2018 Schedule
Our 2018 schedule and speakers!
Day One — Keynotes and Sessions
As with any schedule, the time and placement of sessions may be subject to changes.
7:30-8:20
- Check-in / Coffee / Network
8:20-8:30
- Welcome / Announcements
8:30-9:20
- Sometime to Return
Molly Wright Steenson
9:30-10:20
- Room 1 (Johnson)
- Caring for New Users: Adoption, Onboarding, Permissions, Empty States, Feedback Herding, Friction, Hooks and More
Scott Showalter - Room 2 (Swain)
- Practical Frameworks For A Voice-Enabled Future
James Squires - Room 3 (Ski-U-Mah)
- Machines + Humans: Marketing AI’s Real-World Impacts
Andrew Eklund, Kristen Findley
10:30-11:20
- Room 1 (Johnson)
- Researching Emerging Technologies: Is Your Product a Novelty or Does It Solve a User’s Need?
Erin Arnesen - Room 2 (Swain)
- AI and Improving the Experience of Users Living With Disabilities
Sue Ann Rodriquez - Room 3 (Ski-U-Mah)
- Time travelling chatbots – Adding AI to 1980’s robots with Node.js
David Washington
11:30-12:30
- Lunch
12:30-1:20
- The Already Augmented and Virtually Real
Jade E. Davis
1:30-2:20
- Room 1 (Johnson)
- Rethinking UX for AI-driven tools
Stephen Boak - Room 2 (Swain)
- Capturing Reality: An Introduction
Colin McFadden, Samantha Porter - Room 3 (Ski-U-Mah)
- Bots: the Unspoken Challenge of Conversations
Marcus Finley
2:30-3:20
- Room 1 (Johnson)
- Building Advanced Experiences with Simple Accessibility Solutions
Ryan Strunk, Sana Baig - Room 2 (Swain)
- Best Practices: Getting Up & Running In AR
Brandon Johnson, Max Thorson - Room 3 (Ski-U-Mah)
- Introduction to VR/AR/AI – Terms, Technology, and History
Terrance Schubring
3:30-4:20
- Room 1 (Johnson)
- 3D Experiences in Your Browser
Michael Schlotfeldt, David Schlotfeldt - Room 2 (Swain)
- How is Artificial Intelligence Affecting Our Experience With Social Media?
Brianna McCullough - Room 3 (Ski-U-Mah)
- Help I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up: Tackling Vertigo in VR
Martha Megarry, Henry Megarry
5:00-7:00
- Join us for a reception sponsored by MnSearch Summit at Republic – bring your conference badge.
Take the light rail to the party! Republic is a short walk (1 block north, 1 block west) from the West Bank station on the Green Line. You can buy a 6-hour pass for $4 - press the G button on the ticket machine at the train platform.
Day Two — Half-Day Workshops
As with any schedule, the time and placement of sessions may be subject to changes.
8:00-8:30
- Check-in / Coffee / Network
8:30-11:30
- Room 1 (Johnson)
- Designing User-focused Conversations for Web Applications
Amy Grace Wells - Room 2 (Swain)
- Welcome Bot Overlords! Build an Interactive Bot Using JavaScript, Node and the Cloud
Kamran Ayub - Room 3 (Ski-U-Mah)
- GIS, Data Science & Python
Keita Broadwater
11:30-1:00
- Lunch
On your own – Google Map of Suggestions
1:00-4:00
- Room 1 (Johnson)
- Give Your AI a 3D Home on the Web
Terrance Schubring, Lori L. Lorenz - Room 2 (Swain)
- Marketing AI: How to Build a Keyword Ontology
James Mathewson, Michael Priestley, Dan Segal - Room 3 (Ski-U-Mah)
- Capturing 3D Objects with the Camera You’ve Already Got
Colin McFadden, Samantha Porter
| Time | Room 1 (Johnson) | Room 2 (Swain) | Room 3 (Ski-U-Mah) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00-8:30 | Check-in / Coffee / Network | ||
| 8:30-11:30 | Designing User-focused Conversations for Web Applications Amy Grace Wells |
Welcome Bot Overlords! Build an Interactive Bot Using JavaScript, Node and the Cloud Kamran Ayub |
GIS, Data Science & Python Keita Broadwater |
| 11:30-1:00 | Lunch On your own – Google Map of Suggestions |
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| 1:00-4:00 | Give Your AI a 3D Home on the Web Terrance Schubring, Lori L. Lorenz |
Marketing AI: How to Build a Keyword Ontology James Mathewson, Michael Priestley, Dan Segal |
Capturing 3D Objects with the Camera You’ve Already Got Colin McFadden, Samantha Porter |