Is Design Metrically Opposed?

Jared Spool, Center Centre & UIE The world of metrics and analytics have often been at odds with how designers work. Design is a process where we finely tune our intuition to create great user experiences. Yet, sometimes, what we think is best rivals the metrics....

Wasted Time Isn’t Time Wasted

Ensuring an Ethical Process Corey Pressman, Fiction We are at an important juncture in our technologic and social evolution requires focus and acumen and something else: poetry, imagination, and daydreaming. This talk presents a way for us – the makers and...

Humanizing Technology March 7, 2018

Elizabeth Bacon, Devise Consulting In this talk, Liz will use the breadth of her professional background and core design practices to expound on the fundamental responsibility we have in HCI fields to humanize technology for the betterment of all. Her deep experience...

How To Build an Atomic Bomb April 18, 2018

Mike Monteiro, Mule Design We were supposed to build a better world. Design and technology was supposed to point the way towards utopia. Instead, we designed a nightmare. Find out why this was our fault and what you can do to help fix it. About the Speaker Mike...

Break the Veil of Research May 9, 2018

What Happens When You Break the Veil of Research? Nancy Frishberg, Senior User Experience Researcher & Coach What is the relationship between an interpreter and her audiences (speakers of different languages)? People who receive formal training as interpreters in...