SCHEDULE

Concept '21 runs virtually from Friday, February 5th to Sunday, February 7th 2021 in Eastern Standard Time.

Friday, February 5th

Saturday, February 6th

9:45 - 10:00 | Opening Statements

10:00 - 11:00 | Speakers | Nathan Schleicher & Tatiana Zakharova, Earthscape Play | "Permission to change"

11:10 - 12:20 | Workshop | Nathan Schleicher & Tatiana Zakharova, Earthscape Play | "Exploring Story and Place"

12:20 - 1:20 | LUNCH

1:30 - 2:20 | Speaker | Brian Madden | "Your path is your path. Find it, follow it, forge it."

2:30 - 3:20 | Workshop | Gaby Waldman-Field, Autodesk | "Generative Design with AutoDesk"

3:30 - 4:20 | Speakers & Workshop | Kaj Hallgrimsson, Matthew Schuetz, Mina Morcos, Jun Won Kim | "Project ARROW"

4:20 | Closing Statements

6:00 - 7:30 | Portfolio Reviews | Please sign up prior to attending, limited spots

*All times listed are EST

Sunday, February 7th

9:45 - 10:00 | Opening Statements

10:00 - 11:00 | Speaker | Emily Suzuki | "Writing for Designers"

11:10 - 12:20 | Workshop | Douglas Wan | "Dialogue At Home"

12:20 - 1:30 | LUNCH

1:30 - 2:20 | Speaker | Gerry Kanter | "Level Up: Finding the Ideal Job for You"

2:30 - 3:20 | Speaker | Jane Penty | "Unexpected Findings"

3:20 | Closing Statements

*All times listed are EST

SPEAKERS

TI CHANG

Vice President of Design - CRAVE | San Francisco, California | designerti.com

Ti Chang is an industrial designer, entrepreneur, and activist passionate about designing products for womxn. She is the co-founder and VP of Design at CRAVE, a San Francisco-based company specializing in pleasure products that look as good as they feel.

She currently serves as the chair of the Women in Design section of Industrial Designers Society of America, as well as the advisory board for San Francisco Design Week, Reimagine, and CRAVE Foundation for Women. Her designs have earned prestigious awards from Red Dot, Spark, IDEA, Core77, IDSA and more.

BRIAN MADDEN

Lead Experience Designer - Target New Ventures & Accelerators | San Francisco, California | brianbmadden.com

Brian Madden is a multidisciplinary artist and designer based in San Francisco, California. When he’s not running workshops on creativity and mindfulness, he can be found creating unique pieces with natural stone and other manufactured substrates, most recently the awards for the 2021 EA Madden 99 Club. As a designer, Brian has worked with a diverse range of clients, such as Nike and IDL Worldwide.

GABY WALDMAN-FRIED

Technical Program Manager - Autodesk | Boston, Massachusetts | gabywaldmanfried.com

Gaby Waldman-Fried is a Technical Program Manager in Education at Autodesk, and is the dedicated technical resource for Education Accounts in the Eastern US & Canada. She partners with university customers to understand their technical and curricula challenges, and identifies how Autodesk products can help address these challenges. She demonstrates the value of Autodesk products, specifically Fusion 360, to grow their adoption in curriculum, research, and student projects. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Olin College of Engineering in 2015. She has been working at Autodesk for 2 years. Previously she worked as a Mechanical Engineer at various hardware start-ups in the Boston Area.

KAJ HALLGRIMSSON, MATTHEW SCHUETZ, MINA MARCOS, JUN WON KIM

Project ARROW | Ottawa, Ontario | projectarrow.ca

Jun Won Kim, Mina Morcos, Matthew Schuetz and Kaj Hallgrimsson brought themselves together from Carleton's School of Industrial Design last year, to participate in a national design competition launched by the APMA to develop the look, feel, and function of Canada's first zero emission concept vehicle for 2025. They will be speaking about their experience collaborating remotely to design the car using traditional tools and new technology such as VR sketching. Their presentation will be part discussion and part workshop about branding, automotive design and collaborative workflow.

GERRY KANTER

Contract Instructor - Carleton University | Ottawa, Ontario | gerrykanter.com

Gerry Kanter is a technically savvy design and training specialist. He has always been fascinated by the history and evolution of ideas and devoted his career to finding solutions to research and innovation challenges. Applying his combined experience in policy and manufacturing, Gerry excels at finding common links that drive innovation research.

For the last 10 years Gerry has worked at the cutting edge of technology and manufacturing, through his involvement in the fields of 3D scanning, reverse engineering and metrology for quality control.

EMILY SUZUKI

Content Strategy - Autodesk Fusion360 | New York City, New York | emilysuzuki.co

Emily Suzuki is a writer and editor based in Brooklyn with an interest in all areas of design, specifically exploring the design process and bringing the design community together.

Currently a Content Marketing Manager at Autodesk, she focuses on shaping the Fusion 360 blog and social media strategy. Her extensive background in the design field includes working with renowned companies including Design Milk, HYPEBEAST and Core77.

NATHAN SCHLEICHER

Creative Director - Earthscape Play | Wallenstein, Ontario | earthscapeplay.com

Nathan is an American industrial designer and playground enthusiast with a portfolio journey that ranges from parkour friendly mini-cities at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to indoor STEM playgrounds in Detroit. He currently lives in Ontario where he is responsible for R&D and play concepts at Earthscape, an award-winning custom playground company. His playable architecture now lives in cities across North America, from Presidio National Park in San Francisco to the St Pete Pier in Florida.

TATIANA ZAKHAROVA

Play Pedagogist and Designer - Earthscape Play | Wallenstein, Ontario | earthscapeplay.com

Tatiana is a playground designer with Earthscape and is currently pursuing her PhD at the Faculty of Education, Western University. Her desire to see complexity introduced into outdoor places for children led her to landscape architecture (MLA, UofGuelph) from a career in risk management. This passion continues to fuel her work at Earthscape. A recipient of numerous academic scholarships and a 2018 University Olmsted Scholar, Tatiana’s research looks at post-occupancy evaluations of playgrounds and situating natureculture in education curricula.

DOUGLAS WAN

Architect - WHDA | Melbourne, Australia | www.j-in.com.au

Douglas Wan is an architect based in Melbourne, Australia with experience in community and multi-use projects, as well as compact bespoke living spaces returning to fundamental concepts of dwelling.

JANE PENTY

Designer, Educator & Sustainable Design Consultant - BA Product Design | London, UK | janepenty.com

Jane Penty is a designer, educator and sustainable design consultant. For several decades, her research and practice have focused on working with designers, companies and organizations to transform ‘what‘ and ‘how‘ we produce and consume into enabling tools for sustainable lives. She is Sustainable Design Leader for BA Product Design at Central Saint Martins, UAL, London, UK.