The Symposia

PROGRAM SCHEDULE // MONDAY APRIL 14

7:30REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
8:30KEYNOTE // A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
Chip Kidd, Writer, Graphic Designer, Author, “The Cheese Monkeys” and “The Learners;” Associate Art Director, Editor-At-Large for Graphic Novels, Knopf/Pantheon
 9:15 

KEYNOTE//Message in a Bottle: Leading a Business that Strives to Be Ethical & Sustainable

Seth Goldman, Co-Founder, President & TeaEO, Honest Tea

10:00

A BREAK. CONNECT. GET A BOOK SIGNED BY CHIP KIDD.

 SUSTAINABILITY &
INNOVATION
GLOBAL DESIGN, EXPERIENCE &
STRATEGY
10:30FACIAL CODING: TOOLS & INQUIRY TO GET AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE

Dan Hill, Author, “Emotionomics”; President, Sensory Logic, Inc.

BUILDING A WORLDWIDE DESIGN
ORGANIZATION IN WHAT SEEMS LIKE A
BILLION-DOLLAR START-UP

Christian C. Landry, Senior Executive Director, Worldwide Design & Experience, Cisco Linksys

11:15DESIGN INSPIRATION: FINDING THE ONE
PERCENT

Meredith McCain, United Parcel Service

CLIENTS, FOR PETE’S SAKE STOP THIS
PITCHING

Ronald de Vlam, President, Webb Scarlett deVlam

 

12:00LUNCHLUNCH
1:00CREATING STYLISH, INNOVATIVE AND
CONVENIENT SOLUTIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES

Josh Dorfman, Founder & CEO, Vivavi & Modern Green Living; Creator & Host, The Lazy Environmentalist Radio Show; Author, “The Lazy Environmentalist: Your Guide To
Easy, Stylish, Green Living”

WHERE HAS OUR GLOBAL STRATEGY GONE? John Miziolek, President and CEO, LOGOSBRANDS
1:45

KEYNOTE // BEING GREEN IN MASS:
PACKAGING INNOVATIONS AT SAM’S CLUB

Mike Ellgass, Director of Private Brands, Sam’s Club

THE RISE OF CHINA’S BRAND
Gordon Bruce, Principal, Gordon Bruce Design, LLC
2:30
 DETHRONING CONVENTIONAL BRAND
THOUGHT: INTERACTIVITY AND SOCIAL MEDIA

Kit Hughes, Senior Interactive Designer, Philips Design, Royal Philips Electronics

EXPERIENCE DESIGN: ENTICING NEW
CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR THROUGH EMOTIONAL ENGAGEMENT

Tony Blasio, Human Factors Engineer, Software User Interface Designer, HP

 

 

3:15TAKE A BREAK. STRETCH YOUR LEGS. STRETCH YOUR MIND.
3:45KEYNOTE // CHANGING THE WAY PEOPLE THINK ABOUT A COMMODITY AND BUILDING A BRAND WITH A SOCIAL MISSION

Peter Thum, Founder, Ethos™ Water; Vice President, Global Brand and Product, Starbucks

4:30KEYNOTE // THINGS I HAVE LEARNED IN MY LIFE SO FAR

Stefan Sagmeister, Artist and Graphic Designer

5:15KEYNOTE// DESIGN IS HARDER THAN CREATING ART: FINDING INSPIRATION

Joshua Davis, Digital Image Maker; Featured in Fast Company’s 2007 “Masters of Design” Issue

6:00Cocktail Party
7:00 8:00

Buses leave for Daryl Roth Theatre 

FUERZABRUTA SHOW AT THE DARYL ROTH THEATRE