Gold Sponsors

The Hiser Group is delighted to sponsor OZCHI 2009.

We have been specialising in the design of interactive systems since 1991 - which was also the year of the first OZCHI Conference.

Together we have led user-centred design in Australia and overseas.

It's been an amazing 18 years, during which we have proudly:

• Sponsored OZCHI Conferences.
• Keynoted, presented and organised papers and panels.
• Created OZCHI's "Interactive Experience" exhibitions in the early years of the Conference.
• Driven the first joint conference between CHISIG and the HFESA.

We believe in OZCHI as a unique and valuable meeting point for researchers and practitioners (like ourselves) in this increasingly important field. As a result, we share knowledge and build relationships across these areas.

We look forward to sharing this experience with you again in November!

This event is proudly sponsored by HCSNet, the Australian Research Council's Research Network in Human Communication Science, and is associated with the HCSNet SummerFest 2009 Big Bang.

Symplicit is a User Experience consultancy, providing Research and Design services to help clients understand their customer's needs, and in turn, design easy to use, effective and engaging interfaces.

Located in Melbourne's Docklands, with facilities including Tobii eye tracking, 2 usability labs, remote viewing and a large collaborative design space.

Symplicit's key focus is commercial clients within Australia and the APAC regions, with our areas of specialisation being; mobile, touch devices, application design, as well as all Web based media.

Stamford Interactive is one of Australia’s largest user experience consultancies with offices in Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Perth. We have been providing our clients with usable, useful and engaging UCD solutions since 2003.

As professional usability practitioners, we are strong supporters of OZCHI and the relationship the event fosters between academia and industry. We are excited to be involved in this year’s event and look forward to seeing you there.

Silver Sponsors

NICTA is Australia's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Centre of Excellence. We are an independent company in the business of research, commercialisation and research training. With over 700 people, NICTA is the largest organisation in Australia dedicated to ICT research.

NICTA's Queensland Research Laboratory conducts use-inspired basic research in the areas of surveillance technologies, human-centred computing and wireless networks.

The Smart Services CRC is a $120m, commercially focused collaborative research initiative, developing innovation, foresight and productivity improvements for the services sector. Services is the largest sector of the economy representing approximately 80% of Australia's GDP and 85% of employment. Within the services industries Smart Services' initial programmes will be customer-focused with outcomes translatable across the whole services sector. Initial research outcomes and demonstrators will principally be associated with the digital media, finance and government sectors (including the health sector) to develop exciting new capabilities and demonstrate the breadth of the applicability of our work.

Smart Services is a research and development partnership between 10 major industry players and six Australian universities, funded by the private sector and governments under the Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centre program. Its aim is the creation of research-enabled commercial outcomes for its partners.

Major investors and partners include Fairfax Digital, Infosys, RACQ, SAP, Sensis, Suncorp, Telstra Business, Telstra Enterprise & Government, AARNet, Austin Health, the NSW and Queensland State Governments, Queensland University of Technology, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, and University of Wollongong.

Conference Supporters

Apogee is a user research consultancy based in Hong Kong. For over 10 years Apogee has helped our clients make more useful and usable products and services for their customers.

The University of Melbourne's Department of Information Systems is at the forefront of national and international research and education in the broad range of human issues associated with information and communication technology (ICT). Amongst the largest and most successful Information Systems departments in Australia, the Department offers depth and breadth through educational programs at bachelors, masters and doctoral levels, and conducts an extensive research program that spans technical, organisational, social and user aspects of ICT.

The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) represents 450 information and communications technology (ICT) member companies, from individual consultants to the world's leading multinational corporations. AIIA member companies employ 100,000 Australians, generate combined annual revenues of more than $40 billion and export more than $2 billion in goods and services each year.

AIIA's role is to lead and represent the ICT sector in Australia to maximise the potential of the Australian industry, economy and society. As Australia's peak industry association for the ICT industry, AIIA sets the strategic direction of our industry and influences public policy, engages with government and community on behalf of industry, and provides members with business productivity tools, advisory services and market intelligence to accelerate their business growth. For further information visit www.aiia.com.au

Founded in 1992, AIMIA is the peak industry body for interactive content and digital media in Australia. AIMIA's membership represents the full spectrum of the digital media industry in Australia. Our members range from Australia's top digital media powerhouses, including the ABC, Sensis, Yahoo!, Google, BigPond, Foxtel, Disney, ninemsn and Fairfax Digital, to the country's best known interactive advertising, mobile content, web development, games design, and special effects companies. Members include developers, creators, producers, investors, service providers, educational institutions and students.