UX Folks is an event series powered by IXDA Istanbul and educational partner of Interaction-Design.org. It's made with user-centered, content-driven Lego bricks. We curate our events with the units already defined by analyzing audience needs and sparks from the local scene.
Gülen Gündüz Yılmaz - Author, Coach, Trainer
Berkan Şahan - Head of Design - Logicalbond
Design Thinking Alla Turca
Prof. Dr. Alpay Er - Professor, Chair, Department of Industrial Design - Ozyegin University
Prof. Dr. Hatice Hümanur Bağlı - Department Chair, Industrial Design - Istanbul Şehir University
Prof. Dr. Kerem Rızvanoğlu - Co-Founder, Professor - Xedzone / Galatasaray University
Levent Kopuz - Program Manager & Mentor - Boğaziçi University Entrepreneurship Center
15:45
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Bricks Minus Blocks
Alaa Alnuaimi - Founder / Creative Director - Minus 99
Melike Pınar U. - Creative Designer - Minus 99
Mohanad Al-Helwany- UX & Visual Designer - Minus 99
Gökçen Yılmaz - UX Designer - Minus 99
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TBA
Aslı Sevinç Daver - Service & UX Designer / Project Manager - ATÖLYE
Yakup Bayrak - Founder - Sherpa
Erdem Demir - Director & Partner - I-AM
Fahri Özkaramanlı - Co-founder & Head of Design - Paraşüt
Cem Roso - Chief Product Officer - BluTV
Reclaiming Emotions - Wrap Up
Gülen Gündüz Yılmaz - Author, Coach, Trainer
Berkan Şahan - Head of Design - Logicalbond
"Networking Not Working" After Party
We are a group of UX designers from different companies who want to be a reason to connect UXers to learn from each other and have fun. Our team includes designers from Fjord, Logicalbond, Akbank, Turkcell, IBM iX and Kariyer.net who has organized impactful events such as OpenIDEO Istanbul Chapter, TED Talks, PechaKucha Nights, Maker Faires, SDN Global Jams before.
We put our experience by thinking beyond "Design Thinking & Doing" to build customized open events with glocal inspirations.