From September 26th – 28th one of our creative directors Ronald Lewerissa will join the User Centered Design conference in Seattle, organized by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. A wide variety of stakeholders in sanitation from all over the world gather to develop innovative sanitation solutions for people in need.

Ronald will apply his skills in User Centered Design (UCD) to invent sanitation solutions for the Base of Pyramid (BoP). One of the UCD tools that will get specific attention will be our Design Game. In two brief sessions, participants will get a better understanding of how the Design Game works as an insight research tool. They will experience its quality to ‘sense’ what people aren’t saying, generating valuable information.

Our expert in the field of sanitation was closely involved in designing a smart sanitation solution for Unesco-IHE. The emergency Sanitation Operating System (eSOS) toilet we developed is a connected solution for sanitation in emergency response situations under extremely harsh conditions. It provides basic hygiene to those needing it the most and at the same time collects essential data and translates them into relevant management tools.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is one of the world’s largest private foundations. They are dedicated improving the quality of life for individuals around the world and describe themselves as “impatient optimists working to reduce inequity.”

Soon we will post an update on the outcome of the event.