Make the world a better place: In conversation with Robert Kozma

Hosted by IxDF San Francisco
Oct 27th, 2023
1:30pm - 4:00pm (UTC -07:00)
Autodesk Inc., 1 Market Street, Gallery Space, Second Floor, San Francisco, CA
13 IxDF Members (and some non-members) are attending
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Meet-Up Details

Edit on Oct 26: RSVPs are currently closed for this event.

Hello, IxDF San Francisco! It’s been a minute. With the pandemic now slowly behind us 🤞, we’re oh so ready to bring back some live action to the community.

Join us on Oct 27, 2 PM, for a live conversation with Robert B. Kozma, Ph.D, Emeritus Principal Scientist at SRI International on his most recent book publication on how to think of design as the everyday way to cope with and change our world.

Robert Kozma is a retired professor, research scientist, international consultant and author of the book, Make the World a Better Place: Design with Passion, Purpose, and Values, published by John Wiley & Sons in 2023.

The conversation will be moderated by Pooja Vijay Kumar, Local Leader for the Interaction Design Foundation, San Francisco chapter, and a content design leader at Autodesk.

Agenda (all in Pacific Time):

1:30 - 2:00 PM: Guest check in and networking

2:00 - 3:00 PM: Conversation with Robert Kozma and Pooja Vijay Kumar

3:00 - 3:30 PM: Q&A with audience

3:30 - 4:00 PM: Networking reception

Seats are limited for the in person event. We hope to arrange a recording of the event, logistics permitting. Please RSVP only if you’re able to make it to the in-person event.

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Book launch conversation with Robert Kozma

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Meet-Up Discussion

Hi all! Please use this discussion thread to discuss Make the world a better place: In conversation with Robert Kozma held on Oct 27, 2023. Feel free to ask questions about the place, date and time, agenda of the meeting, or anything else.

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I’m looking forward to talking with you all on how design and designers can make the world a better place.

Excited to have you with us, Bob!

To all members who’ve RSVP-ed above (by Oct 26), we’ve scheduled an email confirmation your way for 8AM, PT, today.

We haven’t been able to locate the email info for the following members: Jes. Zhang, Maria Anisimova, Mercy. Please feel free to drop your email IDs in this thread.

Let me know if you aren’t seeing an email confirmation from us by this noon (PT), or if you have any questions.

Note: We won’t be monitoring this page on the event day. Please use the event confirmation email for all correspondence.

Robert : I am sure this will be a great time!

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