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Hi everyone! Speculative Futures Austin has invited the NYC chapter to join them as they host a panel of educators and practitioners who are actively contributing to the field of Design-Futures for a series of short lightning presentations followed by Q&A discussions.

Jack Wilkinson and I will both be presenting and talking about our work with the new Futures x Design course and framework we have been developing with the Design Futures Initiative.

ATTENTION!!!!!!
Please register directly on the SF Austin page so we more easily manage attendance & make sure everyone has access to the Zoom!!!

https://www.meetup.com/Austin-Speculative-Futures/events/276909646/

Agenda
8:00 - 8:10 EDT

  • Arrive, gather, mingle, settle in
  • Intro from Spec Futures Austin organizers

8:10 - 8:35 EDT

  • Lightning Presentation 1 from Jake + Tamie
  • Q&A Discussion w/ Attendees

8:35 - 9:00 EDT

  • Lightning Presentation from José
  • Q&A Discussion w/ Attendees

9:00 - 9:25 EDT

  • Lightning Presentation from Kelly
  • Q&A Discussion w/ Attendees

9:25 - 9:50 EDT

  • Lightning Presentation from Dana + Jack
  • Q&A Discussion w/ Attendees

9:50 - 10:00 EDT

  • Wrap Up
  • Closing Remarks + Announcements

About the Panelists
Kelly Kornet: As a participatory futurist and designer, Kelly finds meaning in creating the conditions for individuals to step out of their day-to-day and collaborate in highly diverse teams to perceive and affect change. Using the tools of collaborative design, systems thinking and strategic foresight, she helps organizations build capacity to navigate and transform in uncertain times.

Jake Dunagan: Jake is an experiential futurist, governance designer, and teacher. He directs the Governance Futures Lab at IFTF. His work has been centered on the concept of social invention and novel methods to help individuals, organizations, and governing institutions re-imagine and re-invent their futures.

Tamie Glass: For over a decade, Tamie Glass has been a noteworthy leader in design education. Before joining the School of Design and Creative Technologies as the inaugural MA in Design Faculty Director, Tamie was a tenured faculty member and program director at the University of Texas School of Architecture.

José de la O: Trained as an industrial designer and with a Master’s in Conceptual Design from Design Academy Eindhoven, de la O is the creative force behind the delaO design studio. He has an epistemological approach to design in which he studies its role in society and visualizes future possibilities of how technology could impact society.

Dana 'Doc' Martens: Dana Martens is a designer, creative technologist, maker, teacher, life-long student, and geek working to educate and empower communities to embrace the potential of emerging technologies for social impact. They currently work as a UX Designer at Teach for America by day and an Adjunct Professor at Parsons School of Design by night, designing educational initiatives and consulting on the role of technology-led design for social impact entrepreneurship.

Jack Wilkinson: I’m Jack, an innovation strategist and design futurist. I am currently a Senior Strategist at Jam3, a global experience design agency where I lead research, strategy, and the design of innovative experiences and new offerings. On the board of the Design Futures Initiative, I spread speculative design and futures-oriented creative practices through our annual conference, PRIMER, and our international network of meet-ups, Speculative Futures. Most recently I have designed a curriculum to teach Design Futuring in partnership with the Kedge Futures School.

Again, please register on the AUSTIN MEETUP PAGE to help us manage registration more easily.

https://www.meetup.com/Austin-Speculative-Futures/events/276909646/

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