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International Design for Engagability Conference (iDeC)The 1st International Design and Engagability Conference (iDeC) will bring together, researchers, designers and organisations and focus on issues in providing accessible, usable and engaging products and services.
Pleasure, enjoyment, positive emotions, hedonic values have recently been applied to the user experience. The emphasis on the positive leads to some interesting questions about the user experience: For example, Should the education experience be a joy? Is pleasure important in game playing? What happens when all products are pleasurable? If the computer is a theatre, is it a tragedy or comedy? Is self-actualisation less rewarding, if it is easy to attain? Is familiarity or unfamiliarity pleasurable? Can pleasure be guaranteed? Is the pursuit of pleasure, rewarding or healthy? Is one person's pleasure another person's pain?
Idec will take place on the 6-7th July 2004. The event will comprise presentations and keynote speakers from commercial and research organisations. The aim of the conference is to bring together a wide range of practitioners with their own unique insights into understanding the user experience. Conference proceedings will be published in 2004 with the aim of an edited collection of key papers and presentations to follow.
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