AIGA Design for Social Value Conference

October 9-10, 2012

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco

 
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Speakers

In general sessions, professional development workshops and intimate roundtable discussions, you'll hear from the brightest minds design, business, innovation and social change from around the world. Check out all of the speakers' bios here or by clicking on their names below. Speakers are added to the roster regularly so check back soon for more.
 
General session speakers, workshop instructors and roundtable hosts at "Gain" include:
 
Justin Ahrens, principal, Rule29
 
Debbie Aung Din Taylor, founder, Proximity Designs 
 
David C. Baker, founder, ReCourses, Inc.
 
Banny Banerjee, director, Stanford ChangeLabs
 
Gaby Brink, founder and chief designer, Tomorrow and Tomorrow Labs, and founder and CEO, Sparkwise
 
Sarah Brooks, director of social innovation, Hot Studio
 
Jordan Clare-Rothe, founder, Image Engine, and designer, Clare-Rothe Design
 
Morgan Clendaniel, “Gain” moderator, and editor, Fast Company's Co.Exist 
 
Drew Davies, founder and design director, Oxide Design Co. 
 
Sachi DeCou, co-founder, juabar
 
David Erickson, manager, Center for Community Development Investments, The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
 
Robert Fabricant, vice president of creative, frog design
 
Maria Giudice, CEO and founder, Hot Studio
 
Shoshanah Goldberg-Miller, Ph.D., professor and consultant
 
Richard Grefé, executive director, AIGA
 
Phil Hamlett, director, School of Graduate Graphic Design, Academy of Art University
 
Cheryl Heller, principal, Heller Communication Design, and chair, MFA Design for Social Innovation, SVA
 
Rich Hollant, principal and design director, co:lab
 
Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Esq., Owen, Wickersham & Erickson
 
Denise Korn, founder, Youth Design, and principal, Korn Design
 
Patrice Martin, co-lead and creative director, IDEO.org
 
Ravi Naidoo, founder and managing director, Interactive Africa and Design Indaba
 
Andréa Pellegrino, president, Pellegrino Collaborative
 
Shel Perkins, management advisor, Shel Perkins Associates
 
Emily Pilloton, founder and executive director, Project H Design
 
Doug Powell, president, AIGA, and creative director, Schwartz Powell
 
Susana Rodriguez de Tembleque, executive creative director, SYPartners
 
Robert Sedlack, director of graduate studies and associate professor of design, University of Notre Dame
 
Christopher Simmons, principal, MINE
 
Jim Taylor, founder, Proximity Designs
 
Joshua To, partner, Hattery, and founder, BRUTE LABS
 
Leslie Ziegler, chief evangelist, Rock Health
 
Christi Zuber, director, Innovation Consultancy, Kaiser Permanente