Glen Hougan, IDSA is an industrial designer with experience in product research and development, human factors and health care design. He is an associate professor at NSCAD University in Halifax, Canada where he teaches industrial design. He is also the principal of the company Wellspan Research and Design that focuses on health care design and designs for an aging population. In 2010, he was made Sun Life Financial Chair in Design in Health and Aging and was recently featured on the PBS series Life Part 2 focusing on his Agespan suit, and his work in ageism and designing for an aging population.
Track:
Education Symposium & Sessions
Breakout Title:
Impact of Image: Designers and Ageism
Workshop Title:
Get Old Fast: Design for the Ages
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