Jesse James Garrett, president of Adaptive Path, speaks at UX Week 2009 on The State of User Experience. The field of User Experience has changed much over the years and Jesse does a good job at both finding insights into the past, such as its then narrow scope, as well as projecting forward with the incorporation of emotion. The talk is excellent for those practicing in the field and is one of the better talks out there discussing the current field of user experience as a whole.

Jeff Veen, a founding partner of Adaptive Path speaks at the Web2.0 Expo in San Francisco about data visualization and the future of Big Data. Jeff gives a brief history of information design and talks about the future of visualizing self-generated data to find stories important to individuals.

Rachel Hinman, Mobile Design Strategist for Adaptive Path, talks at UX Week 2008 and imagines the future of mobile technology. Rachel covers three emigrant and important themes. 1) Re-thinking the relationship with devices and how to make them less consuming of people’s attention and more of an enabler of contextual tasks. 2) Instead of looking for answers, it is much better to seek understanding when it comes to mobile needs. 3) Senses can play an important role in creating powerful experiences for mobile devices.

Dan Saffer, experience design director at Adaptive Path, has recently released his new book called Designing Gestural Interfaces. In this lecture, Dan discusses in idiosyncricies of designing for touch-based interfaces.