7 Experiences – Aalto Experience Summit workshops

 7 workshops will gather together a small number of experts from different disciplines to discuss the future of the experience research field. When there are more enrollees than we can fit in, the participants will be chosen based on their expertise. We hope to include both junior and senior researchers in each workshop.

1. Theories of Experience 


Why do we need theories for experience research, or do we? Which theories are applicable in which discipline? Chairs:

• • Eric Arnould, Professor of Marketing
  • Mikko Sams, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience

2. Evaluating experiences

How to measure or collect feedback on experiences? What can we learn from other disciplines? Chairs:

• • Elisa Mekler, Professor of User Experience and Game Psychology
  • Antti Salovaara, Senior University Lecturer, Interaction Design

3. Creating experiences (art, products, spaces, events, …)

What kind of experiences are created in different disciplines, and for what purpose? How to design for experiences? Chairs:

• • Pia Fricker, Professor of Computational Methodologies in Landscape Architecture and Urbanism
  • Nitin Sawhney, Professor of Human-Machine Interaction

4. Mapping experience research


Which disciplines publish research related to experience(s)? What are the topics? Should we establish a more coherent field of experience research, bridging diverse fields? Chairs:

• • Sofia Pantouvaki, Professor of Costume Design for Theatre and Film
  • Virpi Roto, Professor of Experience Design, General Chair of the Summit

5. Publishing experience research

How can we improve successful publishing of experience research? How to make experience research findable across disciplines? Chairs:

• • Turkka Keinonen, Professor of Industrial Design
  • Pentti Kujala, Professor of Marine Technology

6. Societal impact – Experience research for grand challenges

What is the raison d’être for experience research? What kinds of grand challenges experience research can tackle? Chairs:

• • Katja Hölttä-Otto, Professor of Product Development
  • Johanna Moisander, Professor of Organizational Communication

7. Experience research agenda

What are the open research challenges and related research objectives shared among the different disciplines? Chairs:

• • Guy Julier, Professor of Design Leadership
  • Antti Oulasvirta, Professor of User Interfaces

The Aalto hosts will chair each workshop and will contact the participants a few weeks before the workshop for a preparatory task. This will ensure an effective workshop within a short time.   The workshops will run for one hour after the keynote talks. You may mark multiple workshops that you would like to attend, and you can attend a different workshop each day. For each workshop, the hosts will select a mix of c.a. 15 participants with differing expertise, discipline, and the phase of career.

/ UPDATE: Please note that the registrations to the workshops are no longer processed, the deadline was August 5th.  /

Back to the event page