Contact Information

Inquiries:
Fujita INZX Bldg., 9F
9-5 Shinsen-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0045, Japan
U'eyes Design Inc.

E-mail : secretariat@hcdnet.org

Director of Website: Hide Matsubara


Overview of organization

Overview of organization

Members of the HCD-Net

All of our members are keenly aware of the critical importance of usability in the process of developing products. Members are from various fields:

  • Planners, developers and manufacturers of products

  • System engineers & software programmers

  • Requirement engineers

  • User centered designers

  • User Interface designers

  • Interaction designers

  • Information architects

  • Technical writers

  • Usability engineers

  • Government officials

  • User service personnel

  • CEOs and Managers

  • Usability experts

    Researchers and Educators affiliated with various research associations such as: Human Interface Society, Japan; Ergonomics Society; Division of information design of Japanese Society for the Science of Design; and Japanese Cognitive Science Society.


Board members

President: Director of Administration of HCD-Net(articles of the Board of Directors 1-1)

Name Affiliation
Masaaki Kurosu Professor, National Institute of Multimedia Education

General Director / Director of Secretariat

Name Affiliation
Haruhiko Urokohara Representative Director, U'eyes Design Inc.

Vice General Directors

Name Affiliation
Naotake Hirasawa Associate Professor, Department of Commerce, Otaru University of Commerce
Yasuhiro Horibe Staff Researcher, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
Kazuhiko Yamazaki Director, User Experience Design Center, IBM Japan

Directors

Name Affiliation
Jun Itoh Director, Human Interface Society
Shunji Ogawa Director, Kai Design Inc.
Kentaro Go Associate Professor, Integrated Information Processing Center, University of Yamanashi
Kenichi Takahashi Soft Device Inc.
Seiji Hayakawa General Manager, Appliance Promotion Office, Quality of Management Division, Ricoh Co.,Ltd.
Hideyuki Matsubara Manager, Human Interface Design Div., Design Center, Canon Inc.
Toshiki Yamaoka Professor, Department of Design and Information Science of Faculty of Systems Engineering, Wakayama University
Ohiko Yagi Professor, Department of media architecture of School of systems information science, Future University-Hakodate

Statutory Auditors

Name Affiliation
Daizo Kato Coordinator, Partnership between universities and industry in the Office of Industry Liaison, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tadashi Kobayashi Usability Specialist, Business System Solution Design Dept., Design Center, FUJITSU LIMITED

Secretariat

Name Affiliation
Chief Secretariat
Kyoko Saito
U'eyes Design Inc.
Hisako Midorikawa NOVAS Inc.
Mikie Ohi U'eyes Design Inc.
Web Master
Hideyuki Matsubara
Manager, Human Interface Design Div., Design Center, Canon Inc.
Web Designer
Satoshi Irie
MSS Inc.
Web Designer
Yayoi Kitamura
Instructor, Toita Women's College

Councilors

There are 58 people participating as Councilors.


International Advisory Board

Invitations will soon be distributed to usability professionals all over the world.