SCHEDULE
24 Hours of Awesome!
Much of the content being presented in this program will be delivered at IDC 2021 for the first time ever. Grab a cup of coffee and let's have some fun!
IDC 2021 is divided into 6 tracks, each lasting 4 hours long. Each track features a unique combination of presentation formats. During the breakout sessions, which will run parallel to one another, you'll be able to choose the one you'd like to attend based on your personal preference. Don't worry about missing any content, all sessions will be recorded and made available to ticket holders after the original live airing.
The entire event will be a continuous, non-stop presentation lasting a full 24 hours. All times are shown in US Eastern Daylight Time (Universal Coordinated Time, UTC -4).
Track 1
Wed, Sept 22
12:00pm-4:00pm EDT
Track 2
Wed, Sept 22
4:00pm-8:00pm EDT
Track 3
Wed, Sept 22
8:00pm-12:00pm EDT
Track 4
Thurs, Sept 23
12:00am-4:00am EDT
Track 5
Thurs, Sept 23
4:00am-8:00am EDT
Track 6
Thurs, Sept 23
8:00am-12:00am EDT
Track 1 - Wednesday September 22
12:00pm - 4:00pm EDT (UTC -4)
Emcee - Ilene Shaw
CEO of Shaw + Co Productions &
Founding producer of Design Pavilion
Hosting from New York City, NY (US)
Emcee
12:00 pm EDT
IDC Track 1 Emcee
Ilene Shaw
CEO of Shaw + Co Productions and Founding producer of Design Pavilion
New York, NY (US)
Main Stage
12:30 pm EDT
Design for the Smallest Ones
Olivia Herms
Designer & Founder, bada&bou
Bavaria, Germany
Main Stage
1:00 pm EDT
Crafting a Future for Interspecies Design
Giuliana Mazzetta
Business Design & Creative Strategy, Studio Cosmati
London, England
GSMA Winner
1:30 pm EDT
2021 Northeast District Graduate Student Merit Award Winner - Rochester Institute of Technology
Tati Ferrucio, IDSA
Junior Industrial Designer, Barkbox Inc.
Rochester, NY (US)
GSMA Winner
1:40 pm EDT
2021 Midwest District Graduate Student Merit Award Winner - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hengbo Zhang, IDSA
Industrial Designer
Savoy, IL (US)
GSMA Winner
1:50 pm EDT
2021 West District Graduate Student Merit Award Winner - San Francisco State University
Mina Kasirifar, IDSA
Industrial Designer, Intern at Bould Design
San Francisco, CA (US)
Breakout Presentation
2:00 pm EDT
Design for Those Who Don’t Have a Seat at the Table...Yet
Melissa Ferere
Senior Researcher, Google
New York, NY (US)
Breakout Presentation
2:00 pm EDT
Driving A-List Innovation with Additive Manufacturing
Jason Lopes
Global Market Development Engineer, Carbon
Los Angeles, CA (US)
Track 2 - Wednesday September 22
4:00pm - 8:00pm EDT (UTC -4)
Co-Emcee - Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness, IDSA
Assistant Professor Industrial Design at Iowa State University
Co-Emcee - Aziza Cyamani, IDSA
Assistant Professor of Product Design at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Hosting from Iowa City, IA (US) & Manhattan, KS (US)
Main Stage
4:00 pm EDT
Intro to Education Symposium w/ Aziza Cyamani, Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness, and Bryan Howell
Carly Hagins, IDSA
Assistant Professor, Product Design, Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Rapid Fire Session
4:15 pm EDT
Understanding the User in Design
Cynthia Jih, OTD, OTR/L
Occupational Therapist, MedStar National Rehabilitation Network
Gaithersburg, MD (US)
Rapid Fire Session
4:22 pm EDT
Healing Trauma Through Design
Efecem Kutuk, IDSA
Program Coordinator, Industrial Design, Michael Graves College, Kean University
Hoboken, NJ (US)
Rapid Fire Session
4:29 pm EDT
Enhancing Diversity Through Design Education w/ MOLD (Minorities' Opportunity to Learn Design)
Cameron White
UX Designer, Q2
Austin, TX (US)
Rapid Fire Session
4:36pm EDT
Leveraging Designers for Patent Content
Robert Watters, IDSA
Instructor at the School of Industrial Design, Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada
Rapid Fire Session
5:10 pm EDT
Activism in Design
Danielle Chen, IDSA
Senior UX Designer, Huge
Philadelphia, PA (US)
Rapid Fire Session
5:17 pm EDT
Designing at the Edge of Civilization
Fernando Carvalho
University Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham, England
Rapid Fire Session
5:31 pm EDT
Exploring the Gender Stereotype Threat Women Experience in Team-Based EDU Settings
Bryan Howell, IDSA
Associate Professor, Industrial Design, Brigham Young University
Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Co-Presenter: Breakout Workshop
6:00 pm EDT
Cli-fi Futures
Raja Schaar, IDSA
Program Director, Product Design, Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA (US)
Co-Presenter: Breakout Workshop
6:00 pm EDT
Cli-fi Futures
Chris Baeza
Program Director, Design & Merchandising, Drexel University
Malvern, PA (US)
Breakout Session
6:00 pm EDT
Carbon Neutrality in Makerspaces: Circular Makerspace Evaluation Toolkit (CMET)
Sheng-Hung Lee, IDSA
MIT Office of Sustainability Fellow, MIT AgeLab Designer
Cambridge, MA (US)
Co-Presenter: Panel Discussion
6:00pm EDT
Breaking Down Barriers & Crossing Aisles: Enhancing ID Education with User Experience Design
Jason Morris, IDSA
Director of Industrial Design, Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA (US)
Co-presenter: Panel Discussion
6:00 pm EDT
Breaking Down Barriers & Crossing Aisles: Design Agency
James Rudolph, IDSA
Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame
St. Joseph, MI (US)
Co-Presenter: Panel Discussion
6:00 pm EDT
Breaking Down Barriers & Crossing Aisles: No Distance Too Far
William Nickley, IDSA
Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH (US)
Co-Presenter: Keynote
7:00 pm EDT
SCAD + Lextant: Partnering to Create a Certification in Upfront Design & User Experience Research
Marty Gage
VP User Experience Research, Lextant
Columbus, OH (US)
Co-Presenter: Keynote
7:00 pm EDT
SCAD + Lextant: Partnering to Create a Certification in Upfront Design & User Experience Research
Kwela Hermanns
Associate Chair of Industrial Design & Design for Sustainability, SCAD
Savannah, GA (US)
Co-Presenter: Keynote
7:00 pm EDT
SCAD + Lextant: Partnering to Create a Certification in Upfront Design & User Experience Research
Victor Ermoli
Dean of the School of Design, SCAD
Savannah, GA (US)
Co-Presenter: Keynote
7:00 pm EDT
SCAD + Lextant: Partnering to Create a Certification in Upfront Design & User Experience Research
Spencer Murrell
VP Insight Translation, Lextant
Delaware, OH (US)
Track 3 - Wednesday September 22
8:00pm - 12:00am EDT (UTC -4)
Co-Emcee - Anh Nguyen & Hoang Nguyen
Designers & Co-Founders of Creative Session & Creative Directors at Playground
Hosting from San Francisco, CA (US)
Track 3 is supported by:
Emcee
8:00 pm EDT
IDC Track 3 Emcees
Anh & Hoang Nguyen
Designers & Co-Founders of Creative Session
Creative Directors at Playground
San Francisco, CA (US)
Keynote
8:30 pm EDT
Design for a Better Tomorrow
Don-tae Lee
Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Design Center, Samsung Electronics
Seoul, South Korea
SMA Winner
9:30 pm EDT
2021 Northeast District Student Merit Award Winner - Syracuse University
Gokul Beeda, IDSA
Industrial Design Intern, Sprout Studios
Syracuse, NY (US)
SMA Winner
9:40 pm EDT
2021 West District Student Merit Award Winner - University of Oregon
Mila Penrith, IDSA
Director Of Brand Marketing, Studio Skosh
Eugene, OR (US)
SMA Winner
9:50 pm EDT
2021 Central District Student Merit Award Winner - University of Cincinnati
Hunter Elmore, IDSA
Transportation Design Student, University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH (US)
Breakout Presentation
10:00 pm EDT
Design for the Design Team Experience
Frances Yllana
Experience Director & Design Ops Lead, Projekt202
Dallas, TX (US)
Breakout Presentation
10:00 pm EDT
Ergonomics of the Human Mind
Vijay Chakravarthy, IDSA
Design Lead, Philips
Seattle, WA (US)
Breakout Presentation
10:00 pm EDT
How to Anticipate, Understand, and Forecast Future Trends for Application in Design
Kiki Redhead, CMG
Global CMF & Trend Manager, Sherwin-Williams
Minneapolis, MN
Main Stage
11:00 pm EDT
Design For Circularity
Yvonne Qian
Sustainability Solutions Marketing Manager, Covestro
Shanghai, China
Main Stage
11:30 pm EDT
Design for the Brain
Afshin Mehin
Founder, Card79
San Francisco, CA (US)
Track 4 - Thursday September 23
12:00am - 4:00am EDT (UTC -4)
Networking
12:00 am EDT
Midnight Mixer, Socializing & Networking
Midnight Mixer
Meet other IDC attendees
International
Main Stage
12:30 am EDT
Enhancing Design (Neuro)diversity
Alex Lobos, IDSA
Professor and Graduate Director of ID, Rochester Institute of Technology & Research Fellow Emeritus, Autodesk
Rochester, NY (US)
Main Stage
1:00 am EDT
Decentralized Money and Financial Inclusion
Becca Carroll
Director, IDEO CoLab
San Francisco, CA (US)
Main Stage
1:30 am EDT
Building Better Software for the Underserved
Zeerak Ahmed
Senior UX Design Lead, Amazon
Seattle, WA (US)
Main Stage
2:00 am EDT
Design for Utopian Futures
Kellie Walters
CMF Designer, Garmin
Kansas City, MO (US)
Main Stage
2:30 am EDT
Creatives Make Terrible Pets - NFTs Unleash Us!
Jesse Rademacher
Co-Founder & CEO, Madeium
Portland, OR (US)
Awards Ceremony
3:00 am EDT
Playback of the IDEA 2021 Ceremony (Originally presented Tuesday, September 21, 2021)
IDEA Ceremony
Gold, Silver, Bronze winners are announced (replay of live event)
International
Track 5 - Thursday September 23
4:00am - 8:00am EDT (UTC -4)
Main Stage
4:00 am EDT
Design for COVID Vaccine Hesitancy
Tsai Lu Liu, IDSA
Professor of Industrial Design and Department Head, NC State University
Raleigh, NC (US)
Main Stage
4:30 am EDT
Design Journalism
Radhika Seth
Sales Director, Yanko Design
Mumbai, India
Main Stage
5:00 am EDT
Designing Equitable Creative Teams
Steven Wakabayashi
Founder & President, QTBIPOC Design
New York, NY (US)
Main Stage
5:30 am EDT
Visionary Product Strategy
Ryan Chen
Executive Director of Strategy, Bresslergroup
Philadelphia, PA (US)
Main Stage
6:30 am EDT
How Researchers & Designers Can Help Improve the Social Impacts of Emerging Design Technology
Mandy Drew
UX Research Manager, Capital One
Washington DC (US)
Awards Ceremony
7:00 am EDT
Playback of the 2021 IDSA Awards Ceremony (Originally presented Monday, September 20, 2021)
IDSA Awards Ceremony
IDSA Award winners are announced (replay of live event)
United States
Track 6 - Thursday September 23
8:00am - 12:00pm EDT (UTC -4)
Emcee - Sam Gwilt
Industrial Designer at Layer Design
Design Content Creator of sam_does_design
Hosting from London, United Kingdom
Emcee
8:00 am EDT
IDC Track 6 Emcee
Sam Gwilt
Industrial Designer at Layer Design
London, England
Co-Presenter: Main Stage
8:30 am EDT
Designing For a Future with Biometrics
Vinod Kizhakke
Principal, Strategic Design Consulting, Infosys
Chicago, IL (US)
Co-Presenter: Main Stage
8:30 am EDT
Designing For a Future with Biometrics
Julia Shao
Consultant, Design Strategy & Research, Infosys
Chicago, IL (US)
Main Stage
9:00 am EDT
Activating Designers as Design Activists
Ana Mengote Baluca, IDSA
Founder & Creative Director, lowercase innovation
New York, NY (US)
SMA Winner
9:30 am EDT
2021 Midwest District Student Merit Award Winner - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Annabel Huber, IDSA
Industrial Designer
Champaign, IL (US)
SMA Winner
9:40 am EDT
2021 South District Student Merit Award Winner - Auburn University
Derek Tucker, IDSA
Industrial Design & User Experience Intern, Medtronic
Birmingham, AL (US)
Main Stage
9:50 am EDT
Stratasys 3D Printing Highlights
Colton Mehlhoff
Applications Engineer, Stratasys
Minneapolis, MN (US)
Breakout Workshop
10:00 am EDT
Empathy Fuels Innovation - Empathy Decathlon™ Practice
Shelton Davis, IDSA
Founder, Empathy Lab
Atlanta, GA (US)
Breakout Workshop
10:00 am EDT
Reimagining Remote Co-creation During COVID
Ziyuan Zhu, IDSA
MIT Office of Sustainability Design Fellow, MIT Senseable City Lab Designer
Boston, MA (US)
Breakout Workshop
10:00 am EDT
Why Your Good Ideas Don’t Go Anywhere & How to Fix That
Kelly Custer
Founder & Design Director, Knack
Knoxville, TN (US)
