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2015 Interdisciplinary Interactive Design Conference

How to create efficient and stimulating websites.

The third annual Interdisciplinary Interactive Design Conference (IIDCon) will be held at Millersville University on Saturday, Oct. 3rd from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. in Meyers Auditorium, McComsey Hall.

Interactive design combines the aesthetics, technology and cognitive human responses to web design and uses them to create efficient and stimulating websites.

“Millersville is the lead on interactive discipline and recognizes that it is a growing and changing environment,” said James Pannafino, MU associate professor of art and design. “Students get a modern education on top of a timeless education.”

Five guest speakers from the web, interactive and creative fields will be discussing the multifaceted construction of a user-friendly web experience from the technical, visual and creative perspectives. Each speaker will give a 35 minute presentation about her profession followed by an interactive Q&A panel with all five speakers. The day will conclude with a meet and greet in the Ford Atrium where attendees will have the opportunity to interact one-on-one with the speakers.

The speakers this year are Joni Thyrall, product designer at NowSecure; Kasey Hults, from The Infantree; Sam Provenza, web designer at AWeber; Erin Good, MU alumna and front-end developer at Godfrey and Sofia Millares, creative director of product design at NASDAQ.

Students from all majors are encouraged to attend the conference, as there will be topics discussed from a broad spectrum of backgrounds such as computer science, communications, psychology, graphic design and more.

The conference is free and open to the public, but registration is required. For more information or to register for the event, please visit www.iidcon.com.

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