No Fate But What We Make...

Michael Rawling

Half-day workshop - in English

Is your Alexa giving you sass? Does your banking mobile app give you more confidence than your car’s software morals? Does your insurance app cause headaches?

This is the stuff we create! Giving life to experiences that rock people’s world, release by release and creating the future product by product feels like the coolest thing in the world...but ever felt there some things we could and should be doing with it? How do we create a bright future with software products? Innovative technology products and the people who use it are the waters that we naturally navigate through which means we can create an ethical future...

Let’s clip that pesky AI apocalypse in the bud...


Mike Rawling, a ux veteran of products and projects of all sizes and shapes, takes attendees on a multi-dimensional, time travelling experience, teasing apart science fiction from fact in the product design and development process where we will together create a healthy, ethical approach on the future of what we do and how we create it, in this rapidly changing landscape of INhuman politics, DISrupted devices, niche platforms and EXploding markets to complement our our XP, Agile, Lean,  design and development principles.

All intelligences, Human and Artificial, are cordially invited!

This session will be made richer by a wide range of team members, from new through to experienced, from technical to design in any aspect of product development and methodology: Agile Lean/XP, UX, product design or software development are welcomed in this session.

Primarily for: Developers, Tester/test leads, Project managers, Architects, UX specialists, Product developers, Managers, Agile coaches, Designers, biological computers and AIs, ...

Primarily for: Developers, Tester/test leads, Project managers, Architects, UX specialists, Security professionals, Product developers, Managers, Scrum masters, Agile coaches, Designers, Others

Participant requirements: Notepads and a curiosity to how- or even a desire to make a difference.