IDZ Member Circles offer regular opportunities for networking and professional exchange – exclusively for our members.
The events, which take place both in person and remotely, foster the exchange of knowledge between IDZ members and provide additional know-how by inviting outside experts. We offer our members unique opportunities to promote their design excellence and thought leadership within our professional network, and get relevant feedback from design peers.
In addition, our exclusive in-person events provide high-level networking opportunities, help our members establish new business contacts and gain valuable insights through face-to-face conversations with design leaders.
Become a company member in our professional network and get involved! Build up your knowledge, establish new business contacts and bring your own topics to both our exclusive formats and public events.
2.00 pm–9.00 pm
IDZ Event
Future Forward | IDZ Member Circle
B2B Workshops, Talks, and Learning in Design, AI, XR and Accessibility
“Future Forward” means looking ahead and planning for what’s next. This event will explore how design, artificial intelligence (AI), extended reality (XR) and making things accessible for everyone can shape the future.
Through peer-learning sessions, professionals will have the chance to share knowledge, exchange insights, and advance their expertise in design and related fields.
Get ready for the following keynotes and interactive workshops:
Keynotes
Design for AI – Building Better Experiences Needs New Teams and Skills
Jennifer Moosbrugger, Head Design and AI – DI, Siemens
Filippos Petridis, Design & AI Expert, Siemens
Sparring with AI - Interaction, Co-Creation and Challenges
Helmut Ness, CXO, Fuenfwerken Design AG
Rikus Hillmann, User Experience Designer & Design Coach
Brands in XR: Digital goes 3D
Sven Köppel, Digital and Marketing Strategy, wirDesign
Lukas Linden, Visual Designer, wirDesign
Inclusive Corporate Design: The Opportunities of Accessibility
Frederik Wilken, Creative Director, wirDesign
Marcus Morczinietz, Art Director UI/UX, wirDesign
Workshops (concurrent tracks)
Design for AI – Building Better Experiences Needs New Teams and Skills
Jennifer Moosbrugger and Filippos Petridis, both at Siemens
Inclusive Corporate Design: The Opportunities of Accessibility
Frederik Wilken and Marcus Morczinietz, both at wirDesign
We welcome you to join in the conversation, to share knowledge and make new acquaintances over the course of the afternoon. In the evening, we invite you to a networking get-together with tasty food and drinks.
Keynotes and workshops will be held in English.
This IDZ Member Circle event is tailored specifically for professionals in corporate roles and design consultancies. Participation is restricted to employees of IDZ company members. For any questions please contact us.
Co-hosted by: wirDesign
7.00 pm–10.00 pm
IDZ Event
Designing in an Evolving AI Landscape | IDZ Member Circle
In our next IDZ Member Circle/ Experience Design, we look forward to inspiring insight talks and networking, exclusively for IDZ company members and UX Design Awards judges.
Together with IDZ member Experience One, we will host an inspiring evening:
As in our last event in January, we will again create an informal space for the mutual exchange of knowledge between jury members of the UX Design Awards, and representatives of IDZ member companies and agencies.
This time we will invite several speakers to take us through their current work and diverse perspectives on designing in an evolving AI landscape.
Program overview:
AI Case Studies
UX Designers Focus on People – AI Won't Change That.
Sandra Brügmann, Head of Digital Experience at Intuity Media Lab Hamburg
Bernhard Staiber, Head of Digital Experience Design at Intuity Media Lab Stuttgart
With over five years of AI design experience, Sandra and Bernhard find the current commotion puzzling, as new technologies have always influenced our world. They question if this is a reason to abandon established UX principles. Nonetheless, Sandra and Bernhard remain eager to explore how AI will shape emerging products and services, confident that progress will be made on all fronts.
What GPTs Can Do For You – a Make Happen Session
Ravi Popat, Strategic Designer at Manyone
Ravi will speak about the potential of Generative Pre-trained Transformers, or GPTs, as a design tool and share a demo of an experimental prototype he has been working on recently for design research phases.
Charting the Course for Better UX in GenAI Products
Michelle Castañeda, Principal Service Designer at Deutsche Telekom
As AI transforms product design, Michelle will share some key learnings about how design can help to drive great customer experience within the new paradigms of GenAI technologies.
People and Processes
How to Design Increasingly Mature AI Solutions
Luise Hübbe, Managing Director and Chief Strategy Officer at Experience One
Holger Grünwald, Managing Director, Design at Experience One
AI solutions are maturing rapidly, necessitating companies to classify these solutions accurately and develop strategic plans to leverage their advancements. The evolving demands on interface design, driven by generative AI, will challenge today's designers to step out of their comfort zones. And as familiar methods become obsolete, user experiences will become more personal, spontaneous, and comprehensive.
UX in the Era of Symbiotic Intelligence
Gowri Sunil Mohan, UX Researcher at VW Group Future Center Europe
Nico Pressler, Senior Exterior Designer at VW Group Future Center Europe
We explored how AI-driven augmentation could transform our creative and innovative work at the VW Future Center. Our speech will highlight our own gains and fails and touch upon the potential human evolution needed to thrive in these shifting times. #Bias #FutureSkills #DataDeficiency #Augmentation
Outlook
Food for Thought: Design in the Era of AI
Sofia Ryan, Principal Design Director at Microsoft
AI is transforming the traditional approaches to both design thinking and design doing. Yet, there has never been a time in which creativity and empathy – qualities intrinsic to designers – have been more crucial. In her talk, Sofia will showcase examples of how AI can help us develop products that enhance human connections, embrace cultural diversity, and promote well-being. She will discuss the challenges inherent in this endeavor and emphasize why it is a challenge we must undertake.
The talks and discussions will be held in English.
Talk recordings will be made available for IDZ members.
This IDZ Member Circle event is tailored specifically for professionals in corporate roles and design consultancies. Participation is restricted to employees of IDZ company members. For any questions please contact us.
Co-hosted by:
4.00 pm
IDZ Event
Learning from nature | IDZ Member Circle
In cooperation with Tegel Projekt GmbH, we invite you to an exclusive Member Circle on the site of the former Berlin-Tegel Airport. We are looking forward to an exciting networking event with our members, former winners of the German Ecodesign Award as well as members of the advisory board and jury of the award.
Our exclusive member event promises exciting insights and inspiring encounters. On June 27 at 4 PM, we cordially invite you to our next IDZ Member Circle at the Berlin TXL site.
We will be guests at the Berlin TXL Info Center, the innovation and network platform for sustainable urban development and urban technologies. Marija Marchuk and Stephanie Ambrosius-Groß will talk about the plans for the site's redevelopment: How will the former airport become the Urban Tech Republic? What makes the Schumacher Quarter a pioneering ecological and social model project in Berlin?
Following this, Robin Hoske and Felix Rasehorn, founders of the WINT DESIGN LAB based on the former airport grounds and winners of the 2023 Federal Ecodesign Award, will present their project "GOLD – Textiles from Collagen." The subsequent Q&A session and joint get-together will provide opportunities for exchange and networking.
When?
June 27, 2024, at 4:00 PM (doors open at 3:30 PM)
Where?
Tegel Projekt GmbH - Infocenter Berlin TXL
Urban Tech Republic, Building V
Flughafen Tegel 1, 13405 Berlin
The event is free of charge and will be held in German. As the number of participants is limited, please register using the link provided in the invitation. If you have any questions, please contact us at: members@idz.de
In cooperation with:
7.00 pm–10.00 pm
IDZ Event
Designing Your Own Change | IDZ Member Circle
In this Member Circle, we look forward to an inspiring input talk and networking, exclusive for IDZ company members and UX Design Awards judges.
In this premiere of our Member Circle event format, Jens Fauth, Managing Director of Experience One, will talk about current integrations of generative AI in enterprise solutions. How is the technology impacting corporate clients, and how is it changing the way design teams and agencies work?
We welcome IDZ company members and jury members of the UX Design Awards to join in the conversation, to meet fellow design professionals and to make new acquaintances over the course of the evening.
This IDZ Member Circle event is tailored specifically for professionals in corporate roles and design consultancies. Participation is restricted to employees of IDZ company members. For any questions please contact us.
Co-hosted by:
