I know David Armano gets in Sunday around 6:30 pm at the airport (and will have to clear customs) and could use a ride.

Looking forward to seeing you in Banff.

1) How do I extend my stay?
Call the Banff Centre Reservations Desk at 1.800.884.7574. Rooms are $115 / night + $7.00 service fee + taxes (as opposed to the regular rate of $175 + extras)

2) What is the CanUX Cancellation Policy?
Before Sept. 28 - full refund, less a $25.00 admin fee
After Sept. 28 and before Oct. 25 - 50% refund
After Oct. 25 - no refunds available, however you may transfer your registration to another person any time up to Friday, November 23rd.

3) Is there still space?
Yes! We’re almost sold out though - as of Oct. 30 we have 5 spots left.

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Brad Nemer is currently the product portfolio manager for Motorola’s 3G efforts in Asia. He’s also the first graduate from the Institute of Design to earn a joint degree in business and design, receiving both an MBA and a Masters of Design in 2004. He is an Adjunct Professor at IID, and regularly writes about design, innovation, and industry trends. Brad will be sharing thoughts on how challenging assumptions and constraints can allow teams to see problems and opportunities in a new light, enabling new solutions that result in significant innovation.

Kes and Sue are the partners at MetaMemes, a company that makes tools to help people innovate. Building on the successful 2004 release of the eponymous innovation game MetaMemes, they have just release ThinkCube, an innovation system for individuals and teams. Kes and Sue will be sharing thoughts on innovation, design games, and creativity based on their own work and their deep knowledge of the industry.

Colin joined Leadership Development as adjunct faculty in 1994 and is well known for his ability to artfully assist individuals, teams and organizations in enhancing their capacity for creativity and innovation. He is the founder and artistic director of Precipice Theatre based in Banff, Alberta and has spent the last 20 years working as an actor, director and theatre producer throughout western Canada. Since 1989, Colin has led the creation of unique leadership development initiatives that bring the arts, ecology and business together through the medium of theatre. In 2003, Colin took the role of Director of Creativity for Leadership Development.

Derek delivers technical training that is engaging, informative and immediately applicable. A high-quality instructor, he draws on his background as a former high school teacher plus seven years running his web development and accessibility consultancy Further Ahead, based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

His experience includes hands-on development, web accessibility consulting and training. He advises many government agencies, educational institutions and private sector companies providing them with expert accessibility testing and review and recommendations for improving the accessibility of their web sites to all people.

Louis Rosenfeld is founder of Rosenfeld Media, a new publishing house focused on short, practical books on user experience design. As an information architecture consultant, he has helped numerous Fortune 500s and other large, messy, political enterprises make their information easier to find. Lou is co-author of “Information Architecture for the World Wide Web”
(O¹Reilly & Associates; 3rd edition, 2006), and has been a regular contributor to Web Review, Internet World, and CIO magazines. Lou is co-founder of the Information Architecture Institute and UXnet, the User Experience Network. He blogs regularly at www.louisrosenfeld.com.

Gene has worked on the web for 10 years, including five years planning, developing and managing large-scale websites.

From 1999 to 2003 he managed the Alberta Government website and planned a major redesign of that site. Gene also led the web team at Capital Health, improving the effectiveness of the website and Intranet for that organization’s 20,000 employees and 1 million users.

As a consultant Gene has advised Comcast, Ancestry.com, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, the Alberta Government and other clients on interface design, information architecture, website planning and management, and interactive strategy.

You’ll find some of his ideas on tagging and pageless interactions in books like Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, 3rd Edition and Ambient Findability.

Jess regularly writes and speaks at conferences about user experience. He has contributed ideas and material for several user experience books, including Lou Rosenfeld and Peter Morville’s Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, 2nd Ed.; Jesse James Garrett’s The Elements of User Experience and Peter van Dijck’s Information Architecture for Designers. His work appears as a case study in Designing Websites for Every Audience by Ilise Benun.