A local UPA chapter(http://www.upahyderabad.org)
exclusively for HCI enthusiasts in hyderabad working in the field of Usability Engineering & Human Comptuer Interaction Design. A free platform to share news and resources in HCI. A forum open to all people from Art, Design, Research, Testing, Documentation, & Students in Hyderabad. The event location will be rotated and no cost for attendence. People can present papers, share experiences and have fun.
13th Oct 2006, UPA launch agenda:
Chief guest -
Smt. P. Sabitha Reddy,
Hon'ble Minister for I.T

Smt. K. Ratna Prabha,
IT Secretary of Andhra Pradesh

UPA Hyderabad Chapter Launch Keynote speakers
Dr. Eric Schaffer ( CEO Humanfactors International )
Topic: The maturing of usability and how it affects the world
Apala Lahiri Chavan ( VP, Humanfactors International )
Topic: Cross cultural usability

Invited Speaker
Dr. Baral (Prof. National Institute of Design)
Bipin Indurkhya ( Prof. IIIT)

On-the-spot Design competition, Workshop on Usability Technique.