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In celebration of this year’s theme for World Usability Day, Design for Good or Evil, CapCHI is hosting a talk by Dr. Tracey Lauriault!
DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, November 20, 2018, 6:30 – 9:30 pm; doors open a 6:00 pm.
LOCATION: The Clubhouse – Mulligan’s Golf Bar, 201 Queen Street, 3rd Floor, Ottawa, ON K1P 5C9.
REGISTRATION: (Free!) We request that you pre-register via Eventbrite, but it is not required to attend… https://www.eventbrite.com/e/capchi-event-design-for-good-and-evil-world-usability-day-2018-tickets-51732196392
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Design for Good or Evil
Understanding the impact that technology is having on our lives, for better or worse, is an extremely broad topic. It ranges from the usability of a seemingly simple feature like a gear shift in your car that might impact your life to much larger societal issues from social media design that have been in the news lately.
As researchers, designers and developers we play a pivotal role in determining the good and evil of design.
Our speaker this month is Dr. Tracey Lauriault, Assistant Prof for Critical Media Studies and Big Data, Communication and Media Studies, School of Journalism and Communications, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Tracey was a panelist at the recent IoT613 conference session on the social impact of the Internet of Things. She works in the new field of Critical Data Studies and research projects on Open Smart Cities that address ethical principles that are starting to appear in smart city plans. She is also actively engaged in public policy research as it pertains to data and their related infrastructures.
For this month’s event, Tracey will share some of her findings and insights in this area from her work on topics like Open Smart Cities and the Programmable City on the Good and Evil of design. We’ll then open up discussions and comments from a few noted local members of the design community and the audience.
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