A designer, social innovator, and academic, Liz is an expert on sustainable design and spatial innovation in challenged urban environments globally. From designing shelters for immigrant day laborers in the U.S. to a water and health social enterprise for low-income Kenyans, Liz has a long history of engagement in the design for social impact movement.
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What if gentrification was about healing communities instead of displacing them?
TopicsCommunity, Social Innovation
Liz Ogbu is an architect who works on spatial justice: the idea that justice has a...
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How do we build better?
TopicsCommunication, Social Innovation, Sustainability
Architect, designer and social innovator Liz Ogbu and famed New York street...
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Dispelling misplaced confidence in reality
DisciplinesArt, Immersive Experience Design
TopicsCareer
Speaker Tea Uglow
Uglow presents a number of thinkers throughout history who have explored the value of...
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Boosting Local Economy via UX Design (SXSW 2025)
DisciplinesBusiness, Product Design, User Experience
TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Culture, Design Thinking, Social Innovation
IndustriesMarketing, Retail
Speaker Ana Peralta
UX designers have the ability to create meaningful change in our own communities....
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Tech Inclusion 2020: The Next Wave of Leadership
DisciplineProduct Design
TopicsDiversity & Inclusion, Leadership
IndustryTechnology
Speaker Cassandra Gibson
This year we’ll strategize how we can create equity in the tech industry, how...
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