Theme: Innovating Across time!
Learning from the Past Progress has never been accidental. The most enduring breakthroughs come from empathy, courage, and a willingness to challenge what already exists. Designing in the Present Design, research, and AI are no longer separate disciplines. They are collaborators shaping how we think, decide, and build — in real time. Imagining the Future The future isn’t about replacement. It’s about amplification — of human judgment, responsibility, and intent.
Time Capsule
A room full of practitioners pauses long enough to capture what feels true now.
At Nivan, attendees collectively contribute to a digital time capsule. Quiet reflections on UX, AI, and design at this exact moment in history.
Those signals are later revealed and reflected back to the community, creating a shared snapshot of our thinking before the next wave of change arrives.
The capsule lives on. Revisited. Reinterpreted. Remembered.
Message to the Future
Attendees write a short message meant for the future. A reminder, a warning, or a belief worth carrying forward.
Those messages are transformed into letters dated years ahead and returned after the conference.
A moment of continuity in an industry that rarely slows down.
Focus Areas
AI & Human Intelligence
How intelligence evolves across time
Explore how human cognition and machine intelligence have co evolved over time. From early tools that extended human thinking to today’s AI systems shaping decision making, this focus area examines what we gain, what we risk, and what responsibility looks like as intelligence becomes increasingly collaborative.
UX Research & Experience Evolution
Understanding people, systems, and behavior over time
Trace how research and design practices have evolved to better understand human behavior across changing technologies. This focus area looks at how insight, evidence, and empathy have shaped meaningful experiences and how those foundations guide experience design in an AI driven world.
Leadership & Mindset Through Time
What enduring leadership principles still matter
Examine how leadership has evolved across eras while core principles remain constant. Through stories and perspectives across generations, this focus area explores clarity, resilience, empathy, and courage as timeless leadership traits shaping how teams navigate change today.
Innovation Across Eras
Patterns, principles, and progress
Look at how breakthrough ideas emerge, scale, and sometimes fail across time. This focus area highlights recurring patterns in innovation and what past successes and missteps teach us about designing systems, organizations, and products with greater intention today.