AGENDA
Conference venue is the College for Creative Studies’, Taubman Center, General Motors Auditorium, 11th Floor, 460 W. Baltimore Ave., Detroit, MI 48202
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6
| 6:00–8:00 PM | WELCOME RECEPTION THE SCARAB CLUB (217 Farnsworth St., Detroit) |
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7
| 8:00–8:50 AM | COFFEE & LIGHT BREAKFAST |
| 8:50–8:55 AM | WELCOME (Robert Grace, Conference Chair) |
| 8:55–9:20 AM | LEADING INNOVATION IN A TIME OF ACCELERATION Mark Dziersk, Managing Director, LUNAR Design |
| 9:20–9:45 AM | NEXT GENERATION LEARNING Owen Foster, Co-founder, SHiFT & Aether Global Learning |
| 9:45–10:20 AM | KEYNOTE REDEFINING 'DESIGN & MANUFACTURE' Gregory Haye, General Manager, Local Motors Inc. |
| 10:20–10:40 AM | NETWORKING BREAK |
| 10:40–11:15 AM | FUTURE MOBILITY: DESIGNING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE INTERIORS Gaia Grippa, Materials Specialist and Colors, Materials & Finishes Designer, Chris Lefteri Design Ltd. |
| 11:15 AM–12:15 PM | PANEL: YOUTH, EMPATHY & START-UPS
MODERATORRobert Grace, President, RC Grace LLC
PANELISTSErin Keaney, Co-founder & COO, Nonspec Inc. Jon Dekar, Founder & President, DESiN LLC |
| 12:15–1:30 PM | BUFFET LUNCH (in lobby area, 11th floor) |
| 1:30–2:40 PM | PANEL: ENHANCING INNOVATION MANAGEMENT VIA COMMUNITY COLLABORATION Katie Tucker, Transition Designer, Werk Strategy & Design Thinking Professor, Portland State University Edgar Gallo, Manager - TOS Indirect, Daimler Trucks North America Aaron Hatley, Ph.D., Researcher & Cultural Consultant, Historiai Tim P. Fletcher, President, One BusinessDesign LLC |
| 2:40–3:05 PM | NETWORKING BREAK |
| 3:05–3:35 PM | USING AUGMENTED & VIRTUAL REALITY TO SPEED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Jim Topich, VP - Engineering, Kinetic Vision Tony Guard, Principal Industrial Designer – Innovation, Kinetic Vision |
BORROWING FROM NATURE
| 3:35–3:50 PM | BIOMIMICRY FOR INNOVATION—GOOD FOR BUSINESS AND THE PLANET Seth GaleWyrick, Sr. Mechanical Engineer & Sustainable Design Specialist, Bresslergroup |
| 3:50–4:20 PM | FROM BIRDS TO BRAINS—HOW THE Q-COLLAR CURTAILS CONCUSSIONS Jamison Float, Senior Biomedical Engineer, Priority Designs |
| 4:20–4:30 PM | Wrap-Up |
| 4:30–5:30 PM | TOUR OF CCS DESIGN STUDIOS |
| 6:00 PM | Take the new QLine or other transportation to the Connections Reception at the N'Namdi Center. We will have drinks, music and hors d’oeuvres on hand. |
| 6:30–8:30 PM | RECEPTION
Starting at 7:00 PM, we’ll screen the entertaining documentary film "All Things Bakelite", about Leo Hendrik Baekeland, the Belgian-born American chemist considered the "father of modern plastics."
Includes Q&A with the film makers & historians:
Hugh Karraker, Executive Producer (and Leo Baekeland's great-grandson)
John E. Maher, JEM Films, Director, "All Things Bakelite" |
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8
| 8:00–8:50 AM | REFRESHMENTS & LIGHT BREAKFAST |
| 8:50–9:00 AM | WELCOME (Robert Grace, Conference Chair) |
| 9:00–9:20 AM | DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT MINDSET FOR DESIGN Jeevak Badve, VP - Strategic Growth, Sundberg-Ferar Inc. |
| 9:20–10:35 AM | KEYNOTE CONQUERING THE CHALLENGES OF IN-SPACE MANUFACTURING Dr. Raymond “Corky” Clinton, Jr., Deputy Director - Science & Technology Office, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center Michael Snyder, Chief Engineer & Co-founder, Made In Space Inc. |
| 10:35–10:55 AM | NETWORKING BREAK |
| 10:55–11:15 AM | DESIGN FOR 3D PRINTING David Woodlock, Market Development - 3D Printing, HP Inc. |
| 11:15 AM–11:40 AM | KEY MATERIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Dr. Thomas Fabian Research Manager, Commercial & Industrial R&D, UL LLC. |
| 11:40 AM–12:15 PM | INNOVATION'S A FAD: IDEAS ARE SH*# WITHOUT ACTION Jeff Barlow, Co-founder, Nimble Services Matt Hlavin, CEO, Thogus Products René Polin, President & Founder, Balance Inc. |
| 12:15–1:40 PM | BUFFET LUNCH (in lobby area, 11th floor) |
| 1:40–2:00 PM | SPEED TALKS A pair of 8-minute presentations to stimulate, educate & inform The True User Experience Brian Roderman, President & CEO, IN2Innovation Tangible Value Propositions Jennifer Peavey, Innovation Designer, Eastman Chemical Co. |
| 2:00–2:30 PM | VISUAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY—THE VALUE OF DESIGN PATENTS & TRADE DRESS Tim P. Fletcher, President, One BusinessDesign LLC |
| 2:30 PM–3:15 PM | PANEL: SUSTAINABLE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
MODERATORRobert Grace, President, RC Grace LLC
PANELISTSGary Wnek, Professor of Engineering & Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University Kiersten Muenchinger, Head - Department of Product Design & Chair of Product Design, University of Oregon Mike Maczuzak, CEO, SmartShape Design |
| 3:30 PM | WRAP-UP & ADJOURN |
