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SCHEDULE


Friday_May 14

7:00-8:30

AIGA Toledo Conference Kick-off Talk and Reception
Joshua Onysko, Pangea Organics
Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion

Saturday_May 15

7:30-8:30

Breakfast & Registration

8:30-9:55

9:55-10:15

Refreshments Break

10:15-11:30

Affinity Sessions

Session 1.1

  • Robyn Waxman, Understanding the Next Generation of Designers—The F.A.R.M Story
  • Lisa M. Abendroth, From the Ground Up: How design in the public interest is engaging the requirement for social justice, economic development and environmental conservation


    • Session 1.2

  • Keith Owens, Ethical Education: Transforming a Maximum Into a New Minimum
  • Holly Willis, Literacies for the Near Future


    • Session 1.3

  • Helen Armstrong and Zvezdana Stojmirovic, What does it mean to design for participatory culture?
  • Clinton Carlson, Collaborative Design of Health Communications in Micro-Community Settings


    • Session 1.4

  • Jan Hadlaw, moderator
    Todd Barsanti & Monika Krupa, panelists
    New Paradigms for Design Pedagogy? Collaboration, Sustainability, Community, and the Education of the Citizen Designer


    • 11:30-12:45

    Working Lunch Roundtables*


    R.1

  • Eric Benson, Beyond the Grid System: A discussion on how Graphic Design can create a sustainable future


    • R.2

  • Blake Coglianese, “I love teaching. I hate grading.” Making the most of a subjective situation


    • R.3

  • Kimberly Garza, Planning Projects: Begin, End, and Start Again


    • R.4

  • Jonathon Russell, The Scalability of Sustainability


    • R.5

  • Kelly Salchow MacArthur, Green is a Primary Color: Introducing Undergraduates to the Environment


    • R.6

  • Lee Vander Kooi, Getting Beyond the Word: Skills and Competencies for Reaching Sustainable Solutions


    • R.7

  • Hilary Dana Williams, Process(ing) : Cultivating Reflection in the Design Classroom


    • * sign up for a roundtable session will be available at morning registration/check-in


    1:00-2:15

    Affinity Sessions


    Session 2.1

  • Karina Cutler-Lake, Show me where you find yourself, and why it matters: Students map it out
  • Jon Hunt and Jeremy Merrill, Making realistic, tying down to the real world


    • Session 2.2

  • Andrew Shea, Strategies of Design for Social Change
  • Alyson Beaton and Gary Rozanc, Re-Claiming Leadership: The designer’s overdue response_ability.


    • Session 2.3

  • Linda Felipez Nelson, Design class serves local community
  • Mike Zender, Responsible Design for Social Change: Designing HIV/AIDS Prevention Curriculum in Southern Africa


    • Session 2.4

  • Peter Fine, ReBrand and ReNew (the total package)
  • Doug Whitton, Sustainable Consumption


    • 2:15-2:35

    Refreshments

    2:45-4:00

    6:15

    7:00

    Evening Reception
    Grumpys
    34 S. Huron, Toledo Ohio
    7-9pm

    Sunday_May 16

    7:00-8:30

    8:30-9:55

    9:55-10:15

    Refreshments Break

    10:15-11:30

    Affinity Sessions


    Session 3.1

  • Kristian Bjørnard, Principles of Vernacular Design (and their application today)
  • Pamela Napier, A case study of Participatory Design Research


    • Session 3.2

  • Joe Schwartz, Rethinking the Scaffold: Making the Case for K-12 Design Education
  • Suzanne Glover, Making the Future Present through Integrative Learning


    • Session 3.3

  • Jan Conradi, moderator
    Roger Baer, Jillian Lindner & David Raymond, panelists
    Learning to Teach/Teaching to Learn


    • 11:30-12:45

    1:00-2:15

    Affinity Sessions


    Session 4.1

  • Elizabeth Resnick, Curating Socially Responsible Design Exhibitions: Graphic Intervention: 25 Years of International AIDS Awareness posters 1985–2010
  • Laura Chessin, Design and Public Engagement: A Visual Dialogue on Predatory Lending


    • Session 4.2

  • Patricia CuĂ©, Designers and Non-Designers: Visual Diversity and Inclusiveness in Graphic Design
  • Michael R. Gibson, Educating Design Process Educators as a Means to Educate Ethically Minded Designers


    • 2:15-2:35

    Refreshments

    2:45-5:00

    Main Stage Panel Discussion
    • Rick Poynor
    • Nathan Shedroff
    • Rick Valicenti
    • Louise Sandhaus - Moderator
    Closing Remarks

    5:00

    Bon Voyage!