4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Design Thinkers Answer Your Most Pressing Questions
Supported by our graphic facilitator, we will kick off the conference by discussing challenges with real-world applications of design thinking, scaling up, and other nuances that emerge between theory and application.
Gesturing towards Decoloniality in Design: From Human to Humility-centered framings
Maryam is currently a Senior Fellow at Social Innovation Canada supporting their Financialization of Housing Lab, a Senior Consultant at the Center for Social Innovation, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Foresight Canada, and pursuing a Doctoral degree in Sustainability Management at the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Environment. 
Jaspal teaches courses bridging public health, engineering, and business at UC Berkeley, where he served as the Fung Fellowship’s faculty lead from 2016-2021 and created the first-ever human-centered design course in a school of public health.
Practicing Just Transformation: Building Equity Design Into Pedagogy
Dr. Pierce Otlhogile-Gordon is an innovation catalyst, researcher, facilitator, and evaluator, impassioned by the space between transformation and liberation. As the Director of the Equity Innovation studio at Think Rubix, a Black-led social innovation consultancy. Dr. Otlhogile-Gordon serves as a shepherd for Equity Innovation to shape our collective future.