Transcending Gender

Gender expression is proliferating, yet in the development of products, services and systems people are demanding that gender be treated much less deterministically. Organisations are striving towards gender balance and equality while the individuals to whom these organisations provide are requiring much greater scope in terms of personal gender recognition. _x000B_

In today’s society there is a commonly accepted gender binary, divided into expectations of masculinity and femininity. An increasing number of people are finding new space outside of this binary while simultaneously beginning to question the existence of inherent gender norms in everything we create and consume. In a similar manner, experiences are shifting away from characteristic gender assignments and default gender settings.

This talk hopes to further discussions around the value of gender in our modern day-to-day interactions. With a brief assessment of the history of gender, and a cursory look at where it might be headed in the future, this talk with mainly focus on our current attitude towards this ingrained societal construct. We will ask ourselves to reflect on how we feel our present-day systems are coping with this increasingly sensitive topic and we'll discuss what needs to be done to protect or remove it.