UNMC’s second annual Design Thinking Showcase will be held May 17 and 18 at Truhlsen Events Center.
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Design Thinking is a process that helps a team or group work through a problem or improve a situation to turn opportunities into innovations using a series of user-focused steps. There are no preconceived problem-solving or brainstorming ideas.
Participants will learn how to focus on their users, resulting in “end user” solution.
A Design Thinking Sprint will be held for invited attendees on Wednesday, May 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sprint will move through a condensed design thinking cycle with a focus on rapid generation of empathy-based solutions.
A Design Thinking Showcase will be held Thursday, May 18, from 9 a.m. to noon.
The keynote speaker is Adam Royalty, DDes, designer-in-residence at Columbia Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Design. He will give a presentation on “Stoking University-Level Innovation and Entrepreneurship through Design Thinking by Any Means Necessary.”
Dr. Royalty is the founding director of the Columbia University Entrepreneurship Design Studio. He works with students, staff and faculty to develop innovative ideas through a design process.
The Design Studio hosts entrepreneurship and design courses and supports students through a range of co-curricular activities. Prior to his time a Columbia, he was lead research investigator at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University.
Presentations also are scheduled on demonstrating innovative use of design thinking with University of Nebraska System-wide units and challenges in intellectual properties. Preliminary results from the Design Thinking Sprint also will be discussed.
For more information, see the showcase web page.