12 January 2007
THE ART CENTER SUMMIT: DESIGNING SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY
February 7-8, 2007 at Art Center College of Design
As a leader in design education and practical innovation, Art Center College of Design continues its commitment to developing new ideas about critical issues by hosting The Art Center Summit: Designing Sustainable Mobility. This first-of-its-kind Summit will bring together designers, engineers, scientists, product planners, government officials and leading educators for a critical exchange of ideas and information, with a focus on the vital role design will play in helping to identify and achieve sustainable goals.
The participants will identify and discuss design strategies encouraging consumers and businesses to embrace sustainable mobility that will facilitate constructive, real-world change. Presentations, discussions and brainstorming sessions will emphasize how designers, and those who partner and work with them, can turn ideas into profitable business solutions.
The Summit will take place at Art Center’s South Campus Wind Tunnel in Pasadena, California on February 7-8, 2007.
The keynote speaker will be Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., environmentalist, professor, lawyer and senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Featured speakers include:
On Tuesday, February 6th, in conjunction with the Summit, Art Center will offer a concise full-day intensive introduction to the topic of sustainability: Sustainability by Design at the Hillside campus. Industry experts and educators from around the country will share their experience and give a broad overview of sustainability concepts, a glimpse into sustainability in practice and an opportunity to see how sustainability practices might shape the future.
Pre-Summit presenters include:
The Art Center Summit: Designing Sustainable Mobility
Wednesday-Thursday, February 7-8, 2007
South Campus Wind Tunnel – 950 South Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, California.
Special keynote evening program featuring Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Hillside Campus – 1700 Lida Street, Pasadena, California
Open to the public. Reservations are mandatory.
Sustainability by Design
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Hillside Campus – 1700 Lida Street, Pasadena, California.
Complete information and registration form for all Summit-related activities can be found at http://www.artcenter.edu/summit or +1-626-396-4308.
ABOUT ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN
For over 75 years, Art Center College of Design has been a global leader in art and design education, whose graduates have inspired change in society by solving problems through design. Art Center offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in a wide variety of art and design disciplines, as well as Public Programs offering design education to all ages and levels of experience. Art Center College of Design is located in Pasadena, California, with classes held at both its Hillside and South campuses.
As a leader in design education and practical innovation, Art Center College of Design continues its commitment to developing new ideas about critical issues by hosting The Art Center Summit: Designing Sustainable Mobility. This first-of-its-kind Summit will bring together designers, engineers, scientists, product planners, government officials and leading educators for a critical exchange of ideas and information, with a focus on the vital role design will play in helping to identify and achieve sustainable goals.
The participants will identify and discuss design strategies encouraging consumers and businesses to embrace sustainable mobility that will facilitate constructive, real-world change. Presentations, discussions and brainstorming sessions will emphasize how designers, and those who partner and work with them, can turn ideas into profitable business solutions.
The Summit will take place at Art Center’s South Campus Wind Tunnel in Pasadena, California on February 7-8, 2007.
The keynote speaker will be Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., environmentalist, professor, lawyer and senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Featured speakers include:
- Christopher Flavin, Opening keynote speaker (President, Worldwatch Institute)
- Christopher E. Bangle (Director of BMW Group Design, BMW Group)
- John Boesel (President, and CEO, Westart-CALSTART)
- Bill Breen (Senior Project Editor, Fast Company)
- David Goodstein, Ph.D. (Vice Provost, Professor, Caltech, Author of Out of Oil)
- Mark Goodstein (Executive Director, Automotive X-PRIZE)
- Dean Kamen (Inventor, Entrepreneur, Founder of DEKA Research & Development Corporation)
- Amory Lovins (CEO, Rocky Mountain Institute)
- Joel Makower (Co-founder, Clean Edge Inc.)
- Paul MacCready, Ph.D. (Founder and Chairman, Aero Vironment)
- Udaya Patnaik (Partner, Jump Associates, LLC)
- Budd Steinhilber (Industrial designer, co-designer of the Tucker automobile)
- Dan Sturges (Mobility Entrepreneur, President, Intrago, LLC)
On Tuesday, February 6th, in conjunction with the Summit, Art Center will offer a concise full-day intensive introduction to the topic of sustainability: Sustainability by Design at the Hillside campus. Industry experts and educators from around the country will share their experience and give a broad overview of sustainability concepts, a glimpse into sustainability in practice and an opportunity to see how sustainability practices might shape the future.
Pre-Summit presenters include:
- Braden Allenby, Ph.D, (Professor, Arizona State University, Author, Former VP of Health, Environment & Safety, AT&T)
- Jay Baldwin (“Hot Rodder,” Inventor, Industrial Designer)
- Karen Hofmann (Director, Color, Materials and Trends Exploration Laboratory, Art Center College of Design)
- Suzanne Hunt (Biofuels Project Manager, Worldwatch Institute)
- Heidrun Mumper-Drumm (Sustainability Faculty, Art Center College of Design)
- JohnPaul Kusz (Founder, Center for Sustainable Enterprise, Stuart Graduate School of Business at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago)
- Philip White (Assistant Professor, Industrial Design, Arizona State University)
The Art Center Summit: Designing Sustainable Mobility
Wednesday-Thursday, February 7-8, 2007
South Campus Wind Tunnel – 950 South Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, California.
Special keynote evening program featuring Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Hillside Campus – 1700 Lida Street, Pasadena, California
Open to the public. Reservations are mandatory.
Sustainability by Design
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Hillside Campus – 1700 Lida Street, Pasadena, California.
Complete information and registration form for all Summit-related activities can be found at http://www.artcenter.edu/summit or +1-626-396-4308.
ABOUT ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN
For over 75 years, Art Center College of Design has been a global leader in art and design education, whose graduates have inspired change in society by solving problems through design. Art Center offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in a wide variety of art and design disciplines, as well as Public Programs offering design education to all ages and levels of experience. Art Center College of Design is located in Pasadena, California, with classes held at both its Hillside and South campuses.
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