Welcome to the Washington, D.C. metro chapter of the Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA). We are a multidisciplinary organization committed to the design and development of usable products. What is usability?

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Become a member of the UPA-DC chapter to enjoy discounts on local events and networking opportunities. To join, please complete the online membership form.

Renew your membership
Because the DC chapter has a calendar-year membership (Jan-Dec), all members need to renew their memberships in January for 2008. To renew, please complete the online membership form.

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May 14, 2008
How to break consistency for glory & riches
How many times has a developer quipped to a usability designer, "We can’t make it look pretty because you made us make it accessible and usable?" The purpose of this talk is to invigorate designers and encourage them to challenge the tried and true, while not forgetting the conventions built upon from the last 20 years of the personal computer.

June 16-20, 2008
International UPA Conference
The Usability Professionals Association is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2008 International UPA Conference, "The Many Faces of User Experience: Usability through Holistic Practice ". The conference will take place at the beautiful Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, June 16-20, 2008. Conference details may be found at http://www.usabilityprofessionals.org/conference/2008/.

June 26, 2008
What I Learned at the Usability Conferences—2008
Our annual round-up of the usability conferences. Attendees talk about what they learned and have the opportunity to find out what they missed.

If you know of an upcoming usability-related event that our chapter members might be interested in, please send details to the