Day 04. Thursday,
June 25
Inclusive Futures
Prompt of the day:
June 2020 is an intersection of Pride Month and acceleration of the Black Lives Matter movement. What can we all do to better activate Futures of historically marginalized voices?
11:00am EDT
Design Fluidity: Electromedia, Technoculture and Racial Activism
Ari Melenciano
🎤 Keynote Speaker
12:00pm EDT
INFINITUM: The Dynamic World and Character Building of an Afrofuturist Graphic Novel
Tim Fielder
🔌 Talk, 45 minute session
1:00pm EDT
Beyond the Binary: Design Principles for Gender-Identity Inclusion
Jess Mons with Lindsey Brinkworth
⚡Lightning Talk, 15 minutes
1:15pm EDT
Speculating from the thick present: participatory methods for designing feminist futures
Sarah Elsie Baker
⚡Lightning Talk, 15 minutes
1:30pm EDT
Engaging the Black Ethos: Afrofuturism as a Design Lens for Inclusive Technological Innovation
Woodrow W. Winchester, III
🎧 Talk, 30 minute session
2:00pm EDT
💾 Daily Download
Join the discussion with Guest Panel from Today’s Speakers.
2:30pm EDT
Weaving Narratives & Design to Construct Futures
Giuliana Mazzetta with Noteh Krauss and Ignacio Tovar
✍️ Workshop, 3 hour session
5:30pm EDT
Disparities in Virtual Care
Sponsored by Ascension
Nicole Hepner & Michael Chapman will talk about serving poor and vulnerable populations within healthcare. They will discuss how their research team has looked at wicked problems that exist within the virtual care space, ensuring Ascension can justly and compassionately serve diverse populations.