The one-day Reform 2008 Conference on November 4th is to be run as part of Design Week Ireland. The conference offers designers and those working in the design realm the opportunity to explore new concepts while learning how to implement sustainability principles into their daily practice.
Topics covered at Reform 08 include Cradle to Cradle thinking for designers and business, Sustainable Product Design Innovation, and Sustainable Development for the Cork Docklands. Lectures are to be delivered by a variety of experts and will be followed by workshops that demonstrate pragmatic tools and skills related to the topics. Reform 08 will feature the following speakers:
PROF. DR. MICHAEL BRAUNGART - author of Cradle-to-Cradle
Professor Braungart has developed tools to design eco-effective products and business systems and has worked with a number of organizations and companies in a range of industries.
Brian O'Brien - Partner in Solearth.
He is a passionate advocate of Ecological Design and intelligent architecture. Brian is originally from Co Cork and studied in DIT Dublin and Berkeley California.
Tim Allan - Life Cycle Research
Tim Allan is head of Locus Research, a company that creates insight through a unique research driven approach to product development. The Locus process is holistic and incorporates technical, consumer, economic and environmental factors to deliver an integrated solution.
Video conferencing will allow parallel sessions to be held in both IT Carlow and at the Cork IT. The Carlow venue will focus on Sustainable Product Design, Innovation and Product Service Systems while the focus will be on Sustainable Architecture/Interior Architecture and the Sustainable Development of the Cork Docklands at the Cork venue.
It is intended that the mix of design disciplines will facilitate cross disciplinary collaboration and give designers and business people the opportunity to look at how sustainability thinking can be a core part of their practice.
For more information on Design Week Ireland and Reform 08 visit: http://designweekcork.com/talks-lectures and http://www.idi-design.ie/calendar/reform08.htm or email reform@designweekcork.com
