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Recent speaking events<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- March 2025 – World Information Architecture Day – Akron<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- November 2023 – World Usability Day – Cleveland<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- November, December 2022- User Experience Basics<\/em> – Orange SA, Bucharest, Romania<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- June 2022- User Experience for Entrepreneurs<\/em> – Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- October 2022- Is UX still a viable profession?<\/em> – UX Akron, Akron, Ohio<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- May 2022- Episode 105: Talkin’ Shop with D. Ben Woods and Michelle Pakron<\/em> – World of UX Podcast<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- February 2022- Episode 93: Talkin’ Shop w\/D. Ben Woods<\/em> – World of UX Podcast<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- March 2021 – Introduction to User Experience Workshop<\/em> – Civil Service College, Singapore<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- March 2020 – Introduction to User Experience Workshop<\/em> – Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi Romania<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- November 2019 – The Future of UX – Regulation?<\/em> – World Usability Day, Cleveland, Ohio<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- February 2019 – Information>Technology<\/em> – World Information Architecture Day, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Simulcast to Kent, Ohio)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- November 2018 – UXDays, Intensive UX Workshop in Bucharest<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- November 2018 – Guest lecture at University of Bucharest<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- October 2018 – Guerrilla Usability – Hyland Software, Westlake, Ohio<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- February 2018 – Digital Genome<\/em> – World Information Architecture Day, Kent<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- December 2017 – 2018 – Various events at Orange S.A., Bucharest<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- November 2017 – Cyber Security Poster<\/em> – UXPA International Conference, Toronto, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- September 2016 – Academic Library Association of Ohio, Dayton, Ohio<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- February 2016 – eXpanding Boundaries<\/em> – World Information Architecture Day, Kent, Ohio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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