Our keynote speaker, Dr. Saul Carliner, is an associate professor in the Department of Education at Concordia University in Montreal. A former international STC president, Carliner is well known to STC members for his sense of humour, his dedication to technical communication, and his passion for scholarship. His current interests centre on practical design and management issues in learning and communication for the workplace, museums, and grassroots community organizations.

The title of his keynote presentation is "Recent research in information and document design."

About the presentation
What can research tell us about creating effective practical communication materials? This session attempts to answer that question in a way that is relevant to both researchers and practising professionals. It first defines some of the key terms guiding the research in information and document design, then provides a brief history of research already conducted in this and related disciplines, and how six current trends generate the need for further research. Last, this session explores some of the challenges of research in this field and offers some solutions to it.

Note that this presentation is based on Carliner's contribution to the book Information and Document Design: Variety on the Research (John Benjamins).

Click here to view the slides from Saul's presentation.

For a more complete curriculum vitae, see Saul Carliner's Web site.