2023-10-17 Women in STEM – Panel Discussion: UX Current Challenges and Future Trends

Hosted by CapCHI, Hala H., and Ken K. CapCHI October 2023 event image

Tonight’s topic is a panel discussion with 3 Women in STEM, local leaders in their domain in who will share their UX Current Experience (academia, consulting and inhouse), Challenges and Future Trends

DATE TIME: Tuesday October 17, 2023, 6:00-9:00 pm.

LOCATION: In-Person Event at Mulligans Golf Bar at 201 Queen St, Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1P 5C9, 3rd Floor.

COVID-19 safety measures: Event will be indoors!

REGISTRATION: (Free!) https://www.meetup.com/capchi/events/296592420/

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2021-10-19 We Are Cyborg – The Future of Implantable Tech with Tamara Banbury

Hosted by Anna Theus and CapCHI

CapCHI October 2021 event image

Pop culture assures us that cyborgs are inevitable but how might this cyborgian future begin? Will it be military tech that filters to public use like the internet, radar, or duct tape did? Will it be robotics tech that becomes medically effective such as motorized limb & joint prosthetics or eyeball cameras? Or will it be DIY grinders who build tech in their home workshops and jam it into their bodies just to see what happens? Would it surprise you to know that all 3 scenarios are happening all over the world today? What might the UX future look like when people have chip implants, video cam eyeballs, or neural antennae? What policies or regulations should be put in place before we all merge into the Borg?

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