TOUCHPOINT is a design and technology conference for the creative community. Hosted by the School of Interactive Arts + Technology
Simon Fraser University
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Introducing our last speaker at Touchpoint - Maheen Sohail. Maheen is a Lead Product Designer focussing on emerging technologies, mainly in artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and virtual reality. She is currently the Design lead on the Generative AI team at Meta.
Maheen is also passionate about diversity, making emerging tech accessible, and creating ethical products. In her spare time, she enjoys surfing and experimenting with different storytelling techniques, such as film, audio, and AI art.
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Our next speaker is Matt Walsh.
Founder and CEO of Greenstone, Matt has delivered solutions for Twitter, American Express, Google, Logitech, Beats by Dre, and many other clients across the globe.
Matt has spent 8 years founding, building, and leading a team of 25 Experience Designers at Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Boulder as well as several years at R/GA on the Nike account.
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Introducing our next speaker, Dan Nanasi.
Dan is a Senior Product Designer who recently joined Microsoft's Collaborative Experience Design group where he designs for Teams-enabled devices for more productive hybrid meetings.
He was previously at Engine Digital where for nearly 8 years he collaborated with forward-thinking clients such as the NBA, CVS Health, BC Hydro, and Autodesk.
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Introducing our next speaker, Christopher Elawa.
Christopher is a product designer and cultural worker based in Oakland, California. He works as a Product Designer on the Social Impact team at Meta, where he designs fundraising tools on Facebook and Instagram.
The tools empower individuals and nonprofits to raise billions of dollars for causes important to them.
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Introducing our next speaker, Armina Foroughi. Armina is an Iranian-Canadian product design manager with a deep passion for social justice and politics, currently designing the future of Chrome and the open web at Google.
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Applications for Touchpoint have been extended from March 8th till next Friday, March 15th @ 6:00pm.
Get your portfolios in and apply at touchpointsfu.ca.
This year we're doing something different. Introducing our next set of speakers - the Touchpoint design team! Composed of third-year SIAT students Chris, Michael, and Joseph, they will be delivering their talk on the design process of this year's art direction.
Stay tuned, be sure to buy your tickets and come see them talk!
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Introducing our next speaker - Connor Lowe.
A leader and experienced designer, Connor helps others recognize their unique strengths and form strong, healthy, and motivated high performing teams. His design practice combines a deep blending of knowledge with history and culture.
He has previously led the digital experience department at Aritzia for the last ten years, and has since moved into consulting.
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Introducing another one of our speakers at Touchpoint this year - Mark Strathern.
Mark Strathern was previously part of 2018 ItaliaDesign's Field School here at SIAT. He now works as the Creative Lead and Researcher at Logo Archive and Archivio Boggeri.
This year, Mark will be delving into the work of historical designers and sharing his teaching moments as well as what he's learnt along his journey as a designer.
Read more about him on touchpointsfu.ca/speakers.
And don't forget to buy your tickets.
Introducing one of our speakers at Touchpoint, Marta Bernstein is a designer, researcher teacher and co-founder of the digital type foundry Cast. As Creative Director at Seattle-based Studio Matthews, Marta leads everything from global workplace projects to exhibition design.
Touchpoint 2024 is live.
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SFU SIAT students are encouraged to apply for interviews with their portfolio by March 8th, 2024 with a selected list of design agencies and companies.
