The San Francisco Chapter of the Industrial Designers Society of America brings an all-star group of experts together to discuss and deliver a set of tangible take-away tools for sustainable design. They’ll make sure that you will roll into your next project designing and influencing your clients towards a more sustainable end. In addition to their dynamic panel, the event is being hosted by their friends at Temple, a progressive venue focused on reducing the entertainment empire’s ecological footprint.

Digging Deeper will be catered by Temple’s 5 star restaurant, Prana, and will have a cash bar open all evening. Come participate in the conversation and walk away with actionable strategies to decrease you and your businesses’ environmental impact while increasing the social and economic value of your work. Here is the speaker line up.

• Francoise Serralta – Strategic Research and Planning Director, Peclers Paris – Francoise leads the study of lifestyle evolution and consumer trends, translating them into strategic orientations. Peclers Paris is an internationally leading trend and forecasting firm based in Paris with offices and researchers around the world.
• Alexander Rose – Executive Director, The Long Now Foundation – Alexander has facilitated projects such as the 10,000 Year Clock, The Rosetta Project, Long Bets, Seminars About Long Term Thinking, Long Server and others. “All the design projects we work on at Long Now assume an almost archaeological view.”
• Joep Meijer – The Right Environment – Joep specializes in quantifying environmental performances and has been recognized by industry and government allowing him to draft national standards for environmental product declarations and certifying over 60 industries.
• Travis Lee -Sustainable Engineering Lead, LUNAR – Travis is responsible for coordinating sustainable engineering efforts within LUNAR Elements, LUNAR’s internal sustainability initiative.
• Nathan Shedroff – Chair of the MBA in Design Strategy at California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco. Nathan chairs a program that melds the unique principles that design offers business strategy with a vision of the future of business as sustainable, meaningful, and truly innovative—as well as profitable.
• Ted Howes – Moderator for the event. Ted leads IDEO’s efforts in integrating sustainability and business factors. He has dedicated his career to exploring the intersection of business and environmental issues and is passionate about using the lens of business and sustainability to guide corporate strategy.

5:30 – Mingling with Cocktails and Food
6:30 – Talk Starts
9:30 – Talk Ends and Mingling Resumes

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