Rich is an Innovation Lead at Hello Future in Sweden. Previously he was design drector and co-founder of Savvy Design Collaborative. At present, Rich works with large Swedish institutions to help build and foster cultures of design-driven innovation and human-centered ways of working.
Between 2015-2018 Rich was the Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Dartmouth College’s Dickey Center. He trained African entrepreneurs in the YALI program through his course Design Driven Entrepreneurship.
He has a background in digital marketing and service design through his firm Digalicious and as partner, digital strategist and creative director at the brand agency Kelliher Samets Volk.
Rich teaches human-centered design at the Royal School of Technology (KTH) in Sweden.
He was a commentator on Vermont’s National Public Radio station (VPR) between 2009-2018 and blogged at Huffington Post. He has a B.A. from Dartmouth, an M.S. from Boston University and studied design/innovation at the California College of Arts.
Josh Tyson
Josh Tyson is the co-author of the first bestselling book about conversational AI, Age of Invisible Machines. He is also the Director of Creative Content at OneReach.ai and co-host of both the Invisible Machines and N9K podcasts. His writing has appeared in numerous publications over the years, including Chicago Reader, Fast Company, FLAUNT, The New York Times, Observer, SLAP, Stop Smiling, Thrasher, and Westword.
Andrea Pacheco
Design leader, mentor, and speaker specializing in product growth and 0-1 product development. I work on large-scale companies and I love the complexity (and the high stakes) that comes with it. Most importantly, I love the huge impact we can have on people's lives. I’m a visionary, leading worldwide projects in fast-changing environments and I like to think that I live in a world of infinite possibilities for creative impact - I prefer to see things not as they are but as they could be. I’m also passionate about finding and developing talents and supporting individual development goals.
Robb Wilson is the CEO and co-founder of OneReach.ai, a leading conversational AI platform powering over 1 billion conversations per year. He also co-authored The Wall Street Journal bestselling business book, Age of Invisible Machines. An experience design pioneer with over 20 years of experience working with artificial intelligence, Robb lives with his family in Berkeley, Calif.
Vincent Hunt
Vincent Hunt is an American Entrepreneur, Multidisciplinary Creative, Advisor and Facilitator. Since 1995 Hunt has pursued a life of creative excellence, pushing the boundaries of invention and innovation across the digital domain. Today, Hunt works at The Bureau of Creative Intelligence where he is exploring ways to help organizations navigate the intersections of the Metaverse, Web3, Artificial Intelligence (AI), learning, skills acquisition and professional development. A visionary thought leader and charismatic communicator, Hunt writes and speaks about the importance of creative intelligence, innovation, post-industrial economy leadership, and the future.
Sorab Ghaswalla
As the founder of New Age Content Services LLP, my mission is to help global tech companies elevate their online presence through top-notch content and marketing strategies. With 34 years of experience under my belt, I've transitioned from traditional journalism to digital marketing and content strategy, and authored books, white papers, etc, along the way. As a self-proclaimed tech junkie, I'm passionate about leveraging the latest technologies and trends to help my clients thrive in the digital landscape.
Jakob Nielsen
Jakob Nielsen, Ph.D., is a cofounder of Nielsen Norman Group and the founder of the discount usability movement for fast and cheap iterative design, including the heuristic evaluation and the 10 usability heuristics. He was named “the king of usability” by Internet Magazine, “the guru of Web page usability" by The New York Times, and “the next best thing to a true time machine” by USA Today. Nielsen formulated the eponymous Jakob’s Law of the Internet User Experience. Prior to starting NN/g, Dr. Nielsen was a Sun Microsystems Distinguished Engineer and a Member of Research Staff at Bell Communications Research, the branch of Bell Labs owned by the Regional Bell Operating Companies. He is the author of 8 books, including Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity, Usability Engineering, and Multimedia and Hypertext: The Internet and Beyond. Dr. Nielsen holds 79 United States patents, mainly on ways of making the Internet easier to use. Full bio: https://www.nngroup.com/
Nour Diab Yunes
Designer and entrepreneur with 10+ years of experience as a consultant in the design and tech industry, currently based in London. She founded Femmes Designers Ltd, which has grown to 15+ women since its launch in 2022. Femmes Designers is a creative community launched to inspire the next generation of makers while championing the work of artists, designers and scholars interested in how the contemporary arts and design interact with people, science and technology. Formerly, Nour worked as Service and Interaction Designer at Designit, Sapient and Fjord. Beyond project work, she is deeply passionate about the intersection between art, science and technology, where design can contribute not only aesthetically or within its field of practice, but can also contribute to various layers of daily life, such as to the evolution of behaviour practices, whether social or environmental. Instagram @femmesdesigners
Adam Fard
Adam is a senior lead UX/UI designer with more than 8 years of experience. Adam's passion for design steadily grew into his own agency, that he's currently leading.
Karri Ojanen
A design leader with over 25 years of international experience, Karri began his journey in Finland and has since lent his expertise in UX and Service Design to organizations in the Middle East, the United States, and Canada. Currently, Karri serves as a Design Coach at Sun Life, helping bridge the gap between design aspirations and practical implementation. He also instructs UX and Service Design programs at the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies.
Rich is an Innovation Lead at Hello Future in Sweden. Previously he was design drector and co-founder of Savvy Design Collaborative. At present, Rich works with large Swedish institutions to help build and foster cultures of design-driven innovation and human-centered ways of working.
Between 2015-2018 Rich was the Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Dartmouth College’s Dickey Center. He trained African entrepreneurs in the YALI program through his course Design Driven Entrepreneurship.
He has a background in digital marketing and service design through his firm Digalicious and as partner, digital strategist and creative director at the brand agency Kelliher Samets Volk.
Rich teaches human-centered design at the Royal School of Technology (KTH) in Sweden.
He was a commentator on Vermont’s National Public Radio station (VPR) between 2009-2018 and blogged at Huffington Post. He has a B.A. from Dartmouth, an M.S. from Boston University and studied design/innovation at the California College of Arts.
Vero Vanden Abeele is UX Director and co-founder of TinkerList.TV, and has been educating university students for over 20 years, on the importance of UX design and human-computer interaction at the KU Leuven.
Obsessed with UX. One of the most well-known UX experts with more than 250.000 people reading his blog “Built for Mars”.
Nate Schloesser
Nate Schloesser is a UX Design Manager at Paychex with 20 years in design and over a decade in leadership. He’s led high-impact design teams across industries — scaling systems, shaping strategy, and building environments where designers thrive. Nate is the author of Building UX, founding editor of the Paychex UX Medium publication, and a frequent writer and speaker on design leadership, career growth, and ethical impact in design.
Aydin Ozcekic is the CEO of Botmore Technology, based in London. With over 15 years of experience in AI implementation across various industries, Aydin brings a wealth of knowledge to the table. He holds both an engineering degree and an MBA, making him well-equipped to lead and manage R&D projects in the UK and Turkey.
Rich is an Innovation Lead at Hello Future in Sweden. Previously he was design drector and co-founder of Savvy Design Collaborative. At present, Rich works with large Swedish institutions to help build and foster cultures of design-driven innovation and human-centered ways of working.
Between 2015-2018 Rich was the Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Dartmouth College’s Dickey Center. He trained African entrepreneurs in the YALI program through his course Design Driven Entrepreneurship.
He has a background in digital marketing and service design through his firm Digalicious and as partner, digital strategist and creative director at the brand agency Kelliher Samets Volk.
Rich teaches human-centered design at the Royal School of Technology (KTH) in Sweden.
He was a commentator on Vermont’s National Public Radio station (VPR) between 2009-2018 and blogged at Huffington Post. He has a B.A. from Dartmouth, an M.S. from Boston University and studied design/innovation at the California College of Arts.
Joe is Head of Design for a fintech startup and a writer for UXtweak - powerful research tools for improving the usability of digital products, from prototypes to production.
Rich is an Innovation Lead at Hello Future in Sweden. Previously he was design drector and co-founder of Savvy Design Collaborative. At present, Rich works with large Swedish institutions to help build and foster cultures of design-driven innovation and human-centered ways of working.
Between 2015-2018 Rich was the Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Dartmouth College’s Dickey Center. He trained African entrepreneurs in the YALI program through his course Design Driven Entrepreneurship.
He has a background in digital marketing and service design through his firm Digalicious and as partner, digital strategist and creative director at the brand agency Kelliher Samets Volk.
Rich teaches human-centered design at the Royal School of Technology (KTH) in Sweden.
He was a commentator on Vermont’s National Public Radio station (VPR) between 2009-2018 and blogged at Huffington Post. He has a B.A. from Dartmouth, an M.S. from Boston University and studied design/innovation at the California College of Arts.
Nate Schloesser
Nate Schloesser is a UX Design Manager at Paychex with 20 years in design and over a decade in leadership. He’s led high-impact design teams across industries — scaling systems, shaping strategy, and building environments where designers thrive. Nate is the author of Building UX, founding editor of the Paychex UX Medium publication, and a frequent writer and speaker on design leadership, career growth, and ethical impact in design.
My name is Rotem Maor, and I’ve been working as a UI/UX designer for a few years now. Nowadays, in my role as a UX at Wix, I’m part of the “Premium Services” team. We are in charge of the financial relationship with our users, and our mission is to create an optimal experience and enable our users to intuitively interact with our products, by establishing a reliable & trustworthy experience. During the last year, I’ve been promoting the “Product localization” topic, to be more clear, accessible, and of more use, to UX designers internally and externally to Wix, by lecturing and writing articles about it.
Nate Schloesser
Nate Schloesser is a UX Design Manager at Paychex with 20 years in design and over a decade in leadership. He’s led high-impact design teams across industries — scaling systems, shaping strategy, and building environments where designers thrive. Nate is the author of Building UX, founding editor of the Paychex UX Medium publication, and a frequent writer and speaker on design leadership, career growth, and ethical impact in design.
Yaron Cohen
Yaron is a multilingual professional in the field of UX research and digital strategy. At work, he enjoys helping companies innovate and improve their overall user experience. Outside work he enjoys music, long walks, and photography. Take a look at his portfolio at www.yaroncohen.com.
Nate Schloesser
Nate Schloesser is a UX Design Manager at Paychex with 20 years in design and over a decade in leadership. He’s led high-impact design teams across industries — scaling systems, shaping strategy, and building environments where designers thrive. Nate is the author of Building UX, founding editor of the Paychex UX Medium publication, and a frequent writer and speaker on design leadership, career growth, and ethical impact in design.
Nate Schloesser
Nate Schloesser is a UX Design Manager at Paychex with 20 years in design and over a decade in leadership. He’s led high-impact design teams across industries — scaling systems, shaping strategy, and building environments where designers thrive. Nate is the author of Building UX, founding editor of the Paychex UX Medium publication, and a frequent writer and speaker on design leadership, career growth, and ethical impact in design.
Robb Wilson is the CEO and co-founder of OneReach.ai, a leading conversational AI platform powering over 1 billion conversations per year. He also co-authored The Wall Street Journal bestselling business book, Age of Invisible Machines. An experience design pioneer with over 20 years of experience working with artificial intelligence, Robb lives with his family in Berkeley, Calif.
As a Content Specialist at Eleken, a design agency for SaaS businesses, Maria writes articles covering UX/UI design topics. Besides work, Maria enjoys art museums, good books, and traveling with her dog.
Aydin Ozcekic is the CEO of Botmore Technology, based in London. With over 15 years of experience in AI implementation across various industries, Aydin brings a wealth of knowledge to the table. He holds both an engineering degree and an MBA, making him well-equipped to lead and manage R&D projects in the UK and Turkey.
Adam Fard
Adam is a senior lead UX/UI designer with more than 8 years of experience. Adam's passion for design steadily grew into his own agency, that he's currently leading.
Julia Anderson is a creative technologist improving how conversational AI communicates with humans. When she's not writing her next story about emerging technology or designing a new user experience, she spends her day collaborating with Bixby, Samsung's voice assistant, as a conversation designer.
Marlynn Wei, MD, JD is a Harvard and Yale-trained psychiatrist, writer, interdisciplinary artist, and author of the Harvard Medical School Guide to Yoga. Dr. Wei is an expert contributor to Psychology Today and Harvard Health and has published in The Journal of Health Law, Harvard Human Rights Journal, and many other academic journals. Her research focuses on innovation and emerging technology, including empathic design, human-AI collaboration, AI in mental health and neurotechnology, and related legal and ethical issues. She is the creator of Elixir: Digital Immortality and other immersive and interactive performances. She is a graduate of Yale Law School, Yale School of Medicine, and Harvard Medical School's MGH/McLean psychiatry residency. Twitter: @marlynnweimd Website: www.marlynnweimd.com
Rich is an Innovation Lead at Hello Future in Sweden. Previously he was design drector and co-founder of Savvy Design Collaborative. At present, Rich works with large Swedish institutions to help build and foster cultures of design-driven innovation and human-centered ways of working.
Between 2015-2018 Rich was the Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Dartmouth College’s Dickey Center. He trained African entrepreneurs in the YALI program through his course Design Driven Entrepreneurship.
He has a background in digital marketing and service design through his firm Digalicious and as partner, digital strategist and creative director at the brand agency Kelliher Samets Volk.
Rich teaches human-centered design at the Royal School of Technology (KTH) in Sweden.
He was a commentator on Vermont’s National Public Radio station (VPR) between 2009-2018 and blogged at Huffington Post. He has a B.A. from Dartmouth, an M.S. from Boston University and studied design/innovation at the California College of Arts.
Senior UX Researcher with a passion for integrating psychology to make empathetic digital experiences.
A Head of User Experience; with over seven years' experience working in user experience and engaged with a variety of sub-disciplines, such as interaction design, strategy and prototyping. Working with a huge variety of research methods in order to uncover true user and business problems to help identify where to improve current products and services. Furthering knowledge in accessibility in order to be an advocate to design products that are inclusive as well as usable.
Multilingual Conversation Designer with 20 years of experience in IT and in copywriting.
Fabian Pfortmüller is a Swiss community builder in Amsterdam. Fabian is also co-author of the Community Canvas, an open-source framework for community builders and Innovator in Residence for the Kauffman Foundation.
Emeric Kubiak is a researcher specializing in personality and Head of Science at AssessFirst.
Alexander is a psychologist and technologist, product consultant at the international IT consultancy firm Thoughtworks, and editor of the “Responsible Tech Playbook". His pioneering work on humane tech was taken over by Google and Apple, highlighted by TIME, commented on DIE ZEIT, and exhibited in the Futurium.