Thomas Girard is an Oxford-educated design thought leader recognized globally for advancing innovation at the intersection of creativity, education, and technology. A TEDx and Sorbonne speaker, Girard has keynoted at premier events including UXIndia and has been featured on TED.com, Business Insider, and Cision. He is the host of UNIQUEWAYS, a global podcast with over 250 guests—including Don Norman, Debbie Millman, and John Maeda—exploring the creative journeys of the world’s most influential thinkers. Girard is the author of Son of Greg Girard, a critically acclaimed memoir that weaves personal legacy with design history, and the founder of two widely adopted frameworks: UX Now and Unique Ways of Prototyping, which are shaping the future of user experience education in both digital and analog contexts. His contributions have earned him Emerging Scholar Awards from international bodies and fellowships recognizing leadership in design research. A former designer at the Lenovo Innovation Design Centre, Girard bridges industry and academia, with teaching appointments across top institutions. His work continues to inform global conversations on resilience, tactility, and the evolving role of design in an AI-driven world. Archived Bio Thomas Girard (born 30 December, 1980 in Vancouver, Canada) is a Canadian scholar. Girard was accepted to attend University of Oxford in lectures equivalent to graduate coursework. Girard has received several Emerging Scholar awards, first at the Design Principles and Practices conference in Barcelona, Spain at the prestigious ELISAVA. At Emily Carr University of Art and Design he received his second Emerging Scholar award. Other awards include RBC Emerging Scholar, Royal Bank of Canada Foundation. For 2021, he has been awarded an Emerging Scholar award from the New Directions in the Humanities conference in Madrid, Spain.