Design Forward Conference

I’ll be speaking at the Design forward Conference on October 26th in San Diego:

Speakers include:

DON NORMAN
Director, Design Lab UC San Diego

PHIL GILBERT
General Manager of Design, IBM

MAURO PORCINI
Chief Design Officer, PepsiCo

MERIAH GARRETT
Chief Design Officer, USAA

KARA DEFRIAS
Former UX Director, Obama White House / UX Leader, Qualcomm

CLAIRE WILSON
Human Factors & Ergonomics Specialist, Herman Miller

MATT COLE
President, Cubic Transportation Systems

JULIE BAHER
Senior Director of UX, Illumina

Well, I did meet quite a few core77 forum lurkers at the conference :slight_smile: … to all of you who came and took the time to say hello, thank you. I always appreciate meeting c77 posters and readers in person!

I gave a breakout session talk to about 60 people on the importance of retaining the skill of rapid visualization. As we elevate in our careers as designers from individual contributors, to directors, to leaders, it is important to remember and utilize our unique skill sets. The ability to rapidly visualize a solution has benefited me many times in board rooms, in front of retailers, and on the factory floor. Other speakers included Don Norman, Mauro Porcini, Phil Gilbert, Kara DeFrias, Jared Erondu, Bobby Ghoshal, Matthew Cole and many others. Great couple of days. If you can make it next year, I highly recommend it.