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

	ANNOUNCED SPEAKERS
			Watts Wacker CEO, Futurist, FirstMatter LLC				John Maeda President, Rhode Island School of Design
			Dr. Thomas Kurmel Colonel (Ret.), US Army, former Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affair				Dori Tunstall Associate Professor of Design Anthropology and Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching, Swinburne University
			Michael Schrage Fellow, MIT Sloan School of Management				Stephen Randall CEO, LocaModa
			Agnete Enga Co-Founder Femme Den & Senior Industrial Designer, Smart Design				Dev Patnaik Founder & Principal, Jump Associates
			Michael Conard Research Scientist, Urban Design Lab & Adjunct Associate Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, Columbia University
	More speakers will be announced shortly.

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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