UX isn’t just design. It’s… The Past, Present and Future

It’s all about context and conversations. Designers like to think bigger, so let’s talk about design in the wider sense. This time, we're looking how design and tech has effected the past, how that past effects our current thinking and how we're creating solutions for the future.

This time we have two thought-provoking talks:

---- 'THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF US' ----
Speaker: Bill Tribble

You probably don't want to hear this talk. In fact, I don't even want to talk about this. Can we not just avoid the subject? There are so many cool games and shows I could be watching on this glass rectangle!

No, we can't. As designers, we have incredibly powerful tools to effect change. There's an elephant in the room, and we need to face it. Let's talk about how we can make the world a better place for billions of people.

---- 'QUANTUM UX - HOW TRUST IN TECH MAY FADE AND DIE' ----
Speaker: Paul Woodley

This is a talk about the future - our near future. A story about how Quantum Computers and the utopian ideals of the silicon valley pioneers may combine to fundamentally change the trust people have in technology.

With technology being so ingrained in our everyday lives, effecting our decisions from what to buy through to who to vote for, and quantum supremacy being achieved just recently, will designers have to change their thinking? What can designers do? Should they do anything?

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OUR SPEAKERS

Bill Tribble
UX & Product Design Lead
btribble.com / linkedin.com/in/billtribble

Bill Tribble is a designer, musician, and trainee dad. He has worked for companies like Google, Canon, Adobe, BT, and loads of startups. He also teaches design via General Assembly and Designlab.

When he's not working he likes to draw, make music, and make electronic instruments.

Paul Woodley
UX & Product Design Lead
linkedin.com/in/paulwoodleydesign

Paul is an award-winning Product Designer and UX Lead, working on projects with the likes of the Bank of England, Boston University, Homepride and University of London.

He approaches product design from a systematic perspective, always considering the wider eco-system that product lives within - the service the product lives under, the organisation who creates the product and the wider social structures that product effects. Aside from that, he is a frustrated BBC 6 Music DJ and loves to create badass Spotify playlists.

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REFRESHMENTS
Drinks and snacks will be supplied as part of the ticket price. Unfortunately we wont be supplying pizza but we'll try our level best to provide snacks that wont leave you too hungry!!

WHO IS THIS MEETUP FOR?
This meetup is aimed at pretty much all shades of tech professionals but especially helpful for designers, devs, project/product managers, tech leads and c-level who want to learn about great ways of working efficiently yet thoroughly.

TICKET ONLY EVENT
Please purchase a ticket to guarantee entry. Tickets are NON-REFUNDABLE as we have limited seating.

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AGENDA

6.30pm - 7:00pm: Drinks and networking
7:00pm - 7:30pm: Talk 1
7:30pm - 7:40pm: Break
7:40pm - 8:10pm: Talk 2
8.10pm - 8.40pm: Q&A
8.40pm - 9.00pm: Final drinks and networking
9.00pm: Leave venue & head to nearest pub for continued chats