The next Compostmodern will be held in early 2011.

Compostmodern is fertile ground for sustainability by design. Presented by the San Francisco chapter of AIGA and the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design (CFSD), this interdisciplinary conference explores the range of design thinking necessary to create a socially and ecologically responsible society. Designers, manufacturers and business leaders come together to find inspiration, share knowledge and explore real world opportunities for transforming products, industries and lives.

The conference will be webcast live and will be available for 90 days following the event, encouraging online participation and satellite events at AIGA chapters and educational institutions across the country.

Compostmodern 09 will be held at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco on Saturday, February 21, 2009. This year’s conference demonstrates how sustainable solutions converge in our interconnected world as design, ecology, social impact, business strategies and economics intersect. Speakers include Eames Demetrios of Eames Office, Allan Chochinov of Core 77, climate strategist Michel Gelobter, Project M founder John Bielenberg, Emily Pilloton of Project H Design, and Autodesk Sustainable Design Program Manager Dawn Danby. GreenBiz editor and sustainability author Joel Makower will reprise his role as emcee.

Past Compostmodern speakers have included former Sierra Club president and Walmart consultant Adam Werbach, Alex Steffen of Worldchanging, Scott Stowell from Good magazine, former congressman and AIA fellow Richard Swett, futurist Paul Saffo, Adbusters publisher Kalle Lasn as well as representatives from IDEO, Nike, ReadyMade Magazine, American Apparel, Johnson & Johnson and McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry.

For more information, please visit the Compostmodern site.