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Programme outline
Tuesday 17 June 2008
18.00
Drinks reception and registration
Portico outside area
This is your chance to greet and meet fellow delegates and existing or potential customers in a relaxed setting. It's the perfect way to form those all-important long-term business relationships.
Wednesday 18 June 2008
Sala Basilica
Redefining luxury
Leather and wood are becoming more sustainable. But how will synthetic materials that allow designers to play with light and space help to redefine luxury in the 21st century?
- Francesca Sangalli, Senior Designer, Design Research and Strategy, Mercedes-Benz Italia
- Adriana Monk, Chief Designer, Wally Yachts
- Geoff Hollington, Designer, technologist and innovator,
Barron Gould Hollington
10.30
Coffee in Sala Palatina
Retro design - a sign of the times?
Retro design is a relatively new phenomenon. Are our attempts to repackage past successes endemic of an industry that is running out of ideas, or is it simply a phenomenon driven by customer desire that is also reflected in other fields such as architecture and fashion design?
- Roberto Giolito, Director, Fiat Group Automobiles
- Marco Tencone, Lancia Style Director, Fiat Group Automobiles
- Mark Phillips, Interior Design Manager, Jaguar Cars Advanced Design Studio
12.30
Lunch in the Portico
Totally designed
How design studios are increasingly becoming involved in all areas of brand visualisation, from motor show stands to brochures.
- Sebastien Stassin, Partner, Kiska
- Peter Jansen, Director, Fiat Professional Style,
Fiat Group Automobiles
15.30
Coffee in Sala Palatina
Designing for emerging world
How can designers help facilitate the creation of a new breed of low-cost vehicles for emerging markets?
- Peter Stevens, Director, Peter Stevens Design
- Roberto Piatti, CEO and Managing Director, Torino Design
- Michael Miller, Chief of Design, Flotek Design Studio, Gravutex Eschmann
18.00
21.30
Pre-dinner drinks and gala dinner)
at the Principi di Piemonte hotel
This is your chance to greet and meet fellow delegates and existing or potential customers in a relaxed setting. It's the perfect way to form those all-important long-term business relationships.
Thursday 19 June 2008
Zero-impact vehicle design, part 1:
How will our notions of personal mobility and car design have to change in the search for a true zero-impact vehicle?
- Anthony Lo, Director Advanced Design, GM Europe Design,
General Motors Europe
- Michael Robinson, Founder and CEO,
Crossover Creative Consortium
- Professor Paolo Tumminelli, Director,
Goodbrands Institute for Automotive Culture
10.30
Coffee in Sala Palatina
Zero-impact vehicle design, part 2
How will our notions of personal mobility and car design have to change in the search for a true zero-impact vehicle?
- Lowie Vermeersch, Design Director, Pininfarina
- Miguel Rodrigues, CEO, ACS - Automotive City Solutions
- Hannah Macmurray, Director, Green Car Design
12.30
Lunch in the Portico
Product design and the car interior
iPods, Motorola Razrs how the iconic product designs of our time are influencing not just the Human Machine Interface but all areas of automotive interior design.
- Andreas Wlasak, Vice President Industrial Design, Faurecia
- Dr Manuel Simas, Managing Director, Automotive Alliances,
Microsoft Corporation
- Magnus Dahlhjelm, Group Manager/Creative Director,
Graphic/Interaction Design, Propelle
15.30
Coffee in Sala Palatina
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