Workshops
Thursday’s program consists of workshops running from 8am to 5pm with an Opening Party from 5:30-8:00PM. All locations for the workshop tracks are within walking distance from the main venue.
Venue 1
Breakfast & Registration
Meals Provided at workshops require a workshop ticket
8:00 AM–9:00 AM
Modeling for Clarity
Joe Elmendorf & Dan Cooney
9:00 AM – 11:50 AM
Lunch
Meals Provided at workshops require a workshop ticket
12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Machine Learning for Designers
Scott Sullivan
1:30 PM–4:30 PM
Venue 2
Breakfast & Registration
Meals Provided at workshops require a workshop ticket
8:00 AM–9:00 AM
When User Research Meets Reality
Katie Briggs
9:00 AM – 11:50 AM
Lunch
Meals Provided at workshops require a workshop ticket
12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Applying Service Design to Problem Solving
Joe Johnston
1:30 PM–4:30 PM
Opening Party
Expect to be treated to the warmest welcome to Grand Rapids. Thank you to our Sponsor Nationwide, we’ll get you heavy handheld delights to fill your traveling belly and something to quench your thirst. Take the time to introduce your new workshop friends to the friends you met last year or heck, find a buddy that will be headed to the same track as yourself.
5:30 PM–8:00 PM
Talks between two locations, one excursion, and an after party. Start with breakfast at 8am and end at the after party from 6pm–8pm!
20Monroe Live
Breakfast & Registration
8:00 AM–9:00 AM
Keynote Topic to be Announced!
Shel Kimen
9:00 AM – 10:10 AM
Avoiding Bias in Voice User Interfaces
Charles Hannon
10:30 AM–11:10 AM
Designing Against Domestic Violence
Eva PenzeyMoog
11:45 AM–12:30 PM
Lunch
12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Consent and Ethics in Experience Design
Lauren Liss
2:00 PM–2:50 PM
Negotiation: An Important Soft Skill for Your Design Toolkit
John Vanderveen
3:15 PM–4:00 PM
Keynote Topic to be Announced!
Quinnton Harris
4:15 PM–5:30 PM
Pyramid Scheme
Breakfast & Registration is at 20Monroe Live
How design led me to therapy
Carmen Bocanegra
10:30 AM–11:00 AM
The Hidden Power of Metaphor
Jeff Stevenson & Nick Hawes
11:10 AM–11:50 AM
Designing with Humanity
Jon Yablonski
11:50 AM-12:30 PM
Level Up Your Design With Video Games
Sharlene King
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Optimistic Approach to Notifications
Anna Abovyan
2:40 PM–3:20 PM
'Tidying Up' Design
Bella Olszewski
3:20 PM–4:00 PM
Offsite
Breakfast & Registration is at 20Monroe Live
Designing Environments for Healthier Choices | Spectrum Health
Mary Brown
12:30 PM–2:00 PM
After Party: Pyramid Scheme
Relax from the first wave of information and make the most of finding the time for those moments you get with this community. We’ll be providing heavy hors d’oeuvres and drinks while listening to local artists. From there, we’ll have local recommendations for the breath of settings you’re looking for (personal to large group) to enjoy your time in Grand Rapids.
6:00 PM–8:00 PM
Continued talks, one excursion, and a closing party. Kick it off at 8am and close it out from 6pm–9pm.
20Monroe Live
Breakfast & Registration
8:00 AM–9:00 AM
Keynote Topic to Be Announced Soon!
Jeff Veen
9:00 AM – 10:20 AM
UX for Social Change: Re-deploying UX Methodologies for Social Justice
Roxana Galusca & Kristen Shirkey
10:30 AM–11:10 AM
Conducting User Research at Scale: When to Enable Everyone and When to Leverage Experts
Elizabeth Benker
11:50 AM–12:30 PM
Lunch
12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Leveraging User Feedback: Combining User Research and Data Science to Measure and Improve UX
Anjali Ahuja
2:00 PM–2:50 PM
Change the world, one kid at a time, with Design Thinking Parenting
Wendy Nyx & Chris Varosy
3:15 PM–4:00 PM
Keynote Topic to Be Announced
Luisa Schumacher Resto
4:20 PM–5:30 PM
Pyramid Scheme
Breakfast & Registration is at 20Monroe Live
Life & Death Design: Creating Products That Save Us from Ourselves
Katie Swindler
10:30 AM–11:10 AM
Evil by Design
Kit Oliynyk
11:10-11:50 AM
Health-Centered Design: Reclaiming Technology Design for a Culture of Health
Jenka Gurfinkel
11:50 AM–12:30 PM
Burning Out and How to Handle It
Gary Keeler
2:00 PM–2:40 PM
Beyond the Designer As Auteur
Jeff Sussna
2:40 PM–3:20 PM
The Power of Design Rituals
Alex Tran
3:20 PM–4:00 PM
Closing Party: SiteLab: Project 1
Goodbye always comes too soon so delay that time with us in the most unique way. Catch the local scene of Project 1 in a warehouse district with event specific installation art and custom accessible architectural elements. We’ll be providing dinner, signature drinks, live music, and transportation for the most authentic way to close out our time together.
6:00 PM–9:00 PM