Conferences
CONFERENCES
Alok Nandi regularly speaks in conferences and festivals, a.o. : Interactive Frictions 1999, Los Angeles; DAC 1999, Georgia Tech, Atlanta; DAC 2000, Bergen Norway; CODE 2001, Cambridge; ArtSci 2002 in New York; ARCO03 in Madrid; Beauty of Collaboration at Banff Canada; ECSITE 2003 in Munchen; FuturAnima 2005 in Brussels; INFRA, Doors of Perception 08 “Infra” in New Delhi (March 2005); ICHIM 2005 Paris; Transmediale 06 in Berlin, Doors of Perception 09 “Juice” in Delhi (March 2007); Media in Transition 05 at Massachussets Institute of Technology (MiT, April 2007).
International speaker in conferences, incl. PechaKucha, TEDx. Conference Chair Interaction14 in Amsterdam. President at IxDA, Interaction Design Association [ixda.org]. Founder/emcee of PechaKucha Brussels.
Studies combine electromechanical engineering (Ecole Polytechnique, ULB), management (Solvay, VUB) and film studies (Philo et Lettres ELICIT, ULB). Working at Architempo on strategy, innovation, design, concept development and creative direction, Alok b. Nandi is also busy with interactive narrative, exhibitions, media art, mise-en-scene and storytelling.
In parallel to in-organisations keynotes, in-house seminars/workshops and hosting/MCing PechaKucha Night Brussels, public speaking sessions include:
_ 2020/21 went into virtual speaking and keynote at a distance mode –
_ Lyon – June 2021 – BlendWebMix
_ Milano – Feb. 2020 – PRE workshop IxDA + Cumulus Association
_ Ahmedabad – Jan. 2020 – Ahmedabad Design Week – masterclass / PRE workshop IxDA + Cumulus Association
_ Pune – Jan. 2020 – Interaction Design Pune (remote live)
_ Kochi – Dec. 2019 – Kochi Design Week / DesignOpen
_ Kochi – Dec. 2019 – Kochi Design Week / keynote and workshop
_ Shunde – Dec. 2019 – Shunde Creative Design Week – 10th year IDSS
_ Dubai – Nov. 2019 – IxDA Dubai meetup
_ Lyon – Nov. 2019 – Service Design + IxDA / Off de Blend Web Mix
_ Bogota – Nov. 2019 – Cumulus Conference – PRE workshop
_ Hyderabad – Oct. 2019 – Hyderabad Design Week / DesignOpen
_ Hyderabad – Oct. 2019 – Hyderabad Design Week / WDO GA – Education Summit
_ Mumbai / Hyderabad – Sept. 2019 – World Interaction Design Day (remote live)
_ Brussels – Sept. 2019 – World Interaction Design Day
_ Hangzhou – Sept. 2019 – China DIA Jury intervention
_ Rovaniemi Lapland – May 2019 – Cumulus-IxDA design education sessions
_ Kyoto – April 2019 – design talk with SDN Japan, Service Design Network
_ Tokyo – April 2019 – design talk with IxDA Tokyo at Yahoo Japan
_ St-Etienne – April 2019 – Design Declaration Pre-Summit at St-Etienne Design Biennale 2019
_ Lugano – March 2019 – Open Lecture at SUPSI, Master of Interaction Design
_ Ahmedabad – Feb. 2019 – Launching IxDA Ahmedabad
_ Bengaluru – Feb. 2019 – Lollypop.design and IxDA Bengaluru
_ Bengaluru – Feb. 2019 – The Design Barn / IxDA
_ Kolkata – Feb. 2019 – TiE Kolkata – The Indus Entrepreneurship
_ Mumbai – Feb. 2019 – NLTF Nasscom Technology and Leadership Forum
_ Seattle – Feb. 2019 – Interaction19 – Diversity: De-ambulation, monocultures and pluriverse
_ Kolkata – Dec. 2018 – Thinking Design @ICBI – International Chamber of Business & Industry
_ Kochi – Dec. 2018 – Kochi Design Week / #Design Kerala Summit / keynote
_ Kolkata – Dec. 2018 – IxDA Kolkata pre-launch – Olive Studio
_ Rio de Janeiro – Nov. 2018 – ILA18 Interaction Latin America / keynote
_ Dublin – Oct. 2018 – SDGC Service Design Global Conference / keynote members day
_ Bengaluru – Sept. 2018 – NASSCOM Design4India / keynote
_ Bengaluru – Sept. 2018 – IxDD – World Interaction Design Day with IxDA Bengaluru
_ Bengaluru – Sept. 2018 – IxDD – World Interaction Design Day with DesignUp
_ Madrid – June 2018 – Experience Fighters
_ Paris – April 2018 – Cumulus Association & IxDA Edu – Design Education
_ Copenhagen – Feb. 2018 – Freshconference
_ Brussels – Feb. 2018 – In conversation w/ Peter Ghyczy, ADAM Brussels Design Museum
_ Lyon – Feb. 2018 – IxDA Edu & Cumulus Association – Design Education
_ Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai – Dec. 2017 – QGLUE sessions
_ New Delhi – Dec. 2017 – TIECON Delhi – Design-led Entrepreneurship
_ Brussels – Nov. 2017 – European Brain Council / Moving from UX to PX
_ Montreal – Oct. 2017 – World Design Summit / Montreal Design Declaration
_ Brussels – Sept. 2017 – EU Design Days
_ Helsinki – Sept. 2017 – Design Diplomacy / Helsinki Design Week
_ Rabat, Morocco – June 2017 – Africa Design Days
_ Split, Croatia – June 2017 – HIDesign Europe, Hotel Interior Design / keynote “The Power of Narrative”
_ Montreal – May 2017 – UITP Summit / Union Internationale des Transports Publics
_ Tokyo – March 2017 – PechaKucha Pow Wow
_ Tokyo – March 2017 – IxDA meet-up w/ @ Reaktor
_ Marrakech – Feb. 2017 – Ecole d’Architecture ENA Marrakech / keynote “Narrative Design”
_ Brussels – Dec. 2016 – Innovation/Design – GE Garages
_ Marrakech – Nov. 2016 – COP22 / Climate Conference
_ Aix-en-Provence – Oct. 2016 – Fête du Livre / Introducing the film “Charulata” by Satyajit Ray
_ Paris – Mars 2016 – Design Thinking et objets connectés, Lieu du Design
_ Brussels – October 2015 – In conversation w/ Artavazd Pelechian, BOZAR
_ Lille – Sept. 2015 – Club des entreprises Lille Design
_ Brussels – July 2015 – In conversation w/ Peter Greenaway, BOZAR
_ Tokyo – March 2015 – PechaKucha Night Tokyo Vol. 123
_ Amsterdam – Feb. 2014 – Interaction14 – In conversation w/ Scott McCloud
_ Amsterdam – Feb. 2014 – IxDA’s Interaction14 Conference Chair
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