BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:28159@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Conversations That Matter: What Do We Leave Behind Online? DTSTAMP:20261006T031132Z DTSTART:20261027T183000Z DESCRIPTION:What happens to our digital selves when we die?\n\nLosing a lov ed one means not only saying goodbye to a person physically\, but\nalso na vigating the digital legacy they leave behind. From cherished photos and\n social media profiles to important accounts and personal data\, these digi tal\nfootprints can comfort or challenge those left behind. Yet we often a void\ntalking about what should happen to them. The topic is emotionally s ensitive\,\nand there are few accessible tools to help.\nConversations Tha t Matter was created to change that. It is a hybrid toolkit\nthat combines card-based conversation prompts with a companion website. It helps\npalli ative care patients\, their families and caregivers talk openly about\nend -of-life wishes and make decisions about their digital legacy.\n\nIn conve rsation with Muskan Jain Designer\, Artist & Design Researcher Victor\nJim oh Product Designer Iskandar Smit Researcher\, Designer & Curator Samia\nS hafique Consultant Digital Legacy\n\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKERS\n\nMuskan Jain i s an Amsterdam-based designer\, artist and design researcher who\nworks on subjects people find hard to talk about: memory\, ageing\, digital legacy \nand what technology decides on people’s behalf. Her practice moves from\ nfieldwork and interviews to prototypes and participatory installations. S he\nholds an MSc in Digital Design from the Amsterdam University of Applie d Sciences\nand a BDes in Animation Film Design from NID Ahmedabad. She is co-creator of\nConversations That Matter\, presented at RSD14 (OCAD Unive rsity\, Toronto)\, and\ncreator of Memory Ball\, featured in the ThingsCon RIOT Report 2025 and at Design\nFair 2026 at Het Nieuwe Instituut.\n\nVic tor Jimoh is a digital designer and co-creator of Conversations That Matte r\,\ndeveloped during the Master Digital Design at the Amsterdam Universit y of\nApplied Sciences. He led the project’s survey outreach in Nigeria an d worked on\nthe toolkit’s companion website. At Pakhuis\, he co-presents the toolkit and\nmoderates the panel conversation.\n\nIskander Smit is an independent researcher\, designer\, curator\, and “critical\ncreative”\, d iving deep into human-AI-things relationships. He is the founder and\nchai r of the Cities of Things Foundation [https://citiesofthings.nl/]\, a\nres earch program that originated at TU Delft\, where he was a visiting profes sor.\nIt now serves as an independent knowledge platform\, collaborating w ith academic\npartners and industry. Cities of Things developed a speculat ive design workshop\nand the Wijkbot-platform for civic prototyping. Iskan der is deeply involved in\nexploring the relationship between human and ma chine intelligence from a design\nperspective. He publishes a weekly newsl etter\, and is a curator and chair of\nThingsCon.\n\nSamia Shafique is a d igital legacy consultant at Digital Life Legacy\, the Dutch\nknowledge and expertise centre that helps bereaved families and professionals\nget safe and legally correct access to phones\, accounts and digital data after a\ ndeath. She brings practical\, everyday experience of what digital legacy means\nfor the people left behind. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/conversations-that-matter-what-do-we-le ave-behind-online GEO:52.376857;4.9220756 LOCATION:Pakhuis de Zwijger - Piet Heinkade 179\, 1019 HC Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,eastern docklands,film,talk,technology,worksho p X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:What happens to our digital selves when we die ?

Losing a loved one means not only saying goodbye to a person physical ly, but also navigating the digital legacy they leave behind. From cherish ed photos and social media profiles to important accounts and personal dat a, these digital footprints can comfort or challenge those left behind. Ye t we often avoid talking about what should happen to them. The topic is em otionally sensitive, and there are few accessible tools to help.
Conve rsations That Matter was created to change that. It is a hybrid toolkit th at combines card-based conversation prompts with a companion website. It h elps palliative care patients, their families and caregivers talk openly a bout end-of-life wishes and make decisions about their digital legacy.

In conversation with Muskan Jain Designer, Artist & Design Resear cher Victor Jimoh Product Designer Iskandar Smit Researcher, Designer & ; Curator Samia Shafique Consultant Digital Legacy

About t he speakers

Muskan Jain is an Amsterdam- based designer, artist and design researcher who works on subjects people find hard to talk about: memory, ageing, digital legacy and what technolog y decides on people’s behalf. Her practice moves from fieldwork and interv iews to prototypes and participatory installations. She holds an MSc in Di gital Design from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and a BDes in Animation Film Design from NID Ahmedabad. She is co-creator of Conversa tions That Matter, presented at RSD14 (OCAD University, Toronto), and crea tor of Memory Ball, featured in the ThingsCon RIOT Report 2025 and at Desi gn Fair 2026 at Het Nieuwe Instituut.

Victor Jimoh is a digital designer and co-creator of Conversations That Matter, develo ped during the Master Digital Design at the Amsterdam University of Applie d Sciences. He led the project’s survey outreach in Nigeria and worked on the toolkit’s companion website. At Pakhuis, he co-presents the toolkit an d moderates the panel conversation.

Iskander Smit is an independent researcher, designer, curator, and “critical creative”, diving deep into human-AI-things relationships. He is the founder and chai r of the Cities of Th ings Foundation, a research program that originated at TU Delft, where he was a visiting professor. It now serves as an independent knowledge pl atform, collaborating with academic partners and industry. Cities of Thing s developed a speculative design workshop and the Wijkbot-platform for civ ic prototyping. Iskander is deeply involved in exploring the relationship between human and machine intelligence from a design perspective. He publi shes a weekly newsletter, and is a curator and chair of ThingsCon.

Samia Shafique is a digital legacy consultant at Digital Life Legacy, the Dutch knowledge and expertise centre that helps bereaved families and professionals get safe and legally correct access to phones, accounts and digital data after a death. She brings practical, everyday ex perience of what digital legacy means for the people left behind.

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