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Brand Design Conference
 

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Schedule

18th International Brand Design Conference

Design Leadership in Action
The Business of Design + Brand + Experience

 

May 17-19, 2006
Marriott Chateau Champlain
Montréal, Québec, Canada

 

This schedule is tentative and subject to change. It was last updated on May 2, 2006
Wednesday, May 17, 2006

12:30 - 15:00

  Check-in

15:00 - 16:00

  Keynote Presentation
Making Meaning: Designing Meaningful Experiences for Brands and Products

Darrel Rhea,CEO, Cheskin; author, "Making Meaning: How Successful Businesses Deliver Meaningful Customer Experiences"

16:00 - 17:00

  Keynote Presentation
Themed and Immersive Experience Design: Telling One Story at a Time

Orrin Shively, Executive Director, Creative and New Business Development, Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development

17:00 - 17:30

  Presentation of Muriel Cooper Award

17:30 - 18:00

  Group Activity

19:00 - 20:00

  Reception
Thursday, May 18, 2006

9:00 - 10:00

  Design Works - Brand Matters
Design Experience at BMW

Verena Kloos, President, BMW Group DesignworksUSA

10:00 - 10:30

 

Break

10:30 - 11:30

  Keynote Presentation
Multidimensional Thinking and Innovation

Lars Engman, Design Director, IKEA of Sweden AB

11:30 - 12:30

  Is Shopping an Experience Anymore?
New Ideas for Redefining Retail Centers

Janet Martin, President, CommArts

12:30 - 14:00

 

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

  The In-Store Experience: How Simplicity and Leveraging Heritage Impact the Brand Experience at Retail

Robert Wallace, Managing Partner, Strategy, Wallace Church, Inc.

15:00 - 16:00

  Building Nokia Design and Brand Experience—1989 to 2006

Frank Nuovo, Former Chief of Design, Nokia

16:00 - 16:30

 

Break

16:30 - 17:15

  Guest Lecture: What Comes Before Experience?

James Woudhuysen, Professor of Forecasting and Innovation, Faculty of Art and Design, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

17:15 - 18:30

 

Free Time

18:30 - 20:30

 

Reception & Dinner

Friday, May 19, 2006

9:00 - 10:00

  Experience Inspired Innovation

Kevin Clark, Program Director, Client & Brand Experience Design, IBM Corporation

10:00 - 10:30

  Break

10:30-11:30

  Burn the Boats!
(What does it take to galvanize your organization?)

Moderator: Scott Lerman, CEO & Partner, Lucid Brands

11:30-12:30

  Keynote Presentation
CEM: The Future of Brand Leadership

Bernd Schmitt, CEO, The EX Group, Robert D. Calkins Professor of International Business, Columbia Business School; author, "Customer Experience Management"

12:30

 

Conference Ends