For 9 years I co-organised a number of community design events and conferences, including the Cambridge Usability Group, UX Unconference and Biocuration 2019. I was the Programme Co-Chair for UX Cambridge, UX Scotland, Service Design in Government conferences, organised by Software Acumen.
Cambridge Usability Group
The Cambridge Usability Group was a local meetup group for UX professionals. I co-organised the group from 2011 to 2020 with Francis Rowland, Jo Packer, Tim Regan, Marine Barbaroux and Adam Parker. The events were hosted at Microsoft Research, Cambridge and The Bradfield Centre.
Events I co-organised:
| Date | Event | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Mar 2020 | UX Lightning talks | Various |
| 29 Nov 2019 | THE CUG GREATEST UX Unconference | Various |
| 20 May 2019 | How can we design better for visually-impaired people? (take 2) | Tim Murdoch, CEO of Waymap (http://waymap.org) and Yannis Psomadakis from Wayfindr (http://Wayfindr.net) |
| 16 Jan 2019 | Design for 21st Century organisations, services and products | Ben Holliday |
| 12 Dec 2018 | Conference Redux: UX Brighton | Marine Barbaroux and Carl Yates |
| 16 May 2018 | Beyond Rocket surgery: Building a culture of user engagement | Andy Morris and Steve Krug |
| 16 Aug 2017 | How to talk with machines: Voice UI and conversation | Stuart Reeves |
| 4 Dec 2016 | Same Same But Different | Jock Busuttil |
| 20 Oct 2016 | Ethnographic methods in UX | Anne Kehlet Bavngaard |
| 26 Sep 2016 | Lightning Talks 2016 – Cambridge Usability Group | Various |
| 6 Sep 2016 | Clients Don’t Suck (Resolving Common Blockers that Stifle UX) | Evgenia (Jenny) Grinblo |
| 21 Jul 2016 | Understanding systems | Johanna Kollmann |
| 19 May 2016 | Building stronger teams for better UX | Lily Dart |
| 25 Feb 2016 | From Robotics to Patient Care | Jeremy Kooyman |
| 11 Oct 2015 | Git Makes Me Angry Inside | Emma Jane Hogbin Westby |
| 24 Sep 2015 | September drinks and networking | n/a |
| 20 Aug 2015 | “Build me a portal” …transforming Home Office Digital delivery | Katy Arnold |
| 10 Aug 2015 | Experience Mapping: Insight, Empathy and Business Buy-In | Alex Horstmann |
| 30 Jun 2015 | Health apps: easy to build, hard to do right | Katarzyna Stawarz |
| 17 Mar 2015 | The futures of the city: Design fiction and Urban IxD | Sjors Timmer |
| 19 Feb 2015 | UX Design, mobile phones and saving eyesight | Kate Tarling |
| 29 Jan 2015 | Bridging the Physical-Digital Divide | Jason Mesut |
| 5 Dec 2014 | Designing Better UX Deliverables | Anna Dahlström |
| 23 Jun 2014 | Your Mobile Experience Is Not Theirs | Chui Chui Tan |
| 30 Apr 2014 | UX Lightning Talks | Various |
| 26 Mar 2014 | Designing Accessibility | Sarah Horton and David Sloan |
| 27 Feb 2014 | Bridging the Physical-Digital Divide – cancelled | Jason Mesut |
| 12 Jan 2014 | UX Cambridge Redux Lightning Talks | Various |
| 18 Dec 2013 | Cambridge Usability Group Christmas party | n/a |
| 28 Nov 2013 | The heavenly tortilla… | Lee McIvor |
| 1 Nov 2013 | Drinks and Content Strategy book launch with Rahel Bailie | Rahel Bailie |
| 30 Sep 2013 | Agile and UX, where are we at? | Sophie Freiermuth |
| 29 Jul 2013 | UX Lightning Talks | Various |
| 23 May 2013 | Getting better UX work: Designing your UX portfolio | Ian Fenn |
| 25 Apr 2013 | Interviewing for Research | Andrew Travers |
| 27 Mar 2013 | Blinded by science? | Chris Atherton |
| 6 Mar 2013 | “Siri, did I leave the oven on?” Experience Design for the Connected Home | Claire Rowland |
| 25 Feb 2013 | Cross-Channel Information Interaction | Tyler Tate |
| 31 Jan 2013 | UX Components Deconstructed | James Chudley and Jesmond Allen |
| 17 Sep 2012 | Designing the Mindings user experience for families | Stuart Arnott |
| 28 May 2012 | Mobile user testing approaches, what’s the difference? | Walt Buchan |
| 30 Apr 2012 | UX London Redux | Various |
| 26 Mar 2012 | Art Direction Vs The Web | James Fenton |
| 27 Feb 2012 | The Content Strategy Paradox | Rahel Bailie |
| 30 Jan 2012 | Tablets and smartphones can change lives | Mel Findlater |
| 14 Nov 2011 | The language of software: the role of content strategy in software development | Des Traynor |
| 4 Nov 2011 | From Search to Discovery | Tony Russell-Rose |
| 6 Jun 2011 | Designing the Wider Web | Cennydd Bowles |
Software Acumen Conferences
Working part-time for Software Acumen, I was co-chair for several UX and design conferences. My role involved inviting keynote speakers, reviewing session proposals and coordination with the volunteer review panel, building the programme with my co-Chair, Mark Dalgarno and opening and closing the events.
Biocuration
I helped co-organise Biocuration 2019 while working at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). My role included designing and managing the website build and loading of the programme to the website.