Bill Buxton

Bill Buxton Microsoft Research About the Speaker A Partner Researcher at Microsoft Research, Bill has an over 40-year involvement in research, practice and commentary around design, innovation and human aspects of technology. Following a 20-year career as a...

Skyler Reed

Skyler Reed Senior UX & UI Developer, SmartRG / ADTRAN Skyler Reed’s is currently the Senior UX designer and UI developer for the networking R&D company SmartRG / ADTRAN. Skyler is an artist, writer, and musician living in Portland, OR, a current graduate...

Amber Case

Amber Case studies the interaction between humans and computers and how our relationship with information is changing the way cultures think, act, and understand their worlds. They are an internationally recognized design advocate and speaker, a researcher at the...

Dana Chisnell

Dana Chisnell About the Speaker Dana Chisnell relentlessly works across government pushing teams to sincerely care about the needs of the people they’re serving through and by design. She does this by asking hard questions to help teams know whether...

Arthur Smid

Arthur Smid About the Speaker Arthur Smid is a community organizer and communications specialist living in Portland, Oregon. His research into participatory political processes led to volunteering with the Code for America brigade network in Eugene and Portland....

Travis Kriplean

Travis Kriplean About the Speaker Travis Kriplean has been designing and building communication systems to help people think better together, first in academia (HCI/CSCW) and more recently as an entrepreneur and independent researcher. His work expands on the design...