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Speaking & Workshops

I speak internationally on AI product design, research leadership, and building human-centered AI experiences. Available for keynotes, workshops, and executive briefings.

Workshop
May 2025Lisbon, Portugal

Designing for Uncertainty with AI

UXLx: User Experience Lisbon 2025

A workshop on leveraging uncertainty to enhance AI-driven interactions, understanding probabilistic design and statistical concepts for working with GenAI and ML models.

Workshop
May 2025San Francisco, CA

AI Bootcamp for Designers

San Francisco

An intensive 3-day bootcamp teaching UX professionals to design experiences that leverage AI and foster human-AI partnerships. Co-led with Greg Nudelman, Dave Brown, and Brandon Harwood.

Conference Talk
2025Conference

Introduction to AI Product Design

STRAT Conference 2025

A deep dive into the skills design teams need for crafting AI experiences, covering data literacy and evidence-based design principles.

Podcast
2025Podcast Episode

How AI Is Transforming Consumer Experiences

STRAT Podcast

Discussion on the critical role of UX in shaping AI systems and why data literacy is essential for designers in the AI era.

Facilitator
2022Virtual

Cohort Facilitator

Rosenfeld Media Advancing Research Conference

Served as a cohort facilitator for Rosenfeld Media's virtual conference, ensuring participants enjoyed an excellent conference experience through enhanced learning and networking.

Workshop
2011Newcastle, UK

Interaction in User Experience Education

User Experience Competency Framework Workshop, HCI 2011

Workshop on developing competency frameworks for UX education and professional development.

Conference Paper
2011Honolulu, HI

Aiding Distributed Teams: A Tool for Building Affinity

IEEE SocialCom 2011

Full paper presentation on tools and techniques for building team affinity in distributed work environments.

Conference Paper
2010Stuttgart, Germany

Building Better Design Teams: Enhancing Group Affinity to Aid Collaborative Design

Design Computing and Cognition (DCC) 2010

Research on improving collaborative design through enhanced group affinity. Acceptance rate: 31%

Roundtable
2010Conference

Rethinking Social Theory: How Technology Changes Everything

American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting

Technology and Society: Critical Perspectives roundtable discussing the impact of technology on social structures and theory.

Conference Paper
July 2009San Diego, CA

ConvoCons: Encouraging Affinity on Multitouch Interfaces

Human-Computer Interaction International 2009

Full paper on designing multitouch interfaces to enhance social affinity. Acceptance rate: 32%

Conference Paper
July 2009San Diego, CA

Cross-cultural Design & Evaluation of the Apple iPhone

Human-Computer Interaction International 2009

Research on cultural factors in mobile device interaction design. Acceptance rate: 32%

Conference Paper
January 2009Hawaii

Retrospective Cued Recall: A Method for Accurately Recalling Previous User Behaviors

Hawaii International Conference on System Science (HICSS) 2009

Novel research methodology for understanding user behavior patterns. Acceptance rate: 50%

Conference Paper
October 2008Conference

Combining 3-D Geovisualization with Force Feedback Driven User Interaction

ACM Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 2008

Research on haptic feedback in 3D geographic visualization systems. Acceptance rate: 20%

Short Paper
April 2008Conference

Cutting, Deforming and Painting of 3D Meshes in a Two Handed Viso-haptic VR System

IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008

Short paper on advanced interaction techniques in virtual reality environments. Acceptance rate: 33%

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