How to Transform Design Processes for Inclusivity
January 6, 2021

Your Own Home via Zoom OR, United States

Wendy Johannson
Learn how to apply principles of inclusive design to our teams for more equitable collaboration, and products to ensure the conscious and ethical impact of our work in technology.

Recognize Exclusion, Design for Inclusion
March 3, 2021

Your Own Home via Zoom OR, United States

Bryce Johnson & John Porter
John and Bryce will talk you through how Microsoft's Inclusive Design principles were used to help shape the Xbox Adaptive Controller, and how you can leverage them in your own work to avoid disabling mismatches and create more empowering and inclusive experiences.

From Virtual Reality to Postcards and Back: A Guided Tour
March 24, 2021

Your Own Home via Zoom OR, United States

Bill Buxton
I am going to take you on a guided tour of the history of (largely) 3D viewers and the ability to experience remote places without being there. The stepping stones of my narrative will items selected out of the Buxton – Microsoft collection, spanning the period between 1838 and now. In this case, that uber-tale has to do with the nature of design, technical evolution, the cultural nature of what we do, and perhaps even the difference between technology evolution (a scientific notion) vs progress (an ethical one).

Together, Alone: The Lessons and Future of Remote Design Teams
July 7, 2021

Your Own Home via Zoom OR, United States

Dylan Wilbanks
Dylan Wilbanks talks about plunging into the world of leading and managing a design team in a remote-only company, the lessons he learned, the horrible mistakes, and what lessons we can take away from our remote experience as we progress towards a post-pandemic working world.