Conference 2012

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VISION PLENARY

Speaker:

Kamal Nath Minister of Urban Development, India

Rajshree Pathy Founder India Design Forum, India

Atul Punj Chairman Punj Lloyd Group, India

Alex Kuruvilla Managing Director Condè Nast India, India

Chandrajit Banerjee Director General Confederation of Indian Industry, India

BEST DESIGN IDEAS OF THE YEAR

Speakers:

Paola Antonelli Senior Curator Department of Architecture and Design Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), USA

SCIENCE + DESIGN

Speaker:

Adam Bly Founder and CEO Seed Media Group, Canada

THE ETHICS OF CREATIVITY

Speaker:

Jan Chipchase Executive Creative Director Global Insights Frog, USA

DESIGN & THE INDIAN IDENTITY

Speaker:

Sujata Keshavan Graphic Designer & Co-Founder Ray & Keshavan, India

DESIGN BOOM

Speaker:

Birgit Lohmann Editor Design boom Associate Design boom, Italy

EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN PRODUCTION: SESSION I

Speaker:

The Hon Angad Paul Chief Executive, Caparo & Chairman of Established and Sons, UK

Moderator:

Mike Knowles Dean, Sushant School of Design Visiting Professor, University of the Arts London Honorary Secretary, RSA, India

URBAN RESPONSES

Speaker:

Amitabh Kant CEO & MD Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation, India

Christopher Lee Co-founder and Principal of Serie, UK

Kapil Gupta Principal, Serie Architects, India

Alex White Artist, Artefacting, USA

Moderator:

Ram Sahasranam Managing Partner, Kore Infrastructure, Asia

TRANSFORMATION THROUGH DESIGN

Speaker:

Lidewij Edelkoort Trend Forecaster, Curator, Publisher and Educator, France

DESIGNING FOR THE NEW MIND

Speaker:

Ben Hammersley Editor-at-Large Wired Magazine, UK

GOOD DESIGN IS GOOD BUSINESS

Speaker:

Priya Paul Chairperson Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Limited, India

Jérôme Sans Cultural Curtor Le Méridien, France

Armando Branchini Executive Director Fondazione Altagamma, Italy

Suzanne Roshan Interior & Product Design Charcoal Project, India

Moderator:

Manju Rajan Editor, Architectural Digest(AD), India

CREATED IN INDIA

Speaker:

Aman Nath Co-Chairman Neemrana Hotels, India

Dilip Chhabria Automobile Designer & Founder DC Design, India

Michael Foley Managing Director & Chief Designer Foley Designs, India

Keynote Address By

Hon Shiela Dikshit

TRANSFORMING CITYSCAPES THROUGH ART

Speaker:

Tasneem Mehta Managing Trustee & Honorary Director Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, India

Kiran Nadar Chairperson Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), India

Lekha Poddar President, Devi Art Foundation, India

Moderator:

Peter Nagy Director Nature Morte, New Delhi, India

POWER OF DESIGN

Speaker:

Karim Rashid Designer, USA

AN INDIAN IN PARIS

Speaker:

Manish Arora Designer and Creative Director Paco Rabanne, France/India

Moderator:

Priya Paul Chairperson Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Limited, India

FUTURE OF DESIGN EDUCATION

Speaker:

Tim Marshall Provost and Chief Academic Officer Parsons The New School for Design, NY, USA

Pradyumna Vyas Director National Institute of Design, India

Moderator:

Dr. Naman P. Ahuja Associate Professor of Ancient Indian Art and Architecture JNU Delhi, India

DESIGN MATTERS

Speaker:

Nacho Carbonell Designer, The Netherlands

Aradhana Goel Director IDEO, India

Aldo Cingolani Industrial Designer & Chairman Rossana Orlandi, Italy

Moderator:

Patrick Burgoyne Editor Creative Review Magazine, UK

EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN PRODUCTION: SESSION II

Speaker:

Satyendra Pakhale Industrial Designer, The Netherlands

Moderator:

Peter Nagy Director Nature Morte, New Delhi, India

PRAXIS (PROCESS)

Speaker:

Michael Anastassiades Designer, UK

TALKING TO A BUILDING

Speaker:

Jitish Kallat

Moderator:

Anupam Poddar Founder Devi Design Studio, India

DESIGN SOLUTIONS

Speaker:

Maurizio Travaglini Co-founder Architects of Group Genius, USA

Ambrish Arora Founder Director Lotus Design Services, India

Michael Tiedy Senior Vice President Design & Innovation Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc

ARCHITECTING CITIES

Speaker:

Manit Rastogi Founder & Managing Director Managing Partner Morphogenesis, India

Kunlé Adeyemi Architect and Founder NLE, The Netherlands

Andrew Comer Principal Buro Happold, UK

ANISOTROPIA

Speaker:

Rajat Sodhi Director Orproject, India & UK

Christoph Klemmt Director Orproject, India & UK

MEDIA & DESIGN

Speaker:

Justin Mcguirk Design Critic The Guardian, UK

Joseph Grima Editor-in-Chief, Domus, Italy

Patrick Burgoyne Editor Creative Review Magazine, UK

THE CHANDIGARH EXPERIENCE BY DESIGNBOOM

Panelists:

Justin Mcguirk Design Critic, The Guardian, UK

Joseph Grima Editor-in-Chief Domus, Italy

Patrick Burgoyne Editor Creative Review Magazine, UK

Moderator:

Aman Nath Co-Chairman Neemrana Hotels, India

HERITAGE AND CONTEMPORARY FASHION

Panelists:

Aneeth Arora Fashion Designer New Delhi, India.

Shivan & Narresh Designer Luxury Swim Wear, India

Shilpa Chavan Designer Mumbai, India

Moderator:

Bandana Tewari Fashion Features Director VOGUE, India

SHOW YOUR DESIGN CONTEST

Show cased work by young designers who could submit their designs as entries into a contest.

Winners of the SYD contest:

Aneeth Arora Fashion Designer New Delhi, India.

Hardik Gandhi

Vipin Jose

Vipul Malhotra

Paul Sandip

Mayank Bisht

Suhasini Paul

Wallace Lam

Govind Sivan

INDIA DESIGN FORUM, 338/8 AVANASHI ROAD, PEELAMEDU, COIMBATORE 641004