The Designathon was based on the Design Sprint method and the goal was to have the participants prototype a design solution for a Firefighters' Unit to manage resources during the missions. The theme is very close to our hearts as we undergo many forest fires in the summer every year, being that in 2017 many people died trying to espace a fire but didn't manage to do it because of a communication problem between the devices of the various entities involved (SIRESP). We believe design can change lives and we have a fun weekend to prove it together with solutions that can help minimize human action and maximize the decision making and management.

António Silva is a Collaborator and Consultant for issues of accessibility and usability at the University of Porto's Student Support Office with Special Educational Needs.

Bruno Giesteira is a Professor at the University of Porto's Department of Design, with the main research interests in Cognitive Ergonomics and Human Factors; UX. Senior Researcher at INESC TEC: "Systems Center for Information and Computer Graphics".

This session stems from the presentation on World Usability Day titled: "The Evilness of The Design of Everyday Things" - http://wud.eventos.ccg.pt/.

At a time when concepts as "Internet of Things" become more widespread we ask ourselves what is the current reality of traditional devices for worldly use? Being connected and sharing information between devices and humans, how are the interfaces being treated in an accessibility point of view? Are we not overly dazzled by technology at the expense of a more inclusive and user-centered design?

Sónia is a Product Design Team Lead at Prozis. She has been passionately designing with awesome people at awesome companies like Betfair, Blip, Tigerspike and Net-A-Porter. Currently, at Prozis, she is looking after the product design team aiming to influence and scale the design culture. She focuses on implementing and spreading a DesignOps mindset. Sónia is also trainer at Edit and mentor at The New Digital School. She is a member of the Design Leadership Forum by InVision.

Sónia will share her perspective around the impact of a design system when scaling product design and some tips on how designers can find a balance between consistency and creativity.

Can you spot usability amazing feats or humongous problems?

To celebrate the World Usability Day, PortoUX and CCG - Centro de Computação Gráfica - are joining forces and invited Beth Goldman from Feedzai and Maggie Law from Okta to share with us their great experiences regarding designing for good or evil. Beth will be with us at UPTEC Porto and Maggie will join us remotely from San Francisco.

Let's Celebrate Usability! Join us!

Founder of uiux.pt, a Portuguese Blog dedicated to Digital Design and Web & Mobile Interfaces with the goal to create Portuguese written content.

João is sharing with us his experience as a UXD: UX in agency vs UX in product, the Human being as a user, and emotions as allies of Experience and Usability.