Design in Plastics 2017
 

AGENDA

Conference venue is the College for Creative Studies’, Taubman Center, General Motors Auditorium, 11th Floor, 460 W. Baltimore Ave., Detroit, MI 48202

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6

6:00–8:00 PMWELCOME RECEPTION
THE SCARAB CLUB (217 Farnsworth St., Detroit)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7

8:00–8:50 AMCOFFEE & LIGHT BREAKFAST
8:50–8:55 AMWELCOME (Robert Grace, Conference Chair)
8:55–9:20 AMLEADING INNOVATION IN A TIME OF ACCELERATION
Mark Dziersk, Managing Director, LUNAR Design
9:20–9:45 AMNEXT GENERATION LEARNING
Owen Foster, Co-founder, SHiFT & Aether Global Learning
9:45–10:20 AMKEYNOTE
REDEFINING 'DESIGN & MANUFACTURE'
Gregory Haye, General Manager, Local Motors Inc.
10:20–10:40 AMNETWORKING BREAK
10:40–11:15 AMFUTURE MOBILITY: DESIGNING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE INTERIORS
Gaia Grippa, Materials Specialist and Colors, Materials & Finishes Designer, Chris Lefteri Design Ltd.
11:15 AM–12:15 PM
PANEL: YOUTH, EMPATHY & START-UPS
MODERATOR
Robert Grace, President, RC Grace LLC
PANELISTS
Erin Keaney, Co-founder & COO, Nonspec Inc.
Jon Dekar, Founder & President, DESiN LLC
12:15–1:30 PMBUFFET LUNCH (in lobby area, 11th floor)
1:30–2:40 PMPANEL: ENHANCING INNOVATION MANAGEMENT VIA COMMUNITY COLLABORATION
Katie Tucker, Transition Designer, Werk Strategy & Design Thinking Professor, Portland State University
Edgar Gallo, Manager - TOS Indirect, Daimler Trucks North America
Aaron Hatley, Ph.D., Researcher & Cultural Consultant, Historiai
Tim P. Fletcher, President, One BusinessDesign LLC
2:40–3:05 PMNETWORKING BREAK
3:05–3:35 PMUSING AUGMENTED & VIRTUAL REALITY TO SPEED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Jim Topich, VP - Engineering, Kinetic Vision
Tony Guard, Principal Industrial Designer – Innovation, Kinetic Vision

BORROWING FROM NATURE

3:35–3:50 PMBIOMIMICRY FOR INNOVATION—GOOD FOR BUSINESS AND THE PLANET
Seth GaleWyrick, Sr. Mechanical Engineer & Sustainable Design Specialist, Bresslergroup
3:50–4:20 PMFROM BIRDS TO BRAINS—HOW THE Q-COLLAR CURTAILS CONCUSSIONS
Jamison Float, Senior Biomedical Engineer, Priority Designs
4:20–4:30 PMWrap-Up
4:30–5:30 PMTOUR OF CCS DESIGN STUDIOS
6:00 PMTake the new QLine or other transportation to the Connections Reception at the N'Namdi Center. We will have drinks, music and hors d’oeuvres on hand.
6:30–8:30 PMRECEPTION
Starting at 7:00 PM, we’ll screen the entertaining documentary film "All Things Bakelite", about Leo Hendrik Baekeland, the Belgian-born American chemist considered the "father of modern plastics."
Includes Q&A with the film makers & historians:
Hugh Karraker, Executive Producer (and Leo Baekeland's great-grandson)
John E. Maher, JEM Films, Director, "All Things Bakelite"

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8

8:00–8:50 AMREFRESHMENTS & LIGHT BREAKFAST
8:50–9:00 AMWELCOME (Robert Grace, Conference Chair)
9:00–9:20 AMDO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT MINDSET FOR DESIGN THIKING "DOING"?
Jeevak Badve, VP - Strategic Growth, Sundberg-Ferar Inc.
9:20–10:35 AMKEYNOTE
CONQUERING THE CHALLENGES OF IN-SPACE MANUFACTURING
Dr. Raymond “Corky” Clinton, Jr., Deputy Director - Science & Technology Office, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
Michael Snyder, Chief Engineer & Co-founder, Made In Space Inc.
10:35–10:55 AMNETWORKING BREAK
10:55–11:15 AMDESIGN FOR 3D PRINTING
David Woodlock, Market Development - 3D Printing, HP Inc.
11:15 AM–11:40 AMKEY MATERIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Dr. Thomas Fabian Research Manager, Commercial & Industrial R&D, UL LLC.
11:40 AM–12:15 PMINNOVATION'S A FAD: IDEAS ARE SH*# WITHOUT ACTION
Jeff Barlow, Co-founder, Nimble Services
Matt Hlavin, CEO, Thogus Products
René Polin, President & Founder, Balance Inc.
12:15–1:40 PMBUFFET LUNCH (in lobby area, 11th floor)
1:40–2:00 PMSPEED TALKS
A pair of 8-minute presentations to stimulate, educate & inform
The True User Experience
Brian Roderman, President & CEO, IN2Innovation
Tangible Value Propositions Jennifer Peavey, Innovation Designer, Eastman Chemical Co.
2:00–2:30 PMVISUAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY—THE VALUE OF DESIGN PATENTS & TRADE DRESS
Tim P. Fletcher, President, One BusinessDesign LLC
2:30 PM–3:15 PM
PANEL: SUSTAINABLE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
MODERATOR
Robert Grace, President, RC Grace LLC
PANELISTS
Gary Wnek, Professor of Engineering & Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Kiersten Muenchinger, Head - Department of Product Design & Chair of Product Design, University of Oregon
Mike Maczuzak, CEO, SmartShape Design
3:30 PMWRAP-UP & ADJOURN