| Fri–Sat, Feb 3–4 | Interaction Design Education Summit |
| Sat, Feb 4 | IxDA Local Leaders Workshop |
| Sun, Feb 5 | Workshops |
| Mon–Wed, Feb 6–8 | Main conference sessions |
| Wed, Feb 8 | Interaction Design Awards |
Schedule
Schedule
Interaction Week
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Interaction Design Education Summit: Day One
Separate registration required. Learn more.
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
Education Summit
Track Changes Live with Paul Ford
Track Changes Live with Paul Ford
Paul Ford, Author, Co-founder of Postlight, Faculty MFA Interaction Design, SVA
6:00 PM
Interaction Design Education Summit: Day two
Separate registration required. Learn more.
9:00 AM
9:30 AM
Education Summit
Opening Keynote: Anthony Dunne
Opening Keynote: Anthony Dunne
Anthony Dunne, Professor of Design and Emerging Technology at Parsons, The New School for Design, and Partner at Dunne & Raby
10:30 AM
Education Summit
Teaching Design to Non-Designers
Teaching Design to Non-Designers
Barb Spanton, Design Lead at Shopify and Instructor at Algonquin College
Education Summit
The Post-Industrial Design School
The Post-Industrial Design School
Gary Chou, Founder, Orbital, Faculty MFA Interaction Design, SVA
Christina Xu, Independent Ethnographer, Multi Entry and Faculty MFA Interaction Design, SVA
Christina Xu, Independent Ethnographer, Multi Entry and Faculty MFA Interaction Design, SVA
Education Summit
Preparing the Inhabitants of a New Island (the Emerging New Breed of Consulting)
Preparing the Inhabitants of a New Island (the Emerging New Breed of Consulting)
Megan Fath, Design Practice Lead, Doblin, and Faculty Design for Social Innovation at SVA
11:30 AM
Education Summit
Learning Interaction Design Through Physical Experiences
Learning Interaction Design Through Physical Experiences
Somya Hastekar, Designer at ThoughtWorks, Visiting Faculty at SPA Delhi
Education Summit
Playing with Fire: Arguing for the Imperative of Transgressive, Near-Illegitimate Design
Playing with Fire: Arguing for the Imperative of Transgressive, Near-Illegitimate Design
Allan Chochinov, Chair, MFA Products of Design, SVA, and Partner, Core77
Education Summit
Space As Generator: Designing Spaces for Interaction
Space As Generator: Designing Spaces for Interaction
Aleksey Lukyanov-Cherny, Partner and Design Director at SITU Studio
12:45 PM
1:15 PM
Education Summit
The Benefits of Iterative Failure
The Benefits of Iterative Failure
Lauren Johnson, Lecturer at Columbia College Chicago
Education Summit
Case Study: Interaction Design Programs in Community Colleges and the New Opportunities They Offer
Case Study: Interaction Design Programs in Community Colleges and the New Opportunities They Offer
Jamie Cavanaugh, Associate Professor of Interaction Design, Santa Monica College
Education Summit
Workshop: Teaching & Learning Disruptive New Mediums - AR, VR, AI, and IoT
Workshop: Teaching & Learning Disruptive New Mediums - AR, VR, AI, and IoT
Molly Wright Steenson, Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University School of Design
Phil van Allen, Professor and Core Faculty Member at Art Center College of Design
Phil van Allen, Professor and Core Faculty Member at Art Center College of Design
2:15 PM
Education Summit
The Flexible Classroom: Teaching Multidisciplinary UX Design
The Flexible Classroom: Teaching Multidisciplinary UX Design
Brittany Schade, Assistant Professor of Interactive Design at Western Washington University
Education Summit
Interrogating Systems of Justice by Design
Interrogating Systems of Justice by Design
Jennifer Rittner, Principal, Content Matters and Faculty at Products of Design, SVA
3:15 PM
Education Summit
Beyond the Show: The Making of Job-Ready Designers
Beyond the Show: The Making of Job-Ready Designers
Chris Courtney, Director of the Design Program at Bloc, Inc.
Education Summit
Filling the Gap in Design Education. For Free.
Filling the Gap in Design Education. For Free.
Marina Jukić, Design Team Lead at Infinum
4:30 PM
Education Summit
Closing Keynote: Christina Wodtke
Closing Keynote: Christina Wodtke
Christina Wodtke, Owner of Wodtke Consulting and Associate Professor at California College of the Arts
5:30 PM
Workshops
Separate registration for each workshop.
9:00 AM
SOLD OUT! AM Half-Day Workshop
Let's Design Awkward Moments of AI Automated Living
Let's Design Awkward Moments of AI Automated Living
Oli Shaw, Global Service Design Director, Designit
AM Half-Day Workshop
Make It So: Using Science Fiction to Innovate Interfaces
Make It So: Using Science Fiction to Innovate Interfaces
Nathan Shedroff, Author, Blindspot
Full-Day Workshop
Inspiring Better Design Through Research-in-Context
Inspiring Better Design Through Research-in-Context
Christina Noonan, User Experience Designer, Wondersauce
Steph Rymer, Experience Designer, Moment
Steph Rymer, Experience Designer, Moment
AM Half-Day Workshop
Research Bento: Democratizing Design Research
Research Bento: Democratizing Design Research
Kassie Chaney, Sr. Manager, User Experience Research, LinkedIn
Yulia Gorman, Product Designer & Researcher, LinkedIn
Elizabeth Gin, User Experience Researcher, LinkedIn
Yulia Gorman, Product Designer & Researcher, LinkedIn
Elizabeth Gin, User Experience Researcher, LinkedIn
SOLD OUT! AM Half-Day Workshop
Crafting the Discovery Phase: Starting Design Projects Right
Crafting the Discovery Phase: Starting Design Projects Right
Dan Brown, Co-Founder, EightShapes, and Author, Communicating Design and Designing Together
SOLD OUT! Full-Day Workshop
Storymapping the User Experience
Storymapping the User Experience
Donna Lichaw, Author, The User’s Journey: Storymapping Products That People Love
Sold out! AM Half-Day Workshop
Climbing Strategy Mountain
Climbing Strategy Mountain
Dave Malouf, Principal, Design Studio Coach, Dave Malouf Design
Sold out! AM Half-Day Workshop
Design Teams Are a Design Exercise: How to Build, Inspire and Keep Design Teams (Happy)
Design Teams Are a Design Exercise: How to Build, Inspire and Keep Design Teams (Happy)
Alberta Soranzo, Director of End-to-End Service Design, Lloyds Banking Group
Martina Hodges-Schell, Product Design Lead, Pivotal Labs
Martina Hodges-Schell, Product Design Lead, Pivotal Labs
Sold out! Full-Day Workshop
Design Your Design Organization for Maximum Impact
Design Your Design Organization for Maximum Impact
Kristin Skinner, Head of Design Management, Capital One; Managing Director, Adaptive Path
Peter Merholz, VP, Design, Snagajob
Peter Merholz, VP, Design, Snagajob
Sold Out! AM Half-Day Workshop
Rethinking UX: The Rise of "Screenless" Interfaces
Rethinking UX: The Rise of "Screenless" Interfaces
Sandra Griffel, User Experience Design Director, denkwerk
Melanie Weißenborn, Senior Information Architect, denkwerk GmbH
Melanie Weißenborn, Senior Information Architect, denkwerk GmbH
Sponsored by IBM
Exploring Persuasive Patterns in VR
Exploring Persuasive Patterns in VR
Adam Tate, UX Designer, IBM
Russell Parrish, Sr UX Designer, IBM
Shixie (Xiangjun Shi Trofimov), Visual Advisory Designer, IBM
Russell Parrish, Sr UX Designer, IBM
Shixie (Xiangjun Shi Trofimov), Visual Advisory Designer, IBM
10:00 AM
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Guided Tour
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Advancing the public understanding of design
11:00 AM
Grand Central Terminal Guided Tour
Grand Central Terminal, Historic NYC Landmark
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
Sponsored by R/GA
Design is all Talk: Conversational UIs Impact on Brands
Design is all Talk: Conversational UIs Impact on Brands
R/GA, A Full Service Digital Agency
1:30 PM
Sold out! PM Half-Day Workshop
Speculative Design: Futures Prototyping for Research and Strategy
Speculative Design: Futures Prototyping for Research and Strategy
J. Paul Neeley, Founder, Neeley Worldwide
Elliott P. Montgomery, Assistant Professor of Strategic Design, Parsons School of Design
Elliott P. Montgomery, Assistant Professor of Strategic Design, Parsons School of Design
PM Half-Day Workshop
More Than Users: How to Understand People’s Lives in Usability Testing
More Than Users: How to Understand People’s Lives in Usability Testing
Alastair Somerville, Sensory Design Consultant, Acuity Design
SOLD OUT! PM Half-Day Workshop
Discussing Design: Improving Team Communication and Collaboration Through Critique
Discussing Design: Improving Team Communication and Collaboration Through Critique
Aaron Irizarry, Director of User Experience at Nasdaq, Co-author, Discussing Design
Adam Connor, VP of Organizational Design, Mad*Pow, and Co-author, Discussing Design
Adam Connor, VP of Organizational Design, Mad*Pow, and Co-author, Discussing Design
PM Half-Day Workshop
The Meaning of Technology in Services and Hybrid Services
The Meaning of Technology in Services and Hybrid Services
Jane Vita, Service Design Lead, Ixonos
Maria Lumiaho, Service Design Lead, Futurice
Maria Lumiaho, Service Design Lead, Futurice
Sold out! PM Half-Day Workshop
Giving Voice to Your Voice Designs
Giving Voice to Your Voice Designs
Cheryl Platz, Senior Designer, Microsoft
Sold out! PM Half-Day Workshop
Creating and Maintaining Interface Design Systems
Creating and Maintaining Interface Design Systems
Brad Frost, Author, Atomic Design
7:00 PM
Main Conference: Day One
8:00 AM
Morning Reflection
Marc Rettig, Principal, Fit Associates
Hannah du Plessis, Principal, Fit Associates
Hannah du Plessis, Principal, Fit Associates
9:00 AM
9:10 AM
9:55 AM
10:35 AM
10:50 AM
11:00 AM
11:20 AM
Suspending Disbelief: Building Immersive Designs for the Future
Brad Crane, Design Director, Artefact
Jon Mann, Design Director, Artefact
Jon Mann, Design Director, Artefact
11:40 AM
In Conversation: Virtual Reality Gets Real
Brenda Laurel, Independent scholar and designer
Gary Hustwit, Creative Director, Scenic
Brad Crane, Design Director, Artefact
Jon Mann, Design Director, Artefact
Gary Hustwit, Creative Director, Scenic
Brad Crane, Design Director, Artefact
Jon Mann, Design Director, Artefact
11:50 AM
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
Conversation Is More Than Interface
Paul Pangaro, Ph.D., Chair & Associate Professor, MFA Interaction Design, College for Creative Studies
1:45 PM
2:05 PM
Curated Session
Complexity and User Experience
Complexity and User Experience
Critique of Human Centered Design
Thomas Wendt, Independent Design Strategist, Author of "Design for Dasein" and "Persistent Fools" (forthcoming)
Re-constrained Design
Dr. James Auger, Designer, Researcher and Lecturer at Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute
David Fine
Moderator and host
Curated Session
Battling Bias in Design
Battling Bias in Design
Why Designers and Data Scientists Should Be BFFs
Ramy Nassar, Managing Director, Architech
Unconscious Bias, Why Should We Care Anyway?
Jen Heazlewood, Creative Director, Head of Experience Design, R/GA London
Michelle Berryman
Moderator and host
Curated Session
Chatbots and Conversational UI
Chatbots and Conversational UI
Adventures in Conversational Commerce
Elizabeth Allen, UX Researcher, Shopify
Shortcut to Chatbot Emotional Intelligence
Whitney French, Senior Product Designer, WillowTree
Prototyping Conversational UI
Greg Vassallo, Product Designer, Fidelity Investments
Josh Clark
Moderator and host
3:05 PM
3:25 PM
Space, the Final Frontier: Designing Interactions Beyond the Screen
John Ryan, Director of Interaction Design, Local Projects
Eric Mika, Creative Director and Director of Creative Technology, Local Projects
Eric Mika, Creative Director and Director of Creative Technology, Local Projects
Chatter Bots: Content Strategy for the Conversational Interface
Elena Ontiveros, Content Strategist, Facebook Messenger
The new invisibles — a look into the changing face of design
Sami Niemelä, Founding partner and Designer, Nordkapp
4:10 PM
5:15 PM
Spark Talks
Redesigning Urban Interactions: City as a Service
Steven Bai, Co-founder and Designer, Sencity Corp
Socially Driven Smart Objects
Chelsey Wickmark, Design Researcher and Strategist
Shruti KNR, UX Specialist, UNICEF, United Nations
Shruti KNR, UX Specialist, UNICEF, United Nations
Final Destination: Creating a Better Afterlife for Our Digital Treasures
Melissa Martin, Design Lead, Collective Health
5:45 PM
7:00 PM
Main Conference: Day Two
8:00 AM
Morning Reflection
Marc Rettig, Principal, Fit Associates
Hannah du Plessis, Principal, Fit Associates
Hannah du Plessis, Principal, Fit Associates
9:00 AM
9:10 AM
Keynote: A Journey in Social Entrepreneurship - Pitstops & Lessons
Juliana Rotich, Executive Director, BRCK.org
9:55 AM
Sh*t Sh*w: Finding Focus in the Midst of Ambiguity
Jon Kolko, Founder and Director, Austin Center for Design
10:35 AM
10:50 AM
11:00 AM
The Design Management Office: Delivering the Value of Design at Scale
Meaghan Nishiyama, Lead Designer, Moment
John Devanney, Managing Director, Moment
John Devanney, Managing Director, Moment
11:20 AM
Design-Led Cultural Innovation
Cindy Chastain, SVP of Global Customer Experience & Design, Mastercard
11:40 AM
In Conversation: Cultivating a Culture of Design
Jon Kolko, Founder and Director, Austin Center for Design
Cindy Chastain, SVP of Global Customer Experience & Design, Mastercard
John Devanney, Managing Director, Moment
Meaghan Nishiyama, Lead Designer, Moment
Cindy Chastain, SVP of Global Customer Experience & Design, Mastercard
John Devanney, Managing Director, Moment
Meaghan Nishiyama, Lead Designer, Moment
11:50 AM
1:00 PM
Not Dead Yet — Designing Great Experiences with Bad Data
Sonia Koesterer, Principal Designer, Collective Health
Be Like Water: Strategies for Infusing Design in Healthcare Organizations
Katie McCurdy, UX Designer & Research Consultant, University of Vermont Medical Center
Jeremy Beaudry, Experience Design Strategist, University of Vermont Medical Center
Jeremy Beaudry, Experience Design Strategist, University of Vermont Medical Center
1:45 PM
2:05 PM
Curated Session
The Productive Organization
The Productive Organization
Designing Corporate Teams Through Human Eyes
Pam Jue, Senior Experience Designer, Capital One Labs
Avoiding Over-ruled: Better Products in Regulated Industries
Izac Ross, Design Lead, Collective Health
Shauna Kashyap, Lead Product Counsel, Collective Health
Shauna Kashyap, Lead Product Counsel, Collective Health
John Payne
Moderator and host
Curated Session
Smart UX Process
Smart UX Process
I’ll Gladly Pay You Tuesday for a Hamburger Today: Managing UX Debt
Jack Moffett, Manager of Design, Inmedius
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love A/B Testing
Paolo Malabuyo, Director of Design, Netflix
Dark Horse Prototyping
Julie Stanford, Founder, Sliced Bread Design and UX Consultant
Ellen Tauber Siminoff, Founder, Sliced Bread Design and User Experience Consultant
Ellen Tauber Siminoff, Founder, Sliced Bread Design and User Experience Consultant
Janna DeVylder
Moderator and host
Curated Session
Designing the Physical Space
Designing the Physical Space
Best Practices for Smart Spaces
Nathan Moody, Co-Founder and Design Director, Stimulant
All Roads Lead to the Bathroom: Why Thinking of Visitors as People Makes Museums (and Everywhere Else) Better
Elissa Frankle, Museum Experience and Education Specialist, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Josh Clark
Moderator and host
3:05 PM
3:25 PM
Field Notes from the Future: Designing Tomorrow's Interactions
Christian Ervin, Design Director, Tellart
Convenient Friction: Observations on Chinese UX in Practice
Christina Xu, Independent Ethnographer, Multi Entry and Faculty MFA Interaction Design, SVA
4:10 PM
5:15 PM
Spark Talks
Seamful Gestures
Jiaojiao Xu, Interaction Design Intern, TEAGUE
Pace Layering of Interconnected Layers
Mayo Nissen, Associate Creative Director, Frog
Connected Hardware Eats Unicorns for Breakfast - Why Your UX Skillz May Not Be As Important As You Think
Sarah Gallivan Mitchell, Product Owner, Faraday Future
5:45 PM
Keynote: Rural Studio: Born and raised in Hale County
Xavier Vendrell, Acting Director, Rural Studio, Auburn University
7:00 PM
8:00 PM
Main Conference: Day Three
The day ends with the Interaction Awards and closing reception.
8:00 AM
Morning Reflection
Marc Rettig, Principal, Fit Associates
Hannah du Plessis, Principal, Fit Associates
Hannah du Plessis, Principal, Fit Associates
9:00 AM
9:10 AM
Keynote - Respectful Design: The Canadian Context
Dori Tunstall, Dean of Faculty of Design, OCAD University
9:55 AM
10:35 AM
10:50 AM
11:00 AM
Agents vs Agency: Battle for Control in the IoT
Zachary Jean Paradis, Global lead, Experience Strategy practice, SapientNitro
11:20 AM
I’m Safe . . . Really . . . Trust Me: Establishing Trust with Fully Autonomous Vehicles
Matt Yurdana, Creative Director, Internet of Things Experiences Group, Intel
11:40 AM
In Conversation: Trust and Responsibility in the Age of AI
Liza Kindred, Author, Future of Commerce; Founder, Third Wave Fashion
Zachary Jean Paradis, Global lead, Experience Strategy practice, SapientNitro
Matt Yurdana, Creative Director, Internet of Things Experiences Group, Intel
Zachary Jean Paradis, Global lead, Experience Strategy practice, SapientNitro
Matt Yurdana, Creative Director, Internet of Things Experiences Group, Intel
11:50 AM
1:00 PM
Designing for Social Change: The New Principles for Design
Masuma Henry, Executive Director, Artefact
Designing to Combat Misinformation
Chelsey Delaney, Director of Digital User Experience, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA)
Unread Messages: Rethinking Our Relationship with Technology
James Cuddy, Co-founder, Six:Thirty
Roman Levin, Co-founder, Six:Thirty
Roman Levin, Co-founder, Six:Thirty
2:05 PM
Curated Session
Democratizing Digital Services
Democratizing Digital Services
Bringing the Internet to Africa’s Most Forgotten Island
Anneli Westerberg, Service Designer, Fjord
Designing for Rural Farmers
Elena Matsui, Strategy Associate, Rockefeller Foundation
Home Mosquito Lab: How Mobile Technology and Citizen Science are Fighting Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya
Oda Scatolini, Biologist, idealizer of AeTrapp Project
Marshall Sitten
Moderator and host
Curated Session
You vs. Your Things
You vs. Your Things
Domesticating Intelligence
Simone Rebaudengo, Founding Member, Automato.farm; Visiting Lecturer, CIID
When Your Internet Things Know How You Feel
Pamela Pavliscak, Founder, SoundingBox
John Payne
Moderator and host
Curated Session
The Internet of Homes
The Internet of Homes
Preparing Business for the Rise of Homebots and the Next Wave of Innovation
Natalie Phillips-Hamblett, Experience Design Director, McKinsey & Company
Madoka Ochi, Experience Design Lead, McKinsey & Company
Madoka Ochi, Experience Design Lead, McKinsey & Company
Past and Future Speculations on Smarter Homes
Kevin Gaunt, Senior UX Designer, Samsung Research America
MJ Broadbent
Moderator and host
3:05 PM
3:25 PM
You Don’t Need This Card: Designing Interactions That Extend Beyond the Screen
Jay Harlow, Head of Product and Co-founder, Perka
Data Futures: A live experiment that explores the potential implications of increasing access to our personal data trails.
Daniel Goddemeyer, Founder, OFFC NYC; Faculty, School of Visual Arts
Dominikus Baur, Visualization Developer and Designer
Dominikus Baur, Visualization Developer and Designer
4:10 PM
5:15 PM
5:45 PM
Keynote: Design as Participation
Marc Rettig, Principal, Fit Associates
Hannah du Plessis, Principal, Fit Associates
Hannah du Plessis, Principal, Fit Associates
7:00 PM
