CapCHI

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CapCHI (Capital Human-Computer Interaction) is a social and professional community of design, user experience (UX), and human-computer interaction (HCI) enthusiasts, researchers, students, engineers, and educators from in and around Ottawa. We are also an Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI).

From September to May, we meet every third Tuesday of the month.

Our meetups come in many different shapes and sizes. We invite speakers to give talks, organize panels and showcases, provide space for networking and socializing activities, and sometimes even go on fun fieldtrips.

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Designing Enterprise Software with Claude Code
Tue, Apr 21 · 6:00 PM EDT
Impact Hub Ottawa (7th Floor), 123 Slater Street (7th floor), Ottawa, ON, CA
The Event
Many conversations about AI and design stay surface level. This one doesn't. Allan Ziolkowski, Head of Product Design at Beyond Identity, will walk you through how his team went from Figma-first to fully AI-first in a matter of weeks, working inside a complex enterprise product environment.

You will leave with a practical framework you can apply immediately and bring back to your team: how to build a code-based design sandbox, how to enforce your design system as guardrails so AI output stays consistent, and how to move your team into shared repos with engineering so design intent ships to production exactly as intended. Every example comes from work that is live in production today.

About Allan Ziolkowski
Allan Ziolkowski is Head of Product Design at Beyond Identity, where he leads an AI-first design team building enterprise identity and security software. Allan spent six years at Apple as a Designer in the Special Projects Group, designing AI and machine learning tooling for internal data training. He was one of the initial UX design professors for the mobile application design and development program at Algonquin College and still serves a mentor with Latinas in Tech. With 14 years in product design, two awarded design patents, Allan is recognized for bridging deep craft with engineering rigor.

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About The Venue
Impact Hub Ottawa is situated on the 7th floor of a high-rise building and at 7pm the entry doors on the ground floor/street level lock automatically. If you arrive late, please send a message to +1-613-655-2238 for entry.

Water, tea and coffee are provided for free, but food will not be available. You are welcome to bring your own snack. No alcoholic beverages please. If you like to head out for a drink afterwards, there are various options near by to do so.

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Our Sponsors
We are extremely grateful to these organizations for their generous support of CapCHI and the local design, HCI and UX community.

Design Centered Co.
We use design to enable organizations deliver value by focusing on opportunities that align with their purpose, understand the people they aim to serve, and define processes that are sustainable and impact focused.

DFFRNT
We’re an exceptional team of highly experienced behavioural researchers and design strategists. We apply a fundamental understanding of human behaviour, strategic design and human-computer interaction to deliver product and service design value.

Jumping Elephants
A full-service, consulting group based in Ottawa and specializing in user-centred solutions design and business process management for the public and private sector.

Nokia
At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together. We put the world’s people, machines, and devices in sync to create a more sustainable, productive, and accessible future.
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