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](../assets/volunteering-ixdd-ibm-2019/workshop-pano-ixdd-2019.jpeg)
Speaker lineup
We had two talks & one workshop exploring Trust & Responsibility from the lens of Interaction Design:
- Vinay Kesari spoke on Data Protection Law in India.
- Sundhindra V. spoke on his journey with IxDA as a mentor, local leader & regional coordinator.
- Aparna Ashok ran an engaging workshop on AI Ethics, with teams reflecting on their daily usage of popular apps.
![Speakers for IxDD, 2019](../assets/volunteering-ixdd-ibm-2019/ixdd-ibm-2019-speakers.jpg)
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.](../assets/volunteering-ixdd-ibm-2019/mapping-ideas-ixdd-2019.jpeg)
You can read more about the topics covered & my reflections on this twitter thread:
Packed house for #IxDD at @IBM #Bangalore.
— Rasagy Sharma (@rasagy) September 24, 2019
Here's a short thread around exploring Trust & Responsibility from the lens of Interaction Design, covering topics our speakers covered & insights from the workshop.
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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](../assets/volunteering-ixdd-ibm-2019/organizers-ixdd-2019-ibm.jpg)