SPEAKERS & EMCEES
IDC 2021 will feature keynote and main stage presentations, workshops, panel discussions, rapid-fire sessions, and includes all new content presented here for the first time.
Emcee
Track 3
Anh Nguyen
Designer & Co-Founder of Creative Session
Creative Director at Playground
IDC Track 3 Emcee
San Francisco, CA (US)
Rapid Fire Session
Track 2
Bryan Howell, IDSA
Associate Professor, Industrial Design, Brigham Young University
Exploring the Gender Stereotype Threat Women Experience in Team-Based EDU Settings
Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Main Stage
Track 6
Colton Mehlhoff
Applications Engineer, Stratasys
Stratasys 3D Printing Highlights
Minneapolis, MN (US)
Keynote
Track 3
Don-tae Lee
Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Design Center, Samsung Electronics
Design for a Better Tomorrow
Seoul, South Korea
Main Stage
Track 1
Giuliana Mazzetta
Business Design & Creative Strategy, Studio Cosmati
Crafting a Future for Interspecies Design
London, England
SMA Winner
Track 3
Hunter Elmore, IDSA
Transportation Design Student, University of Cincinnati
2021 Central District Student Merit Award Winner - University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH (US)
Co-Presenter: Panel Discussion
Track 2
Jason Morris, IDSA
Director of Industrial Design, Western Washington University
Breaking Down Barriers & Crossing Aisles: Enhancing ID Education with User Experience Design
Bellingham, WA (US)
Main Stage
Track 4
Kellie Walters
CMF Designer, Garmin
Design for Utopian Futures
Kansas City, MO (US)
Keynote
Track 6
Linsey Nancarrow
Senior Creative Strategist, Indigo Slate
Why Is It Hard to Be a Climate Designer?
Seattle, WA (US)
SMA Winner
Track 3
Mila Penrith, IDSA
Director Of Brand Marketing, Studio Skosh
2021 West District Student Merit Award Winner - University of Oregon
Eugene, OR (US)
Co-Presenter: Breakout Workshop
Track 2
Raja Schaar, IDSA
Program Director, Product Design, Drexel University
Cli-fi Futures
Philadelphia, PA (US)
Breakout Workshop
Track 6
Shelton Davis, IDSA
Founder, Empathy Lab
Empathy Fuels Innovation - Empathy Decathlon™ Practice
Atlanta, GA (US)
Main Stage
Track 5
Steven Wakabayashi
Founder & President, QTBIPOC Design
Designing Equitable Creative Teams
New York, NY (US)
Co-Presenter: Keynote
Track 2
Victor Ermoli
Dean of the School of Design, SCAD
SCAD + Lextant: Partnering to Create a Certification in Upfront Design & User Experience Research
Savannah, GA (US)
Main Stage
Track 4
Alex Lobos, IDSA
Professor and Graduate Director of ID, Rochester Institute of Technology & Research Fellow Emeritus, Autodesk
Enhancing Design (Neuro)diversity
Rochester, NY (US)
SMA Winner
Track 6
Annabel Huber, IDSA
Industrial Designer
2021 Midwest District Student Merit Award Winner - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL (US)
Rapid Fire Session
Track 2
Cameron White
UX Designer, Q2
Enhancing Diversity Through Design Education w/ MOLD (Minorities' Opportunity to Learn Design)
Austin, TX (US)
Rapid Fire Session
Track 2
Cynthia Jih, OTD, OTR/L
Occupational Therapist, MedStar National Rehabilitation Network
Understanding the User in Design
Gaithersburg, MD (US)
Rapid Fire Session
Track 2
Efecem Kutuk, IDSA
Program Coordinator, Industrial Design, Michael Graves College, Kean University
Healing Trauma Through Design
Hoboken, NJ (US)
SMA Winner
Track 3
Gokul Beeda, IDSA
Industrial Design Intern, Sprout Studios
2021 Northeast District Student Merit Award Winner - Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY (US)
Emcee
Track 1
Ilene Shaw
CEO of Shaw + Co Productions and Founding producer of Design Pavilion
IDC Track 1 Emcee
New York, NY (US)
Main Stage
Track 4
Jesse Rademacher
Co-Founder & CEO, Madeium
Creatives Make Terrible Pets - NFTs Unleash Us!
Portland, OR (US)
Breakout Workshop
Track 6
Kelly Custer
Founder & Design Director, Knack
Why Your Good Ideas Don’t Go Anywhere & How to Fix That
Knoxville, TN (US)
Main Stage
Track 5
Mandy Drew
UX Research Manager, Capital One
How Researchers & Designers Can Help Improve the Social Impacts of Emerging Design Technology
Washington DC (US)
GSMA Winner
Track 1
Mina Kasirifar, IDSA
Industrial Designer, Intern at Bould Design
2021 West District Graduate Student Merit Award Winner - San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA (US)
Rapid Fire Session
Track 2
Robert Watters, IDSA
Instructor at the School of Industrial Design, Carleton University
Leveraging Designers for Patent Content
Ottawa, Canada
Breakout Session
Track 2
Sheng-Hung Lee, IDSA
MIT Office of Sustainability Fellow, MIT AgeLab Designer
Carbon Neutrality in Makerspaces: Circular Makerspace Evaluation Toolkit (CMET)
Cambridge, MA (US)
GSMA Winner
Track 1
Tati Ferrucio, IDSA
Junior Industrial Designer, Barkbox Inc.
2021 Northeast District Graduate Student Merit Award Winner - Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY (US)
Breakout Presentation
Track 3
Vijay Chakravarthy, IDSA
Design Lead, Philips
Ergonomics of the Human Mind
Seattle, WA (US)
Emcee
Track 2
Aziza Cyamani, IDSA
Assistant Professor of Product Design at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
IDSA Education Symposium Emcee
Lincoln, NE (US)
Main Stage
Track 2
Carly Hagins, IDSA
Assistant Professor, Product Design, Western Michigan University
Intro to Education Symposium w/ Aziza Cyamani, Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness, and Bryan Howell
Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Rapid Fire Session
Track 2
Danielle Chen, IDSA
Senior UX Designer, Huge
Activism in Design
Philadelphia, PA (US)
Rapid Fire Session
Track 2
Fernando Carvalho
University Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University
Designing at the Edge of Civilization
Nottingham, England
GSMA Winner
Track 1
Hengbo Zhang, IDSA
Industrial Designer
2021 Midwest District Graduate Student Merit Award Winner - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Savoy, IL (US)
Co-presenter: Panel Discussion
Track 2
James Rudolph, IDSA
Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame
Breaking Down Barriers & Crossing Aisles: Design Agency
St. Joseph, MI (US)
Breakout Presentation
Track 3
Kiki Redhead, CMG
Global CMF & Trend Manager, Sherwin-Williams
How to Anticipate, Understand, and Forecast Future Trends for Application in Design
Minneapolis, MN
Co-Presenter: Keynote
Track 2
Marty Gage
VP User Experience Research, Lextant
SCAD + Lextant: Partnering to Create a Certification in Upfront Design & User Experience Research
Columbus, OH (US)
Main Stage
Track 1
Olivia Herms
Designer & Founder, bada&bou
Design for the Smallest Ones
Bavaria, Germany
Main Stage
Track 5
Ryan Chen
Executive Director of Strategy, Bresslergroup
Visionary Product Strategy
Philadelphia, PA (US)
Co-Presenter: Keynote
Track 2
Spencer Murrell
VP Insight Translation, Lextant
SCAD + Lextant: Partnering to Create a Certification in Upfront Design & User Experience Research
Delaware, OH (US)
Main Stage
Track 5
Tsai Lu Liu, IDSA
Professor of Industrial Design and Department Head, NC State University
Design for COVID Vaccine Hesitancy
Raleigh, NC (US)
Co-Presenter: Main Stage
Track 6
Vinod Kizhakke
Principal, Strategic Design Consulting, Infosys
Designing For a Future with Biometrics
Chicago, IL (US)
Main Stage
Track 6
Ana Mengote Baluca, IDSA
Founder & Creative Director, lowercase innovation
Activating Designers as Design Activists
New York, NY (US)
Main Stage
Track 4
Becca Carroll
Director, IDEO CoLab
Decentralized Money and Financial Inclusion
San Francisco, CA (US)
Co-Presenter: Breakout Workshop
Track 2
Chris Baeza
Program Director, Design & Merchandising, Drexel University
Cli-fi Futures
Malvern, PA (US)
SMA Winner
Track 6
Derek Tucker, IDSA
Industrial Design & User Experience Intern, Medtronic
2021 South District Student Merit Award Winner - Auburn University
Birmingham, AL (US)
Breakout Presentation
Track 3
Frances Yllana
Experience Director & Design Ops Lead, Projekt202
Design for the Design Team Experience
Dallas, TX (US)
Emcee
Track 3
Hoang Nguyen
Designer & Co-Founder of Creative Session
Creative Director at Playground
IDC Track 3 Emcee
San Francisco, CA (US)
Breakout Presentation
Track 1
Jason Lopes
Global Market Development Engineer, Carbon
Driving A-List Innovation with Additive Manufacturing
Los Angeles, CA (US)
Co-Presenter: Main Stage
Track 6
Julia Shao
Consultant, Design Strategy & Research, Infosys
Designing For a Future with Biometrics
Chicago, IL (US)
Co-Presenter: Keynote
Track 2
Kwela Hermanns
Associate Chair of Industrial Design & Design for Sustainability, SCAD
SCAD + Lextant: Partnering to Create a Certification in Upfront Design & User Experience Research
Savannah, GA (US)
Breakout Presentation
Track 1
Melissa Ferere
Senior Researcher, Google
Design for Those Who Don’t Have a Seat at the Table...Yet
New York, NY (US)
Emcee
Track 2
Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness,
IDSA
Assistant Professor Industrial Design at Iowa State University
IDSA Education Symposium Emcee
Aimes, IA (US)
Co-Presenter: Panel Discussion
Track 2
William Nickley, IDSA
Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
Breaking Down Barriers & Crossing Aisles: No Distance Too Far
Columbus, OH (US)