Millennials may have officially replaced Boomers as the largest age group in the US, but there are currently over 111 million people in the US aged 50+.This cohort came of age before personal computers were even a thing.Being of a different technology generation & experiencing normal age-related changes, presentolder people with significant challenges in navigating our ever-evolving technology environment. This talk:

1. presents some important facts about age demographics;

2. gives an overview of sensory & cognitive changes that often occur with aging;

3. offers some basic age-friendly design guidelines.

Speaker Bio: Long, long ago, Kate Finn designed user interfaces. Not so long ago, but for a long time, she did usability evaluation on user interfaces designed by other folks. Most recently, she has been researching the usability of various digital interfaces with the older (50+) user in mind. Kate & her co-author, Jeff Johnson, recently published Designing User Interfaces for an Aging Population (Morgan Kaufmann, 2017).

Thank you to our hosts at Ford Research & Innovation Center in Palo Alto!