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MX East

Philadelphia, PA — October 21-23, 2007

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Conference & Lodging: SOLD OUT

Conference only: $1495

Pre-conference: $395 additional

As the business value of design becomes clearer, creative managers building the next generation of products and services are confronted with an increasingly demanding set of challenges. MX East brings thought leaders from IDEO, Google, The New York Times, The Mayo Clinic, and many others, to show you what it takes to get great experiences out into the world.

Here's what they said about the first MX:

"Overall, the conference was great. Really interesting mix to the audience, great conversation and networking." - John Scheider.

"The MX SF 2007 conference was excellent! They managed to take the themes and topics most relevant to creative / experience managers and spend an entire conference focusing on them." - Ben Skelton, Habanero Consulting

MX East goes beyond typical design management discussions that remain focused on traditional concerns of print and brand, toward a new frontier of innovative products and service-oriented experiences.

Who Should Attend?

If you are a VP, director, or manager involved in product strategy, product development, service design, or design management, this is a prime opportunity to join peers from around the world for two days of inspiration, education and networking, removed from the hustle and distraction of your working life.

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Industries Addressed

Pre-Conference Workshop

Sunday, October 21

Time Activity
11:00 am-8:00 pm Registration and Gift Bag Pick Up
12:00-1:30 pm Lunch
1:00-4:30 pm Experience Management: developing and growing yourself and a team of experience professionals, a workshop by Margaret Hanley.
6:00-8:00 pm Welcome Reception

Conference Program

Sunday, October 21

Time Activity
5:00-8:00 pm Welcome Reception

Monday, October 22

Time Activity
8:00-9:00 am Registration & Breakfast
9:00-9:45 am Experience Strategies — The Key to Long-term Design Value by Jesse James Garrett, President, Adaptive Path
9:45-10:45 am Keynote by Lou Carbone, CEO of Experience Engineering
10:45-11:15 am Break
11:15-11:45 am What Does a UX Manager Have to do With Strategy? by Margaret Hanley, formerly of the BBC
11:45-12:30 pm New Design in an Old Company: Building a UX Team in a Transitional Environment by Khoi Vinh, Design Director, The New York Times
12:30-2:00 pm Lunch
2:00-2:45 pm Integrating Design in Your Organization by Kim Goodwin, Creative Director, Cooper
2:45-3:30 pm Making a Creative Space: Lessons from the Neo-Futurists by Sarah Nelson, Adaptive Path and Sharon Greene, The Neo-Futurists
3:30-4:15 pm Break
4:15-5:00 pm How Emotion Transforms Experience by Ryan Armbruster, SPARC Innovation Lab, Mayo Clinic
5:00-5:45 pm Panel hosted by Jesse James Garrett, President, Adaptive Path
6:15-7:30 pm Cook-off andCocktails
7:30-8:30 pm Dinner
8:45 pm Neo-Futurists Theater

Tuesday, October 23

Time Activity
8:00-9:15 am Breakfast
9:15-10:00 am Strategies for Successful Service Innovation by Mark Jones, IDEO
10:00-10:45 am Building a Creative Culture by Chris Conley, Gravity Tank
10:45-11:15 am Break
11:15-11:45 am Useful, Usable and Desirable: How Whirlpool Finds Balance in Product Development by Sara Ulius-Sabel, Whirlpool
11:45-12:30 pm Wine Made Simple: The Best Cellars Story by Joshua Wesson, CEO, Best Cellars
12:30-2:00 pm Lunch
2:00-2:45 pm Stop Putting Lipstick on the Pig with Irene Au, Director of User Experience, Google
2:45-3:30 pm The Long Wow by Brandon Schauer, Adaptive Path
3:30-4:15 pm Break
4:15-5:00 pm The Myths of Innovation by Scott Berkun, author of The Myths of Innovation
5:00-5:45 pm Panel with Peter Merholz, President, Adaptive Path

Location

Normandy Farm
Route 202 & Morris Road
Blue Bell, PA 19422
(215) 616-8500
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Only 35 minutes from Philadelphia International Airport, Normandy Farm is a bucolic hotel and conference center that will be hosting our entire event.

Attendees are encouraged take advantage of the Complete Package offering, which includes two nights of hotel stay for the discounted price of $175/night.

We will be planning events well into the evening to ensure sticking around at Normandy Farm is worthwhile.

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