Humanising Data for Healthier, Fairer Futures
Data informs decisions that impact our lives, but is not always collected equitably or shared in ways that reflect the nuances of human experience.
Are you curious about how design researchers and innovators are experimenting, discovering and telling stories with data to reveal the diversity and complexities of human experience?
Design and innovation experts from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, Quicksand and Stby will introduce how they use diverse data sources and emerging technologies to research, innovate and communicate more inclusively and equitably.
Everyone is invited to actively join the conversation and reflect on recent work in the UK, India, Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal using qualitative mapping, new narrative techniques, AI and simulation.
Register for this interactive session to meet others interested in the value of lived experiences, technology and inclusive innovation and storytelling.
Programme
9.00 - Arrival, refreshments and networking
9.15 - Panel Introductions and Audience Discussion
10.15 - Facilitated Breakout Conversations
10.50 - Closing Conversation
Meet the Panel
Romit Raj - Associate Partner, Quicksand
Romit leads design research projects across climate and public health topics and PhD research practices that move beyond technosolutionism to participatory design.
Dr Qin Han, Senior Design Researcher, Stby
Qin leads the R&D function at Stby in the UK and Netherlands exploring technology and the role it plays in society. Qin is particularly interested in the healthcare context and advocates the value of Design Research and Service Design in addressing issues related to aging societies, healthcare and general wellbeing.
Laura Knight - Course Leader, Communicating Complexity, Central Saint Martins UAL
Laura is a data visualisation expert who uses qualitative data representation and mapping as a design research method. Recently, she has been working with qualitative data and systems mapping of patient data for service design, innovation and patient communication.
Sitraka Rakotoniaina - Senior Lecturer for Narrative Environments, Central Saint Martins UAL
Sitraka is an experience designer and futures researcher who uses speculative histories, re-enactment, and simulation as methods for exploring what can be recognised as evidence, and how lived realities become legible/available within research and design
Denise Bianco - Senior Research Community Manager, The Alan Turing Institute and Associate Lecturer, MA Innovation Management, Central Saint Martins
Denise is a social scientist who investigates hybrid collaborative formats at the intersection of art and science. She champions Open Science principles and FAIR research, and also explores why these matter for creative practice and how they apply to qualitative research and innovation, including in relation to data-driven technologies like AI.
Hosted by Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, Stby, Quicksand and the Knowledge Quarter, Kings Cross.
Central Saint Martins is a world-renowned art and design college, based in Kings Cross, London with a reputation for change-making through creative practice. Today, across art, design and performance, the students and staff of Central Saint Martins create and practice ideas, materials and actions for a better future in a more-than-human world.
Quicksand and Stby recently merged to become one company with offices located in London, Amsterdam, Delhi, Bangalore and Goa. Quicksand brings speciality in designing culturally contextual and future-facing products, services, and programs. While Stby is a leading pioneer in the ever evolving field of design research. Together, they offer over 20 years’ expertise in design research and innovation, delivering impactful solutions for public, private and NGO sector clients worldwide.
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