I helped organize the World Interaction Design Day 2019 celebrations at IBM, Bangalore. As one of the local leader for IxDA, I was involved in speaker curation & logistics for the event.

Teams collaborating during the Ethics Sprint workshop at IxDD 2019
Teams collaborating during the Ethics Sprint workshop at IxDD 2019

Speaker lineup

We had two talks & one workshop exploring Trust & Responsibility from the lens of Interaction Design:

  1. Vinay Kesari spoke on Data Protection Law in India.
  2. Sundhindra V. spoke on his journey with IxDA as a mentor, local leader & regional coordinator.
  3. Aparna Ashok ran an engaging workshop on AI Ethics, with teams reflecting on their daily usage of popular apps.
Speakers for IxDD, 2019
Speakers for IxDD, 2019

Experience

I had a great time curating the sessions, and helping Aparna with the workshop facilitation. We did some fun experiments, like mapping participants across hopeful vs worried & informed vs unaware about our AI powered future.

Clusters on opinions on different aspects of AI powered future.
Clusters on opinions on different aspects of AI powered future.

You can read more about the topics covered & my reflections on this twitter thread:

No event is possible at such a scale without an amazing team. Kudos to everyone who made this possible!

Organizers of IxDD 2019 — Aakarshika Das, Shandar Junaid, Rasagy Sharma, Dharmesh Ba with Aparna Ashok
Organizers of IxDD 2019 — Aakarshika Das, Shandar Junaid, Rasagy Sharma, Dharmesh Ba with Aparna Ashok