U.S. National Design Policy Initiative

Summit 09: Tomorrow at 9:30am EST

Join in via http://www.ustream.tv/channel/us-design-policy. Tomorrow from 9:30am - 3:30pm EST.

Summit 09 Updates: Your Participation

The Summit is two weeks away. We want/need you to participate in Summit 09 in two ways:

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You can watch and interact with the Summit live on December 1st, from 9:30am-3:3pm EST via www.ustream.tv/channel/us-design-policy. The social stream will be connected to our Facebook page, Twitter account @usdesignpolicy, and YouTube page, http://www.youtube.com/user/USDesignPolicy.

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During the breaks in the Summit, we will answer your comments and questions on the social stream about what you have seen and heard at the People's Q&A, moderated by Change Observer's Brad McKee.

Program

09:00am–09:30am    
Breakfast reception  (Sponsored by IIDA and SEGD)

09:30am–10:15am    
Greetings, introductions, overview of 2009 accomplishments

10:15am–10:45am    
Guest speaker via video, David Kappos, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and a policy adviser

10:45am–11:45am    
Design policy activities assessment exercise

11:45am–01:00pm    
Lunch and the People’s design policy Q&A (Sponsored by IIDA and SEGD)

01:00pm–02:00pm    
2010 Design policy activities prioritization exercise

02:00pm–02:15pm    
Break and the People’s design policy Q&A

02:15pm–03:15pm   
Sharing of triple bottom line design case studies

03:15pm–03:30pm    
the People’s design policy Q&A

03:30pm–04:30pm    
Discussion of activities stewardship and commitments (Closed session)

So sign up at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/us-design-policy. We hope to see you at Summit 09.

Summit 09 Updates: Program and attendees

The program has been set. The attendees have been confirmed.

Program

09:00am–09:30am    Breakfast reception  (Sponsored by IIDA and SEGD)
09:30am–10:15am    Greetings, introductions, overview of 2009 accomplishments
10:15am–10:45am    Guest speaker via video, David Kappos, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
                               and in person, Brian Hanlon, Director of the Office of Patent Legal Administration
10:45am–11:45am    Design policy activities assessment exercise
11:45am–01:00pm    Lunch and the People’s design policy Q&A (Sponsored by IIDA and SEGD)
01:00pm–02:00pm    2010 Design policy activities prioritization exercise
02:00pm–03:00pm    Break and the People’s design policy Q&A
02:15pm–03:15pm    Sharing of triple bottom line design case studies
03:15pm–03:30pm    the People’s design policy Q&A
03:30pm–04:30pm    Discussion of activities stewardship and commitments (Closed session)

Attendees

Host, Dori Tunstall, U.S. National Design Policy Initiative

From professional design associations

AIGA, the professional association for design  
Richard Grefé, Executive Director

American Architectural Foundation (AAF)   
Ron Bogle, Executive Director

American Institute of Architects (AIA)   
George Miller, President   
Paul Mendelsohn, Vice President, Government and Community Relations

American Society of Landscape Architects
Nancy C. Somerville, Executive Vice President/CEO

American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)   
Chris Salp, Director of Government and Public Affairs

Design Management Institute (DMI)   
Patricia Olshan, Program Manager

Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)   
Clive Roux, Executive Director

Interaction Designers Association (IxDA)   
Janna Hicks DeVylder, President

International Interior Design Association (IIDA)   
Allison Levy, Managing Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs
Steve McCollom, Board Member, V.P. Communications

Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD)   
Leslie Gallery Dilworth, Executive Director

From design education and accreditation institutions

Association for Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)   
Michael Monti, PhD., Executive Director

Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD)   
Ray Allen, Provost, Maryland Institute College of Art and Design

Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC)   
Catherine Anderson, Board Member

National Association for Schools of Art and Design (NASAD)   
Samuel Hope, Executive Director

From U.S. Federal government agencies

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum   
Caroline Payson, Director of Education

National Park Service (NPS)   
Robert H. Clark, Design Program Director, Harpers Ferry Center

U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)
Leslie Shepard, Chief Architect
Frank Giblin, Director of Urban Development Program
Casey Jones, Head of Design Excellence Program

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) 
Janice Sterling, Director of Creative Services
Ron Keeney, Assistant Director of Creative Services

State-based design policy initiatives

Design Industry Group of Massachusetts (DIGMA)   
Beate Becker, Founder and director

New Kind (working for the creation of the North Carolina Innovation Council)   
Matt Muñoz, Principal

Facilitators

Change Observer - Design Observer   
Julie Lasky, Editor

Corcoran College of Art and Design
Carlee Cardwell, MFA Student   
Sarah Reed, MFA Student
Suzanne Humphries, MFA Student
Christine Cannon, MFA Student   

Summit 09 Updates: Vote for your top design policy proposal

In preparation for Summit 09, the U.S. National Design Policy Initiative wants you, the People, to have an opportunity to help shape our priorities for 2010. From now until December 1, 2009, you can go to the Summit 09 poll and vote for which proposal should be our top priority.

Want design education for K-12?  Or a National Design Assembly?  Then vote for your design policy priority! If you cannot find your design policy priority listed in the policy proposals or Summit report, feel free to contribute your own.