Register Now for the Michigan UXPA Kickoff, Featuring Pamela Pavliscak

With the generous support of our sponsors Vitamin T and TecEd, Pamela Pavliscak will be joining us in Ann Arbor on July 10th to help kick off our renewed Michigan chapter of UXPA. You won’t want to miss her talk on “The Emotional Life of Internet Things.” Pam asks, “what will it be like when our internet things know how we feel? Let’s invent emotional machines for the human future we want.”

Event Details

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DATE AND TIME

Mon, July 10, 2017
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT

LOCATION

North Quadrangle Residential and Academic Complex
105 South State Street
Room 2245
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

More on Pamela’s Talk

The convergence of affective technology, machine learning, and ubiquitous computing makes designing for emotion more important than ever. We’ve always had an emotional relationship with our internet things, whether we think of our phone as an extension of our self, a chatbot as a best friend, or a robot as a beloved pet. A decade from now, emotional interactions are likely to become the norm. We may not remember a time when we can’t just frown and our devices know that we’re dismayed.

So, as emotion-sensing technology is moving from an experimental phase to reality, maybe our internet things will start to understand us, picking up on social cues, responding to our moods, and cultivating emotion connection. What does it mean for how we design technology? How do we design AI that has empathy for us? In this session, we will look at where emotional AI is now and a framework for inventing an emotionally intelligent future.

Thanks to our Silver Sponsors

Vitamin T

After 30 years as an industry leader, Vitamin T (a division of Aquent) does their best work by partnering with leaders, marketing and creative teams and change-makers who see the value in working with top creative talent to enhance the work they do. They provide carefully screened creative, digital and marketing talent on a freelance and contract-to-permanent basis to top companies and agencies right here in Detroit, Michigan and around the globe. Vitamin T goes above and beyond to ensure a perfect match by making human connections with both talent and clients.

 

TecEd

UX pioneers, TecEd is all about helping you deliver products and digital experiences that work well for your target users – and if your customers are successful, you will be too. Whether it’s competitive benchmarking, user interviews, field research, or usability testing, we’ve got the techniques to help you learn what your customers need and the expertise to connect their needs and your product designs with your business objectives. Tell us your product story, then let us define and conduct the most effective user research to turn it into a best-seller!

 

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University of Michigan School of Information

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