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The Design Management Institute sponsors three
professional education conferences each year for senior management
(in the various design disciplines and/or in marketing and strategic
planning) who are interested in staying current on design issues/trends
and best management practices. Our speakers present issues research,
case studies and/or practical toolkits for managing design for business
advantage.
The conferences are held in Europe (in Feb or March), Canada (in
June) and Chatham, Cape Cod (in October), and each has a particular
focus and theme. The European focus is International Design Management
issues and case studies; the Canadian conference focuses on Brand
and Corporate Identity challenges; and Cape Cod has a broader focus
on design issues and trends across the disciplines.
Individuals and organizations interested in speaking are asked
to submit a presentation proposal
to the attention of Earl Powell, President, Design Management Insitute
for review by the DMI conference selection committee, six
to nine months before the conference you are targeting.
Presentation Format
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Your proposal should be in outline form describing the scope
of the presentation, the major points to be made and the benefit
to the audience.
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You will need to include a working title for the presentation,
speaker name and title; as well as a bio of the speaker, and
company profile.
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If you have a video clip or audio tape from a previous presentation,
or reference from other speaking engagements, that would certainly
be of interest to the DMI conference selection committee.
Audience
The typical audience is articulate and visual. They are design
management professionals; senior business managers or university
professors (graduate level). They are all involved in promoting
design for competitive business advantage.
The guiding principles of every DMI professional education conference
are threefold. First, to provide leading-edge, useful information;
second, to provide participants with an environment that encourages
meaningful and challenging interaction; and third, to ensure the
whole experience of each conference advances the participant's understanding
of design management and its strategic role in business.
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