The Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA) is a professional association for people interested in usability.
According to the UPA official web site, the Usability Professionals’ Association supports usability specialists, people from all aspects of human-centered design, and the broad family of disciplines that create the user experience in promoting the design and development of usable products. Founded in 1991, the original 50-member Usability Professionals' Association has grown to serve a community of nearly 2400 members, worldwide, by promoting usability concepts and techniques through its publications, conferences, World Usability Day, and over 46 active local chapters.
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According to the UPA official web site the UPA's goals are to:
- provide an international network through which usability professionals can share information about the techniques and methodologies in the profession,
- create an inclusive community for those interested in usability, whether it is their primary focus or a related discipline,
- change new product development processes to include a concern for the people who use them by presenting the business case for usability in product development to colleagues, customers, the public and governmental agencies,
- increase the body of knowledge about usability and user-centered design through professional education, meetings and conventions and other professional interchanges.
The 2011 annual conference for UPA members is scheduled for June 20–24, 2011 in Atlanta Georgia with a theme of "Designing for Social Change".
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UPA publishes a magazine, a peer-reviewed journal and two online publications.