Design Thinking 2020 | IQPC | 9 September 2020 | Virtual Event

As the #1 Event for Design, CX, and UX professionals, be a part of Design Thinking 2020 and get excited for four jam-packed days filled with hands-on learning workshops, site tours, and keynote presentations led by innovative design thinkers from all industries.

This introduction to Design Thinking provides a crash course on the design thinking mindset, from the fundamentals of human-centered design to design thinking mindset in practice. Beyond just the step-by-step methodology, take this opportunity to live human-centered design with the opportunity to address real case challenges and conduct primary research through interaction with Austin’s lively downtown scene.

2020 Speakers

Jason Bagley
Unit Manager of Clinical Operations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas

McKaye Black
Senior Design & Business Innovation Strategy Consultant, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas

Vijay Chakravarthy
Senior Service Designer, Philips

Jose de Francisco Lopez
Chief Designer, Nokia

Jessica DeMartini
Customer Experience Strategy Consultant, Wells Fargo

Matt Dudley
Senior Program Director, Luma Institute

Mindy Duong
VP, Web Design and UX Development, East West Bank

Ruth Frank
VP, Client & User Experience, Pitney Bowes

Meriah Garrett
Chief Design Officer, USAA

Suzanne Howard
CEO, IDEO U

Winston Ibrahim
CEO, Hydros

Shawn Johnson
Group VP Product & Design, Discovery Inc.

Dan Kraemer
Founder & Chief Design Officer, IA Collaborative

Nicole Licciardi
Global Design Thinking Senior Manager, Mars

Ben Little
VP, Head of Venture Strategy, Siemens Healthineers

John Maeda
EVP Chief Experience Officer, Publicis Sapient

Shawn Nason
CEO & Chief Disruptor, MOFI

Bill Nottingham
VP of Growth, Nottingham Spirk

Chris Pacione
Chief Executive Officer, LUMA Institute

Dawn Riordan
Sr. Director of Marketing, IDEO U

Brian Roderman
President and Chief Innovation Officer, IN2 Innovation

Tarang Sethia
Chief Digital Officer, 7-Eleven

Brian Shyu
Sr. Manager, UX Design and Development, Eaton

Caitlin Silverstein
Group Program Director, LUMA Institute

Nitasha Singh
VP Product Management & Design, The Clorox Company

Mariano Suarez-Battan
CEO, MURAL

Huma Wadood
Senior Initiative Designer, Blue Cross Blue Shield

Iris Ware Dr.
Chief Learning Officer, City of Detroit

Vanessa Weathers
Former Director of Experience Architecture & Agile Execution, Optum

Andrew Webster
VP of Transformation, ExperiencePoint

George White
Chief Innovation Officer, Cantina

KC Wolff-Ingham
SVP, Director of Commercial Design & Service design, Truist

John Yesko
Head of Digital User Experience & Service Design, Walgreens

Advisory Board:

Michael Brown
Former Chief Design Officer, Dick's Sporting Goods

Jose De Francisco Lopez
Chief Designer, Nokia

Shawn Johnson
Group VP Product & Design, Discovery Inc.

David Schell
VP, Global Experience and Design, Pearson

Shawn Nason
CEO & Chief Ecosystem Disruptor, MOFI

Bryan Taylor
Founder and Creative Director, Drawn

Laura Hahn
Head of Design, Priceline.com

Andrew Ohm
Senior Manager, Global Whitespace Innovation, Starbucks

Brian Roderman
President, Chief Innovation Officer, IN2 Innovation

Robin Beers PhD
SVP Customer Insights, Wells Fargo

Bryan Jacquot
Chief Design Officer, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

Andy Vitale
Head of User Experience Design, SunTrust

Hasan Elkomey
Chairman, Head of Design Thinking, Rutgers University

Mariano Suarez-Battan
Chief Executive Officer, MURAL

Jarrod Joplin
SVP, Experience Design, Bank of America

Yauri Delancour
Design Lead & Experience Design Practice Founding Team Member, Fannie Mae

2020 Sponsors

• CANTINA
• CAHAT CREATIVE
• CISCO
• Drawn
• ExperiencePoint
• IA Collaborative
• IBM
• IDEO
• IN2 INNOVATION
• LUMA INSTITUTE
• mad*pow
• MOFI
• MURAL
• mutualmobile
• NOTTINGHAM SPIRK
• Praxent
• STONEHILL