[Sigia-l] IxDA NYC - July 16 - IDEO: “Business Design Meets Interaction Design”

[MJ Broadbent]

DUANE BRAY, interaction designer and head of Digital Media for IDEO,  
and RYAN JACOBY, who leads IDEO’s Business Design discipline, will co- 
lead a discussion about the intersection of interaction and business  
design. Drawing on examples from IDEO’s past work as well as  
inspirational stories elsewhere in the world, the two will consider  
the question of how interaction and business designers approach  
problems, how the relationship between the two disciplines has  
changed, and how collaboration can lead to rich user experiences and  
business solutions.

RSVP
http://ixdanycjuly2009.eventbrite.com

DATE and TIME
Thursday evening, July 16, 2009

6:00 - 7:00 Networking and refreshments
7:00 - 7:15 Welcome and announcements
7:15 - 8:30 Presentation and Q&A
8:30 - 9:30 More networking and refreshments

The event is free of charge and open to all interested parties.
Please note that pre-registration and photo ID at the door are  
required to attend.
Registration will close at midnight Wednesday, July 15.

LOCATION
Bloomberg
731 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
http://bloomberg.com
Map: http://tinyurl.com/6kovke
Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 59th Street station

Check out the Bloomberg online invitation for this event!
http://www.bloomberg.com/promo/Jul/34994797/731media.html

ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS
Duane Bray
As a partner at IDEO, Duane heads the firm’s global Digital  
Experiences practice, with a focus on new media and entertainment.  
Duane joined IDEO in 1995 to lead and develop the discipline of  
interaction design, now one of the firm’s most sought-after  
capabilities. With a background in communication design and  
interaction design, his experience includes the development of major  
software and hardware programs and the integration of emerging  
technologies into human-centered products and services. To further the  
increasing crossover between technology and lifestyle companies, Duane  
explores the intersection of technology and people, revealing and  
elevating the emotional connections that people forge with digital  
media. Duane holds an MFA from the University of Florida and was given  
an Outstanding Achievement Award as a prestigious alumnus.

Ryan Jacoby
Ryan, an associate partner, is passionate about applying design  
thinking to business strategies for growth. Ryan helps lead IDEO’s  
design for business efforts and coordinates knowledge sharing and tool  
development across all of IDEO’s business factors practitioners.  
Although he has an MBA and an engineering degree, Ryan is most proud  
of being referred to as the “prototype graduate” from Stanford’s Hasso  
Plattner Institute of Design. While at IDEO, Ryan has led or worked on  
an array of projects in such areas as food and beverage, athletics and  
apparel, electronic gaming, financial services, and  
telecommunications. At least one of these projects has had a lasting  
effect—leading a running project has transformed Ryan into a runner.

ABOUT OUR HOST
Bloomberg is the leading global provider of financial data, news and  
analytics. The BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL service and Bloomberg’s media  
services provide real-time and archived financial and market data,  
pricing, trading, news and communications tools in a single,  
integrated package to corporations, news organizations, financial and  
legal professionals and individuals around the world.

Bloomberg has the following open UX positions:

User Experience Specialist
http://careers.bloomberg.com/hire/jobs/job22304.html

Experienced Interaction Designer (10+ Years)
http://careers.bloomberg.com/hire/jobs/job22386.html

For more information please contact Stephanie Louis-Charles (slouis3 at bloomberg.net 
) or Paul Krug (pkrug1 at bloomberg.net) in HR,  Elaine Kwong (ekwong2 at bloomberg.net 
) or Fahd Arshad (fahdarshad at bloomberg.net) in UX, or introduce  
yourself at the event to learn more about these exciting opportunities!

ABOUT IxDA
With over 10,000 members and more than 80 local groups around the  
world, the IxDA network actively focuses on interaction design issues  
for the practitioner no matter his or her level of experience. IxDA is  
a novel kind of “un-organization” and relies on its passionate members  
to help serve the needs of the international Interaction Design  
community.

The IxDA New York City local group is a vibrant community of people  
interested in interaction design who meet monthly at face-to-face  
events. Programming is created by a volunteer group of local leaders  
and realized through the generosity of speakers, sponsors, and host  
partners.

To learn more, please visit www.ixda.org

RSVP
http://ixdanycjuly2009.eventbrite.com
Registration will close at midnight Wednesday, July 15.

See you there!
The IxDA NYC local leaders