Hi Sudhir, Uday, Seema, Poonam, Pradyumna,

This surely is an exciting mix of speakers for the summit as a begining.
You guys are surely putting great effort to get this together.
Can we get any of these people for Pune Design festival?

regards,
Bala
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On 11/1/06, Sudhir Sharma <sudhirelephant@...> wrote:
>
> Hi ,
>
> An update on the 6th CII-NID Design Summit
> Theme: Design with India
>
> After the meeting on 16th October the team had greater clarity about
> the panel of speakers that have confirmed their participation from
> overseas and India. We have managed to attract a number of speakers
> who have a unique point of view and command great respect worldwide
> for their influence over the practice of design. The speakers from
> overseas include representatives of Phillips (Eindhoven), IDEO (Palo
> Alto), Microsoft, (Redomond) Motorola (Europe and Asia), LG (Korea),
> Whilrpool, (Asia) Design Continuum,(USA) and members of the board
> of ICSID as well as a representative from the IDSA and Asia Society.
>
> We have taken into consideration the discussions on the DesignIndia
> forum in determining the panel of speakers from India and abroad and
> have made sure that we include a cross section of people from a
> variety of perspectives and sectors of economy including design
> houses, educational institutes, industry, management, and the crafts
> sector.
>
> Jags, your guidelines helped our brainstorming about session details.
>
> The program is going to take another week or so to be finalized.
> Then it will be posted on the event website.The discussion is
> focused on the following themes:
>
> • Future of Design
> • India-The Emerging Design Destination
> • Innovation thru collaboration
> • Design Methods & Tools
> • Design with cultural sensitivity
> • Panel Disucssions on: Indian Design Scenario and Design
> Education
>
>
> We need your help to make it a great success. Please get your
> clients excited about this event. Seema Gupta of the Confederation
> of Indian Industry would be glad to respond to any questions your
> clients or employers may have about this conference. She is
> available at seema.gupta@...
>
> This is the best time for promoting the cause of design amongst the
> patrons of our profession. One of the key messages of one of our
> featured speakers, Ignacio Germade, the chief of design for Motorola
> (Europe and Asia) is, "Design is to the 21st century, what marketing
> was to the 20th century."
>
> Anne Kirah, another featured speaker at the conference is a dean of
> the 180 Academy (Denmark), an innovation university set up by a
> consortium of Lego, Bang & Olufsen, Nokia, Microsoft and many other
> companies to train CEO's and other senior executives in innovation
> techniques.
>
> Don Norman, who is on the panel of advisors for this conference
> recently sent an email to Uday. He says, "Design with India is a
> most important event. Too many companies and designers think that
> whatever works in their home country will work in India -- and all
> over the world. Wrong. All nations, all cultures, all societies
> have very special needs, very special customs and behavior. Good
> design is always specific to the people for whom it is intended. SO
> I am very Pleased to see this conference, and especially pleased to
> see it held in India, and not in London, or San Francisco. "
>
> We have also got the confirmation of many Indian speakers from
> different sectors. This will provide the context within which
> discussions and debate can find expression.
>
> CNBC is the Media Partner and would be moderating one of the
> sessions & telecasting the same on CNBC. ID Magazine and the NextD
> Leadership Institute have offered media sponsorship.
>
> We need to take full advantage of this conference and ensure that we
> have meaningful discussions and return with a new understanding of
> what it means to design with India. We need to ensure the presence
> of as many representatives from the industry as possible.
>
> Thanks for all the support and interest so far.
>
>
> Seema / Pradyumna / Uday / Poonam / Sudhir
>
>
>
>
>



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