Speaking
Eriol is available to speak at events and conferences on the following topics:
- Designing for humanitarian tech, tech for good, civic tech and non-profit tech
- Open Source Design, Design in the OSS space and Design documentation
- Design for privacy and security tools/software
- In-house design teams
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in design
- Designing experiences for the terminally ill and their carers
Drop Eriol an email about speaking at your event: erioldoesdesign{at}gmail{dot}com
You can view recordings of some of Eriolâs talks and workshops at various conferences on a youtube playlist here
View Eriolâs speaking/workshop descriptions
Eriol is available for speaking roles and workshop facilitation both paid and unpaid. They prefer to have travel and accomodation covered but can also seek funds to support travel and accomodation if needed.
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Talk: Design contributions to OSS: Learnings from the Open Design workshops project
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Talk: he secret lives of OSS designers: Results from diary studies of designers contributing to OSS
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Talk: Diverse representations in design and awkward conversations with colleagues
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Talk: Does experiencing and understanding abuse and trauma make me a good user experience designer?
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Workshop: Open Source Design Contributions for your OSS project
Talks & workshops
2025
CHAOSS Con 2025 Brussels Belgium, 30th January 2025, Facilitation of a workshop on âpublic open source metricsâ.
FOSDEM 2025 Brussels Belgium, 1st-2nd February 2025, organising and hosting the Open Source Design devroom.
RightsCon 2025 Online & Taipei Taiwan, 24th-27th February 2025, Collaborative Workshop facilitation âFrom Bytes to Burdens: Decoding Intergenerational Trauma in Techâ.
FOSS Backstage 2025 Berlin Germany, 10th-12th March 2023, 25 mins talk with Christoph Ono, Eriol Fox âOpen Design Guideâ and hosting for the design barcamp at FOSS Backstage Design.
MonkiGras 2025 London UK, 27th-28th March 2025, Talk 60 mins âDesigning for security and privacy: Design lessons from human rights and civic technologyâ.
UX Scotland 2025 Edinburgh UK, 11th-12th June 2025, Talk 60 mins âDesigning for security and privacy: Design lessons from human rights and civic technologyâ.
2024
CHAOSS Con 2024 Brussels Belgium, 1st February 2024, participant in workshop âUniversity Open Source Metricsâ.
FOSDEM 2024 Brussels Belgium, 3rd-4th February 2024, organising and hosting the Open Source Design devroom and the open source design stand with the UX Clinic for OSS projects. A filler 25 mins talk âThe secret lives of designers in OSSâ.
FOSS Backstage 2024 Berlin, 4th-6th March 2024, 25 mins talk with Nimisha Vijay âThe secret lives of designers in OSSâ Diary Studies Designers in OSS and hosting for the FOSS Backstage Design day
[Penpot: Designing for Open Source | Open chat with Superbloom | Ep. #3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l2FTKh2MLQ&list=PLwz4EueITgvmJzrNWbGkAMeDVLlOWQuch&index=4) Online, 9th May 2024, Designing for Open Source | Open chat with Superbloom | Ep. #3 |
COSCUP 2024 Taipei Taiwan, 2nd-4th August 2024, Talk 25 mins âFind out how designers contribute to OSS: Diaries of designers contributing to OSSâ and 6 hour workshop âDesigners in Tech- Open Source Design Workshopâ. Repository of the workshop + report
Design Matters Tokyo 2024 Tokyo Japan, 4th-5th June, Keyonote Talk 45 mins âDesigning for security and privacy: Design lessons from human rights and civic technologyâ.
Facing the Ocean: Hackathon Yokohama Japan, 17th-18th August 2024, Participantion in hackathon with âfemale disease prevention appâ.
Github: Designing the Future of Open Source Online, 20th September 2024, Designing the Future of Open Source
Feira Global Gathering 2024 Estoril Portugal, 27th-29th September, UX Clinic stand.
Go Technica Hackathon 2024 UMD University Maryland USA, 26th-27th October 2024, Keynote âHuman-Rights centered Design and technology for goodâ.
All Things Open 2024 Raleigh NC USA, 27th-29th October 2024, Talk 25 mins âThe secret lives of OSS designers: Results from diary studies of designers contributing to OSSâ.
Spectrum Tokyo 2024 Tokyo Japan, 12th December 2024, Lightining Talk âDesign @ developer hackathons: Hopes for the futureâ.
2023
FOSDEM 2023 Brussels Belgium, 4th-5th February 2023, Open Source Design Devroom organisinga nd hosting
FOSS Backstage 2023 Berlin Germany, 13th-14th March 2023, 1 hour workshop with Django Skorupa & ngá»c triá»u. âMaking Design More Open: A Design Workshop for Non-Designersâ.
24 hour Hackathon for Women and Gender Minorities Online, 16th-17th March 2023. Talk at a hackathon.
Global Accessibility Day Online, 18th May 2023, Talk 45 mins âTrauma-informed design field-work in practiceâ.
RightsCon 2023 San Jose Costa Rica, 5th June 2023. âPersona Non-Grata workshop for civic and human rights technologistsâ.
Mozfest House 2023 Amsterdam Netherlands, 28th June 2023.
PenPot Festival 2023 Barcelona Spain, 30th June 2023, Designer & Developer collaboration in the age of AI hosted by Vitaly Friedman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGbbAqup_vs&list=PLgcCPfOv5v56-fghJo2dHNBqL9zlDTslh&index=15).
FOSSY 2023 Portland OR USA, 14th July 2023, 30 min talk âCommunity lead user research and usability in Science and Research OSS: What we learnedâ.
COSCUP 2023 Taipei Taiwan, 29th-30th July 2023, 45 min Talk with Abhishek âBecoming better contributors to social impactâ and 6 hour workshop The Design We Open Workshop - Network Disruption Hackathon.
FrontConference 2023 August 2023
Feira Global Gathering 2023 Estoril Portugal, 15th-17th September 2023, UX Clinic booth.
Oh the Humanity! 2023 Helsinki Finland, 18th October 2023, Talk 45 mins â Design research and UX in humanitarian and human rights technologiesâ.
Marketing Made Inclusive Podcast - Ep 25: Inclusive Design Deep Dive with Eriol Fox Online, 10th October 2023.
Interdiciplenary Open Practices @ University of Vermont Vermont NE, 27th-28th October 2023, Talk 45 mins âDesigners in Open Source Software: Results from diary studies of designers contributing to OSSâ.
Ubuntu Summit 2023 Riga Latvia, 3rd-5th November 2023, âOpen Source design workshopâ.
NonProfit Dev summit 2023 Oakland SF CA USA, 15th-17th November 2023, Design accessibility
2022
FOSDEM 2022 (Online) & Brussels, 5th - 6th February 2022, 25 mins Talk x 2 âSynthesising user testing insights with OSS tool teamsâ & â1 year of the Sustaining open source design podcastWhat key themes emerged from 1 year and 17 episodes of design in open source podcasts?â
Mozilla Festival 2022, Online, 7th - 10th March, 2022, 15 mins lightening talk âUsable Tools: Design Resources for OSS tool team developersâ
Open Source Bristol, Bristol, 30th March 2022, 45 min talk âDesign contributions to OSS: Learnings from the Open Design workshops projectâ.
FOSSASIA, Online, 7th - 9th April, 2022, 15 mins lightining talk âUsable Tools: Design Resources for OSS tool team developersâ.
UXForum, Online, 25th - 29th April, 2022, 1 hour workshop.
UCD Gathering 2022 Online, Global, 8th - 9th June, 60 min talk âCentring human rights and trauma in designâ
RightsCon 2022, Online, Global, 6th - 10th June, Open Session. âHow âdoing designâ is colonial within humanitarian and human rights workâ
Happy Healthy Communication Presented by Twilio, Online, Global, 17th August, 15 min Talk âChanging Your Mindâ
Open@RIT 2022 Rochester, NY, 7th - 8th September 2022, Panel. âOpen Work Practicesâ
CZI Open Science 2022 Annual Meeting, Santa Rosa, 18th - 21th September 2022. BOF session, âBirds of a feather: How is design and usability done in open science and open source scientific software?â
All Things Open 2022 Raleigh, NC 30th October - 2nd November 2022, 3 hour workshop and Panel âModerated Panel with Audience Q&A - Inclusion & Diversity in Open Sourceâ. âMaking Open More Open: A design workshop for non-designers in FLOSSâ]
Open Technology Fund Get down shutdown, UK, October 2022. Workshops and discussions.
NonProfit Dev summit 16th - 18th November 2022. Discussions around design and usability in OSS and the nonprofit tech space.
2021
uxWaterloo: (Online)Waterloo Canada, January 21st 2021, 45 min talk âUX research & ethnographic design for humanitarian technologyâ
FOSDEM 2021: (Online) Brussels Belgium,February 8th and 9th 2021, 20 mins talk âMentoring designers in open Source Software: What Iâve learned mentoring and supporting designers in OSS.â
FOSS Backstage 2021: (Online) Berlin, Germany, February 12th 2021, 3 hour workshop âUX Clinic for open source software with Open Source Designâ
CFP diversity day 2021:(Online) Europe, February 20th 2021, 20 mins talk, âCaring for your audienceâ.
Women In Tech: Tech(k)now Day Online, Global, 8th March 2021, 45 mins Talk âUX Research and Ethnographic Design for Humanitarian Technologyâ.
Responsibility Tech Online, Global, 20th - 21st May 2021, 45 mins talk âDesigning for marginalised and forgotten communitiesâ]
Nomensa UX Design Online, 20th May. Panel Discussion [Diversity and Inclusion | Panel Discussion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u24l2Hh8ONs&list=PLwz4EueITgvmJzrNWbGkAMeDVLlOWQuch&index=22). |
RightsCon 2021: Online, Global, 7th June to 11 June, 1hr panel discussion and Social Hour, âThe impact of gender diversity on the use of digital technologies within the human rights sectorâ and âSocial Hour: Meet the Human Rights-Centered Design (HRCD) communityâ
CreativeMornings Lates Creating with Pride London, 24th Jun 2021, 25 min talk âUX research and Ethnographic design for humanitarian technologyâ
Shulaâs table talk show on tech: (Online) July 10th 2021, 1hr 25mins panel discussion on âDesign and techâ
Sustain OSS Online, 28th July, 20 min talk Sustain Open Source Design: Onboarding Designers into OSS
COSCUP 2021: (Online) Taiwan, July 31st and August 1st 2021, 20 mins talk, âMentoring designers in open Source Software: What Iâve learned mentoring and supporting designers in OSS.â
GitLab Commit 2021: (Online) Global, 3rd and 4th August 2021, âLessons from Mentoring and Supporting Designers in OSSâ.
id24 Inclusive Design 24 (Online) Global, 23rd September 2021, Hosting. I was honoured to be asked to host some of the id24 talks in 2021.
UX Yâall (Online) Global, 23rd - 24th September 2021 âUX research and Ethnographic design for humanitarian technologyâ
DrupalCon Europe 2021 (Online), Global 4th - October 2021, Panel âOpen Source Design: Why open source needs designers for the futureâ.
TU Delft: Diversity & Inclusion in Research, Technology and Design (Online) Global, 6th October 2021 âDiversity & Inclusion in Research, Technology & Designâ.
Remote Design Week (Online) Global, 18th - 22nd October 2021 âOpen Source as a Design Opportunityâ
ADP List: Empowering Women in Tech (Online) Global, 28th October 2021 âEmpowering women in techâ
UXInsight Unfolds 2021 (Online) Global, 11th November 2021 âMaking UX Research more inclusiveâ
Design Club: London London, 18th November, 45 mins Talk âUX research and Ethnographic design for humanitarian technologyâ
2020
ODI: Lunchtime Lectures: London UK, January 17th 2020, 45 min talk, âThe problem with using open source for building humanitarian toolsâ
Ladies That UX Bristol: Bristol UK, January 23rd 2020, 1hr 30 min talk (sorry) âUX research & ethnographic design for humanitarian technologyâ
Sustain OSS: Brussels Belgium, January 30th, 2020, âForming the Sustaining Design & UX in OSS working group!â
FOSSDEM 20: Brussels Belgium, February 1st and 2nd 2020, 20 min talk âDesign contributions to OSS: Learnings from the Open Design project at Ushahidiâ
Interaction 20: Milan Italy, February 2nd to 7th 2020, 25 min talk, âUnlocking Open Source Design, for all of humanityâ
Open Source Africa Festival: Lagos Nigeria, February 20th to 22nd, 45 min talk and 2 hour workshop âDesign contributions to OSS: Learnings from the Open Design workshops projectâ
CiviCamp 2020: Birmingham UK, March 3rd 2020, 5 min lightening talk âOpen Source Design in a tool like CiviCRMâ
DXN 2020: Nottingham UK, March 11th 2020, 45 min talk âDiverse representations in design and awkward conversations with colleaguesâ
DrupalCamp London: (Online) London UK, March 13th to 15th 2020, 45 min panel âOpen source has won. How do we avoid dying from successâ
FOSSASIA: (Online) Singapore, March 19th to 21st, 30 min talk âDesign contributions to OSS: Learnings from the Open Design workshops projectâ
FutureSync 2020: (Online) Plymouth UK, April 16th and 17th, 45 min talk, âUX research and Ethnographic design for humanitarian technologyâ
OSC Africa: Ghana (Online) Accra Ghana, April 18th, 45 min talk, âOpen Source Designâ
Open Source 101: At Home 2020 (Online) Texas USA, May 12th, 1 hr 45 min workshop, âOpen Source Design Contributions for your OSS Projectâ
MongoDB World: (Online) New York USA, June 9th, 45 min talk, âDesigning Tech Tools for Crisis & Natural Disaster Relief in Developed and Developing Countriesâ
She code Africa:(Online) Nairobi Kenya, June 20th, 45 min talk, âMy design journeyâ
IxDA Port Harcourt (Online) Port Harcourt Nigeria, June 29th, 45 min talk, âDesign Documentationâ
Tech For Good South West: (Online) July 2nd, 2 hr workshop, âMoving your services onlineâ
UX Bristol: (Online) Bristol UK, July 15th to 17th, 2 hr workshop, âDesign for Goodâ
Rights Con 2020: (Online) July 27th to 31st, 2hr workshop, âOpen source design contributions for humanitarian OSSâ
COSCUP 2020: (Online) Taipei Taiwan, August 1st to 2nd , 30 min talk, âDesign contributions to OSS: Learnings from the Open Design workshops projectâ
Drupal Camp Colorado: (Online)August 14th to 16th, 45 min talk, âUX research and Ethnographic design for humanitarian technologyâ
Bath Digital Third Thursday: (Online) August 20th, 15 min talk, âUX research and Ethnographic design for humanitarian technologyâ
GitLab Commit: (Online) August 26th, 30 mins talk, âDesign contributions to OSS: Learnings from the Open Design workshops projectâ.
Ladies Wine and Design Bristol: (Online) Bristol UK, August 27th, 45 min talk, âUX research and Ethnographic design for humanitarian technologyâ
Women Talk Design: (Online) September 3rd, 45 min discussion, âWomen Talk Design Speaker Stories: Eriol Foxâ
Open Up Global Summit 2020: (Online) Taipei Taiwan, September 12th to 13th, 30 min panel, 30 min talk and host âDesign contributions to OSS: Learnings from the Open Design workshops projectâ
id24: (Online) September 17th, 45 min talk, âUX research and Ethnographic design for humanitarian technologyâ
IxDD World interaction design day: (Online) September 29th, 20 min talk, âHuman Rights Centered Design: Eriol Fox & Kat Loâ
Interact: Inspiring UX thinkers: (Online) October 12th, 45 min panel, â âDiversity and Inclusion in Design Panel discussion with Bacely Yorobi, Eriol Fox and Sandra Gonzalezâ
Canvas Festival: (Online) October 8th to 21st, 30 min âPortfolio reviewsâ
All Things Open 2020: (Online) October 19th to 20th, 2hr 45 min workshop, â Open Source Design Contributions for your OSS projectâ.
Drupal Con Europe: (Online) December 10th, 1hr 30 min keynote âCentring humans and their rights in Open Source Designâ.
2019
MonkiGras: London UK, January 31st 2019, 45 min talk, âDiverse representations in design and awkward conversations with colleaguesâ
Women Tech Makers: Montreal Canada, March 23rd, 201945 min talk, âDiverse representations in design and awkward conversations with colleaguesâ
BelFOSS: Belfast Ireland, April 12th, 30 mins talk, âUX design & research for OSS technologyâ
Think About Conference: Cologne Germany, May 23rd & 24th,âDiverse representations in design and awkward conversations with colleaguesâ
Write the docs, Vilnius, Lithuania June 2nd to 3rd, âLightening talk: Open Source Design documentation: Itâs importantâ
Birmingham Design Festival, Birmingham UK, June 5th to 8thâDesigning for Crisisâ
Peace Technology Labs, Nur Sultan/Astana, Kahzakstan June 17th, 18th, 19th, âUshahidi technology tools for promoting peace and values educationâ
Collaborate Conference, Bristol UK, 21st June, âDiverse representations in design and awkward conversations with colleaguesâ
Margins Conference, Nottingham UK, 22nd June, âDiverse representations in design and awkward conversations with colleaguesâ
University Darmstadt, Darmstadt Germany, 10th July, âDiverse representations in design and awkward conversations with colleaguesâ
FOSS4G, Bucherest Romania, 26th to 30th August, âDesigning for Crisisâ and âOpen Source Design with Humanitarian toolsâ
Design Matters, Copenhagen Denmark, September 18th to 19th, âRead the crowd: Visual design in Humanitarian techâ
Intersection conference, Milan Italy, October 1st to 2nd, âDiverse representations in design and awkward conversations with colleaguesâ
All Things Open, Raleigh NC USA, October 13th to 15th âDesigning for crisisâ
MongoDB London London UK, September 25th, 1hr talk âDiverse representations in design and awkward conversations with colleaguesâ
DesignUP! Bangalore India, November 12th to 16th, 1hr talk and a 1 day workshop âDesigning for crisisâ and âOpen Source Design for goodâ
Open Up Global Summit Taipei Taiwan, November 30th 1hr talk and a 1 week in-persona nd remote workshop, âDesign contributions to OSS: Learnings from the Open Design workshops projectâ and âOpen Source Design for goodâ
Ladies That UX: Tokyo, Tokyo Japan, December 17th, 1hr talk âOpen Source Designâ
2018
South West UX: Bristol UK, January 9th 2018, 45 mins talk,âDiversity by default in design(and the awkward conversations that follow)â
UX Wales: Cardiff UK, April 19th 2018, 45 mins talk,âDiversity by default in design(and the awkward conversations that follow)â
Data for development festival: Bristol UK, March 21st 2018, 15 mins talk, âUshahidi:DREAMS â Engaging Youth and Data fro HIV/AID prevention: MYDATA Initiative Launchâ
GeoMobile: London UK, April 25th 2018, 15 mins talk, âUshahidi â Mapping for Humanitarian rightsâ
IDX Berlin: Berlin Germany, September 25th 2018, 60 mins talk, âDiverse representations in design and awkward conversations with colleaguesâ
South West Futurists: Bristol UK, September 27th 2018, 60 mins talk, âDiverse representations in design and awkward conversations with colleaguesâ
Inclusive Design 24: Remote Online, October 11th 2018, 40 mins talk, âDiverse representations in design and awkward conversations with colleaguesâ
Mozfest 2018: London UK, October 22nd â 28th 2018, 80 min workshop, âHow can we include open source tools and their ethos for young people inside or outside the education system?â
2017
Womenâs Tech Hub Bristol UK, May 2017, 1.5 hour workshop âUsability, UX and Design basics and resourcesâ
Nonbinary.tech: London UK, August 2017, 20 mins talk, âDiversity by default in design(and the awkward conversations that follow)â
Bristol Grammar School: Computer Science conference: Bristol UK, November 2017, 20 mins talk, âDesign, Tech and Diversityâ
2013 â 2016
UWIC careers fair with alumni: Cardiff UK, July 2013, 30 mins talk, âLife after art collegeâ
Reasons to be Creative: Brighton UK, September 2014, Elevator pitcher talk, âIn-house design is not a dirty wordâ
Adamsdown Arts Association: Cardiff UK, December 2014, Workshop, âIn-design for self-publishingâ
Adamsdown Arts Association: Cardiff UK December 2014, Workshop, âWebsite basics and maintaining a wordpress siteâ
Design Stuff Cardiff: Cardiff UK, December 2014, 20 mins talk, âIn-house design is not a dirty wordâ
Ignite Cardiff: Cardiff UK, March 2015, 5 mins talk, âWhat you âdoâ isnât defined but what youâve âdoneââ
SWUX design x developer: Bristol UK, April 2016 1 hour panel discussion âIn-house design specialistâ
SWUX meet-up: Bristol UK, February 2017 20 mins talk, âFantastic In-house designers and where to find themâ
Grrl Gamers:Bristol UK, December 2016 , 1 hour workshop, âUX & UI for games using Illustratorâ
Podcast hosting & appearances
SOS Design Podcast Host - I host episodes of the SOS Design Podcast. I also host some episodes of the Sustain OSS Podcast
Marketing Made Inclusive Podcast - EP 25: Inclusive Design Deep Dive with Eriol Fox
UX Wizards - Part 1 - What is open Source Software. Learn how designers can get involved across multiple projects that can impact meaningful social change.Part 2 - Learn more about Eriolâs involvement in NGOâs and tech for good
Sustain OSS - episode 72 Sustaining open source design
This is HCD â Diversity in Design
Tech For Good Live - S1 Ep 1 Big Nerd Energy
Loud Ideas â Episode #5: Designing For All with Eriol Fox
Bezier Podcast - Designer for Humanitarin tools
Magazines & Articles
A passion for inclusive design - ALHAUS
A Humanitarianâs Tech-Savy Response To Crisis - DeMagSign
UX design for social good - Zietspace
Could remote UX work help democratize design?