1. Welcomes You
July 12, 2011

2. Tonight’s program…
Educating the Next Generation of
Interaction Designers
Kristian Simsarian, California College of the Arts
and IDEO
The Quest for the Pleasurably Complex:
The Rise of Assistance Systems in the
History of Video Games
Carl Therrien, University of Montreal

3. Tonight’s speakers…
Kristian Simsarian is the undergraduate
Interaction Design program chair at
California College of the Arts (CCA)
Carl Therrien is a guest lecturer in the
new Video Game Studies program at the
University of Montreal

4. For all the updated information
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10. For all the updated information
you need about BayCHI, visit…
www.baychi.org

11. Tonight’s program…
Educating the Next Generation of
Interaction Designers
Kristian Simsarian, California College of the Arts
and IDEO
The Quest for the Pleasurably Complex:
The Rise of Assistance Systems in the
History of Video Games
Carl Therrien, University of Montreal

12. Tonight’s speakers…
Kristian Simsarian is the undergraduate
Interaction Design program chair at
California College of the Arts (CCA)
Carl Therrien is a guest lecturer in the
new Video Game Studies program at the
University of Montreal

13. Want to suggest a topic for a
BayCHI program meeting?
Contact the Program Planning Committee at
monthly-programs@baychi.org

14. Do you know an industry
leader or have a topic to
present for a BOF meeting?
Contact a BOF leader at www.baychi.org/bof

15. Upcoming BayCHI Events
BayCHI Usability Engineering BOF Event
Exciting topic and speaker TBA
Speaker: TBA
Date: Thursday, August 25, 2011, 7:00-9:00 pm
Location: TBA
Visit www.baychi.org/calendar

16. BayCHI Tutorials
 BayCHI is looking for new Tutorial Co-
Chairs to organize tutorials!
 Interested? contact:
 BayCHI officers: officers@baychi.org
 BayCHI volunteer coordinators:
volunteer@baychi.org
Visit http://www.baychi.org/tutorial/

17. BayCHI Podcasts and
Conversations Network
 BayCHI podcasts are now available via
Conversations Network
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 http://chi.conversationsnetwork.org/
 We need additional volunteers to help
with this exciting effort:
• Podcast Curator
• Podcast Copywriter

18. BayCHI Recording Policy
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audience members is not permitted
 The new policy is on the program page at
www.baychi.org/program/

19. BayCHI Dinner
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21. August BayCHI Meeting
Tuesday, August 9th, 7:30 – 9:30PM @ PARC
Exciting programs and speakers TBA
For more details, see:
http://www.baychi.org/