The balance between Art, Science, Design, Research and Practical motivation is the focus area for this year´s  CHI 2008  conference, which is held in Italy in the beautiful Florence.

The big question is; How do the areas inform eachother and  develop an effective process that leads the way to innovative solutions?

The Milk is looking forward to a week with inspiration and networking. Here are some of the courses we will participate in:

1. Usability testing: Creating good usability test tasks.

2. The Persona Lifecycle

3. The basics for UI Design Rules

4. Understanding users in context

5. Quantitative research methods for HCI

We will try and do some liveblogging from Florence, so keep an eye on our User Experience blog here