Career Storytelling Panel Discussion at All Five District Conferences (updated 03-23-11)

We’ll sit down with leading women in the field of new product development and innovation and get to the nuts and bolts of career development. What choices were made, why and what lessons have been learned? What advice do they have to pass on to young women just starting out in their careers? These questions and more will be asked in these engaging panel discussions! Please come prepared with your own questions as audience participation will be a part of the event.

Here is a list of the women that have signed up to share their stories.

Midwest District Conference: Hyatt Regency, 2011 Midwest Square, St Louis, Missouri, April 1-3, 2011
Doris Wells-Papanek, IDSA; Partner of Greenleaf & Papanek Publications
Pam Nyberg; Principle Design Strategist of Whirlpool Corp.
Tania Aldous; Global Director, Industrial Design for World Kitchen
Panel moderated by : Alice Jandrisits, Director of Research + Design, RedFusion Studios

Northeast District Conference: Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, April 8-9, 2011
Susan Fabry, IDSA; Senior Design Strategist with Continuum
Carole Bilson, IDSA; VP Global Design & Usability; Pitney Bowes, Inc.
Stefanie Kubanek; Creative Director & Founder; Kubanek Design
Erica Eden; Senior Industrial Designer and Femme Den Co Founder at Smart Design
Panel moderated by: Jill Hunt, Manager of Experience Design, Medela Inc.

Southern District Conference: Omni Austin Hotel Downtown, Austin, Texas, April 15-17, 2011
Daily Gist; Director, Industrial Design & Consumer Insights at Irwin Tools and Accessories; Newell Rubbermaid
Eunsook Kwon, IDSA; Director of Industrial Design at University of Houston
April Wenzel, IDSA; Industrial Designer, Michaels Store
Panel moderated by: Nancy Perkins, FIDSA, President & CEO, Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind

Mideast District Conference: Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 8-10, 2011
Judy Riley, IDSA; Vice President of Design, Moen, Inc.
Mary Beth Privitera, IDSA; Assoc. Professor of Industrial Design University of Cincinnati
Dyan VanFossen; VP Research & Development, La-z-boy
Panel moderated by: Nancy Perkins, FIDSA, President & CEO, Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind

Western District Conference: San Jose State University, San Jose, California, May 6-7, 2011
Joy Mountford; UED Director at Yahoo!
Shelley A. Takahashi, MBA; currently teaches Industrial Design at Cal State, Long Beach and the Art Institute of CA in OC & Hollywood.
Zelda Harrison; Visual Communications, Marketing Consultant at Zelda Harrison
Panel moderated by: Rachel Powers, Head of Consumer Experience, CTBU- Cisco