{"id":38,"date":"2026-06-18T15:57:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.filipmakowiecki.com\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2026-09-10T09:12:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:12:34","slug":"conference-talks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.filipmakowiecki.com\/index.php\/conference-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"On stage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-efd110aa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.filipmakowiecki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CONFERENCE-TALKS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filipmakowiecki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CONFERENCE-TALKS.png 800w, https:\/\/www.filipmakowiecki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CONFERENCE-TALKS-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.filipmakowiecki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CONFERENCE-TALKS-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.filipmakowiecki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CONFERENCE-TALKS-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">I talk about <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">things that interest me at the moment<\/mark>. My favourite part is the Q&amp;A, and even more so the unofficial conversations during breaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Honestly, I prefer workshops to talks, but visibility matters. I&#8217;ve been much happier at conferences since speaking stopped being part of my job description.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Since 2025 I&#8217;ve been on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waysconf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WaysConf<\/a> programme board, where I try to introduce some less usual topics \u2013 and they tend to score well with the audience<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">COMING SOON<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This autumn you can catch me in the following event &#8211; mainly as a facilitator, away from the blinding light of the main stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">16.09.2026 | <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waysconf.com\/roundtable\/the-death-of-the-process\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WaysConf <\/a><\/strong>| Roundtable: The (death of the) process: Do researchers and designers even need a next Double Diamond? [EN]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">16-18.10.2026 | <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ppnt.pl\/kalendarz-wydarzen\/maraton-speak-in_ux-2026-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Speak in_UX<\/a><\/strong> | Pre-conference event: UX Design Marathon | as a co-facilitator [PL]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">11.2026 | <a href=\"https:\/\/warsawjam.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>GovJam Warsaw<\/strong> <\/a>| Service Design Jam | Details soon!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Talks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A selection of conference talks, mostly in Polish, some in English. Linked where recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Filip Makowiecki - Miasto, magia, maszyna. Case study Delipop - POLISHOPA 2023\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OhcZ9hDqCdc?start=3&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">2025 | <strong>Forum Kultury Cyfrowej<\/strong> | Discovery and Other Cool Stuff: How We&#8217;re Developing zbioryspoleczne.pl (Community Collections Portal) Using Product Management Best Practices | with Ewa Majdecka [PL]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">2025 | <strong>AI w Edukacji<\/strong> | The Journey is the Goal: How to Limit AI Risks in Design Education Without Closing Off Its Potential Benefits [PL]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">2025 | <strong>Mobile Trends Conference<\/strong> | \ud83c\udfa6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EN2DWoD4soM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Future of Interfaces: From GUI to ZUI<\/a> [PL]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">2024 | <strong>Speak in_UX<\/strong> | Human-Centred in the Age of AI: How to Save Researchers and Designers [PL]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">2024 | <strong>WaysConf<\/strong> | Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss! What Went Wrong in Relations Between Product, Design and Research | with Kry\u015b Radzewicz [EN]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">2024 | <strong>Product Pro Summit<\/strong> | Stakeholders vs Discovery: Direct and Indirect Tools of Persuasion [PL]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">2023 | <strong>Speak in_UX<\/strong> | Turbofocus: How Getting Metrics Right Made Me a Better Designer [PL]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">2023 | <strong>POLISHOPA<\/strong> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BXO4AEfF9wA\">\ud83c\udfa6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OhcZ9hDqCdc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">City, Magic, Machine: A Delipop Case Study<\/a> [PL]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">2023 | <strong>Digital Customer Experience<\/strong> | The Hidden Dimension of Experience: How to Design Time [PL]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">2021 | <strong>WUD Warszawa<\/strong> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BXO4AEfF9wA\">\ud83c\udfa6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BXO4AEfF9wA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trust in Design<\/a> [PL]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">2021 |<strong> DesignWays<\/strong> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c9ll0tjHnKA\">\ud83c\udfa6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c9ll0tjHnKA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Laughter in the Room: Affective Strategies in Design Work<\/a> [PL]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">2020 | <strong>UserConf<\/strong> (online) | Keeping Users at a Distance: Research in Remote Times [PL]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">2020 | <strong>Elementarz UX<\/strong> (online) | PR Tools in UX: How to Use Experience from Outside the Industry [PL]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-right:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-left:0\">2020 | <strong>Digital Revolution for Healthcare: Pharma &amp; Medical<\/strong> (online) | Product, Portal, Patient. How to Design Digital Journeys in the Pharmaceutical Industry? | with Larysa \u017buchowska [PL]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">2020 | <strong>Poland &amp; CEE Digital Finance Summit<\/strong> | Analogies, Inspirations and Distant Horizons. How Not to Lose Enthusiasm (and Customers) When Designing for Finance [PL]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">2019 | <strong>Mobile Trends Conference<\/strong> | PWA as a UX Challenge [PL]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">workshops<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smaller room and better lighting \u2013 this is where I&#8217;m more comfortable. A mix of facilitation methods, improv, and the occasional Occam&#8217;s razor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">2024 | <strong>Speak in_UX<\/strong> | Intro to Improv (applied improvisation for researchers and designers) [PL]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">2023 | <strong>WaysConf<\/strong> | Intro to Improv (in product design and product management) | with Ewa Gryczon [PL]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">2023 | <strong>Speak in_UX<\/strong> | The UX Occam&#8217;s Razor: Prioritisation Techniques in Practice [PL]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">2022 | <strong>Speak in_UX<\/strong> | Kick-off with a Kick: How Not to Kick the Bucket when Starting a New Project [PL]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">2022 | <strong>DesignWays <\/strong>| Wicked Problems and the Razor of Analogy [PL]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">music and improv<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the side, I write and perform original songs \u2013 mostly comic ones. I also perform with my improv theatre group Pi\u0119tro 2,5 at festivals and local stages in Warsaw. You can find me at random open mics and similar events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Filip Makowiecki - Zamkn\u0119li mi \u017cabk\u0119\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rPBeavWfIec?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">2025 | <strong>Sketch show &#8220;Letters from Millennials&#8221;<\/strong> | Resort Komedii, Warsaw [PL]<br>original songs written for a sketch show by friends from Szko\u0142a Impro, including the title song<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">2024 | <strong>Comedy Song Review<\/strong> | Stefan Jaracz Theatre, Otwock [PL]<br>original songs including &#8220;Before You Flush, Put the Seat Down&#8221; and &#8220;A Kid Ate My Brain&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">2023 | <strong>Comedy Song Review<\/strong> | Stefan Jaracz Theatre, Otwock [PL]<br>original songs including &#8220;They Closed My \u017babka&#8221; and &#8220;Love Soft as Alpacas&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I talk about things that interest me at the moment. 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