SDN Global Café - Ethical Design: Reducing the Digital Divide with Kaisa Alapartanen and Anna Pyyluoma (Gofore)

We invite all SDN members to create an ethical digital world and by doing so reduce the digital divide! Join us on May 25, 2023!

Dear SDN Members,

You are all invited to join our SDN Global Café event series. A virtual series aims to connect our beloved SDN members, provide more networking opportunities, and tackle relevant Service Design topics.

In this upcoming session, Kaisa Alapartanen and Anna Pyyluoma from Gofore will present more about ethical design.

Ethical Design: Reducing the Digital Divide

Ethical design is an approach that builds on the teachings of human-centered design. We have put together a booklet on Ethical Design, to help us all design a world that is more inclusive and where people live in just societies in harmony with nature. In this presentation we will present our thinking and a selection of tools on Ethical Design as well as case examples on how we’re used the tools with our customers.

Hosts:

  • Birgit Mager, President, SDN
  • Brian Gillespie, Leadership Team, SDN

Date and Time:

  • Thursday, May 25, 2023
  • 10:00 AM -11:00 AM EST (4:00 PM CEST/5:00 PM EET)

Agenda:

  • 10:00-10:10 Welcome and SDN Update
  • 10:10-10:30 Guest Presentation
  • 10:30-10:40 Member Q and A
  • 10:40-10:55 Member Networking
  • 10:55-11:00 What’s Next?

✅ Sounds interesting?
So grab your coffee and sit with us on May 25, 2023.  Register now via the zoom link, which is available on your Member Dashboard under Discounts section.

❤️ Want to be a member? Join us!

Anna Pyyluoma
Anna Pyyluoma - Senior Service Designer @ Gofore

Anna is specialized in strategic design, service design and facilitating change. She is inspired by the impact strategic design can have on the sustainability of our public services and in changing the way organisations operate.

Kaisa Alapartanen
Kaisa Alapartanen - Senior Service Designer @ Gofore

Complex decision-making processes, human branding and strategic systematic change are themes that Kaisa typically works with. She gets motivated by how design plays a role in changing behaviours, making resources last for the generations to come and adding beauty into everyday lives.

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