Basak Haznedaroglu
Buckle Up, Designer!: How to Design for New Frontiers
Basak is a multi-disciplinary thinker, educator, coach, and speaker. She has spent years as a design executive, leading design teams and developing strategies at visionary companies like Microsoft, SoundCloud, InVision, Foursquare, and many more. She currently leads Design and Research at Blockstream, a blockchain company focusing on the financial infrastructure of the future. Outside of work, she loves building communities and connecting people across different cultures. She co-founded OpenIDEO Berlin to create social impact through design and craft solutions to our world's biggest challenges in sustainability, healthcare, education, and diversity. She is also an ambassador of Geekettes and Hexagon, both aimed to empower and support women and non-binary people in technology.
