Let’s explore how A.I. can enrich our human capabilities and experiences
November 12, 2020 at 10am to 4pm PST, Virtual Event
RegisterLet’s explore how A.I. can enrich our human capabilities and experiences
November 12, 2020 at 10am to 4pm PST, Virtual Event
RegisterCheryl Platz
Principal UX Designer at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Cheryl Platz is a world-renowned designer whose work on emerging technologies has reached millions of customers across multiple industries. Her professional passions include natural user interfaces, applied storytelling in design and research, and taming complexity in any manifestation. Her first book, Design Beyond Devices, will be published by Rosenfeld Media in late 2020.
Greg Parrott
Head of UX & CX Performance at IBM
Greg Parrott is an experience design executive focused on ROI of UX and CX. In 1996 he established “Hyperbranding” as world’s first service mark for interactive branding. Greg built digital brands for Fortune 500 and was the strategist behind numerous Internet startups, including first major online pharmacy – currently operating as CVS.com.
Ruth Kikin-Gil
Senior UX Designer at Microsoft
Ruth is a Responsible AI + design strategist that focuses on product innovation. Her career path at Microsoft took her from an innovation lab, to a strategy team, to designing future experiences in Office, and to developing and evangelizing Responsible AI practices across Microsoft. She currently drives Responsible AI practices in the Security and Compliance organization. She is a co-creator of the Guidelines for Human-AI interaction, and teaches design at the University of Washington.
Huatong Sun, PhD
Associate Professor at University of Washington Tacoma
Dr. Huatong Sun is an Associate Professor of Digital Media and Global Design at the University of Washington Tacoma. She is a SXSW speaker and an award-winning book author of “Cross-Cultural Technology Design” (2012) and “Global Social Media Design: Bridging Differences Across Cultures” (2020).
Kristie J. Fisher, PhD
Staff UX Researcher at Google
Kristie leads the UX Research team for Stadia Games & Entertainment, a new games development team at Google and is an author of Google's People + AI Guidebook, launched in May 2019. In addition to working on Stadia, in her five years at Google Kristie has also worked on G Suite and Ads, including AI-driven tools within those product areas. She holds a PhD in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Washington.
Cecilia Aragon
Director of the Human Centered Data Science Lab at University of Washington
Cecilia Aragon is Director of the Human Centered Data Science Lab, Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering, Founding Co-Director of the University of Washington Data Science Master’s Program, and Senior Data Science Fellow at the eScience Institute at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle.
Saiph Savage
Director HCI Lab at West Virginia University
Saiph has opened the area of Human-Computer Interaction in rural West Virginia, and has advised governments in Latin America to adopt Human-Centered Design to deliver better services to citizens. Her research helped push the creation of a Federal Advisory Committee in Mexico for exponential technology.
Jamika Burge,PhD
Head of AI Design Learning & Research Insights at Capital One
Dr. Jamika D. Burge leads AI Design Insights within Experience Design at Capital One. Her team uncovers learning & research insights across multiple platform experiences, including conversational AI. She drives Intersectional Design across Capital One and is a contributor to the company's Responsible AI Principles.
10:10 AM - 11:00 AM PST
Opti-Pessimism: Design, A.I., and Our Uncertain Future
Cheryl Platz
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM PST
Design responsibly: Guidelines for designing Human-A.I. Interactions
Ruth Kikin-Gil
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM PST
The Business Value of Emotional Experience
Greg Parrott
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM PST
Q&A Session
Morning Speakers
01:00 PM - 01:30 PM PST
How to decide whether and how A.I. adds value to your product and to your users
Kristie Fisher
01:30 PM - 01:50 PM PST
The Past, Present, and Future of Human Centered AI
Cecilia Aragon
01:50 PM - 02:20 PM PST
Q&A Session
Mid-day Speakers
02:30 PM - 02:50 PM PST
Engaging Cultural Differences for Empowering Design
Huatong Sun
02:50 PM - 03:10 PM PST
A Future of Work for the Invisible Workers in A.I.
Saiph Savage
03:10 PM - 03:30 PM PST
Intersectionality in AI, Human-Centered Design, and Beyond
Jamika Burge
03:30 PM - 4:00 PM PST
Q&A Session
Afternoon Speakers
Huge thanks to all our sponsors
Trinh Vo Yetzer
Managing Partner at User Research International
Trinh Vo Yetzer is the Managing Partner at User Research International. She has over 20 years of experience as a senior leader in user experience, user research, and product development. At User Research International (URI), Trinh is responsible for all aspects of the business – primarily its growth by delighting each and every customer. Trinh is very passionate about leading and defining great user experiences and, as such, she has been a regular speaker at multiple industry conferences, Usability Professional Association (UPA) events, and Microsoft Mentorship Program.
Tingting Zhang
Senior UX Researcher at Google
Tingting Zhang is a senior UX researcher at Google. Over the past ten years, Tingting has worked as a UX researcher across multiple tech companies in the US and China to inform product strategy and designs. She has collaborated with cross-functional teams to prioritize opportunities in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment. Prior to joining Google, Tingting was a UX researcher at Airbnb, Salesforce, and Lenovo.
Sabrina Kang
Head of User Experience Research at Charles Schwab
Sabrina Kang heads the UX research practice at Charles Schwab. She grew the team from 3 to 30 researchers in two years. Her team supports many of the diverse digital product and platform offerings for the brokerage house. Schwab’s UXR team also supports the innovation and digital accelerator program. Sabrina’s based in San Francisco, but she’s a Seattle native and proud alum of University of Washington’s HCDE program. Her background is varied, working as a journalist, policy analyst and in health care marketing before landing in UX research.
Gary Anderson
Principal Design Manager at Microsoft
Gary Anderson is currently a Principal Design Manager within the Web Experience Collective at Microsoft. Throughout his years in this industry, Gary has had the opportunity to play many different roles (Designer, Researcher, UX Program Manager, Product Manager) and utilizes this broad experience to help others understand and execute human-centered design effectively. Gary holds a B.S. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Montana State University-Bozeman, an M.B.A. from Boise State University, and an M.S. in Human Centered Design and Engineering from the University of Washington.
Aaron Benjamin
Staff UX Designer at The Home Depot
UX Strategist. Inclusive design advocate. Afraid of roller coasters.
Brien Thompson
Owner, Creative Staffing Specialist at Haystack Creative
Brien Thompson draws from over 20 years of experience recruiting and providing staffing expertise for the design, digital, ux, marketing, interactive and creative industries. Brien owns Haystack Creative and prior to that has run several of Seattle's leading creative placement firms. He has placed folks in in temp, temp to perm and full time placements at firms such as Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing, Pokemon, HBO, Nintendo, Starbucks, Costco, as well as with many agencies, design firms and boutique product teams.
Obinna Anya
UX Researcher at Google
Obinna is a UX researcher at Google Cloud AI. He was previously a Research Staff Member at IBM, and prior to that, a research scientist at Liverpool Hope University, UK. He is passionate about usable machine learning, and spends his time investigating how to build simple, effective and delightful experiences to support businesses struggling to fit AI/ML technologies to enhance their systems and operations.