Second Keynote Speaker announced

We are honored to announce that Professor Rilla Khaled will join PRAXI 2026 as our second keynote speaker!

Rilla Khaled is an Associate Professor in the Department of Design & Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montréal, and Associate Director of the Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG) Research Centre, one of Canada’s leading game-studies and digital media labs. With a PhD in Computer Science from Victoria University of Wellington, she has built a global academic profile at the intersection of serious games, speculative interaction, and inclusive design. Her research develops new methods for documenting and analysing game-design processes—most notably the “Method for Design Materialisation”—and works with diverse and Indigenous communities to co-create playful systems that support social change, cultural reflection and inclusive futures. Dr. Khaled is widely recognised as a thought-leader in game design research, combining rigorous scholarship, design-practice and engagement with emergent technologies (such as AI and speculative prototypes) to advance how we think about play, participation and material design.

At Praxi 2026, Rilla will talk about design problem solving.

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