MEX Speakers - 2/3 December 2009

Kristoffer Aberg, Head of Interaction Architecture, Creative Design Centre, Sony Ericsson Bio The coming years will see an exponential development in open innovation and ubiquitous computing. Any brand that wants to facilitate experiences in that world needs to continuously challenge and rethink its understanding of interface, input, consistency and design language, across formerly perceived divides of analog and digital. As Head of Interaction Architecture at Sony Ericsson I lead a team directing, inspiring, creating, and integrating the interaction design language across the Sony Ericsson portfolio. This work involves balancing design based on the forces of consumer value, brand experience, and open innovation, a task which will only become more challenging as design becomes more multi-media, multi-platform, multi-disciplinary. Related to this topic, in this talk I want to share my thoughts on our exploration of some important problems ahead of us. Read about Kristoffer's session on the MEX agenda Link >> Web sonyericsson.com >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Kristoffer Aberg Head of Interaction Architecture, Creative Design Centre Sony Ericsson

Willem Boijens, Marketing, innovation & design executive, Vodafone Bio Design thought leader with 20+ years of experience in local and global, profit and non-profit environments. He spent the last 10 years of his career working at Vodafone. Previously having worked in the area of sustainable energy and starting off owning his own company. Progressive at heart, thriving on pushing boundaries and continuously looking for ways to inspire through value dynamics and visionary design statements. Working with futurologists, cool hunters, future experience architects, (design) hackers, progressive marketers and strategic designers. Holding a industry shaping portfolio that ideates and designs innovative product experiences that truly change the customer conversation across the globe, leveraging the diverse creativity of his team and providing a platform to excel. Read about Willem's session on the MEX agenda Link >> Web vodafone.com >> Twitter twitter.com/willemjhboijens >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Willem Boijens Marketing, innovation & design executive Vodafone

Giles Colborne, Managing Director, cxpartners Bio Giles Colborne, MD at cxpartners has been working in human-computer interaction for sixteen years at Euro RSCG Circle, British Aerospace and Institute of Physics Publishing. He worked on some of the world's first commercial websites for Institute of Physics Publishing in 1994. He has conducted usability studies in every continent except Antarctica - from Russia, China, Australia, and the US to France, Ireland and the UK. His clients include Peugeot, Marriott and Nokia. Giles was President of the UK Usability Professionals Association from 2003 - 2007. He writes on usability issues and is a frequent speaker at conferences around the world. He sits on the editorial board for IST45 - the forthcoming accessibility standard from the British Standards Institute and was an editorial board member for PAS 78, the BSI's accessibility guidance for web site owners. Read about Giles's session on the MEX agenda Link >> Web cxpartners.com >> Twitter twitter.com/gilescolborne >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Giles Colborne Managing Director cxpartners

Eva Ferrari, Researcher, Goldsmiths University Bio Eva's research interests are focused on Social Communication and New Technologies, developed in 2006/2007 at the Human Technology LAB, at the Department of General Psychology at the University of Padova. Through her dissertation thesis (M.Sc) on the application of Social Marketing in Service and Professional Industries she developed her interest in studying users' needs and experiences from media. She used an exploratory and ethnographic approach to study the use of new technologies by people in their social and physical contexts. Eva is a Research Associate at the Psychology Department at Goldsmiths, University of London, focusing on studies on the ease of use and accessibility of consumer media products and services, as well as psychological evaluation of advanced media. Read about Eva's session on the MEX agenda Link >> Web www.gold.ac.uk >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Eva Ferrari Researcher Goldsmiths University

Dr Jane Lessiter, Senior Research Psychologist, Goldsmiths University Bio Dr Jane Lessiter (B.Sc., Ph.D., both in Psychology) has worked through Goldsmiths and i2 media research on media related projects for over 10 years. She is currently Senior Research Psychologist and has worked across commercial, industrial and academic research. Her research interests broadly focus on the relationship between people and media products and services (including digital television and DAB, broadband, mobile telephony, and gaming). She has explored areas such as product design (for ease of use and accessibility), and adoption and use of digital media (for instance, hurdles and barriers for different types of people). In her role at i2 media, she has been involved in extensive research on digital television switchover for clients such as Ofcom, Digital UK, and the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (now Department for Business Innovation and Skills). She also has an interest in immersive media and was centrally involved in the development of the ITC-Sense of Presence Inventory, which is in use in over 200 labs worldwide. Read about Dr Jane's session on the MEX agenda Link >> Web www.gold.ac.uk >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Dr Jane Lessiter Senior Research Psychologist Goldsmiths University

Lindsey Green, Founder, FRANKLY + GREEN Bio Museums have always provided a place of creativity and learning, as computing and technology have become more ubiquitous in everyday life museums have changed the design of their experiences to reflect this. I work with museums and commercial companies to spot new opportunities for developing these experience and find new ways of working. Over the past 10 years, I have used my education in digital arts and interaction design to combine my interests in areas of creativity, learning and technology. Since 2006 I have worked with organisations such as Tate, The National Gallery, Historic Royal Palaces and National Palace Museum, Taipei to develop, implement and integrate strategies for using mobile devices in museums. My personal research is in gaming and mobile app development in the cultural heritage sector. Read about Lindsey's session on the MEX agenda Link >> Web www.franklyandgreen.com >> Twitter twitter.com/lindsey_green >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Lindsey Green Founder FRANKLY + GREEN

Harm-Willem Hogenbirk, Managing Partner, Pilotfish Bio Born in 1965 in Aalten, the Netherlands. Studied industrial design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Arts in Amsterdam. Concluded his bachelor studies with honours in 1994 with the Spinto wheelchair and a concept study for a personal digital assistant (Cum Laude). During the general assembly of 1994 at the Esag in Paris, a jury of experts from the AIAS member schools awarded the prize of Honour to Harm-Willem Hogenbirk for Design (with the Spinto Wheel Chair). After his studies Harm-Willem Hogenbirk started his professional career at Well Design in the Netherlands. As a senior designer he created a number of award winning designs (GIO, red dot, iF, IDEA). In 2000 Harm-Willem Hogenbirk and Marc Nagel co-founded Pilotfish, a progressive design and innovation agency based in Munich, Amsterdam, and Taipei specialising in the 3C business field (Consumer Electronics, Computing and Communication). An experienced and passionate senior designer with a strong predilection for electronic products, Harm-Willem Hogenbirk has been vital in shaping Pilotfish into a sought-after design and innovation partner for manufacturers of electronic products. Apart from leading Pilotfish, he is invited to give lectures for the likes of Informa, TAITRA and Cambridge Handset Alliance Group. Web pilotfish.eu >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Harm-Willem Hogenbirk Managing Partner Pilotfish

Guillaume Largillier, Chairman, Chief Strategy Officer, Stantum / Jazzmutant Bio Stantum (www.stantum.com) has been the pioneering company in multi-touch technology since 2002, and in 2005 was the first company to market commercial products using a truly reliable multi-touch user interface. Today, Stantum's patented and breakthrough multi-touch technology portfolio is available under license of IP bricks and associated engineering and design services. Stantum's headquarters are in France, with subsidiary offices in Japan, California and Taiwan. Guillaume Largillier has seven years experience in entrepreneurship, being one of the original founders of Stantum and Jazzmutant (www.jazzmutant.com). He has a broad knowledge of Human-Machine Interface technologies with a strong expertise in multi-modal user interfaces. Guillaume has taken part in many major conferences (Siggraph, SID, Microsoft Display Summit). Read about Guillaume's session on the MEX agenda Link >> Web stantum.com >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Guillaume Largillier Chairman, Chief Strategy Officer Stantum / Jazzmutant

Gareth Williams, Artist, Promotions and Content Manager, Stantum / Jazzmutant Bio Gareth Williams has been both a long-term user of Stantum's technology in the form of the Jazzmutant Lemur, and in recent years has also worked for the Jazzmutant division, contributing to its marketing and development. He has given many seminars using the technology and also uses it in his performances and productions as a professional musician. Read about Gareth's session on the MEX agenda Link >> Web jazzmutant.com >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Gareth Williams Artist, Promotions and Content Manager Stantum / Jazzmutant

Norbert Metzner, Research Director, MEX Bio Norbert is the driving force behind the research and agenda for the MEX conference. His previous leadership roles at Vodafone, T-Mobile, Option Wireless and, more recently, as principal of his own consulting practice provide in-depth knowledge of digital industry and mobile user experience. Web pmn.co.uk/mex/ >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Norbert Metzner Research Director MEX

Jerome Nadel, Senior Vice President of User Experience, Sagem Wireless Bio With professional credentials that encompass not only human factors and usability, but also international business strategy and marketing, Jerome is uniquely positioned as a leading expert on strategic usability and user experience. He is a frequent keynote speaker on user experience design at conferences, corporations and universities around the world. Jerome is currently Senior Vice President of User Experience at Sagem Wireless, bringing innovative user-centric mobile devices to market. Following a series of research fellowships while working on a Ph.D. in applied experimental psychology, Jerome began his career at the IBM Human Factors Lab. Following his work at IBM, he held a variety of job titles reflecting increased responsibility at Unisys, including Co-Manager of the Corporate Human Factors Group. After his tenure at Unisys, Jerome became Worldwide Vice President of Marketing for a multi-national technology start-up, where he supported an acquisition by another international technology leader, Gemplus, ultimately serving as Vice President of Marketing there. His key mandate, and success, was driving technology partnerships and promoting usability of mobile data services. Coming back to his passion, Jerome joined Human Factors International as Chief Experience Officer, where he helped transform the firm's core usability services into business-oriented user experience strategy and design. Read about Jerome's session on the MEX agenda Link >> Web sagemwireless.com >> Twitter twitter.com/jeromenadel >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Jerome Nadel Senior Vice President of User Experience Sagem Wireless

Marek Pawlowski, Founder, MEX Bio Marek leads the development of the MEX conferences and research services for PMN. Since founding PMN in 1995, Marek has focused the company's activities on helping the mobile telecoms industry to improve its understanding of customers and translate that understanding into better user experience and increased profitability. In addition to his extensive research portfolio for PMN, he is widely published in print and digital media, a frequent speaker at international conferences and provides commentary for leading broadcast channels such as the BBC and CNN. Web pmn.co.uk/mex/ >> Twitter twitter.com/marekpawlowski >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Marek Pawlowski Founder MEX

Mark Payton, Online Editorial Director, Haymarket Consumer Media Bio Mark Payton studied journalism at the London College of Printing in the late 80s, before cutting his teeth for two years as a reporter with a local London newspaper. Mark has edited in just about every specialist magazine market, including photography, motoring, music, caravanning and even personal finance. He edited Haymarket's two flagship buyer's guides - WhatCar? and What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision - during the mid-90s, then took on Stuff when Haymarket bought the title from Dennis in 2000. Mark become Digital Editorial Director of Haymarket Consumer in 2006, with responsibility for the editorial quality of company's growing portfolio of websites. Mark lives in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey, and can bore for England on the subject of gadgets, magazine data tables and analytics. Read about Mark's session on the MEX agenda Link >> Web haymarket.com >> Twitter twitter.com/markyp >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Mark Payton Online Editorial Director Haymarket Consumer Media

Jo Rabin, CTO, dotMobi Bio Jo Rabin is CTO at dotMobi, is co-chair of the W3C Mobile Web Best Practices working group and one of the organisers of MobileMonday London. Jo was CTO at Flirtomatic and before that was CTO of Reuters Mobile. He was responsible for the development of Reuters Foreign Exchange Dealing system and helped start the UK's first electronic mail system, Telecom Gold. He is editor of and contributor to numerous W3C Mobile Web Recommendations including the Mobile Web Best Practices, mobileOK Tests and Content Transformation Guidelines. Web mtld.mobi >> Twitter twitter.com/jorabin >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Jo Rabin CTO dotMobi

Oded Ran, Head of Mobile Services, Microsoft UK Bio Oded leads the marketing, partnering and new business generation for Microsoft’s Mobile Services group in the UK. He is responsible for growing Windows Live Hotmail, the UK’s number one mobile email product and Windows Live Messenger, the UK’s number one mobile instant messaging product. Previously, he was Head of Product Development with Retailx, a global leader in retail software solutions and was responsible for developing their B2B mobile solutions suite. Oded has 10 years broad experience launching internet and mobile products and driving business growth across three continents. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School, Boston (magna cum laude) and a BA from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem (magna cum laude). When not working or travelling around the globe, he spends his days in the South-East with his wife and their 14 year-old cat. Read about Oded's session on the MEX agenda Link >> Web microsoft.com >> Twitter twitter.com/odedran >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Oded Ran Head of Mobile Services Microsoft UK

Bryan Rieger, Designer, Yiibu Bio Bryan is a designer, writer and reluctant developer with a background originating in theatre design and classical animation. Over his career he's worked across various media, including print, broadcast, the web and more recently mobile for clients such as Apple, Microsoft, Nokia and Symbian. Bryan found his passion for all things mobile while on sabbatical in South East Asia watching people do simply amazing - and unexpected things - with their personal devices. In 2008, with his partner Stephanie he founded Yiibu - a boutique design studio located in London, UK to service a few special clients around the world. Most days he can be found designing and prototyping experiences for a variety of consumer products and services, but every once in a while Bryan can also be found organising a Mobile Design UK event somewhere around London. Read about Bryan's session on the MEX agenda Link >> Web yiibu.com >> Twitter twitter.com/bryanrieger >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Bryan Rieger Designer Yiibu

Dr Chris Roast, Reader, Sheffield University Bio Dr Chris Roast (BSc, MA) has been an active researcher in Human-Computer Interaction for over 15 years. His initial interest in the area was motivated by how examples of poor interface design seemed to suggest that general design rules were being broken. Work in this area developed into examining how to work with design rules that were not necessary, precise, consistent or coherent. His applied research experience includes highly interdisciplinary work and has included work in Fine Art, English Literature, Assistive Technology, Industrial Design, Simulation in Education and Human-Robot Interaction. An interest in ensuring that interaction design research is applicable and relevant to industry has lead to working closely with industry, and also an interest in innovation in user interface design. Most recent work in this area has involved working on efficient and practical methods to evaluation mobile browser services with Openwave. Chris is a Reader in HCI and is currently Knowledge Transfer Leader for the Culture Communication and Computing Research Institute within Sheffield Hallam University. He has headed the Communication and Computing Research Centre and worked extensively with the BCS HCI Group, he reviews for several international conferences and journals. Read about Dr Chris's session on the MEX agenda Link >> Web www.shu.ac.uk/research/c3ri/ >> Twitter twitter.com/chrisroast >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Dr Chris Roast Reader Sheffield University

Sofia Svanteson, CEO, Ocean Observations Bio Sofia discovered her passion for mobile phone design while in Tokyo in 1999 with her then classmates from the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology. Fascinated by a constant interactivity between people and devices, in a city where the sky had the colour of television, she wrote her master thesis “Particular Challenges in Designing for Baby Faces”. Since then she has stayed on the track of focusing on usable, useful and beautiful mobile products and services. Before founding Ocean Observations in 2001, she completed her 4 years as an Interaction Designer at the Internet consultancy Razorfish with getting even more educated and inspired at the offices in London, New York and Los Angeles. Running Ocean for 8 years has not only let Sofia meet and work with prominent companies like Nokia, KDDI, Samsung, Spotify, Ericsson, Huawei and Skype, she has also got to travel the world and meet users from different cultures. Swell! Read about Sofia's session on the MEX agenda Link >> Web oceanobservations.com >> Twitter twitter.com/sofiasvanteson >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Sofia Svanteson CEO Ocean Observations

Chris Thomason, Managing Consultant, Seren Bio Chris has 11 years experience in the identification, analysis and development of innovative business opportunities. Chris worked both in-house and in consultancy offering strategic consulting and innovation development in service design in the financial services, media, publishing, consumer goods, automotive and FMCG industries. Web seren.com >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Chris Thomason Managing Consultant Seren

Michael von Roeder, Managing Director, iconmobile Bio Michael von Roeder was appointed COO and managing director at iconmobile group in early 2009, also being responsible for the field of global innovation and business development. Since 2003 he led the global user experience function at Vodafone. Before, he worked as a consultant helping Vodafone to create a centralised global UE capability serving the global footprint of Vodafone for all products and services across all digital touchpoints. Michael was part of the initial Vodafone live! launch team, responsible for the overall experience including the first camera handset in Europe. He ran the Japanese UE operations between 2004 and 2006. Earlier in his career he worked with Accenture in their communications and high-tech practice serving key players in the fixed and mobile communications industry both in strategy and technology roles. This included major delivery programmes in billing and customer care as well as shaping strategies in the early days of the mobile data business. At the beginning of his career Michael worked as a software developer creating tools to design and run graphical user interfaces on various platforms. He holds degrees in Business Administration and Technology Management from the University of Stuttgart. Read about Michael's session on the MEX agenda Link >> Web iconmobile.com >> Twitter twitter.com/mvroeder >> Register for MEX | Back to top

Michael von Roeder Managing Director iconmobile

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