Illuminating talks and bright ideas on design and digital

Thursday 3 July 2025

Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester

Speakers

Hera grins at the camera. She has long, curly hair. Stands on a city street, wearing a black top with a white lace collar. The background is blurred, showing buildings and parked bicycles on a rainy day

Hera Hussain

Founder and CEO of Chayn

The transformative power of participatory and trauma-informed design

Matt has a shaved head and a beard, is wearing glasses and a black shirt, and smiling broadly at the camera. The background is blurred

Matt Jukes

Public Service Digital Leader

The power, peril and privilege of working in the open

Dr Zeynep Engin

Chair and Director, Data for Policy CIC

The Confidence Game: Designing Trustworthy Human-AI Collaborations

Kanika has braided hair and a nose ring stands in a room with soft lighting. She is wearing a dark top and earrings. They have a confident expression and are looking directly at the camera.

Kanika Selvan

Managing Director, Beetroot Consulting

From Patriarchy to Matriarchy: Consciously designing feminism into our delivery model

Hugh is standing against a plain white background and smiling. He has short dark hair and a beard, wearing a dark button-up shirt

Hugh Wallace

Chief Information Officer, Research Data Scotland

Sceptics United: finding your signal in a noisy world

Sharon smiles at the camera. She has blue eyes, brown shoulder length hair, and is wearing red lipstick.

Sharon O'Dea

300 Seconds

Lightning talks: 300 Seconds x Camp Digital

Per is crossing his arms while standing happily in a sunlit forest. He is wearing a light blue sweater over a red patterned shirt. The background features tall trees and greenery

Per Axbom

Designer and communication theorist

The Spectacular Lies of Maps

Claire is smiling at the camera. Her hair is a deep pink colour, and she is wearing a pink and orange shirt with a watercolour-esque design.

Claire Dellar

Accessibility Strategist, Wheelchair Tango Foxtrot Consulting

Designing for the 100%: Exploring universal design through the lens of the social model of disability

Michael has brown hair and blue eyes, and is smiling widely at the camera

Michael Palmer

Product Manager, BBC

Wisdom - can universal truths lead to better software?

Ignacia Orellana

Design leader

Money talks: Estimating the cost and value of service design

Clara Greo

Design and research leader

Money talks: Estimating the cost and value of service design

Alex Blandford

Public Digital

Getting things moving in a system that doesn't want to

Katherine Wastell

Public Digital

Getting things moving in a system that doesn't want to

Marianne Knowles

Principal Content Designer, Co-op Digital

Exploring modular content design with Co-op

Rachel Machin

Lead Content Designer, Co-op Digital

Exploring modular content design with Co-op

Alastair Somerville

Founder, Acuity Design

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