Southeast Region Preliminary Program

Preliminary Program
Time Session
8:00 a.m.

Local Opening Keynote
Joel Mumma, Research Director of the Healthcare Human Factors Lab and Human Factors Engineer at Emory Healthcare, about better disease prevention by adherence to better healthcare practices
9:00 a.m.

Local Human Factors Lectures:

  • Sudden Hedge, Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering, Clemson University, on quantitively measuring system resilience; 
  • Theresa Kessler, Senior Research Scientist, GA Tech Research Institute, on the meaning and use of trust in AI; &
  • Annie Philip, VP, Product Design & Experience, LPL Financial, tentatively on the limited application of Agile to usability in product development
10:00 a.m.

Local Industrial Design Lectures:

  • Craig Steele, Professor of Industrial Design at SCAD Atlanta, on sustainability in design; &
  • Roger Ball, Professor of Industrial Design at GA Tech, on the importance of cultural differences in design
11:00 a.m. National Opening Keynote Presentation
Deborah Boehm-Davis, Professor Emeritus, George Mason University
Wayne Gray, Professor of Cognitive Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
12:00 p.m. Networking Lunch
1:00 p.m. National Panel on AI Tooling
2:00 p.m. Networking and Poster Break
2:30 p.m. Local Panel on Voice of the Customer and User Requirements Gathering with Nathan Klein, Senior User Experience Researcher, State Farm and tentatively representatives from Chik-fil-A, Guidewire Software, and EVOLVE
3:30 p.m. Networking and Poster Break
4:00 p.m Local Closing Keynote:
Quintin Williams, Professor at SCAD Atlanta & Founder of CREATIVE ASTRONAUT, on a novel design process in making custom sneakers
5:00 p.m Breakout Reception coordinated by student groups

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