We want to thank our sponsors, mentors, and organizers who make the 2009 Season of Usability possible.

Sponsors

Google Google is a global technology leader focused on improving the way people connect with information. Google’s innovations in web search and advertising have made its website a top Internet destination and its brand one of the most recognized in the world. Google maintains the world’s largest online index of websites and other content, and Google makes this information freely available to anyone with an Internet connection. Google’s automated search technology helps people obtain nearly instant access to relevant information from it vast online index. www.google.com/about

Canonical is the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, a community developed Linux-based operating system. Canonical is committed to the development, distribution, and promotion of open source software products, and to providing tools and support to the open source community.

Mentoring Organizations

We want to thank the mentoring organizations for supporting the Season of Usability with their guidance and expertise.

	Apliki is a Berlin-based IT consultancy for modelling business processes and usability solutions. www.apliki.de
	LUA (it stands for Laboratorio di Usabilita e Accessabilita) was born within CATTID Sapienza University of Rome in 2006 for the integration of Computer Science School and Mass Communication School knowledge in Human Computer subject. w3.uniroma1.it/lua
	Opened in 1999, the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) is Penn State’s visionary response to the rapidly growing need in almost every field for leadership in information sciences and related technologies. ist.psu.edu
	relevantive AG is one of Germany’s leading usability companies. It supports clients in the conception, evaluation and deployment of user interfaces. www.relevantive.de
	User-Centered Design represents over 25 years of experience in the design, development, and evaluation of user interfaces of all types. The company specializes in adding Human Factors Engineering into design processes to facilitate a more “user-centered” approach to product development. www.user-centereddesign.com
And many more!

Organizer

Season of Usability is organised by OpenUsability.

OpenUsability is an initiative that promotes usability in free and open source software (F/OSS) development. www.openusability.org