HCID Open Day 2023: ‘Design Better'

Centre for Human-Computer Interaction Design

The HCID Open Day is a mini conference run by the Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design (HCID) at City, University of London.

City, University of London

<h2>What is it?</h2>The HCID Open Day is a mini conference run by the Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design (HCID) at City, University of London. Each year we invite in guest speakers from industry and academia to talk about UX / HCI / Interaction Design and related fields.This year’s theme is 'Design Better' and will focus on designers taking responsibility for the impact of what they are designing, countering deceptive UX, designing for inclusion and highlighting a perceived downward slide in quality of Interaction Design present in modern digital products. It will also offer an opportunity for speakers to share examples of best practices. This builds on our previous theme of 'Design for Good'. The Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design (HCID) have chosen to revisit this area as we believe it reflects the kind of work we are currently doing, and that all designers have the responsibility to Design Better.This year’s event will be on Wednesday 14th June 2023 with confirmed speakers from Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, William Joseph, Bayes Business School and Kings College London, with more being confirmed all the time! Our schedule and speaker details are available on the <a href="https://hcidopenday.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HCID2023 website</a>. This year we have two types of tickets 'General Admission Tickets' where we are charging a small fee to contribute towards catering costs and 'Student Tickets' that are free for those entering the field.<h2>Why should I go?</h2>We had around 200+ people through the doors in past years! The audience represents a variety of fields including UX, digital, design + creativity professionals with a smattering of academics and professional students. The Open Day is a great opportunity to learn, network and meet people who may be recruiting or potential recruits. Previous keynotes have been from eBay, Google, Virgin, Microsoft, and Facebook. You can see our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b7HsPUJfjQ" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HCID 2016 highlights video</a> for a feel of the day.<h2>Instructions for the day</h2>Registration opens at 10:30am at City, University of London's main reception accessed via Northampton Square with talks commencing at 11:00am. Please bring your Eventbrite ticket on the day to be scanned on arrival.Here is a run down of the rough structure of the day:<ul><li>10:30am - Registration</li><li>11:00am -Opening Keynote</li><li>12 noon - Concurrent Talks</li><li>1:00pm - Lunch and Networking</li><li>1:40pm- Concurrent Talks</li><li>3:00pm - Break and Networking</li><li>3:40pm- Concurrent Talks</li><li>4:00pm - Networking and Nibbles</li><li>5:15pm - Closing Keynotes</li><li>7:30pm - Close (Followed by Pub)</li></ul>Covid-19 ConsiderationsThis will be an in person event. We will be providing masks to any attendee that wants them and placing hand sanitiser dispensers throughout the event. Speakers and attendees will be asked not to attend if they are displaying Covid symptoms.Our sponsors for this year's event are: