Jutta Treviranus

Jutta Treviranus is a true design visionary whose mission is to ensure that the many complex systems we build leave no one behind. As the founder and director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre, and professor at OCAD University in Toronto, she is a leading expert on empowering and responding to human uniqueness – wherever and however it occurs. From the advent of the personal computer, through the evolution of the online world, to the AIs that are exploding into our lives today, Jutta works tirelessly to make technology accessible for everyone. But beyond the promise of inclusive design to enable ‘outliers’ to overcome barriers, she offers us a compelling invitation: if we integrate long-term thinking into our design practices, we can create powerful systems to protect us from the unpredictable but inevitable changes that we’ll face as individuals and as a society. In so doing, we have the opportunity to use humanity’s incredible diversity as the foundation for an equitable future.

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