29 February 2008
MAYOR OF BARCELONA OPENS THE ART CENTER GLOBAL DIALOGUES
Disruptive Thinking Highlighting Impact of Art and Design on Business Innovation
Pasadena (United States) and Barcelona (Spain) - Barcelona's Mayor, Mr. Jordi Hereu, will open The Art Center Global Dialogues on March 7th with a welcome address highlighting the impact of art and design on business innovation as demonstrated through the unique educational partnership between Art Center College of Design and ESADE Business School.
A diverse group of renowned radical thinkers, provocateurs and public opinion leaders has been assembled to discuss issues of critical importance to society at the inaugural Art Center Global Dialogues: Disruptive Thinking, presented by Art Center College of Design, one of the world's premier art and design schools, in partnership with Barcelona-based ESADE, one of the world's leading international business schools.
Distinguished international journalist Richard Addis, the event's Guest Program Director and Moderator, will be joined by a wide range of creative thinkers and opinion leaders - including artists, designers, scientists, activists, executives, architects and entrepreneurs - whose work in their respective fields has had a discernible effect on urban life and other global issues through changes in policies and paradigms.
The event, to be held in Barcelona on Friday, March 7th, will be an intensive day of live, unscripted and interactive discussion on six distinct, yet interrelated topics of global relevance: climate change, geopolitics, business, science, belief and design.
New speakers also added for global event to be held on Friday, March 7, 2008 in Barcelona in partnership with ESADE Business School
The new speakers are:
Pasadena (United States) and Barcelona (Spain) - Barcelona's Mayor, Mr. Jordi Hereu, will open The Art Center Global Dialogues on March 7th with a welcome address highlighting the impact of art and design on business innovation as demonstrated through the unique educational partnership between Art Center College of Design and ESADE Business School.
A diverse group of renowned radical thinkers, provocateurs and public opinion leaders has been assembled to discuss issues of critical importance to society at the inaugural Art Center Global Dialogues: Disruptive Thinking, presented by Art Center College of Design, one of the world's premier art and design schools, in partnership with Barcelona-based ESADE, one of the world's leading international business schools.
Distinguished international journalist Richard Addis, the event's Guest Program Director and Moderator, will be joined by a wide range of creative thinkers and opinion leaders - including artists, designers, scientists, activists, executives, architects and entrepreneurs - whose work in their respective fields has had a discernible effect on urban life and other global issues through changes in policies and paradigms.
The event, to be held in Barcelona on Friday, March 7th, will be an intensive day of live, unscripted and interactive discussion on six distinct, yet interrelated topics of global relevance: climate change, geopolitics, business, science, belief and design.
New speakers also added for global event to be held on Friday, March 7, 2008 in Barcelona in partnership with ESADE Business School
The new speakers are:
- Alfons Sauquet, newly-appointed Dean, ESADE Business School, will be featured in a one-on-one conversation with Lynda Sale (Partner, Sale Owen, marketing consultant, and artist) on the topic of Business
- Charles Pasternak (academic, scientist, and author) and Joann Fletcher (academic and archeologist) have been added to the discussion on Belief
Previously announced moderators and speakers on the various topics include:
- Climate Change: Harry Eyres (columnist, poet, writer, and naturalist), Sara Wheeler (biographer, traveler, and expert on the Artic and Antarctica), and Peter Head (Director of Arup and head of Planning and Integrated Urbanism)
- Geopolitics: Richard Addis (newspaper editor, designer, and writer), Ron Haviv (award-winning photojournalist and co-founder of VII Photo Agency), and Bernard Tabaire (Ugandan newspaper editor currently on bail for sedition)
- Science: Robert Matthews (academic, writer, and journalist), David Hughes (astronomer, professor, and researcher), David Orrell (systems biologist and mathematician), and Fotini Markopoulou-Kalamara (theoretical physicist)
- Belief: Bigna Pfenninger (founding editor, The Drawbridge, a quarterly literary project)
- Design: Stephen Bayley (author, cultural critic, and founder of the Design Museum), Thom Mayne (Pritzker Prize-winning architect, currently building the tallest building in Europe), Blaise Agüera y Arcas (software designer at Microsoft Live labs), and Chris Lefteri (materials expert and product designer).
Richard Addis and other Dialogues participants have initiated early conversations on a blog developed specifically for the Dialogues. Those interested in sharing their own perspectives on these critical issues are encouraged to take part in the Dialogues and post their comments on the blog.
Supporting Partners for The Art Center Global Dialogues are: Centre for Innovation and Business Development (CIDEM), Generalitat de Catalunya/Government of Catalonia, Barcelona Centre de Disseny (BCD), Adjuntament de Barcelona-Economic Promotion and SEAT.
The Art Center Global Dialogues will be presented at the historic Palau de la Música Catalana. For more information and registration for The Art Center Global Dialogues: Disruptive Thinking, presented in partnership with ESADE, please visit www.artcenter.edu/dialogues.
For more information, please contact:
Art Center College of Design
Iris Gelt
Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications
t: +1 626 396 2403
e:
Global Dialogues - Barcelona
Ansley Garner
PR and Communications
t: +1 34 660 106 076
e: ansley.garner@artcenter.edu
ESADE
Colin McElwee
Director of Corporate Marketing
t: +1 34 608 577 535
e:
About The Art Center Global Dialogues
The Art Center Global Dialogues: Disruptive Thinking is the first in a series of international events to be presented by Art Center College of Design in collaboration with pre-eminent educational institutions in major world cities, as part of its international strategy of engaging in dialogue about the critical issues in society. The inaugural event will take place in Barcelona, where Art Center has been invited to develop an increased presence in Europe in conjunction with a number of the city's leading educational and civic institutions. Disruptive Thinking is an important first step of a recently announced, wide-ranging partnership with ESADE Business School that will create a new model for combining design thinking with business strategy through advanced education.
About Art Center College of Design
Since its founding in 1930, Art Center College of Design has been a global leader in art and design education. Located in Pasadena, California, the College offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as public education programs. In recent years, Art Center has also become distinguished for its Designmatters initiative, which explores social and humanitarian applications of design, and responsible business practices. Widely recognized in the media, Art Center has been named the top undergraduate industrial design school in the United States by the prestigious journal DesignIntelligence® for three consecutive years, and is also distinguished for its world-renowned transportation design program, which includes the head designers of SEAT, BMW, Audi and Nissan among its notable alumni.
About ESADE
Founded in 1958, ESADE Business School has campuses in Barcelona, Madrid and Buenos Aires. Known for its dynamic international outlook, ESADE is one of the world leaders in business education. Each year, more than 6,000 participants take part in Executive Education, MBA and undergraduate programs in ESADE. In recognition of its international scope, The Wall Street Journal ranked ESADE as the world's top international business school in 2006 and 2007. ESADE currently has a network of 32,000 alumni occupying positions of responsibility in enterprises around the globe.
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