Programme at a glance [CLICK HERE]
10 July
09.00 - 10.15
OPENING SECTION /plenary session
Rector Politecnico di Torino University/Director PhD school
Torino World Design Capital
Alberto Seassaro - Conference of Italian Design Faculty Deans and Programme Heads
Christian Guellerin - Cumulus: International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media
Nigel Cross - Design Research Society
10.15 - 11.00
CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION / plenary session
Design research for changing the change
Ezio Manzini, Politecnico di Milano, Conference Chair
Design visions, proposals and tools: what this conference will tell us?
Jorge Frascara, University of Alberta, International Advisory Committee Coordinator
Carla Cipolla, Politecnico di Milano, Conference Scientific Secretary
11.00 - 11.15
CoffeeBreak
11.15 - 12.30
INVITED SPEAKERS / plenary session
Bill Moggridige, IDEO
Geetha Narayanan, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore
12.30 - 13.00
CtC VISUALISATIONS / plenary session
Exhibition presentation and opening
Claudio Germak, Politecnico di Torino
Francesca Piredda, Politecnico di Milano
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
14.00 - 16.15
MODULE 1 - PAPERS PRESENTATIONS / 6 parallel sessions
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16.15-16.30
Break
16.30 - 18.00
Emerging issues - ROUND TABLE /plenary session
Design, social innovation and sustainability
Coordinated by: Josephine Green, Philips Design
Discussants: Roberto Bartholo, Luigi Ferrara, Anna Meroni, John Thackara
11 July
09.00 - 11.15
MODULE 2 - PAPERS PRESENTATIONS / 6 parallel sessions
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11.15 - 11.30
Coffee break
11.30 - 13.00
INVITED SPEAKERS /plenary session
Luisa Collina, Politecnico di Milano
Mugendi M Rithaa, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Aguinaldo dos Santos, Federal University of Paraná
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
14.00 - 16.15
MODULE 3 - PAPERS PRESENTATIONS / 6 parallel sessions
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16.15 - 16.30
Break
16.30 - 17:30
Emerging issues - INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS / plenary session
Kyoto Design Decalration, Christian Guellerin, Cumuls
Global Survey on Sustainable Lifestyles (UNEP), Francois Jegou, SDS
Designers Accord, Lyndon Anderson, Swinburne University of Technology
LeNS, the Learning Network on Sustainability, Carlo Vezzoli, Politecnico di Milano
Others projects proposed by the audience
17.30 - 18.00
ITALIAN DESIGN RESEARCH / plenary session
Presentation of an in-depth study
Paola Bertola e Stefano Maffei, Politecnico di Milano
20:00
CONFERENCE DINNER
12 July
09.00 - 11.15
MODULE 4 - PAPERS PRESENTATIONS / 6 parallel sessions
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11.15 - 11.30
Coffee break
11.30 - 13.00
INVITED SPEAKERS /plenary session
Lou Yongqi, Tongji University, Shangai
Fumi Masuda, Zokey University
Chris Ryan, Melbourne University
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
14.00 - 15.30
Emerging issues - OPEN DISCUSSIONS / 6 parallel activities
Discussions on 6 open themes to be defined.
15.30 - 15.45
Break
15.45 - 16.00
DESIGNING CONNECTED PLACES / plenary session
Presentation of the TWDC Summer School
Falviano Celaschi, Politecnico di Torino
16.00 - 17.30
Emerging issues - CONCLUSIONS / plenary session
Conclusive discussion
Lyndon John Anderson, Luigi Bistagnino, Nigel Cross, Jorge Frascara, Soonjong Lee, Patrizia Ranzo,
17.30 - 18.00
FINAL REMARKS
Ezio Manzini, Politecnico di Milano, Conference Chair