Kate Orff lectures at A Better World By Design

oct 3, 2010

A Better World by Design is a three-day internationally acclaimed conference in Providence, RI that connects students, professionals, and individuals from a variety of disciplines in order to build a global community of socially conscious and passionate innovators. Presenters share engaging stories, workshops teach creative skills, and discussions reframe perspectives. A Better World by Design is an immersive experience, one that deepens our understanding of the power of design, technology, and enterprise to reshape our communities and sustain our environment.

Why is our conference different? A Better World by Design is completely student organized and places innovation over individual success. We encourage the free sharing of ideas among engineers, designers, policy makers, professors and students and create a collaborative platform to produce tangible change, locally and globally. The conference will expose you to different perspectives—both theoretical and practical—on many relevant issues. How does an architect build for the poor? In 2008, we heard from Architecture for Humanity Founder Cameron Sinclair and learned to build with bamboo from RISD Professor of Architecture Miya Buxton. How can an enterprise be both profitable and empowering? Last year, we heard from Project H Founder Emily Pilloton on community perspectives in product design. Dozens of pertinent questions like these are addressed in presentations, panels, workshops, tours, and projects. And you’ll meet hundreds of inspiring professionals and students at social events. Any casual conversation could spark opportunities for collaboration.

The 2010 ABWxD speakers are:
Emer Beamer, Eve Blossom, Ndubiski Ekekwe, Robert Fabricant, Ramsey Ford, José Gómez-Márquez, Anil Gupta, Ben Hamilton-Baillie, Edward Mazria, Kate Orff, Charles Renfro, Damon Rich, Peter Scott

Keynote Panelists:
Saul Kaplan (moderator), Lisa Gansky, Peter Light, Aliza Peleg

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