PRESENTATIONS

See also Training and Teaching including Recommendations from participants at Presentations, Workshops, and Courses.

  • EX Enterprise Experience 2019 Conference, invited Storyteller. San Francisco, June 2019. VIDEO [06:00]
  • Ontario Tech University, UOIT, “Future of Technology with a Conscience Symposium – Human Computer Interaction” Panel, invited panelist, Oshawa, May 2019.
  • TorCHI.org World Usability Day 2018, “Design for Good or Evil,” Toronto, Nov 2018. VIDEO [24:04]
  • ELEVATE PRODUCT Conference, Sept 2018. “Secrets of Great UX: Keyhole Impact for Better Product Experiences,” VIDEO [18:46]
  • Architech Research Days, “UX Design Thinking & UX Research” presentation & workshop for software and UX teams, Toronto, Sept 2018.
  • CIBC Digital Strategy & Innovation, UX Research Training Workshops, 2017 – 2018.
  • IBM Studios Canada Design Summit, “Design Thinking in Industry,” invited panelist, Markham, Oct 2017.
  • GI’17 Graphic Interface Conference, Invited Keynote, User Experience Training – HCI Curriculum & Business Needs, Edmonton, May 2017.
  • Rogers Communications, UX Research Insights presentations, Toronto, 2015 – 2016.
  • Momentum Digital Solutions, UX Thinking presentation, invited speaker, Toronto, February 2016.
  • AMEX Women in Technology, Invited speaker at AMEX’s WIT event, Toronto, March 2015.
  • FITC Spotlight, March 2015, Invited speaker at FITC.ca’s Toronto Spotlight UX/UI event Presentation.
  • UX Thursday Toronto, 2014, UIE.com User Interface Engineering’s event, invited speaker Presentation.
  • CIBC World Usability Day, “Beyond User Experience,” Invited Keynote Presentation, Toronto, June 2014.
  • NSpire Conference, “Experiencing User Experience,” invited Keynote, Toronto, March 2014.
  • OCADU Digital Futures, TALKxTALK, “Beyond User Experience – Keyhole Impact,”  March 2014.
  • Mobile Experience Innovation Centre, Mobile Accelerator Project, User Experience Design and Paper Prototyping, February 2013.
  • CIBC, eChannels Development Team, Lunch & Learn, January 2013, User Experience & Prototyping Workshop
  • Mobile Developers and Designers of Toronto (MDOT), “User Experience a Historical Context,” Toronto, November 2012.
  • Metrolinx, “How to Maximize the User Experience and Usability of Transit Systems,” invited speaker, Lunch & Learn, Toronto, June 2012.
  • UPA 2011, Co-Chair, International Student Design Competition, Atlanta, June 2011.
  • SMART – Sustainable Mobility & Accessibility Research & Transportation Centre, U.of Michigan, Transforming Transportation: Economies & Communities Summit,  “Transit Usability, Removing the Barriers,” Detroit, Apr 2011.
  • Los Angeles MTA, “Usability of Public Transit Systems & Hubs,” Training Sessions, Los Angeles CA, July 2010.
  • UPA 2010, Co-Chair, International Student Design Competition, May 2010, Munich, Germany
  • New Mobility Conference by SMART – Sustainable Mobility & Accessibility Research & Transportation, Center for Advancing Research & Solutions for Society, Ann Arbor MI, November 2009.
  • UPA 2009, Co-Chair, International Student Design Competition, May 2009, Portland, OR
  • DOC Toronto: Paper Prototyping & Testing Workshop, Toronto Documentary Filmmakers, 2009.
  • Ryerson University, Digital Media: User Experience Design Workshop, Toronto 2009.
  • NextMedia Conference 2008, Paper Prototyping Workshop, Toronto 2008.
  • SMART Conference – Sustainable Mobility & Accessibility Research & Transportation, Center for Advancing Research & Solutions for Society, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, June 2008.
  • CHI 2008, Co-Chair, Student Design Competition, April 2008, Florence, Italy
  • World Usability Day 2007, Presentation of Medical Office Ethnographic Research, Toronto 2007
  • CHI 2007, Co-Chair, Student Design Competition, April 2007, San Jose, CA
  • CHI 2007, Presentation altCHI Usability Lab in a Public Science Museum, April 2007 San Jose, CA
  • World Usability Day 2006, Presentation of “Into-IT Project,” Toronto 2006.
  • IBM Centre for Advanced Studies Conference, CASCON, Student Design Project Posters, 2005.
  • TorCHI.org meeting, Panel presentation “Homerun Usability Projects,” November 2004.
  • IBM’s Centre for Advanced Studies Conference, CASCON, Panel Future of Canadian HCI, 2002.
  • Usability Professionals Association, presentation “Usability Case Study,” April 2002.
  • DigitalEveToronto.com, “Designing the User Experiences,” February 2002.
  • TorCHI.org, “User Experience in DSL self-installations,” January 2002.
  • IBM Conference, Bridging the Digital Divide For Work and Play, November 2001.
  • DigitalEveToronto.com, Career Reboot 2001, “Using Usability” panel, September 2001.
  • Bell H@bitat at the Canadian Film Centre, Interactive Entertainment Think Tank, May 2001.
  • Nortel Networks, Show & Tell “Improving the User Experience,” Ottawa, November 2000.
  • CITO/TRIO Tech Talk, “User Interface Technologies”, Ottawa, November 2000.
  • IBM’s CASCON Educational Conference, Toronto, November 1999.
  • Networks of Innovative Schools, Montreal, November 1999.
  • TVO’s New Media Student Awards – Judge and Presenter, October 1999.
  • Kodak’s Invitational Researchers Retreat, Rochester, May 1999
  • CHI’99 Conference in Computer-Human Interaction, Pittsburgh, May 1999
  • New Media Exposition and Conference, Toronto, June 1999.
  • Java One, San Francisco, June 1999.
  • MacWorld Conference and Expo, New York, July 1999.
  • Classroom of the Future Workshop, OASBO-ITSC, Toronto, February 1999.
  • MacWorld Conference and Expo, San Francisco, January 1999.
  • TeleLearning National Centres of Excellence Conference, Vancouver, November 1998.
  • ECOO Educational Computing Organization of Ontario, Toronto, May 1998.
  • SchoolTech Conference, New York, April 1998.
  • CSCL’97 – Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, Toronto, 1997.
  • TeleLearning National Centres of Excellence Meeting, Montreal1996 & Toronto, 1997.
  • AERA American Educational Researchers Association Meeting, Chicago, 1997.