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Pre-Conference – Tuesday, October 16
Helvetica - movie screening


8:00-9:00 Registration & Breakfast
9:00-10:00

Keynote
Stefan Sagmeister

 
 
10:00-11:00

Keynote
Patrick Whitney

 
 
11:15-12:00

Inspirations
Garrick Hamm

How do I learn to stop worrying and start loving ideas?

Strategies
Janine James


How do we lead the environmental wave?
Trends
Tony Fish


What trends will impact the move to Mobile Web 2.0?

Interactions
Does design really matter?

 

12:15-1:00 Inspirations
James Victore

Why has graphic design become so damn boring?
Strategies
Alexander W. White

Do targets want our messages?
Trends
Grant Gordon

How do you tell an entire country to f-off and get away with it?
Interactions
What challenges face women in design?
Lunch (1:00 - 2:00)
Book Signings (1:00 - 1:30):
Tony Fish
and Alex White
2:00-2:45

Inspirations
Debbie Millman

What is creative leadership?

Strategies
Jenn + Ken Visocky O'Grady

What is research-driven design?
Trends
Dale Hart

Do we communicate clients' efforts in sustainability in the most effective ways?
Interactions
What role does design play in innovation?
3:00-4:00

Keynote
Abbott Miller

 
 
4:00-5:00 Keynote
Grant McCracken
 
 
5:00-5:30 Book Signings:
Debbie Millman and Jenn + Ken Visocky O'Grady
6:00-8:00 Opening Party:
Shmooze
         
         
8:00-9:00 Registration & Breakfast
9:00-10:00

Keynote
Karim Rashid



 
10:00-11:00 Keynote
Hillman Curtis

 
 
11:15-12:00 Inspirations
Chaz Maviyane-Davies

Can design effect change?
Strategies
Don Watt


Who is my audience?
Trends
John Hlinko

Can you market a consumer product the way you market a political candidate?
Interactions
What is the future for design in Canada?
12:15-1:00 Inspirations
Tom Brown

Pretty garbage?

Strategies
Zoa Martinez

What is Design Made to Move™?

Trends
Colin Drummond

Can culture trump consumer?
Interactions
How will brand evolve from here?
Lunch (1:00 - 2:00)
Book Signings (1:00 - 1:30):
Hillman Curtis
2:00-2:45 Inspirations
Louis Gagnon
(presentation en français)

Comment survivre à une relation à long terme?

Strategies
Jorge Calleja

Are ad agencies going through a mid-life crisis?

Trends
Andrea Siodmok

New markets for design thinking?
Interactions
Do designers understand the end user? 
3:00-4:00 Keynote
Marc Gobé
 

4:00-5:00 Keynote
Greg Hoffman

 
5:15-5:30 Book Signings
Marc Gobé
6:00-8:00 Closing Dinner:
Canoe Restaurant & Bar
         
         
 
 

 

 

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