Copenhagen
Oct 23-24-25, 2024
Design Matters has partnered up with DesignSingapore Council (Dsg) and will be part of Singapore Design Week (SDW) by hosting and presenting a segment of the 2-day event Design Futures Forum 2024.
Dates: October 1-2, 2024
Location: Victoria Theatre & The Arts House, Singapore
Early bird sales end August 31, 2024.
DesignSingapore Council (Dsg) is gathering innovators, pioneers, and leading industry voices from around the world for the second edition of the Design Futures Forum, a highlight of the Singapore Design Week (SDW).
The theme of this year's edition is Designing Our Collective Future, which emphasises design's role and impact in emerging technologies, sustainability, and care – vital areas for shaping shared and resilient futures for all.
Emerging Technologies, Sustainability, and Care
The event will host keynotes, presentations, and panel discussions on the opening day before moving into a second day of in-depth discussions and interactive sessions.
On day 2, Design Matters will contribute to the segment Emerging Technologies, diving into the ways in which new technologies in product design can create long-lasting impact on the people and the world. Hosted by Reginé Gilbert, author of “Inclusive Design for a Digital World: Designing with Accessibility in Mind”, the segment also features Megan Bednarczyk from Duolingo who is using generative AI to power translation; Tobias Ahlin, Principal Design Engineer at GitHub; Dr Farah Shiraz, Chief Scientific Officer at Khora VR, a leading Scandinavian Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) production studio; and Ice Zhao Bing, Design Lead at interactive real-time 3D software development company, Unity Technologies, among others.
