The online conference “DESIGN4future” will take place on October 23 and 24 this year in the Latvian Design of the Year award program organized by the Ministry of Culture and the Latvian Designers’ Union.
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The conference, which will take place on the Zoom platform, will be attended by: Pauls Irbiņš, ZINOO team leader), Ivars Ījabs, Member of the European Parliament, Kārlis Bergmanis, Technology Specialist, Madara Kalniņa-Kalnmale, CEO of LightSpace Technologies, Madara Zelčāne, Tet user experience designer, Annija Force, Tilde Marketing Director, user experience specialist, Ulrika Naumova, Director of Style and Fashion Technical School, Kristiana Kazarjana, Deputy Chairman of the Board of LDS, Miks Pētersons, owner and chief designer of SIA “Nordi Furniture”, Velga Kaleinikova, Ogre Technical Design and Art Department Manager, Indra Križus, INRE Scandinavian Design Manager, Jānis Koklačs, Project Manager, Ilze Bērziņa-Ruķere, Project Manager and Lecturer, Jelena Solovjova, Tet User Experience Designer, Ilona Platonova, Innovation Broker, Dita Danosa, LDC Head, Fīlips Tālbergs, Senior Project, Export Promotion Division, Foreign Trade Promotion Department you manager, Laura Bērziņa, “Baltic Design Stories” association manager, LIAA business incubator representative, LCCI representative, Zita Bauze, SIA “Forgaminnt” manager, user experience specialist, Anete Žukova, service / service design manager, Ingrīda Rone, “Tet” Member of the Board and Director of the People and Environment Service, Enno Ence, Vice President of the LCCI, Head of the Export Council. The conference will be chaired by Toms Grevins.
The conference envisages that the role of design in the development of technology, science, society and security will be discussed in four discussion blocks. The conference participants will look to the future – how life is changing and what it will be like after the pandemic, where the role of design and the place for culture and creative industries are here. What to do in the fields of design education, education in general and education. Issues related to the interaction between design and business, cooperation and export opportunities, what opportunities are disappearing and what are opening up will be addressed. According to Barbara Freiberga, Chairwoman of the Board of the Latvian Designers’ Union, this conference will test the readiness of the Latvian design industry for the future and look for shortcomings and ways to eliminate them.
The conference will take place Zoom platform. You can apply and follow the conference, as well as find out more about the Latvian Design of the Year Awards, the Latvian Designers’ Union “Facebook” and “Instagram” accounts. The live broadcast of the conference will also be shown at the Furniture & Design Isle exhibition, subject to all security measures and pre-registration for the conference on the BT1 website and on site at the exhibition.
Conference program:
23.10.2020
10.00. conference opening
10.10. “Goodbye design school… Hello design practice! What school and teachers don’t tell you!” (angļ.v.) Charles Bušmanis, dizainers. Design Elevator.
10.40. Latvian Employers’ Confederation. Richard Blese, Head of Education and Employment.
11.00.Discussion “Education, competencies, opportunities”.
Ulrika Naumova, Director of Style and Fashion Technical School,
Kristiana Kazarjana, Deputy Chairman of the Board of LDS,
Miks Pētersons, owner and chief designer of SIA Nordi furniture,
Velga Kaleinikova, Head of the Design and Art Department of Ogre Technical College,
Richard Blese, Head of Education and Employment
Charles Bushman, designer. Design Elevator.
12.40.Break
13.00. Security: design or chance. Kārlis Bergmanis, technology specialist. Eset Latvia with the support of NOD Baltic SIA.
13.20. Trends in design and technology through the prism of digital and societal transformation. Anete Zhukova, service / service design manager. Accenture Latvia.
13.40. Virtual assistant user experience design. Annija Force, Tilde’s marketing director, user experience specialist. TILDE.
14.00. 3D image technologies. Madara Kalniņa-Kalnmale, executive director. LightSpace Technologies.
14.20. Discussion “Design. The Power of Space and Technology”
Pauls Irbins, ZINOO team leader,
Kārlis Bergmanis, technology specialist,
Madara Kalniņa-Kalnmale, Executive Director,
Madara Zelčāne, Tet user experience designer,
Annija Force, Tilde’s marketing director, user experience specialist.
Closing of the conference day 16.30.
24.10.2020
11.00. conference opening
11.20. Design methods for creating a new, employee-oriented hybrid work model. Ingrida Rone, Member of the Board of Tet and Director of the Human and Environmental Service. TET.
11.40. Discussion “New normal or ReNew?”
Indra Križus, Head of INRE Scandinavian design,
Ivars Ījabs, Member of the European Parliament,
Jānis Koklačs, project manager,
Ilze Bērziņa-Ruķere, project manager and lecturer,
Jelena Solovjova, Tet user experience designer,
Agita Kalviņa, School of Public Administration
13.40. Time out
14.00. LIAA export promotion programs. Fīlips Tālbergs, Senior Project Manager of the Export Promotion Division of the Foreign Trade Promotion Department of LIAA. LIAA.
14.20. Up the steps of using the design. Dita Danosa, manager. LDC.
14.40. Discussion. “Design. Export potential”
Ilona Platonova, innovation broker,
Dita Danosa, Head of LDC,
Fīlips Tālbergs, Senior Project Manager, Export Promotion Division, Foreign Trade Promotion Department,
Laura Bērziņa, Head of the Baltic Design Stories Association,
Zita Bauze, Head of SIA Forgaminnt
Enno Ence LCCI Vice President, Head of Export Council Enno Ence
16.30. End of the conference.
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