About Don Norman

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Schedule

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Updated June 5, 2023

Past Events that can be viewed online are listed at the very end of this schedule. Conferences, Etc.

September 14, 2023 (By video)

Usability & User Experience in Germany (UIG) e.V.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/usability-in-germany_uig2023-donnorman-designforabetterworld-activity-7071434228818702336-WnyQ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

July 9, 2023 (Tijuana, Mexico. In person)

2 - 4 PM: Conversation at SALAA, Tijuana, Mexico.

September 22, 2023 (Singapore. In person)

Singapore Design Thinking | UX conference

September 26, 2023 (Shanghai, China. In person)

World Design Cities Conference (WDDC)

October 9-13, 2023 (Milan, Italy. In person)

International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2023)

Milan, Italy (https://www.iasdr2023.polimi.it/)

October 19-20, 2023 (Oslo, Norway. In person)

Y Oslo conference

Oslo, Norway. https://www.y-oslo.com/speakers/

November 8, 2023 (by video)

University of California, San Diego Osher talk (for the community)


Podcasts and talks available for viewing:

Design Matters w/Debbie Millman

https://soundcloud.com/designmatters/don-norman

Artificiality w/Helen and Dave Edwards.

https://artificiality.substack.com/p/don-norman-design-for-a-better-world#details

My discussion section at FLAME University,

Pune India (1 hour)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR6E5Iiok-Q

McKinsey & Company Author Talks:

This includes a transcript of the conversation as well as selected video sections.

/https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-on-books/author-talks-don-norman-designs-a-better-world

Discussion with Bob Kozma about our two books

Bob's book is "Make the World a Better Place: Design with Passion, Purpose, and Values". His book and my DBW book are very similar in spirit, so they strengthen and reinforce one another. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7063645482488627201/

I have lived multiple lives: University professor, Industry executive, consultant, keynote speaker, and author.

What field? Electrical engineering, cognitive psychology, cognitive science, computer science, and design. An Academic, Industry Executive, member of numerous academic and industry advisory boards and boards of directors. And a consultant.

I’ve retired 5 times, my first from the University of California, San Diego in 1993. My fifth retirement occurred after I returned to UC San Diego returned in 2014 to become the founding Director of the Design Lab: I retired from that in the seventh year of my five-year appointment on Dec. 31, 2020.

What were the other three retirements? Northwestern University, the Nielsen Norman group, and as a trustee at the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology.

I am co-founder and principal of the User Experience/Usability consulting firm, the Nielsen Norman group, where I am now emeritus.

I have been an IDEO fellow and a member of the Board of Trustees of IIT’s Institute of Design in Chicago (now emeritus at IIT). Along the way I’ve been a VP at Apple, an executive at HP, with experience at startups ranging from investor, adviser, and member of the board of directors.

 I’ve received three honorary degrees, the Franklin Institute medal for Cognitive and Computer Science, and membership in the National Academy of Engineering.

In October 2021 I went to London to receive the Sir Misha Black Medal for Distinguished Services to Design Education for 2021. While in London I spent three days with people from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and at the London Design Museum which just opened its exhibit on “The Waste Age.” The major topic at both places was “What Can Design Do?” as we discussed how to convince manufacturers and designers to design for the Circular Economy with Circular Design principles. This visit was critical to the book “Design for a Better World” which has as a subtitle, Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered. Sustainability is roughly 1/3 of the book.

Biography

Academic Résumé (a PDF File)

Biographical sketches (a Microsoft Word File)

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