That the conference sold out two months in advance is a testament to the quality and breadth of our list of speakers. While only half are trained and practicing designers, all are leaders in their fields.
We’ve added a number of speakers since the conference was announced, including: Matthew Collings, the art critic, who will join the ‘But is it art?’ breakout session; and Stefan Stern from the FT, who will reflect on the wider changes in the knowledge economy and chair the ‘What can design bring to strategy?’ breakout session.
By the look of the delegate list the speakers can expect a lively and vocal audience. It’s made up of a healthy mix of design consultants, academics, and corporate design managers from the likes of: Intel, Microsoft, NCR, Nokia, Orange, Samsung, and Sony.
I’m also pleased to report that Intersections will very much look the part. The boys at Bibliothèque have articulated the concept of intersections beautifully across every touch-point.
For the slow writers out there or those who can’t make it, the conference will be documented in a number of forms. Hopefully, we will get some ‘live’ commentary on the blog during the conference and definitely immediately after. Northumbria University School of Design is aiming to publish edited summaries of each session within weeks of the conference; and conference chair Jeremy Myerson is lined up to edit and present a conference highlights podcast on the Design Council’s website a month or so.
Finally, a note on attire. Who knows what the weather holds, but on my last trip to the ‘Toon’, there was a definite nip in the air. Just because the locals wear T-shirts all the year around, it doesn’t mean you should