IDC 2018 — Schedule

Wednesday
September 19, 2018

The 2018 IDEA Ceremony & Gala

The International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) celebrate the pinnacle of design achievement annually since 1980. Winning an IDEA is a career-defining moment and positions winners in the global spotlight. This year, nearly 2,000 entries were reviewed, making IDEA one of the most prestigious and eagerly anticipated annual design competitions in the world.

The IDEA Ceremony and Gala will take place at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, LA.

Thursday
September 20

Featured

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM09:30 – 10:00

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM09:30 – 10:00

Morning Coffee

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM09:30 – 10:00

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM10:00 – 10:30

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM10:00 – 10:30

Welcome
Debbie Millman

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM10:00 – 10:30

Keynote | Design for Confrontation

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM10:30 – 11:15

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM10:30 – 11:15

Keynote | Design for Confrontation
Steve Selzer

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM10:30 – 11:15

11:15 AM – 11:45 AM11:15 – 11:45

11:15 AM – 11:45 AM11:15 – 11:45

Design for Dystopia
Krystal Persaud

11:15 AM – 11:45 AM11:15 – 11:45

11:45 AM – 12:15 PM11:45 – 12:15

11:45 AM – 12:15 PM11:45 – 12:15

Achieving Balance in Design and Community
Nichole Rouillac, IDSA

11:45 AM – 12:15 PM11:45 – 12:15

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM12:15 – 13:30

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM12:15 – 13:30

Lunch Break

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM12:15 – 13:30

Designing the Future of Fast with Every Electric Bike

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM14:15 – 14:45

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM14:15 – 14:45

Designing the Future of Fast with Every Electric Bike
Marc Fenigstein

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM14:15 – 14:45

2:45 PM – 3:15 PM14:45 – 15:15

2:45 PM – 3:15 PM14:45 – 15:15

What Am I Not? Making Magic with Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration
Becki Hyde

2:45 PM – 3:15 PM14:45 – 15:15

3:15 PM – 3:45 PM15:15 – 15:45

3:15 PM – 3:45 PM15:15 – 15:45

Creativity in the Digital Age
Safir Bellali

3:15 PM – 3:45 PM15:15 – 15:45

3:45 PM – 4:15 PM15:45 – 16:15

3:45 PM – 4:15 PM15:45 – 16:15

Coffee Break

3:45 PM – 4:15 PM15:45 – 16:15

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM16:15 – 17:15

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM16:15 – 17:15

Rapid Fire Talks

Anna Finch & Brien Teasley
Real DFM

Laura Flushe
Museum of Design Atlanta

Surya Vanka
Authentic Design

Navit Keren
Designit

Adi Neuman
ECOncrete

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM16:15 – 17:15

5:15 PM – 6:00 PM17:15 – 18:00

5:15 PM – 6:00 PM17:15 – 18:00

Documenting Dieter
Gary Hustwit

5:15 PM – 6:00 PM17:15 – 18:00

6:00 PM – 6:15 PM18:00 – 18:15

6:00 PM – 6:15 PM18:00 – 18:15

Closing Remarks
Debbie Millman

6:00 PM – 6:15 PM18:00 – 18:15

Friday
September 21

Featured

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM09:30 – 10:00

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM09:30 – 10:00

Morning Coffee

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM09:30 – 10:00

Welcome | John Maeda

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM10:00 – 10:30

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM10:00 – 10:30

Welcome
John Maeda

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM10:00 – 10:30

Keynote | Why the Best Design is Invisible: Leveraging Design as Strategy to Achieve Greater Impact | Kathleen Brandenburg

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM10:30 – 11:15

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM10:30 – 11:15

Keynote | Why the Best Design is Invisible
Kathleen Brandenburg

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM10:30 – 11:15

TECH FOR HUMANS. NOT HUMANS FOR TECH.

11:15 AM – 11:45 AM11:15 – 11:45

11:15 AM – 11:45 AM11:15 – 11:45

Tech for Humans. Not Humans for Tech.
Claude Zellweger

11:15 AM – 11:45 AM11:15 – 11:45

A Case for a Human Approach to Innovation

11:45 AM – 12:15 PM11:45 – 12:15

11:45 AM – 12:15 PM11:45 – 12:15

A Case for a Human Approach to Innovation
Erica Eden

11:45 AM – 12:15 PM11:45 – 12:15

12:15 PM – 1:00 PM12:15 – 13:00

12:15 PM – 1:00 PM12:15 – 13:00

Lunch Break

12:15 PM – 1:00 PM12:15 – 13:00

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM13:00 – 13:30

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM13:00 – 13:30

IDSA Awards

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM13:00 – 13:30

IDSA Year In Review

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM13:30 – 14:00

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM13:30 – 14:00

IDSA Year In Review

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM13:30 – 14:00

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM14:15 – 14:45

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM14:15 – 14:45

X, Transformed
Christian Ervin

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM14:15 – 14:45

An Industry in Flux: Finding a Creative Path

2:45 PM – 3:15 PM14:45 – 15:15

2:45 PM – 3:15 PM14:45 – 15:15

An Industry in Flux: Finding a Creative Path
Jules Ehrhardt

2:45 PM – 3:15 PM14:45 – 15:15

The Time Traveler's Dilemma

3:15 PM – 3:45 PM15:15 – 15:45

3:15 PM – 3:45 PM15:15 – 15:45

The Time Traveler’s Dilemma
Pamela Bailey & Ricardo Marquez

3:15 PM – 3:45 PM15:15 – 15:45

3:45 PM – 4:15 PM15:45 – 16:15

3:45 PM – 4:15 PM15:45 – 16:15

Coffee Break

3:45 PM – 4:15 PM15:45 – 16:15

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM16:15 – 17:15

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM16:15 – 17:15

Rapid Fire Talks

Gerard Furbershaw, IDSA
SmithFurbershaw

Lloyd Cooper, IDSA
PUSH Product Design

Jonah Becker
Fitbit

Colleen McHugh
The Water Institute of the Gulf

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM16:15 – 17:15

Keynote | Design THINK – On Your Feet

5:15 PM – 6:00 PM17:15 – 18:00

5:15 PM – 6:00 PM17:15 – 18:00

Keynote | Design THINK – On Your Feet
Wilson W. Smith III

5:15 PM – 6:00 PM17:15 – 18:00

Closing Remarks | John Maeda

6:00 PM – 6:15 PM18:00 – 18:15

6:00 PM – 6:15 PM18:00 – 18:15

Closing Remarks
John Maeda

6:00 PM – 6:15 PM18:00 – 18:15

6:15 PM – 8:30 PM18:15 – 20:30

6:15 PM – 8:30 PM18:15 – 20:30

Closing Party

6:15 PM – 8:30 PM18:15 – 20:30

Saturday
September 22

Featured

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM08:30 – 09:00

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM08:30 – 09:00

Morning Coffee

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM08:30 – 09:00

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM09:00 – 09:15

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM09:00 – 09:15

IDSA/Eastman Innovation Lab Education Symposium Welcome
Raja Schaar, IDSA

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM09:00 – 09:15

9:15 AM – 10:00 AM09:15 – 10:00

9:15 AM – 10:00 AM09:15 – 10:00

Student Merit Awards Presentation

9:15 AM – 10:00 AM09:15 – 10:00

IDSA Education Awards

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM10:00 – 10:30

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM10:00 – 10:30

IDSA Education Awards

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM10:00 – 10:30

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM10:30 – 11:15

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM10:30 – 11:15

YPHD? Is a PhD Needed for Design?

Panel Chair: Jim Kaufman, FIDSA
The Ohio State University

Rodney Adank, I/IDSA
DINZ

Dan Harden, IDSA
Whipsaw

Karen Hofmann, IDSA
ArtCenter College of Design

Lorraine Justice PhD, FIDSA
Rochester Institute of Technology

Stephen B. Wilcox PhD, FIDSA
Design Science

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM10:30 – 11:15

Sketchnote: More than Pen Meets Paper

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM11:15 – 12:00

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM11:15 – 12:00

Sketchnote: More than Pen Meets Paper
Teddy Lu, IDSA & Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness, IDSA

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM11:15 – 12:00

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM12:00 – 13:30

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM12:00 – 13:30

Lunch Presentation | Sponsored by Eastman Innovation Lab
Ellen Turner

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM12:00 – 13:30

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM13:30 – 15:00

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM13:30 – 15:00

Education Papers
Q&A Session

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM13:30 – 15:00

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM15:00 – 15:30

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM15:00 – 15:30

Coffee Break

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM15:00 – 15:30

3:30 PM – 4:45 PM15:30 – 16:45

3:30 PM – 4:45 PM15:30 – 16:45

Education Papers
Q&A Session

3:30 PM – 4:45 PM15:30 – 16:45

4:45 PM – 5:00 PM16:45 – 17:00

4:45 PM – 5:00 PM16:45 – 17:00

Closing Remaks
Raja Schaar, IDSA

4:45 PM – 5:00 PM16:45 – 17:00