SPEAKERS
Partial list - Many more to come!
Main Stage
Track 4
Becca Carroll
Director, IDEO CoLab
Decentralized Money and Financial Inclusion
San Francisco, CA (US)
Main Stage
Track 1
Giuliana Mazzetta
Business Design & Creative Strategy, Big Night
Crafting a Future for Interspecies Design
London, England
Main Stage
Track 4
Jesse Rademacher
Co-Founder & CEO, Madeium
Creatives Make Terrible Pets - NFTs Unleash Us!
Portland, OR (US)
Breakout Workshop
Track 6
Kelly Custer
Founder & Design Director, Knack
Why Your Good Ideas Don’t Go Anywhere & How to Fix That
Knoxville, TN (US)
Co-Presenter: Keynote
Track 2
Marty Gage
VP User Experience Research, Lextant
SCAD + Lextant: Partnering to Create a Certification in Upfront Design & User Experience Research
Columbus, OH (US)
GSMA Winner
Track 1
Tati Ferrucio, IDSA
Junior Industrial Designer, Barkbox Inc.
2021 Northeast District Graduate Student Merit Award Winner - Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY (US)
Main Stage
Track 6
Vinod Kizhakke
Principal, Strategic Design Consulting, Infosys
Designing For a Future with Biometrics
Chicago, IL (US)
Main Stage
Track 4
Alex Lobos, IDSA
Professor and Graduate Director of ID, Rochester Institute of Technology & Research Fellow Emeritus, Autodesk
Enhancing Design (Neuro)diversity
Rochester, NY (US)
SMA Winner
Track 6
Derek Tucker, IDSA
Industrial Design & User Experience Intern, Medtronic
2021 South District Student Merit Award Winner - Auburn University
Birmingham, AL (US)
SMA Winner
Track 3
Gokul Beeda, IDSA
Industrial Design Intern, Sprout Studios
2021 Northeast District Student Merit Award Winner - Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY (US)
Keynote
Track 1
Josephine Akvama Hoffmeyer
Founder & Creative Director, File Under Pop
Coming Soon!
Copenhagen, Denmark
Co-Presenter: Keynote
Track 2
Kwela Hermanns
Associate Chair of Industrial Design & Design for Sustainability, SCAD
SCAD + Lextant: Partnering to Create a Certification in Upfront Design & User Experience Research
Savannah, GA (US)
Breakout Presentation
Track 1
Melissa Ferere
Senior Manager, Globant
Design for Those Who Don’t Have a Seat at the Table...Yet
New York, NY (US)
Breakout Workshop
Track 6
Sheng-Hung Lee, IDSA
Designer and Researcher, MIT AgeLab
Reimagining Remote Co-creation During COVID
Boston, MA (US)
Main Stage
Track 4
Tsai Lu Liu, IDSA
Professor of Industrial Design and Department Head, NC State University
Design for Covid Vaccine Hesitancy
Raleigh, NC (US)
Main Stage
Track 3
Yvonne Qian
Sustainability Solutions Marketing Manager, Covestro
Design For Circularity
Shanghai, China
Main Stage
Track 6
Ana Mengote Baluca, IDSA
Founder & Creative Director, lowercase innovation
Activating Designers as Design Activists
New York, NY (US)
Keynote
Track 3
Don-tae Lee
Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Design Center, Samsung Electronics
Design for a Better Tomorrow
Seoul, South Korea
GSMA Winner
Track 1
Hengbo Zhang, IDSA
Industrial Designer
2021 Midwest District Graduate Student Merit Award Winner - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Savoy, IL (US)
Main Stage
Track 6
Julia Shao
Consultant, Design Strategy & Research, Infosys
Designing For a Future with Biometrics
Chicago, IL (US)
Keynote
Track 6
Linsey Nancarrow
Senior Creative Strategist, Indigo Slate
Why Is It Hard to Be a Climate Designer?
Seattle, WA (US)
SMA Winner
Track 3
Mila Penrith, IDSA
Director Of Brand Marketing, Studio Skosh
2021 West District Student Merit Award Winner - University of Oregon
Eugene, OR (US)
Co-Presenter: Keynote
Track 2
Spencer Murrell
VP Insight Translation, Lextant
SCAD + Lextant: Partnering to Create a Certification in Upfront Design & User Experience Research
Delaware, OH (US)
Co-Presenter: Keynote
Track 2
Victor Ermoli
Dean of the School of Design, SCAD
SCAD + Lextant: Partnering to Create a Certification in Upfront Design & User Experience Research
Savannah, GA (US)
Main Stage
Track 4
Zeerak Ahmed
Senior UX Design Lead, Amazon
Building Better Software for the Underserved
Seattle, WA (US)
SMA Winner
Track 6
Annabel Huber, IDSA
Industrial Designer
2021 Midwest District Student Merit Award Winner - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL (US)
Breakout Presentation
Track 3
Frances Yllana
Experience Director & Design Ops Lead, Projekt202
Design for the Design Team Experience
Dallas, TX (US)
SMA Winner
Track 3
Hunter Elmore, IDSA
Transportation Design Student, University of Cincinnati
2021 Central District Student Merit Award Winner - University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH (US)
Main Stage
Track 5
Kellie Walters
CMF Designer, Garmin
Design for Utopian Futures
Kansas City, MO (US)
Main Stage
Track 4
Mandy Drew
UX Research Manager, Capital One
How Researchers & Designers Can Help Improve the Social Impacts of Emerging Design Technology
Washington DC (US)
GSMA Winner
Track 1
Mina Kasirifar, IDSA
Industrial Designer
2021 West District Graduate Student Merit Award Winner - San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA (US)
Main Stage
Track 4
Steven Wakabayashi
Founder & President, QTBIPOC Design
Designing Equitable Creative Teams
New York, NY (US)
Breakout Presentation
Track 3
Vijay Chakravarky, IDSA
Design Lead, Philips
Ergonomics of the Human Mind
Seattle, WA (US)
Breakout Workshop
Track 6
Ziyuan Zhu, IDSA
MIT Office of Sustainability Design Fellow, MIT Senseable City Lab Designer
Reimagining Remote Co-creation During COVID
Boston, MA (US)