Summer Social & Author Meet-and-Greet

Join us at our Summer Social with Ben Sauer, author of Death by Screens, and Dave Harley, author of Mindfulness in a Digital World. Take the opportunity to meet Ben and Dave and learn more about their new books. If you’re lucky, you may even win a signed copy.
During the meet and greet, you’ll have the opportunity to learn more about their process, ask questions and gain invaluable insights that can help take your own UX skills to the next level.
If the weather doesn’t cooperate, we’ll have a table inside where we can still enjoy drinks and catch up with one another. Come ready to meet new people, share ideas and enjoy a relaxing evening in good company. 🌞

## Ben Sauer – Death by Screens: how to present high-stakes digital design work and live to tell the tale

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Ben Sauer is a product and design leader, formerly of Babylon Health and Clearleft. He’s worked with organisations like the BBC, Pearson, Tesco, and TCS to raise their product game.
He’s been speaking and training people all around the world, with a focus on voice UI for several years; particularly in how to rapidly design conversational experiences. Teams at Amazon and the BBC use his methods, and through O’Reilly, he’s trained folks at NASA. He’s also spent many hours at home removing the ridiculous things that his kids have added to Alexa’s shopping list.

## Dave Harley – Mindfulness in a Digital World

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Dave Harley is an enthusiastic scholar specialising in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Cyberpsychology, keenly dissecting the complexities of digital life within the context of aging. His research spans across various digital platforms - online communities, social media, video games, and mobile phones, mainly focusing on the technological adoption by older adults. He’s currently exploring their vulnerability to online scams.
Intriguingly he investigates our psychological relationship with technology, evaluating how daily digital interactions shape our worldview. Currently, he’s researching smartphone dependency and the concept of ‘digital mindfulness’. With a rich background in HCI and user experience, he emphasizes the role of personal subjectivity and social context in technology usage.

## Marianna Orbist – Multisensory Experiences: Where the senses meet technology

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Marianna Obrist is Professor of Multisensory Interfaces at UCL (University College London), Department of Computer Science and Deputy Director (Digital Health) for the UCL Institute of Healthcare Engineering. Her research ambition is to establish touch, taste, and smell as interaction modalities in human-computer interaction (HCI), spanning a range of application scenarios, from immersive VR experiences to automotive, and health/wellbeing uses.
Before joining UCL, Marianna was Professor of Multisensory Experiences at the School of Engineering and Informatics at the University of Sussex, and Marie Curie Fellow at Newcastle University. Marianna is co-founder of OWidgets LTD, a University spin-out that is developing novel digital smell technology. The company’s smell delivery device has been exhibited twice at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, 2019 and 2020.
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