Design Intersections 2019:
Design + Networks + Activation
May 22–23, 2019
Moving beyond point solutions to systems change
Moving beyond point solutions to systems change
Design Intersections invites designers, executives, strategists, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and other diverse leaders across industries and sectors (including education, food, finance, government, healthcare, insurance, mobility, technology) to explore how we can activate networks through activism, entrepreneurship, and leadership and achieve large scale impact. Read more
Alissa Ampezzan
Senior Director, Head of Customer Experience at Tempus, Inc.
Paola Aguirre Serrano
Founder, BORDERLESS Studio
George Aye
Co-Founder and Director of Innovation, Greater Good Studio
Steven Babitch
Presidential Innovation Fellow
Brenna Berman
Executive Director, City Tech Collaborative at UI Labs
Cennydd Bowles
Designer and Tech Ethics Consultant
Sharon Bush
Executive Director, Grand Victoria Foundation
Sara Cantor Aye
Co-founder and Executive Director, Greater Good Studio
Jorge Camacho
Strategic Design and Foresight Practitioner
Steven Collens
CEO, MATTER
Sarah Coulter
Executive Director, Calumet Collaborative
Kristi Dula
Deputy Director, Office of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology, DCEO at State of Illinois
Jeff Gershune
Research and Design Strategy Group Director, IA Collaborative
Dr. Melissa Gilliam
Vice Provost and the Ellen H. Block Professor of Health Justice, The University of Chicago
Anthena Gore
Project Coordinator, Public Sector Programs, Elevate Energy
Eleanor Gorski
Bureau Chief, Planning, Historic Preservation and Sustainability, City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development
Sergio Gutiérrez Montero
Design Manager, Allstate
Bill Hartman
Partner, Innovation Strategy, Essential Design
Fred Hoch
Founder and General Partner, TechNexus Venture Collaborative
Sadanori Horiguchi
Senior Researcher, Hitachi
Ryoko Imai
Senior Researcher, Hitachi
Josh Lucas-Falk
CEO, Grand Studio
Marquis Miller
Chief Diversity Officer, City of Chicago
Mo Sook Park
Founder of i-D Leadership Consulting
Ryan Powell
Head of UX Research and Design, Waymo
Nico Probst
Director of Midwest Government Relations, Lime
Nik Rokop
Coleman Foundation Clinical Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Stuart School of Business
Ruth Schmidt
Visiting Industry Faculty, IIT Institute of Design
Randy Stark
Executive Director, National Association of Conservation Law Enforcement Chiefs
Brianna Sylver
President, Sylver Consulting
Marco Ugarte
Sustainability Consultant, Antea Group
Elise Zelechowski
Director of Social Impact, ThoughtWorks
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