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Design, Complexity, and Change, DMI Design/Management Annual 34, October 18-20, 2009, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Organized by DMI, with the Collaborative Initiatives at MIT
     
 

Read Robyn Waters' How DMI’s Conference Changed the Conversation for Me.

 

Read Robyn Waters' The A to Z of the Evolved Designer.

 

Read Maren Connary's Design and the Art of Complexity.

 

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MIT Stata Center (Flickr CC: Wagner T. Cassimir)
Boston Skyline (Flickr CC: ReneS)

In the midst of widespread turmoil, there are thought leaders and practitioners—in industry, government and academia—who are demonstrating the way forward. They’re using design to solve the new challenges of profitability, sustainability and well-being. This conference is about the people and practices who are designing at the edge of change. This conference will highlight their stories, and draw out lessons for how design can help us to reframe, rethink and reinvent our future.

With times of change, design managers need to think, work and execute beyond the normal—to drive business and industry in new directions and be better equipped as change agents. We need to help solve complex problems, rebuild systems, find new meanings, tell new stories, and drive organizational change. No longer is yesterday’s “normal” the standard to achieving success. Leading in the future requires a deeper involvement to tackle the daily issues and the big picture issues.

 

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS:

Kenneth Kaplan Kenneth Kaplan
Associate Director, Collaborative Initiatives at MIT
   
Dev Patnaik Dev Patnaik
Founder & Principal, Jump Associates
         
Robyn Waters Robyn Waters
Founder & President, RW Trend LLC
     

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Watts WackerOnce Upon the 21st Century Watts Wacker
CEO, Futurist, FirstMatter LLC
Beth ComstockRenewed Journey for Growth: Innovation in a Reset World Beth Comstock
Chief Marketing Officer, SVP, GE
John MaedaCreative Leadership John Maeda
President, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
Joe FerryDesign to Survive Joe Ferry
Head of Design, Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd.
Dev PatnaikWired to Care Dev Patnaik
Founder and principal, Jump Associates
Agnete EngaSex & Sensibility Agnete Enga
Senior Industrial Designer, Cofounder Femme Den, Smart Design
Alan WebberRules of Thumb Alan Webber
Author, Rules of Thumb; Founder, Fast Company
Stephen RandallMoving Design from Impression to Expression Stephen Randall
Founder and Chief Executive, LocaModa Inc.
Michael ConardRedesigning the Food System for Public Health and Sustainability Michael Conard
Assistant Director, Urban Design Lab at the Earth Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor, GSAPP, Columbia University
Selena GriffithLive Futures Selena Griffith
Lecturer, University of New South Wales
Michael SchrageRethinking the Innovation Hypothesis and Value Creation: Facilitating Design Experiments Michael Schrage
Research Fellow, MIT Sloan School Center for Digital Business, and Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Imperial College Business School
Dr. Dori TunstallRedesigning America’s Future: A framework of design policy for managing the U.S.’s post-industrial context Dr. Dori Tunstall
Associate Professor of Design Anthropology, Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching, Swinburne University (Australia)
Dr. Thomas KurmelLearning from the US Military Health System Dr. Thomas Kurmel
Colonel (Ret.), US Army, former Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
Dr. Thomas KurmelCoding as a Design Practice Ben Fry, Processing
Casey Reas, UCLA
Dr. Thomas KurmelAchieving a Considered Design Philosophy Lorrie Vogel
General Manager, Considered Design, Nike
 
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Wallace Church Corey McPherson Nash
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To help us navigate, we’re assembling a series of thoughtful and provocative sessions that address three key areas:
 >   Indicators (explaining what is going on)
 >   Projectors (how to interpret and project current changes into the future)
 >   Leaders (how to help us adapt and solve greater problems)

 

Design, Complexity, and Change is about the people and practices at this edge of change—and expanding our sphere of business and social influence for improved efficiency, profitability, societal wellness, and sustainability. With best of class cases and new scenarios with narrative, this conference aims to highlight the work, stories, and lessons for how design can help us to reframe, rethink and reinvent our future. Be a part of this change!

About the conference DMI’s Annual 34 will be a different conference for different times. Short and succinct. Focused and intense. In the city. Easy to get to, yet hard to forget. We’re mindful of your time and your budget. Located at the Marriott Cambridge and MIT campus, with immediate access to downtown Boston, Design, Complexity, and Change is keeping one eye on the big picture, and the other on practical tactics for today’s business challenges. New venue, new content, and a continuation of global thought leaders and lively discussions. Organized with the Collaborative Initiatives at MIT. Join us at DMI’s Annual conference, because it will never be “business as usual” again!

 

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