Design Complexity and Change Conference - October 18-20, Cambridge MA, USA

8th July, 2009

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.

Design, Complexity, and Change 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.

The conference will consist of 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)

Speakers at the conference include:

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

DMI's Annual 34 will be a different conference for different times. Short and succinct. Focused and intense. Easy to get to, yet hard to forget. Organized with the Collaborative Initiatives at MIT, Design, Complexity, and Change will take place at the Marriott Cambridge and the MIT campus for a unique immersive experience.

The Design Management Institute (DMI) is an international nonprofit organization that seeks to heighten awareness of design as an essential part of business strategy. Founded in 1975, DMI has become the leading resource and international authority on design management. DMI has earned a reputation worldwide as a multifaceted resource, providing invaluable know-how, tools and training through its conferences, seminars, membership program, and publications.

For more information, visit:
http://www.dmi.org/dmi/html/conference/annual09/annual.htm