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Ariel Kennan
Experience
(current)
Projects
Press
Writing
Speaking
Speaking & Events
Presentations
Keynote at the Code for Japan Summit
Niigata, Japan
Becoming a Civic Service Designer
September 2018
NYC Mayor's Office
New York, NY
Service Design Studio + Toolkit Launch
October 2017
Enterprise UX
San Francisco, CA
Building a Design Culture
June 2017
Web Directions: Transform
Canberra, Australia
Making Public Services Effective and Accessible
March 2017
Design in Government
Washington D.C.
Speaker
December 2015
Code for America Summit
Oakland, CA
Your Government Wants You
October 2015
BetaNYC Women’s Civic Hack Night
New York, NY
December 2013
Talking Transition
New York, NY
21st Century City: The Social Impact of Data & Technology
November 2013
Keynote at Government UX/UI Bootcamp
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Designing Government for Your Citizens
November 2013
1 Million Cups
Kansas City, MO
Code for America Introduction
&
BizFriend.ly Demo
February & November 2013
Code for America Summit
San Francisco, CA
Kansas City Spotlight
October 2013
Panels
Smart Cities New York Urban Tech Summit
New York, NY
Procurement and Talent in the Digital Age
November 2021
Designation
New York, NY
Design for Good
April 2018
AIGA/NY
New York, NY
A Framework for Change
March 2018
Personal Democracy Forum
New York, NY
Bid With, Not For: Building Empathy into Selling Civic Tech
June 2016
Civic Hall
New York, NY
How Do We Avoid the Next Healthcare.gov? Lessons and Challenges from the Front Lines of Government Technology
April 2016
AIGA/NY
New York, NY
City as Interface
December 2015
Code for America Summit
San Francisco, CA
Makers To Mayors: Building Design and Development Capacity Inside Government
October 2014
Panel at New York City Government Technology Forum
Brooklyn, NY
Innovation & New Models of Civic Engagement
November 2012
Events
Civic Design 2021
Virtual
Lead Curator
December 2021
Empathy Jam
New York, NY
Judge
August 2016
Civic Design Camp
Brooklyn, NY
Host and Speaker
November 2014
Conversations & Guest Lectures
Parsons School of Design
New York, NY
Guest Lectures
April 2010, April 2011, November 2011, April 2012, September 2017, October 2018, April 2020
Cornell Tech
New York, NY
Public Interest Tech Fireside Chat
April 2022
New York University
New York, NY
Tech + Society Fireside Chat: Designing for Government
May 2019
School of Visual Arts
New York, NY
Design for Social Innovation Global Guest Lecture Series
April 2018
General Assembly
New York, NY
The Edge of Innovation
November 2016
Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City, MO
Guest Lecture
October 2013
University of Michigan School of Information
Ann Arbor, MI
Experience at Scale Guest Lecture
November 2011