Agenda

1:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Keynote

min

Randy J. Hunt

Head of Design at Grab, Southeast Asia

Introduction to the WCD Initiative and Keynote by Randy J hunt

2:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Katja Forbes

Managing Director of Designit, Australia & New Zealand

Designing for Trust

2:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Networking

min

Networking Session

Networking time for attendees to mingle

Networking session

3:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Saptarshi Prakash

Senior Product Design Manager at Swiggy, India

Education and career aspirations in India -- Money, Security & Respect

3:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Sanmitra Chitte

School of Management, World University of Design, India

Working Design into Strategy & Innovation - RoI

4:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Anbuthambi Bhojarajan

President of ICT Academy, India

Role of Designers in Future of Education

4:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Kadambari Sahu

Senior Vice-President, Design at ValueLabs, India

Challenging Stereotypes

5:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Mentoring

min

ADPList

Virtual Mentorship Platform

ADPList 1-on-1 Mentoring Session with Federico Francioni, Jacalin Ding, Menaka Chandrashekar, Michael Tam, Nima Idel

5:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Udhaya Kumar Padmanabhan

Global Strategic Design Director at Designit, India

Disambiguating Design: Everything you know about design is wrong, here is why and what you can do about it!

6:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Nazim Iqbal

Founder and Director of Experience Design at HUDE, India

Emerging role of design learning in school education

6:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Networking

min

Networking Session

Networking time for attendees to mingle

Networking session

7:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Alipta Ballav

Head of the Experience Design at Cerner Corporation, India.

Design Products for Happiness

7:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Darshan Gajara

Product Designer at GraphCMS and Founder, Product Disrupt, Germany

How to Build a Career in Design with Side Projects

8:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Zoey Nguyen

Product Design Lead, Singapore

“Have you eaten?”: Mindsets to thrive in teams without borders

8:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Christian San Jose

Founder and CEO of UX+, Philippines

Hacking Your Design Career

9:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Keynote

min

Tosh Juma

Managing Director at IDEO.org, Nairobi, Kenya

Introduction to the WCD Initiative and Keynote by Tosh Juma

10:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Simon Charwey

Anthologist and Founder of African Design Matters, Ghana

Design is a Cultural Response.

10:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Demo

min

Framer

No-code prototyping Tool

Framer Web : No-code prototyping

11:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Workshop

min

Sonja Meriläinen

Senior User Researcher, Zalando, Germany

User Interviews 101 – Level Up Your Interviewing Skills

11:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Mauro Litsure

User Experience Designer, Moza Banco, Mozambique

Design with Purpose and not just Passion

11:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Suné Stassen

Co-Founder and Custodian at Open Design Afrika, South Africa

Using Creativity as a catalyst for people to thrive!

12:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Dean Broadley

Founder at Designing Humans and Executive Head of Design at Vodacom, South Africa

Not Black Enough to be White

13:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Mentoring

min

ADPList

Virtual Mentorship Platform

ADPList 1-on-1 Mentoring Session with Alex Sviryda, Ana Nicolau, Anthony Conta, Goncalo Andrade, Mirela Ignat

13:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Jane Vita

Design Lead at VTT, Finland

Transformation through Design

13:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Saki Mafundikwa

Founder of the Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts, Zimbabwe

Design: Born in Afrika

14:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Margaux Moulin

Business Developer, Zalando, Germany

Kevin Stine

Quantitative UX Researcher - Zalando SE, Germany

Inside Zalando - Beta Testing Flexibly at Scale

14:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Andra Magerusan

UX Researcher at Zalando SE, Germany

Running budget research during a pandemic

15:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Jamie-Lee Easton

UX Lead at Immersion Group, South Africa

Don’t think like a designer

15:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Keynote

min

Mehera O’Brien

Head of Creative, argodesign, New York, USA

Introduction to the WCD Initiative and Keynote by Mehera O'brien

15:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Pippa Yeats

Co-Founder and Product Manager of Turn.io, South Africa

"What type of design is that?" - Learnings from building African design teams in yet-to-be-known disciplines.

16:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Chanetsa Mukahanana

Design System Lead for Standard Bank, South Africa

Pon di Riddim: Dancehall and Design Systems

16:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Kevin Budelmann

Author, President of IxDA & Peopledesign, USA

What is the reach of design and designers? How can empowered designers affect change?

16:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Matt May

Head of Inclusive Design at Adobe, USA

Let's talk about your comfort zone

16:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Stefano Bellucci

Design Consultant at FutureGov, UK

Managing your mental health as a designer

17:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Erico Fileno

Head of Innovation & Design at Visa, Brasil

The power of community

17:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Jack Moffett

UX Manager, Boeing, USA

Vacuums, Gasses, and the Road to UX Management

17:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Daniel Rosenberg

Founder of rCDO UX LLC, and former UX VP at Oracle, USA

The MAGIC of Semantic IxD

18:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Susan Park

Senior Product Designer at Gladly, USA

Sahana Kumar

Product Designer at Google, CA, USA

How to influence product decisions by leveraging design debt

19:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Mentoring

min

ADPList

Virtual Mentorship Platform

ADPList 1-on-1 Mentoring Session with Adolphus Chris, Jarell Alvarez, Muchao, Pascal Potvin, Tony Smith

21:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Bapu Kaladhar

Founder President UMO Design & UXINDIA Conf

How to be a purpose-driven design thinker to excel in your career?

19:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Janaki Kumar

Head of Design at JP Morgan Chase’s Commercial Bank, USA

Digital Transformation in the time of Covid - 5 mindsets for designers to elevate impact

20:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Andrei Gurgel

Designer at Toptal

Paulo Freire and Design: What we have learned from him.

20:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Johnathon Strebly

President of the International Council of Design - ICoD, Canada

Design Professionalism, Innovation, and Being Human

20:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Priyanka Pathak

Principal, Samaj Studio and Faculty, Arizona State University School of Design.

How can Western designers best support African design projects?

21:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Lola Oyelayo-Pearson

Director of UX, Shopify, Canada

Death of a UX Salesman or UX is Dead, Long Live UX

21:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Brenda Laurel

Principal at Neogaian Interactive & IxDA Board Member, USA

“Uprooting Stereotypes through Research and Allyship”

21:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Lily Konings

Product Designer at Facebook, USA

Output vs Outcome: Why Your Best Design is Invisible

21:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Sam Yen

Head of Digital Transformation for Commercial Real Estate, USA

Janaki Kumar

Head of Design at JP Morgan Chase’s Commercial Bank, USA

Scaling Innovation

22:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

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How it's made : The World-Class Designer conference - by The WCD Team

22:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Debbie Millman

Founder and Host Design Matters Media, NY, USA

The Complete History of Branding in 25 minutes

23:00

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Surya Vanka

Founder of Authentic Design, former Director of UX at Microsoft, USA

Unleashing Swarm Creativity to Solve the World’s Biggest Social Challenges

23:30

CET

Thu, Feb 18

Talk

min

Marty Cagan

Founder of Silicon Valley Product Group, USA

A Larger Role for Product Design