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Keynote speakers

Elizabeth Churchill

Research Scientist, Palo Alto Research Center

Bio and abstract

Don Norman

Principal, Nielsen-Norman Group
Professor, Northwestern University

Bio and abstract

Bill Verplank

Professor, Stanford University
Professor, Interaction Design Institute Ivrea

Bio and abstract

Presentations

Alonzo Canada

Associate, Jump Associates

Co-Presentation: Building Cultures of Play and Learning

Bio and abstract

Justine Carleton

Design researcher, Lextant

Co-Presentation: Research as play: using multi-sensory stimulus to enable engagement, facilitate expression and produce relevant design language and actionable design criteria.

Bio and abstract

Michele Chang

Senior Design Researcher, Intel

Presentation: Play is Hard Work: Taking Retirement on the Road

Bio and abstract

Christine Chastain

Director, Strategy and Research, Herbst LaZar Bell

Presentation: How Social and Cultural Values Guide Global Trends in Work and Play

Bio and abstract

Audrey Crane

Design and Project Manager, Dubberly Design

Presentation: Middle-Out Design: A Productivity Case Study

Bio and abstract

Jon Friedman

Lead Product Designer, Mobile Products Division, Microsoft

Presentation: Stop Interrupting Me!

Bio and abstract

Marty Gage

Principal, Rocket Surgery

Presentation: Research as play: using multi-sensory stimulus to enable engagement, facilitate expression and produce relevant design language and actionable design criteria.

Bio and abstract

Linda Hahner

President, Out of the Blue Design

Presentation: Playing Doctor: From Virtual to Reality

Bio and abstract

Scott Hirsch

Principal, Management Innovation Group

Presentation: From Romper Room to the Boardroom: How to Play Like a CEO and Think Like a Child

Bio and abstract

Dirk Knemeyer

Founding Principal, Involution Studios

Presentation: The Games People Play: a more intimate way to understand users

Bio and abstract

Michael Kronthal

Design Research Manager, Personals, Yahoo

Presentation: Research-Driven Product Strategy: Yahoo! Personals Premier

Bio and abstract

Marcia Lausen

Principal, Studio/Lab
Director, UIC School of Art & Design

Presentation: (User-Centered) Design and the Play Instinct

Bio and abstract

Colleen Murray

Associate, Jump Associates

Co-Presentation: Building Cultures of Play and Learning

Bio and abstract

Joshua Norman

Design Manager, Procter & Gamble

Co-Presentation: Research as play: using multi-sensory stimulus to enable engagement, facilitate expression and produce relevant design language and actionable design criteria.

Bio and abstract

Jooyoung Oh

Design researcher, Lextant

Co-Presentation: Research as play: using multi-sensory stimulus to enable engagement, facilitate expression and produce relevant design language and actionable design criteria.

Bio and abstract

Aaron Oppenheimer

Behavioral Design Lead, Design Continuum

Presentation: Toward Comfortable Products

Bio and abstract

Adam Richardson

Strategy Director, Frog Design

Presentation: Wicked Play

Bio and abstract

Chris Rockwell

Principal, Lextant

Presentation: Toss the methodologies: start with questions and design research principles for effective approaches to research

Presentation: Research as play: using multi-sensory stimulus to enable engagement, facilitate expression and produce relevant design language and actionable design criteria.

Bio and abstract

Clive Roux

Senior Director, Design Research and New Business Development, Philips

Presentation: Can design contribute to the work life balance?

Bio and abstract

Michael Sagan

Senior Designer /Technology Principal, Trek

Presentation: Concept to Victory: Part 7

Bio and abstract

 

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