Annually in winter quarter, the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering hosts a 10-week seminar series on User Experience (UX), where we welcome industry experts to speak about current topics in the field.
2024 UX Speaker Series
Thursdays, winter quarter
January 4 – March 7
4 – 5 p.m.
Gowen Hall, room 301
Presentations are open to the public. Most talks will be recorded, and videos will be added to this webpage within a few days after each presentation. Talk details are added as they are available.
January 4
Matt Shobe: Confessions of an Optimist
Startup founder and entrepreneur
HCDE MS, 1996
Interaction Designer, IDEO
HCDE BS, 2021
Master Craftsman, Fearless Innovator, Design Leader & Pragmatic Collaborator
January 25
James Tee: The future of design careers in a post GenAI world
Principal Design Manager, Microsoft Azure AI Platform
February 1
Yolanda Barton: Revolutionizing Tech Culture: The Revere XR Story and Its Oculus Launchpad Triumph
Founder, RevereXR
February 8
Erica Jorgensen: Content design partnership: The key to UX impact
Content Designer, Chewy
February 15
Andrea Chin: Essential UX: An introduction to non-discretionary experiences
Senior Staff UX Researcher, Achieve
HCDE MS, 2014
UX Research Manager, Uber
HCDE BS, 2016
February 29
Todd Allmond
Principal Design Director, Experience Research and Design (XSD) Studio, Microsoft