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Rachel
Poonsiriwong

Product Designer

Terrascope
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Reginé
Gilbert

James Weldon Johnson Professor

New York University Tandon School of Engineering
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Jules Newland, Julieta Groshaus &
Danae Gómez Lois

Co-founder & Studio Lead | Co-founder at La Diseñería & Business Designer | Co-Founder and Business Designer

La Diseñería | Flexxi Design | Vandals

Joy
Richu

Illustrator & Designer

Independent

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Minami
Hirayama

Graphic Designer & Author

independent
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Alicia
Shao

Senior Service Designer

The LEGO Group

Morten Lindhardt Madsen
& Rasmus Sanko

Senior UX Designer | Chief Strategy Officer

Charlie Tango
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Christina
Collura

Senior Product Designer

Too Good To Go
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Simone
Attanasio

Groups Design Lead (Product Design Director)

Canva (Ecosystem)

Bianca
Berning

Staff Typographer

Spotify
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Ben
Shih

Lead Product Designer (Growth)

Lokalise
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Niche
Chathong

Senior Product Designer

Musixmatch

Vicki
Tan

Staff Product Designer

Pinterest
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Cris
Busquets

Senior Product Designer

Automattic
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Erin
Weigel

Sr. Group Product Design Manager and Author

Independent

Anton
Sokolov

CG Artist | Design Lead

1/2 8 | JetBrains
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Aurélia
Durand

Artist and author

Independent
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Peter
Neufeld

Partner, Head of Customer, Innovation & Experience Design, Financial Services, EMEIA

EY

Pablo
Stanley

Designer & Co-founder

Musho & Lummi
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Nikhita Ghugari &
Swar Raisinghani

Co-Founders

Xeno Co-lab
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Ellen Berglund
& Haya Termanini

UX Design Lead | Arch. Tech and storyteller

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects | Building Diversity

dina
Amin

Stop motion Artist / Maker

Tinker Studio
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Chappell
Ellison

Director of Strategy

Launch by NTT Data
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Aske
Stampe

Senior Product Designer

Be My Eyes

Joshua
Wilwohl

Assistant Professor

American University of Phnom Penh (AUPP)
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Edith
Pritchett

Cartoonist
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Adilice Sanches
& Annie Lange

Staff Product Researcher | Senior Technical Program Manager

Pleo | Cognism

DJ MOF!YAH

Music Artist
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Casper
Kessels

Chief Product Officer

Snapp Automotive
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Mark Guarraia, Henrik Lübker
& Lotte Nystrup Lund

Vice President | CEO | Founder

Novo Nordisk | Design Denmark | Futurista

Nadiim
Nafei

Hardware Project Manager

TrackMan
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Mariana
Pedroza

Artist, designer, co-founder

Bueno
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Nikhita Ghugari &
Swar Raisinghani

Co-founders

Xeno Co-lab

Troels Villumsen, Andrea Østmo da Costa,
Veronica Bluguermann & My Enetjärn

Design System Lead | Sr Design Researcher | Sr Service Designer | UX Designer

Laerdal Medical

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Paula
Madrid

Lead Graphic Designer

BIG
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Stijn
Zoontjens

Senior Product Designer

ex Doist, ex Google Maps

Meetup & Nerdy
Pub Quiz

With Luke Murphy (zeroheight)
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Basak
Haznedaroglu

Head of Design

Blockstream
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Alastair
Simpson

VP, Design

Dropbox

Sophie
Tahran

Director of Content Design

The New Yorker (Condé Nast)
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Ryo
Sampei

Producer / Designer

Spectrum Tokyo
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Tey
Bannerman

Partner - Design, Digital Product, Enterprise AI, Growth

McKinsey & Company

Batsirai
Madzonga

Design advocate for one of the leading banks in the Middle East
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Luke
Murphy

Head of Marketing

zeroheight
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Ida
Engholm

Associate Professor

The Royal Danish Academy

The Royal Danish Academy

Ida Engholm, Brian Frandsen, Christina Reedtz Funder, Else-Marie Bierlich, Henriette Melchiorsen, Sebastian Elers La Cour

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Laura
Krarup Frandsen

Climate justice campaigner/activist

Independent
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Anamaria
Dorgo

Networking Session Facilitator

Handle With Brain

dina
Amin

Stop motion Artist / Maker

Tinker Studio
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Sam
Horner

Host

Google Play
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The Themes

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GIVE A SCRAP
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WHAT MAKES A DESIGNER…
A DESIGNER?
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EXPRESSING THE VALUE OF DESIGN
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THERE IS NO PLANET B

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. From giving a new life to old trends to rediscovering pixels, and remixing AI-generated compositions, reusing will be all in for 2024. This theme will look into digital design trends like maximalism, but also non-digital design disciplines – like architecture, furniture, spatial design, engineering, biology – and non visual design. This topic will look at all those disciplines and digital products that are helping things find a new life. It’s time to give a scrap!

Although designers may sometimes be disregarded these days, they surely leave a lasting impact in shaping the world of tomorrow. This theme will dig deep into what makes a designer…a designer. This theme will explore the various shapes a design role can take, the skills designers need today, their new roles, responsibilities, and the inspiration they can draw from classical disciplines. Things are changing, but change begets opportunity!

Design can be found everywhere, but because its presence is so ingrained into the products we use every day, oftentimes businesses don’t stop to reflect on the impact – big and small – that design has. We’re also seeing that the design industry is going through massive changes.  This theme will explore the ways in which design can be impactful and profitable, how design can stay relevant and ultimately how to measure and demonstrate the value of design to a business’ bottom line.

We designers are being asked to be responsible for what we design; in particular, for the effects the products we design can have on the people and the planet – be it addiction, misinformation, instigation of violence, loss of ecosystem diversity, or pollution. This theme will look into all the tangible ways in which design can truly support the planet, its people, and ecosystems, exploring what responsibilities, materials, and technologies designers can use to create a sustainable and an ethical future.

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The conference will take place at Royal Danish Academy of Architecture, Design, and Conservation. The academy focuses on fostering creativity, sustainability, and innovation in the fields of architecture and design. Address: Danneskiold-Samsøes Allé 51, 1434 Copenhagen

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