MONTRÉAL

OCT. 16—25
2017

World
Design
Summit
Congress
MONTRÉAL, CANADA
OCTOBER 16—19, 2017

Palais des Congrès

de Montréal

Program — Keynotes
09.29.17 - Subject to change without notice

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MONDAY OCTOBER 16, 2017
TIME KEYNOTE ROOM CONFERENCE TITLE PRESENTED BY

14:00 — 14:30 Alejandro Aravena 517 a Should we give the pencil to the people? Arauco

14:30 — 15:00 Ginette Caron 517 a “Le beau c’est la splendeur du vrai” (Platon) Lamcom

15:00 — 15:30 Sushir Kadidal 517 a Keynote Presentation by Sushir Kadidal Jutras

15:30 — 16:00 Maureen Thurston 517 a Future Ready, by design Caffitaly

16:00 — 16:30 Dirk Sijmons 517 a Special Presentation by IFLA IFLA

16:30 — 17:00 Jan Gehl 517 a From Jane Jacobs to Livable Cities Financière des Professionnels & AAPPQ

17:00 — 17:30 Don Chang 517 a Congress Opening Official Ceremony International Design Congress

TUESDAY OCTOBER 17, 2017

10:00 — 10:30 Belinda Tato 517 a Atmospheres for Social Interaction IFHP
Dirk Sijmons 517 c Landscape Architecture: Turning Problems into Parks IFLA

12:30 — 13:00 Amale Andraos 517 a Keynote Presentation by Amale Andraos Intégral Jean Beaudoin

13:00 — 13:30 Moshe Safdie 517 a Beyond Habitat Power Corporation

13:30 — 14:00 Tomas Diez 517 a Designing Emergent Futures – Communautique

The Fab City Collective plan for the next 40 years
Nicole Roesler 517 c Saving the Planet - One Tank at a Time. AXENT Switzerland
Austin Kelly 517 c Saving the Planet - One Tank at a Time. AXENT Switzerland

15:00 — 15:30 Pedro Ortiz 517 a Beyond urban: The new dimensions of Design. Metropolitan Design OUQ
emerging discipline, responding to urban explosive growth

17:30 — 18:00 David Driskell 517 a Democracy by Design Lumenwerx

Ryan Bloom 517 c Keynote Presentation by Ryan Bloom Urban Bonfire
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18, 2017
TIME KEYNOTE ROOM CONFERENCE TITLE PRESENTED BY

9:30 — 10:00 Lucinda Kaukas Havenhand 517 a Always put your own oxygen mask on first: Shoroom
interiority, self-reflection,and doing good
Antoine Roset 517 c Keynote Presentation by Antoine Roset Valorization of Innovation in
Furnishing (VIA)
10:00 — 10:30 Jean-Jacques L’Henaff 517 a Beauty and Purpose Lixil / American Standard

Jean Blaise 517 c Keynote Presentation by Jean Blaise Le voyage à Nantes

12:30 — 13:00 Daniel Germani 517 c The Changing Perception of Beauty: materials that re-interpret standards Cosentino

12:30 — 13:30 Phyllis Lambert 517a Panel Discussion OAQ / CCA

Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani 517a Panel Discussion OAQ / CCA

13:00 — 14:00 Suzanne Tick 517 c Measure of a Space Teknion

Michael Vanderbyl 517 c Measure of a Space Teknion

13:30 — 14:00 Bernard Reybier 517 a Keynote Presentation by Bernard Reybier Valorization of Innovation in
Furnishing (VIA)

16:00 — 16:45 Jaime Dunn 517 a Keynote Presentation by Jaime Dunn & Christian Lemire Mega Brands Mattel
Christian Lemire 517 a Keynote Presentation by Christian Lemire & Jaime Dunn Mega Brands Mattel
Dee Schlotter 517 c The Sico 2018 Global Colour Forecast PPG Architectural Coatings
THURSDAY OCTOBER 19, 2017
TIME KEYNOTE ROOM CONFERENCE TITLE PRESENTED BY

9:30 — 10:00 Pierre-Yves Panis 517 a Keynote Presentation by Pierre-Yves Panis Philips
Colleen Mercer-Clarke 517 c Planning and Design for a Changing World: CSLA
The IFLA Global Accord on Adaptation
10:00 — 10:30 Gilles Rougon 517 a Collective Innovation by EDF EDF Entreprises
Srini Srinivasan 517 a New collaborative models EDF Entreprises
Hicham Lahlou 517 a Africa Designers Days EDF Entreprises
Sylvain Garneau 517 c BIFMA Matters Groupe Lacasse

10:30 — 11:00 Douglas Cardinal 514 Keynote Presentation by Douglas Cardinal Pierre-Alain Gariépy

12:30 — 13:00 Claude Cormier 517 a Serious Fun Cosentino

Ruedi Baur 517 c Keynote Presentation by Ruedi Baur Intégral Jean Beaudoin

13:00 — 13:30 Haruko Tsutsui 517 a ‘Life is Electric’ - Creating conversation through graphic design Co-presented by LG2
Bill Browning 517 c An Evidence Based Approach to the Other Green Design Interface

13:30 — 14:00 Christopher Rudwall 517 a Day to Day for Tomorrow BRP

13:30 — 14:15 Alex McDowell 517 c Fictional futures can shape reality Havas & Provencher_Roy

15:00 — 15:30 Lorenzo Imbesi 517 a Keynote Presentation by Lorenzo Imbesi Governement of Italy
Francesco Fresa 517 c Keynote Presentation by Francesco Fresa Governement of Italy

17:00 — 17:30 Nina-Marie Lister 517 a Keynote Presentation by Nina-Marie Lister AAPQ
Christian Guellerin 517 c Design Education France Design Éducation
Caroline Naphegyi 517 c Design Education France Design Éducation


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