Dear all Pl. find an invite for UX meetup with a presentation on Academic UX on 27th Jul 2019 at IIT Madras The formal PDF invite is at https://drive.google.com/open?id=1g4drFHzwAV5wHC66RrNSNhHXpw_sA4KZ To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at http://bit.ly/30jfLFK With regards HR Mohan Chairman, ACM Chennai INVITE =================================== Interaction Design Foundation, Chennai Chapter Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai ACM Chennai Professional Chapter Cordially invite you for an UX meetup with the following presentation Ms. Ramya Vasan on Academic UX on Saturday, 27th Jul 2019 from 9.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. at Lecture Hall CS25, Dept. of CSE, IIT Madras, Chennai – 600036 (Located in the 1st floor of the Computer Science & Engineering Dept, adjacent to the CSE Dept. Office) Location map: https://goo.gl/maps/xnVpcox3tz88BCjg9 Programme 9.00 a.m. : Registration 9.30 a.m. : Session 1 11.00 a.m. : Tea Break 11.15 a.m. : Session 2 What you will gain from this event: Session-1: Briefing about difficulties of designers in Design industry and the ways to overcome by Globalised standard design. The Key Notes include: Perspective of UX; Design, Client Satisfaction or User Requirement?; Impacts of Design; Lack of knowledge; Effects of design in an individual; Design for all; Compulsory basic design education in academics; Globalised theory for design; Standard of design in India; and Condition of a designer in Chennai Session-2: A conventional designer concentrates in acquiring technological advancements but ignorant of social issues. Being an environmental designer is more important than being an experienced designer. Social design is completely based on the environmental issues and the importance of giving solutions to such problems through design. The Key Notes include: Social design; Social Issues; Importance of EVS; Role of designers in social issues; Design thinking; Consistency in designing; Support of designers in the growth of a society; Change the term , "Don't design for free"; Society driven designer; and Being social minded About the speaker: Ms. Ramya is a Computer Science Engineering graduate, a staunch UX designer who never hesitates to take that extra step ahead for satisfactory completion. A perpetual explorer of multifarious dimension in designing, she constantly stands by the point that UX designing is more than a profession and it should be evolved eternally. She is a UX mentor believing in absolute empirical knowledge. As an initiative to indulge designing to every layman, she started a community for designers with a vision to inculcate designing right from schooling. She is an avid social worker who realizes that preserving Nature and Environment are the fundamental duties of every human being. She leads a technical team of 10 members in an Environmental NGO named Visai which is working to eradicate ignorance. To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at http://bit.ly/30jfLFK