2012MidwestDDCschedule

FRIDAY, April 13

8 AM – 12 PM

• Exhibitor set-up

Noon – 5 PM

• Registration & Exhibits open

Noon – 1 PM

• SCOOPs Meeting
• Pre-conference Workshops
  
  • 1 – 2:20 PM    Communicate or Die – Paul Hatch, IDSA
  • 1 – 2:45 PM    Sketching Heuristics: Why they Work and How they Work – Kevin Henry
  • 1 – 3:45 PM    Hungry and Ready to Learn: High School Students Design their Own Path – Doris Wells-Papanek, IDSA
  • 1:45 – 3:45 PM    Don't Call Us, We'll Call You – Michael Kahwaji, IDSA
  • 2:15 – 3:45 PM    Using Improv to Enhance the Effectiveness of Brainstorming – Liz Gerber
  • 2:30 – 3:45 PM    Introduction to Lego Serious Play – Stephen Melamed, IDSA
  • 2:45 – 3:45 PM    Digital Prototyping for Consumer Products – Chris Hall

3:45 – 4 PM

• Pre-conference Networking Break

4 – 4:05 PM

• Conference Welcome – David Weightman, IDSA

4:05 – 4:10 PM

• IDSA National – George McCain, FIDSA

4:10 – 4:35 PM

• Synergy between Designer, Client and Consumer: Rules for Success – Walter Herbst, IDSA 

4:35 – 5 PM

• The Design-it-Together Movement: The Case for Design for America – Liz Gerber

5 – 5:25 PM

• Design Literacy: Why Design is Emerging as the Next Pervasive Human Literacy – Chris Pacione

5:25 – 5:45 PM

• Designing for a Lasting Consumer Relationship – Jim Wicks, IDSA

6  – 7 PM

• Portfolio Review

6:30 PM

• Student Merit Award Rehearsals

7 PM

• Chapters and Sections Networking Event

8 PM

• TEAMS Design, party

Saturday, April 14

8 AM – 5 PM

• Registration and Exhibit Booths Open

9 – 9:25 AM

• Mobile Apps Must Die – Scott Jenson

9:25 – 9:50 AM

• The Refocus Group – Jenn Schiffman and Defne Civelekoglu

9:50 – 10:15 AM

• Mind the Gap—Bridging the Gap between Research and Design – Erin Hamilton, IDSA and Drew Smith

10:15 – 10:35 AM

• Technology, Design and Business: Three Worlds – Craig Sampson

10:35 – 11 AM

• Networking Break

11 AM – 12:10 PM

• Student Merit Award Presentations

12:10 – 1:30 PM

• Lunch

12:10 PM

• Chapter Council Meeting

12:10 – 1:30 PM

• Design Evolution Workshop, Moderator: Alice Jandrisits, Panelists: Ann-Marie Conrado, Tania Aldous, Marianne Grisdale, Doris Wells-Papanek, and Pamela Nyberg

1:30 – 1:55 PM

• Stop Talking, Start MAKING – Joe Graceffa

1:55 – 2:20 PM

• Scary Stylists and Tragic Haircuts: Helping People Overcome Past Traumas by Designing an Epic Hair Experience – Pam Nyberg, IDSA

2:20 – 2:40 PM

• Integrated Learning Process – Vincenzo Iavicoli, IDSA

2:40 – 3 PM

• Break

3 – 3:25 PM

• Design Strategies for Improving Product Lifetime – Dawn Danby

3:25 – 3:50 PM

• Sustainable Design is Key to an Evolving Design Practice – Seth Galewyrick

3:50 – 4:15 PM

• Design Drives Business in the Housewares Industry – Perry Reynolds

4:15 – 4:35 PM

• Bringing the Factory to the Desktop – Zach Kaplan

4:35 – 5 PM

• Networking Break

5 – 5:25 PM

• A New Airplane for a New World 787 Dreamliner – Ken Dowd

5:25 – 5:50 PM

• Design Matters – Philip Thompson

5:50 – 6:10 PM

• Frontiers of Fusion – Larry Keeley, A/IDSA

6:10 – 6:20 PM

• Student Merit Awards

6:20 – 6:30 PM

• Conference Close – David Weightman, IDSA

7 PM

• Closing Reception