Natalia  Colasurdo speaks with Phil Balagtas, Founder of the Design Futures  Initiative. Phil has been a Visual & UX Designer since 2001 and has  experience designing across a variety of devices and platforms within  non-profit, retail, advertising, and enterprise software organizations.  The Design Futures Initiative (DFI), is a nonprofit that organizes the  international Speculative Futures meetups and PRIMER conferences in the  US and Europe. An educator and futurist, his events bring together  designers, futurists, and strategists from all over the world to teach  and speak about designing for the future and the ethical challenges  around emerging technologies.

Phil  has presented and taught workshops around the world on various topics  including Design Facilitation, Digital Transformation, and Speculative  Design. Delivering powerful statements around the importance of design  and strategy to shape the future of society and businesses, he shares an  amalgamation of experience from working across sectors and focuses on  how to empower designers for social impact.