TRACK 1: Algorithmic Bias
TRACK 2: Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility
TRACK 3: Customer Experience
TRACK 4: Wellness for Your Career
TRACK 1: Algorithmic Bias
11 – 11:30 a.m.
New Abilities/New Responsibilities: The Social Implications of Emerging Technologies
As we become increasingly aware of the social implications of emerging technologies, AI development offers both new abilities and new responsibilities to the designer. In this talk, we imagine an alternative process and user experience for designing AI/ML products and emerging technologies that includes and credits more voices. By pairing the social and technical at the beginning, the design tool and methodology Poieto™ acknowledges bias in every step of development. Additionally, Poieto™ challenges technical allowances to provide for priorities like privacy and consent, a nuanced data-sharing model, and attribution. Join us as we highlight and explore these new approaches and processes.
Christine Meinders, Founder, Feminist.AI, Poieto
Carey Crooks, Product, Writing & Building, Poieto
11:30 – 12 p.m.
Social Responsibility In Action: Feminist.AI Projects to Address Bias
This talk will explore how Poieto™ has been used to address issues of bias through specific examples of the methodology in action. Feminist.AI members will discuss previous projects, highlighting specific socio-technical design approaches, discuss lived experiences, and design explorations centering on biases. We’ll discuss projects currently being undertaken by our speakers to explore and address these issues, as well as ideas for future approaches.
Christine Meinders, Founder, Feminist.AI, Poieto
Ivana Coleman, Immersive Technologist, Feminist.AI
Karina Lopez, Mexican Artist & Designer
TRACK 2: Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility
11 – 11:30 a.m.
Co-creating an inclusive and accessible future
Inclusion and Accessibility. The future will be inclusive and accessible. Technology is paving a path to help further empower a world where inclusion and accessibility are at the forefront. This breakout will define inclusion and accessibility so we are using shared language, introduce Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) accessibility standards, and highlight why it’s key to co-create the end to end design of these standards with the accessibility community.
Alexia Clayborne (she, her), Director Inclusion and Accessibility (Events, Studios, and Marketing Community) Microsoft
11:30 – 12 p.m.
Language of Diversity
Understand the subtle language describing our diverse communities and the challenges they face, such as covering, allyship, identity, race and ethnicity. Hear more from iAsia Brown of Microsoft and Natalie Martin of Premier Digital as they discuss their career journies and experiences in this area.
iAsia Brown, Co-Chair, WiTH DEIAB Committee and Data & AI Specialist, Microsoft
Natalie Martin, VP Growth & Development, Premiere Digital
TRACK 3: Customer Experience
11 – 11:30 a.m.
Design for Inclusion
Moving beyond accessibility to access, considerations of diverse communities must be taken into account to improve your customer experience and provide equitable access to related contented and services. Join this panel of experts as they discuss emerging issues in Design for Inclusion.
Moderator: Bernadette Irizarry, Vice President, Product & Design – Platform Experience, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Panelists:
Kellie Hodge, Principle Design Researcher, Sutherland Labs
Eli Robinson, Head of UX , FOLX Health
11:30 – 12 p.m.
A Data-Driven Approach to Assessing Diversity in Content
Diverse representation in entertainment programming matters more than ever. Consequently, creators and distributors are seeking new tools to help answer pressing questions that impact their businesses. To what degree are different identity groups including gender, race/ethnicity and sexual orientation featured in content? How does this representation translate to the critical matter of viewership? See Halleh Kianfar, Director of Product, Gracenote/Nielsen deliver a timely presentation on new approaches to assessing diversity in content via Gracenote Inclusion Analytics and the value of related insights.
Halleh Kianfar, Director of Product Management, Gracenote/Nielsen
TRACK 4: Wellness for Your Career
11 – 12 p.m..
Nourish Your Brain Workshop
There are all kinds of injuries and issues that can cause real problems in our mental/brain health. Other things that don’t see harmful, such as food and specific behaviors, can highjack the brain and redefine health forever. Likewise, food and behaviors can restore brain and mental health forever at the same time extending lifespan. Learn what foods, superfoods and habits can make the biggest impact in nourishing your brain and improving your overall health.
Gemi Bertran, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Nourish the Brain Institute
