UX Crunch London - Connecting The World Through IOT

Connecting The World Through IOT We're exploring a more connected world this month, discussing how smart devices are transforming our homes, healthcare and the cities around us in the ever changing world of smart devices. How do we design products and services for the Internet of Things which deliver a more human experience. It's not a 'Back to the Future' marathon, it's happening right now. We're designing a more connected world and inviting you to join the discussion! We'll be joined by: Avril O'Neil - Co-founder & Creative Director @ Ding Products Tim Daines - UX & Service Designer (Previously) Cambrige Consultants Priya Prakash - Founder @ D4SC (Design for Social Change) Panellist - Alberta Soranzo - E2E Service Design Directo @ Lloyds Banking Group --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TICKET ONLY EVENT To attend our events, we require you to buy an advanced ticket – Please make sure you purchased a ticket to secure your place! Price includes entry to the event, plus drinks (Beers, Wines, Soft Drinks) and food!! Important please note - tickets are NON-REFUNDABLE, so please do not purchase a ticket if you are unable to come as we have limited seating and must purchase the correct amount of food and drink. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE DIGITAL SHOWCASE We are revolutionising the way in which Digital Creatives network and improve their knowledge of the field. We host a range of monthly event’s in collaboration with leading companies in the UK, showcasing case studies and knowledge. Each event is totally different, and collaboration is the key to our success. We are always looking for new partners, so please get in touch for more information on how to get involved. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OUR PARTNERS Become: Become are a global recruitment agency specialising in all things digital and creative. With expert teams in London, Manchester, Sydney, Melbourne and Hong Kong, they have been established as a business in this sector for over 20 years and have seen the impact of the digital revolution on their clients, spanning all vertical markets.  Whether you are actively looking for your next position, want insights into the market trends they are seeing, or just general career advice, reach out directly now to speak with Jamie or Emily! Usabilla: The digital landscape can be overwhelming. Unpredictable, ever-changing, and advancing faster than ever. So, how can you make sure your company stays ahead? Usabilla decided to come up with a solution! The idea was simple. Empower organizations to become truly customer-centric by listening to what consumers need. How? By collecting targeted, contextual feedback. Usabilla believes that by knowing exactly what customers value, you can build digital platforms that not only drive results but outlast change. Join them and put your customers at the heart of your digital strategy. Find out more on their website. We Work: WeWork are a global network of workspaces where companies and people grow together. They transform buildings into dynamic environments for creativity, focus, and connection. If you like the space we're hosted in, be sure to reach out to the We Work team to explore their co-working options --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE EVENT Tuesday 17th April 2018 @ The Pentagon, 48 Chiswell St, London EC1Y 4XX The internet of things is driven by the idea that our dependance on screens is not the concluding form in human's connection with the world around us. It suggests that by using sensors and building an infrastructure around us, practically any object can be networked. As experience designers it is our duty to ensure that the human needs are at the core of the design process. If a product doesn't solve a real human need, what's the point of fancy connected technology? In this event we are asking what realistically need to be connected. We will be speaking with designers working on the cutting edge of IOT, leveraging the technology to offer more connected homes, intelligent reactive medical devices and smarter cities. Join us to explore how by utilising this technology, we are able to bring humans and computers closer than ever before, to design seamless experiences which will transform how we interact with the world around us forever.  Check out the speakers below. With space for 150, we would like to invite you straight from work. With doors opening at the earlier time of 6pm, introductions starting at 6.20 and talks starting at 6.30pm, please aim to arrive on time! We've got some great talks lined up, offering excellent case studies too, so please book now to avoid disappointment. Hiring managers are welcome, and if you are interested in hosting or sponsoring an event with us (and would like to get a taste of what we do), please get in touch with Myles McMorrow and we can hold you a ticket! Tweet the event @TheUXCrunch and let’s get the ball rolling! We look forward to seeing you soon!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------AGENDA 6.00pm - 6.20pm: Registration, Drinks and Networking 6.20pm - 6.30pm - Introductions 6.30pm – 7.30pm: Intro and Talks 1 & 2 7.30pm - 7.40pm - Short Break 7.40pm - 8.40pm: Talk 3 and Panel Discussion/Q&A 8.40pm: Pizza & Networking before leaving. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Avril O'Neil - Co-founder & Creative Director @ Ding Products The Smart (Enough) Home As a company creating smart products, we are part of the current smart-home boom. Ding’s aim is to make objects that respond to a real user need or desire, and not gadgets driven by the capabilities of technology.  When is a smart product smart enough for the user? Avril has worked in the creative industry since 2008, and focuses on the combination of design and technology and how this can be applied to products, installations and education. Avril specialises in concept generation, design, development and agricultural research. Avril has previously worked with clients including Arup, Folk, Samsung, ITV and The National Maritime Museum. Since graduating from Goldsmiths University, Avril has worked as a designer with Kin (kin-design.com) for several years, before starting her own design consultancy ONN Studio (onnstudio.com) with her partner John Nussey. Most recently Avril and John have launched their smart homes company Ding (dingproducts.com) which concentrates on making subtle objects that are smart enough to make your life easy but always blend with the home. Their first product to market is the Ding Smart Doorbell.  Tim Daines - UX and Service Designer (previously) @ Cambrige Consultants Smart Health: User Experience for ubiquitous digital health design Healthcare innovation is messy. It is not what people are natural at doing in well structured disciplines, and requires working with people who already live in a healthcare system. Whilst the heralding of being able to make healthcare more intelligent through the use of Internet of Things, how is user experience design affected when you are no longer just designing for rectanglar screens? Tim will present on the challenges faced with designing connected drug delivery systems in healthcare, where frictionless experiences to improve the management of diseases for patients and stakeholders are the benchmark for success. Tim’s career into connected things (before it became the Internet of Things) began in 1999, where he worked with connected industrial printers to automate cosmetic package printing for Procter and Gamble. Over the next 10 years Tim developed and deployed various network services to support the operations of housing associations, banks and global brands, as well as take time out to teach students and share his experiences of the real-world. As of 2015, Tim has come full circle back to his connected device roots, delivering IoT UX and Service Design work for global, blue chip and startup organisations in the following areas - education, ecommerce, government, medtech, telecomms and energy organisations. Tim has also contributed to a number of publications, presented talks and workshops to aspiring designers at City University, UX Cambridge 2017, Mobile UX London 2017, and won a British Media (2016) and two iF Design (2018) awards. In Tim’s own time, he mentors others at hackathons about how human behaviour informs the design of connected systems. He is an avid traveller and makes the time to travel to various continents, where he forfils his passion for photography and storytelling. Priya Prakash - Founder @ D4SC (Design for Social Change) People + iOT = Smarter Cities that work and “do no evil” The smart city iOT landscape is littered with ambitious technology pilots/services, which have either failed to take off, not had sustainable business models, lack data ethics and are coupled with low user adoption as the experience sucks. Many are iOT based data driven solutions which lack real engagement with the people who will be using these services and do not successfully address the trust and privacy concerns which lead to a vicious low adoption cycle. This leads to low awareness and results in loss of impact, funding, revenue and political backing. But most importantly, fulfilling a real human need. The business case for doing it right leads to better adoption and a rollout of new iOT services which are actually scalable and result in recurring revenue. This talk explores the what, how and why of co-creating ethical, data driven IOT services, with people at their core for a more human future and not just 'traditional' smart cities. Priya Prakash is a designer at and founder of London based award-winning D4SC - Design for Social Change Ltd -The applied urban innovation studio, which develops collaborative products and services combining human and machine intelligence to co-create smarter cities with people.  Changify #SmarterStreets D4SC’s intelligent people-powered decision making platform to improve public infrastructure got awarded by Innovate UK to pilot in Plymouth with Amey Ferrovial. It resulted in reducing average road inspection costs by 22%, increasing citizen satisfaction and contractor responsiveness by 19.8% and is being scaled across UK and Asia. Prakash is on ‘Tech City Insider 100’, IBM’s People for Smarter Cities and featured in FT, Sunday Times, BBC, Wired, Guardian and the Queen’s 2017 Honours list for award winning work in Chinese smart cities using data to improve public safety.  Prior to D4SC, Priya was Head of Mobile Phone User Experience at Nokia where she led the global design team to launch affordable smart phones - Nokia Asha in 144 countries. At BBC, she was lead-designer and co-inventor of iPlayer with joint patents.