Robert Moore is a research scientist at IBM Research-Almaden, where he examines the intersection of human conversation and technology. He has recently co-authored the book, Conversational UX Design: A Practitioner’s Guide to the Natural Conversation Framework. In the past, Dr. Moore has worked as a scientist at Yahoo! Labs and the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and as a game designer at The Multiverse Network. He holds Ph.D., M.S. and B.A. degrees in sociology with concentrations in ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis and ethnography.

In this talk, Robert examines conversational interfaces and how those require a new approach to user experience design, one that is informed by conversation science. Robert also goes deeper into…

1. The difference between natural language and natural conversation.
2. Concepts and principles for conversational UX design.
3. A pattern language of 100 conversational interaction patterns.