24 Hours of Awesome!​
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IDC 2020 will be divided into 6 tracks, each lasting 4 hours long. Each track will feature a series of 'main stage' presentations followed by a group of breakout sessions you can choose to attend based on your personal preference. Each track will end with a presentation by an IDSA Student Merit Award Winner and a final Keynote.
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The entire event will be a continuous, non-stop presentation lasting a full 24 hours. Don't worry if you can't stay up 24 hours straight. All sessions will be recorded and made available to ticket holders! All times are shown in US Eastern Daylight (Universal Coordinated Time, UTC -4). Grab a cup of coffee and let's have some fun!
Track 1 - Thursday, September 17
12:00pm - 4:00pm EDT (UTC -4)
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Emcee - Kristine Arth
Founder & Creative Director, Lobster Phone
Hosting from San Francisco, CA (US)
This track presented by:
Alain Sylvain
Sylvain Labs
New York, NY (US)
Design for Collective Post-Trauma
Presentation
12:30pm EDT
Mia Cinelli
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY (US)
Speculative Characters for Visual Inflection
Presentation
1:00pm EDT
Demetrius Romanos
Ergobaby
Long Beach, CA (US)
Design is DNA
Presentation
1:30pm EDT
Breakout Sessions (choose one)
Joel Delman, IDSA
Informed Innovation, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA (US)
Legal Contracts for Designers, (Almost) Everything You Need To Know
Workshop
2:00pm EDT
Spencer Nugent
Designer, Sketcher
Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Your Product Story: Sketching to Communicate
Workshop
2:00pm EDT
Karim Merchant
KeyShot
Tustin, CA (US)
KeyShot Essentials
Sponsored content by KeyShot
Workshop
2:00pm EDT
Moderator - Jason Belaire, IDSA
Moderator - Stephan Clambaneva, IDSA
Panelist - Kevin Bethune
Panelist - Dara Dotz
Building Bridges To The Unknown
Panel Discussion
2:00pm EDT
Student Merit Award Winner
Jiani Zeng, S/IDSA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2020 Graduate Student Merit Award Winner
Presentation
2:45pm EDT
Keynote
Ralf Groene
Microsoft
Seattle, WA (US)
Insanely Human
Keynote
3:00pm EDT
Main Stage Presentations
Track 2 - Thursday, September 17
IDSA Education Symposium
4:00pm - 8:00pm EDT (UTC -4)
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Emcee - Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness, IDSA
Assistant Professor Industrial Design, Iowa State University
Hosting from Ames, IA (US)
This track presented by:
Main Stage Presentations
Breakout Sessions (choose one)
Moderator - Keith Instone
Panelist - Louise R Manfredi, PhD, IDSA
Panelist - Sarah McNabb
Panelist - Eric Schneider
Panelist - Michael Barrett
Design Exchange, Crossing Disciplines & Professions
Panel Discussion
6:00pm EDT
Moderator - Carly Hagins, IDSA
Panelist - Benjamin Bush, IDSA
Panelist - Derek Cascio
Panelist - Hector Silva
Panelist - Rebecca Ngola
A Classic Debate: Is Grad School Worth It?
Panel Discussion
6:00pm EDT
Moderator - Aziza Cyamani
Panelist - Mekin Elcioglu
Panelist - Mike Elwell
Adapting on the Fly, COVID-19 & Industrial Design Education
Panel Discussion
6:00pm EDT
Student Merit Award Winner
Sawyer Alcazar-Hagen, S/IDSA
University of Oregon
2020 West District Undergraduate Student Merit Award Winner
Proudly supported by SolidWorks
Presentation
6:45pm EDT
Keynote
Owen Foster
Aether Global Learning
Atlanta, GA (US)
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John McCabe
Aether Global Learning
Chattanooga, TN (US)
You're Part of the Zombie Apocalypse: It's Not Your Fault. It's Mine.
Keynote
7:00pm EDT
BaÅŸak Altan, IDSA
Design Strategist & Educator
San Francisco, CA (US)
Organic Design Education for Circular Economy
Presentation
4:15pm EDT
James Rudolph
Notre Dame
Saint Joseph, MI (US)
Bootstraping Leadership Through Design
Presentation
4:30pm EDT
Raja Schaar, IDSA
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA (US)
Design Fiction to Teach Ethics in Design
(presenting with Chris Baeza)
Presentation
4:45pm EDT
Aziza Cyamani
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS (US)
Moderated discussion with the above presenters
Panel Discussion
5:00pm EDT
Sheng-Hung Lee, IDSA
Massachusetts Inst. Technology
Cambridge, MA (US)
Experimenting With Design Thinking and Systems Engineering Methodolgies
(presenting with John Liu)
Presentation
5:30pm EDT
Track 3 - Thursday, September 17
8:00pm - 12:00am EDT (UTC -4)
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Emcee - Spencer Nugent
Founder & Designer, Sketch-A-Day.com
Hosting from Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Main Stage Presentations
Ayana Patterson, IDSA
Luxury CMF + Form Specialist
New York, NY (US)
Luxury State of Mind
Presentation
8:30pm EDT
Ali Murtaza
IDEATE Innovation
Lahore, Pakistan
Let's Not Save The Next Billion
Presentation
9:00pm EDT
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Lada Gorlenko
Smartsheet
Seattle, WA (US)
Design a Team You Love
Presentation
9:30pm EDT
Breakout Sessions (choose one)
Moderator - Michael DiTullo, IDSA
Panelist - Cia Mooney, IDSA
Panelist - Howard Nuk
Panelist - Jason Mayden
Real Designers Ship
Panel Discussion
10:00pm EDT
Moderator - Jayeon Kim, Google
Moderator - Kate Lockhart, Google
Google Digital Wellbeing Toolkit
Workshop
10:00pm EDT
Kristine Arth
LobsterPhone
San Francisco, CA (US)
Creating An Unshakeable Brand
Breakout
10:00pm EDT
Student Merit Award Winner
Anne McDonald, S/IDSA
North Carolina State
2020 South District Undergraduate Student Merit Award Winner
Proudly supported by SolidWorks
Presentation
10:45pm EDT
Keynote
Arielle Assouline-Lichten
SlashObjects
New York, NY (US)
Unexpected Juxtapositions and Thoughtful Design
Keynote
11:00pm EDT
This track presented by:
Main Stage Presentations
Tim Allen
AirBnB
San Francisco, CA (US)
Design For Belonging
Presentation
12:30am EDT
Javeria Masood
UNDP Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
(Deep) Listening in the Time of Covid-19
Presentation
1:00am EDT
Felix Heck
Samsung Design Europe
London, England
Design For Resonance
Presentation
1:30am EDT
Breakout Sessions (choose one)
Chandrashekhar Wyawashare
Futuring Design Pvt. Ltd
Pune, India
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Patterns of My Mind
Breakout
2:00am EDT
Co-presenter - Chris Hosmer, IDSA
Co-presenter - Dylan Ren, I/IDSA
Navigating Towards Success in China
Breakout
2:00am EDT
Co-presenter - Kirk Morris
Co-presenter - Le'Spencer Walker
Racial Barriers & Breakthroughs
Breakout
2:00am EDT
Student Merit Award Winner
Jessica Monteleone, S/IDSA
Jefferson University
2020 Northeast District Undergraduate Student Merit Award Winner
Proudly supported by SolidWorks
Presentation
2:45am EDT
Keynote
Charles Johnson, IDSA
Puma
Herzogenaurach, Germany
Design for Humanistic Values
Keynote
3:00am EDT
Track 4 - Friday, September 18
12:00am - 4:00am EDT (UTC -4)
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Emcee - Kristine Arth
Founder & Creative Director, Lobster Phone
Hosting from San Francisco, CA (US)
Main Stage Presentations
Lani Adeoye
Studio Lani
Lagos, Nigeria
Design As A Mediation Tool
Presentation
4:30am EDT
Alisan Atvur
Novo Nordisk
Copehagen, Denmark
Design for the Empathic Healthcare Innovator: Advancing the Role of User Research in Pharmaceutical R&D
Presentation
5:00am EDT
Breakout Sessions (choose one)
Moderator - Maurice Cherry
Panelist - Jomo Tariku
Panelist - Marie Burgos
Panelist - Boa
Panelist - Marlon Darbeau
Reflection: black designers on creativity, representation & opportunities, education and activism
Panel Discussion
6:00am EDT
Presenter - Yogesh Dandekar
Mobility Experience
Breakout
6:00am EDT
Co-Presenter - Hector Silva
Co-Presenter - Dominic Montante
Designing Design Education
Breakout
6:00am EDT
Student Merit Award Winner
Ellen Posch, S/IDSA
University of Cincinnati
2020 Central District Undergraduate Student Merit Award Winner
Proudly supported by SolidWorks
Presentation
6:45am EDT
Keynote
Lesley-Ann Noel, PhD
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA (US)
An Island Girl's Critical Design Manifesto
Keynote
7:00am EDT
Track 5 - Friday, September 18
4:00am - 8:00am EDT (UTC -4)
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Emcee - Jeevak Badve, FIDSA
Director of Strategic Growth, Sundberg-Ferar
Hosting from Detroit, MI (US)
Main Stage Presentations
Jeanette Numbers, IDSA
Loft
Providence, RI (US)
Design for Proactive Healthcare
Presentation
8:30am EDT
Mark Prommel
Pensa
New York, NY (US)
Design for Inconvenience
Presentation
9:00am EDT
Nicole McLaughlin
Nicole McLaughlin, LLC
Brooklyn, NY (US)
Power In Purpose
Presentation
9:30am EDT
Breakout Sessions (choose one)
Moderator - Mitzi Okou
Panelist - Forest Young
Panelist - Raja Schaar, IDSA
Panelist - Ritesh Gupta
Panelist - Roshannah Bagley
Panelist - Zariah Cameron
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Where Are The Black Designers Follow Up
Panel Discussion
10:00am EDT
Co-Presenter - Brielle Nickoloff
Co-Presenter - Surya Vanka
Design for a Voice Enabled World
Workshop
10:00am EDT
Presenter - Brad Adelmann
Presenter - Steve Seager
KeyShot Studios & Farms
Part 1 - Studios: Workflow Tips & Tricks
Part 2 - Farms: Increase your render power with KeyShot Farms
Sponsored content by KeyShot
Workshop
10:00am EDT
Presenter - Tony Guard
The Secrets to Qualifying Form Faster
Sponsored content by Stratasys
Breakout
10:00am EDT
Student Merit Award Winner
Avery Saylor, S/IDSA
Purdue University
2020 Midwest District Undergraduate Student Merit Award Winner
Proudly supported by SolidWorks
Presentation
10:45am EDT
Keynote
Jan Griffiths
Gravitas Detroit
Detroit, MI (US)
NOW Is The Time To Step Up And Lead!
Keynote
11:00am EDT
Track 6 - Friday, September 18
8:00am - 12:00pm EDT (UTC -4)
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Emcee - Spencer Nugent
Founder & Designer, Sketch-A-Day.com
Hosting from Salt Lake City, UT (US)