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Schedule

The 31st International Design Management Conference

Design Leadership in Action:
Measuring and Building Design's Role in Achieving Business Success

 

October 22-25, 2006

The Equinox Resort & Spa

Manchester Village, Vermont, USA

 

This schedule is tentative and subject to change. It was last updated on July 18, 2006
Sunday, October 22, 2006

1:00 - 3:00

  Check-in

3:00 - 4:00

  Trust me, I’m a Designer

Harry Rich, Deputy Chief Executive, Design Council

4:00 - 5:00

  Planes for People: The Boeing 787 Dreamliner

John Barratt, President & CEO, Teague

5:00 - 5:45

  Group Activity

6:30 - 7:30

  Reception

7:30 - 9:00

  Dinner
Monday, October 23, 2006

9:00 - 10:00

  The Business Imperative for Return on Investment Measurements in Design

Jerry Kathman, President/CEO, LPK, Inc.

10:00 - 11:00

  Philips Design: Our Journey Towards Sense and Simplicity

Clive Roux,Senior Director, Philips Design

Sophie Bartlett, Vice President, Kaiser Associates

11:00 - 11:30

 

Break

11:30 - 12:30

  Design With Heart

Robyn Waters, Founder and President, RW Trend, LLC

12:30 - 2:00

 

Lunch

2:00 - 2:15

  Special Recognition

2:15 - 3:00

  How to Win Customers & Influence Engineers: Results Based on a Holistic Design Approach

Gus E. Desbarats,Chairman, Alloy Ltd.

3:00 - 3:30

  Break

3:30 - 4:15

  The Relationship between Design Effectiveness and Corporate Financial Performance

Julie H. Hertenstein, Associate Professor, College of Business Administration, Northeastern University
Marjorie B. Platt, Professor and Group Coordinator, College of Business Administration, Northeastern University

4:15 - 5:15

  Searching for Excellence in Design

Prof. Dr. Peter Zec, President, red dot

6:30 - 7:30

  Reception

7:30 - 9:00

 

Dinner

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

9:00 - 9:45

  Innovation Effectiveness: Using Metrics to Design for Business

Diego Rodriguez, Director, IDEO

9:45 - 10:45

  Measuring Relationships Between Intangibles and Financial Outcomes

Pamela Cohen, Partner, Predictiv LLC, Co-author, "The Invisible Advantage"

10:45 - 11:15

  Break

11:15 - 12:00

  A Designed Life

Joe Duffy, Chairman, Duffy & Partners

12:00 - 1:30

 

Lunch

1:30 - 2:15

  Design Ownership―Where Law Meets Design to Feed the Bottom Line

Joshua L. Cohen, Shareholder, RatnerPrestia

2:15 - 3:30

  Optional discussions

3:00 - 5:30

 

Optional Group Activities: Hiking, Mountain Biking, Offroad Driving, Falconry, Golf

6:30 - 7:30

  Reception

7:30 - 9:00

 

Dinner

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

9:00 - 10:00

  P&G: The Imperative for Design Success

Robert T. Schwartz, Associate Director, Global Design Organization, Procter and Gamble

10:00 - 11:00

  Confucius Versus Confusion

Gordon Bruce,Principal, Gordon Bruce Design

11:00 - 11:30

 

Break

11:30 - 12:15

  Brandjam: Humanizing Brands through Design

Marc Gobé, Chairman & CEO, Desgrippes Gobé Group

12:15- 12:30

 

Conference Wrap-up