Speaker

Alok Nandi is a regular speaker at international conferences and events (incl. PechaKucha Tokyo, TEDx Flanders, TEDx Antwerp Salon). In parallel, he is a lecturer and invited professor, launched PechaKucha Brussels and initiated the Belgian presence of Interaction Design Association, IxDA. In 2014, Alok Nandi chaired Interaction14 by IxDA in Amsterdam [ @ interaction14.ixda.org ] and served on the IxDA Board of Directors (2015-2020) and was IxDA’s global president for 2018-2020. In 2025-2029, he is selected and part of the EC-funded MADres [powered by BEDA, Bureau of European Design Associations] Glorious 42 group.

Some interventions are a.o at. : Interactive Frictions 1999, Los Angeles; DAC 1999, Georgia Tech, Atlanta; DAC 2000, Bergen Norway; CODE 2001, Cambridge; ArtSci 2002 in New York; ARCO03 in Madrid; Beauty of Collaboration at Banff Canada; ECSITE 2003 in Munchen; FuturAnima 2005 in Brussels; INFRA, Doors of Perception 08 “Infra” in New Delhi (March 2005); ICHIM 2005 Paris; Transmediale 06 in Berlin, Doors of Perception 09 “Juice” in Delhi (March 2007); Media in Transition 05 at Massachussets Institute of Technology (MiT, April 2007). – see list to-date on www.nandi.pro

Recent public speaking sessions include:
_ Brussels – May / June / September / October 2026 – Laboratoire d’Expérimentation des Pratiques GenAI @ LaScam & SACD
_ Charleroi – December 2025 – Journée IA+ du PILEn
_ Brussels – December 2025 – Les médiations numériques de la culture
_ Creil – November 2025 – Journée Livre / Etre lecteur, est-ce seulement lire ?
_ Paris – September 2025 – France Design Week x Biennale des Savoir-Faire et Métiers d’Art
_ Brussels – July 2025 – MEDAA – Face à l’IA, quels modèles d’action pour le secteur du livre en Europe ?
_ Louvain la Neuve – June 2025 – A-t-on (encore) besoin du livre pour lire ? La lecture et l’accessibilité en questions
_ Louvre Lens Vallee – November 2024 – masterclass on Scenario Design for entrepreneurship in cultural and creative industries
_ Kolkata – November 2024 – Design Sandesh
_ Doha – November 2024 – EuroCHRIE annual conference and coCreationcamp
_ Antwerp – June 2024 – TEDx Antwerp Salon
_ Bengaluru – March 2024 – keynote @ AI & Society, Alliance University
_ Bengaluru – February 2024 – keynote @ What’s Next, CNBC18 India & Pearl Academy
_ Antwerp – January 2024 – IAPCO Edge seminar keynote
_ Riyadh – March 2023 – Architecture & Design – Education Forum
_ Brussels – March 2023 – Cisco BeLux Innovation Challenge – keynote
_ The Centre for Sustainable Design (CfSD), University for the Creative Arts (UCA) – on line – Sustainable Innovation 2023 – in the Creative Economy and Creative Industries
_ Valencia – Nov. 2022 – World Design Capital – Design Policy Conference
_ Muscat – June 2022 – Design Muscat, Oman – keynote
_ 2020/21 went into virtual speaking and keynote at a distance mode – more on nandi.mobi
_ Lyon – June 2021 – BlendWebMix – keynote
_ Milano – Feb. 2020 – PRE workshop IxDA + Cumulus Association
_ Ahmedabad – Jan. 2020 – Ahmedabad Design Week – masterclass / PRE workshop IxDA + Cumulus Association
_ Pune – Jan. 2020 – Interaction Design Pune (remote live)
_ Kochi – Dec. 2019 – Kochi Design Week / DesignOpen
_ Kochi – Dec. 2019 – Kochi Design Week / keynote and workshop
_ Shunde – Dec. 2019 – Shunde Creative Design Week – 10th year IDSS
_ Dubai – Nov. 2019 – IxDA Dubai meetup
_ Lyon – Nov. 2019 – Service Design + IxDA / Off de Blend Web Mix
_ Bogota – Nov. 2019 – Cumulus Conference – PRE workshop
_ Hyderabad – Oct. 2019 – Hyderabad Design Week / DesignOpen
_ Hyderabad – Oct. 2019 – Hyderabad Design Week / WDO GA – Education Summit
_ Mumbai / Hyderabad – Sept. 2019 – World Interaction Design Day (remote live)
_ Brussels – Sept. 2019 – World Interaction Design Day
_ Hangzhou – Sept. 2019 – China DIA Jury intervention
_ Rovaniemi Lapland – May 2019 – Cumulus-IxDA design education sessions
_ Kyoto – April 2019 – design talk with SDN Japan, Service Design Network
_ Tokyo – April 2019 – design talk with IxDA Tokyo at Yahoo Japan
_ St-Etienne – April 2019 – Design Declaration Pre-Summit at St-Etienne Design Biennale 2019
_ Lugano – March 2019 – Open Lecture at SUPSI, Master of Interaction Design
_ Ahmedabad – Feb. 2019 – Launching IxDA Ahmedabad
_ Bengaluru – Feb. 2019 – Lollypop.design and IxDA Bengaluru
_ Bengaluru – Feb. 2019 – The Design Barn / IxDA
_ Kolkata – Feb. 2019 – TiE Kolkata – The Indus Entrepreneurship
_ Mumbai – Feb. 2019 – NLTF Nasscom Technology and Leadership Forum
_ Seattle – Feb. 2019 – Interaction19 – Diversity: De-ambulation, monocultures and pluriverse
_ Kolkata – Dec. 2018 – Thinking Design @ICBI – International Chamber of Business & Industry
_ Kochi – Dec. 2018 – Kochi Design Week / #Design Kerala Summit / keynote
_ Kolkata – Dec. 2018 – IxDA Kolkata pre-launch – Olive Studio
_ Rio de Janeiro – Nov. 2018 – ILA18 Interaction Latin America / keynote
_ Dublin – Oct. 2018 – SDGC Service Design Global Conference / keynote members day
_ Bengaluru – Sept. 2018 – NASSCOM Design4India / keynote
_ Bengaluru – Sept. 2018 – IxDD – World Interaction Design Day with IxDA Bengaluru
_ Bengaluru – Sept. 2018 – IxDD – World Interaction Design Day with DesignUp
_ Madrid – June 2018 – Experience Fighters
_ Paris – April 2018 – Cumulus Association & IxDA Edu – Design Education
_ Copenhagen – Feb. 2018 – Freshconference
_ Brussels – Feb. 2018 – In conversation w/ Peter Ghyczy, ADAM Brussels Design Museum
_ Lyon – Feb. 2018 – IxDA Edu & Cumulus Association – Design Education
_ Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai – Dec. 2017 – QGLUE sessions
_ New Delhi – Dec. 2017 – TIECON Delhi – Design-led Entrepreneurship
_ Brussels – Nov. 2017 – European Brain Council / Moving from UX to PX
_ Montreal – Oct. 2017 – World Design Summit / Montreal Design Declaration
_ Brussels – Sept. 2017 – EU Design Days
_ Helsinki – Sept. 2017 – Design Diplomacy / Helsinki Design Week
_ Rabat, Morocco – June 2017 – Africa Design Days
_ Split, Croatia – June 2017 – HIDesign Europe, Hotel Interior Design / keynote “The Power of Narrative”
_ Montreal – May 2017 – UITP Summit / Union Internationale des Transports Publics
_ Tokyo – March 2017 – PechaKucha Pow Wow
_ Tokyo – March 2017 – IxDA meet-up w/ @ Reaktor
_ Marrakech – Feb. 2017 – Ecole d’Architecture ENA Marrakech / keynote “Narrative Design”
_ Brussels – Dec. 2016 – Innovation/Design – GE Garages
_ Marrakech – Nov. 2016 – COP22 / Climate Conference
_ Aix-en-Provence – Oct. 2016 – Fête du Livre / Introducing the film “Charulata” by Satyajit Ray
_ Paris – Mars 2016 – Design Thinking et objets connectés, Lieu du Design
_ Brussels – October 2015 – In conversation w/ Artavazd Pelechian, BOZAR
_ Lille – Sept. 2015 – Club des entreprises Lille Design
_ Brussels – July 2015 – In conversation w/ Peter Greenaway, BOZAR
_ Tokyo – March 2015 – PechaKucha Night Tokyo Vol. 123
_ Amsterdam – Feb. 2014 – Interaction14 – In conversation w/ Scott McCloud
_ Amsterdam – Feb. 2014 – IxDA’s Interaction14 Conference Chair
_ Antwerp – Sept. 2010 – TEDx Flanders

// in parallel to in-organisations keynotes, in-house seminars/workshops and hosting/MC-ing PechaKucha Night Brussels.

Some previous international conferences where Alok Nandi talked:

  • Interactive Frictions in Los Angeles in June 1999
  • DAC in Georgia Tech and in Bergen Norway
  • CODE 2001 in Cambridge UK
  • ArtSci 2002 in New York
  • Sony Lab CSL, Tokyo
  • ARCO03 in Madrid
  • transmediale06 in Berlin
  • Media in Transition at MIT Cambridge USA
  • Doors of Perception 2005 (Infra) and 2007 (Juice) in New Delhi
  • ISEA 2008 in Singapore
  • Singapore Design Festival 2009
  • Bengaluru WikiWars, Jan. 2010
  • Centre Pompidou Hors-Pistes 2010 Paris, Feb 2010
  • TEDx Flanders, Antwerp, Sept 2010
  • Les 400 goûts, Food Design, Reims, France, Oct 2010
  • Beyrouth AUF Tourisme et Héritage, Nov. 2010
  • Copenhagen Design Week 2011 – cocreatech & MindLab
  • Fresh 2012, Cph, Jan 2012
  • Helsinki 2012 World Design Capital – coCreationcamp
  • Madrid TransmediaLab 2012
  • Paris Design Days 2012 / Parsons School
  • Paris CNAM – transmedia storytelling
  • London Food Design June 2012
  • Helsinki Design Week 2012 – Sept.
  • Goûter Bruxelles / SlowFood – Terroirs & Food Design, Sept 2012
  • Biennale Intl Design, Forum Design & Innovation 2013, St-Etienne, March 2013
  • Interaction14 Conference Chair, Amsterdam, Feb. 2014
  • Rencontres Intl de la Photographie, Arles, Sept. 2014
  • PechaKucha Tokyo, March 2015
  • Biennale Intl Design, Forum Design & Innovation 2015, St-Etienne, April 2015

He has also conceived Post-Flux and worked on Share/d Heritage.