Interaction Design Day — discussing ethics and responsibility

This month, we are celebrating World Interaction Design Day along with other local groups and designers around the world.

We all want to be more responsible, ethical, and equitable in our design decisions, but it’s often hard to find the time or mutual support to develop these ideas. Please join us for a special World Interaction Design Day where we’ll dedicate an evening to diving into design ethics in practice.

We’ll begin with a discussion of the latest developments in the fast-changing ethical tech and design movements, before moving into three open conversation sessions. In the first, you’ll discuss a contemporary design ethics issue in detail, learning how to understand and argue ethical cases with compelling reasoning. Then, a chance to discuss your own professional ethical challenges with fellow designers in a private, confidential environment. Finally, we reconvene as a group to discuss how interaction, UX, and product designers can push for change in environments that don’t always prioritise ethics and responsibility.

The evening will be facilitated by technology ethicist and interaction designer Cennydd Bowles.

We’ll be meeting at Ford Mobility’s offices in Here East, Stratford. The entrance is just by the Here East shuttle bus stop. Look for the Timber Yard entrance at Here East!

You can get here via these routes:

• Hackney Wick overground station (10 minutes walk)
• Stratford international station (15 minutes walk)
• Stratford station (20+ minutes via free Here East shuttle bus, from Bus Stop X, which runs every 10 mins). Get to bus stop X via the Westfield stratford station exit.

And here are more details on how to get to Ford offices in Here East: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eg-XWz7EFEU9_BSXKqFq2ZqCg8PScfBI/view?usp=sharing

Huge thanks to Cennydd, Ross and Ghulam from Ford, and Andrew from Futureheads from making all this happen!

All we need now is all of you to join us. We’re really looking forward to the discussions and deep diving into these topics of ethics, equity and responsibility.

We refund the ticket fee after attendance. Just make sure to check in with us at the event!