Leading Design for Turbulent Times

NOVEMBER 21, 2021 (09.00am to 09.45am IST)

Our design and research teams are experiencing unprecedented rapid change resulting in uncertainty, fear, and doubt. How do we, as design leaders, lead through pivotal changes to the way we work, live, and think about our world? This talk will provide some practical ways to help you manage ambiguity, develop guiding principles, and create a vision for the future for both your team and your end-users.

Needs & Interfaces

NOVEMBER 21, 2021 (03.00pm to 03.45pm IST)

This talk is an attempt to establish an abstract structure between Needs and Interfaces using symbolic representations to understand design evolution and design debt.

Think Reponsible, Action Sustainability

NOVEMBER 21, 2021 (12.15pm to 01.00pm IST)

The perception that all that is digital is sustainable and green is flawed. It is reported that manufacturing and running digital technologies produces an estimated 1.6 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions..

Whilst Data privacy has been debated and being dealt with, the awareness of building sustainable digital experiences is still nascent.

To design Responsible UX, one needs to maintain a symbiotic relationship between strategy, life cycle, after-life of a digital experience and well-being, ecology, economy.

Whilst making an argument, the talk will also discuss sustainable enablers to advocate well-being with ethical transparency to practise responsible UX.

Why visualize data?

NOVEMBER 20, 2021 (12.15pm to 01.00pm IST)

In today’s age with an abundance of data, designers play a pivotal role in making sense of this data. How do designers communicate the insights in data? What are the different goals for visualizing data? In this talk, I will share the process, goals & outcomes from some of my projects, and share some of the areas I’m excited about at the intersection of data & design.