CO-LOCATED EVENTS

Speaker

Neha Singhal

Design & Research Lead - Human Factors, Ford Motor Company

Neha is a passionate advocate for Human-Centered Design, an Interactive Design Research lead at the Human Factors Design and Research team at Ford Motor Company. She focuses on HMI artifacts, augmented reality studies, and human factors research for advanced vehicle technologies. With a Master’s in Human-Computer Interaction, she has extensive experience in rapid prototyping and interaction design, specializing in user research, usability engineering, information architecture, data visualization, system thinking, and design thinking. Her previous roles include leading large-scale user research, experimental design at Ford, and user experience design at INVIA Medical Imaging Solutions and Indiana University Health. Neha strives to create intuitive and effective user experiences by leveraging empathy and data-driven design.

Sessions

4 | Touch Technologies Café

Tuesday, December 09

11:00 am - 03:00 pm

Live in Dearborn, Michigan

Less Details

  • How can advanced touch technologies, such as Haptics and Force Touch, improve the overall user experience in automotive HMI systems?
  • What are the most common user pain points that advanced touch technologies aim to address?
  • How does the interaction design paradigm shift when integrating Driver vs Passenger Detection in HMI?
  • What potential use cases have emerged from combining Proximity Sensing with other touch technologies in vehicle interfaces?
  • How can reductive design principles be applied when implementing advanced touch technologies to enhance both functionality and simplicity?

 

Workshop

Tuesday, December 09

03:30 pm - 04:00 pm

Live in Dearborn, Michigan

Less Details

After the afternoon break and five interactive discussion rounds the moderators will give a short summory of each world café in front of the audience to showcase all key take aways.

All results, pictures and key takeaways of the World Cafes will be photographed after the event and made available to our event app “hubs101.”

Presentation

Company

Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company is a global company based in Dearborn, Michigan. The company designs, manufactures, markets and services a full line of Ford cars, trucks, SUVs, electrified vehicles and Lincoln luxury vehicles, provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company and is pursuing leadership positions in electrification; mobility solutions, including self-driving services; and connected services. Ford employs approximately 190,000 people worldwide.