, what is needed in my view is a more determined effort in actually bringing both sets of interests together. This is something that organizations like SIGCHI (in the US) and BHCIG (in the UK) do to a limited extent, but nowhere near enough to have a visible impact. Perhaps specific collaborative conferences and seminars would be a step in the right direction. It may be that BHCIG has already done this, but most of the conferences I have seen are either firmly academic or commercial, rarely a deliberate mix. (There are exceptions like industry day at the annual UK HCI conference.) Any BHCIG execs out there care to comment? Regards, William Hudson UCD List Guy and CHI-WEB Moderation Team CHI-WEB Info and Archives: http://www.sigchi.org/web/ and Syntagm Ltd Design for Usability US Toll Free 1-866-SYNTAGM UK 01235-522859 World +44-1235-522859 mailto:[email protected] http://www.syntagm.co.uk Stuck with static picture-in-picture? See our dynamic solution at http://www.syntagm.co.uk/dpip.htm -------------------------------------------------------------- POSTINGS (in plain text): [email protected] SUBSCRIPTION CHANGES: http://lists.syntagm.co.uk (or send email to mailto:[email protected]) --------------------------------------------------------------