MHCID UX Career Conference (Part 1)
Channel: UCIBrenICS
Date: 2018-10-02

UC Irvine’s Executive Masters of Human-Computer Interaction and Design Program hosted their annual UX Career Conference on Friday, September 14, 2018, from noon to 4 PM. 

The event took place at the University Club on the UCI campus. The mini-conference was specifically designed for  UX professionals, industry executives, and UX recruiters.

Schedule: 

Opening Keynote – "Generational DIversity" by Ali Hall
Presentations – Our MHCID class will present the results of their 6 month Capstone Project with our industry partners.

About Keynote:
Ali Hall is the founder of Ali Hall and associates a consultancy that specializes in leadership development through group facilitation, individual and team executive coaching, and classroom learning.

Over the past decade, Ali has been a global keynote speaker on the topic of generational diversity; a regular contributor on the BBC radio show In the Balance; an Associate Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School; and a forum facilitator for the Young Presidents Organization.  She guides fast growing tech start-ups in building strong organizational cultures, and has helped successfully integrate new employees and executives post-acquisition.  She supports partners and executives from the world’s largest and most successful law firms, asset management organizations and insurance companies in leveraging their talents and learning to motivate and develop others.  She specializes in helping individuals and teams thrive in high performing environments.  Ali has thousands of hours of one-to-one coaching sessions with senior leaders, executives, partners and associates.

Previously, Ali spent ten years as a labor and employment lawyer in the US where she was recognized by Chambers USA.  Ali holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz; a JD from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts; an MA from City University in London; and a Postgraduate Diploma in Organisational Leadership from the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School.   She is an accredited senior practitioner coach by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, and recently served as a Board member of the President’s Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark and currently serves on the Foundation Board of the Orange County School of the Arts.