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INDEX DESIGN TALKS 2011

The INDEX Design Talks are informal seminars on the show floor and free to attend for visitors to the show.

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22 Oct 2011
12:30 - 13:30Bridging education and practice - are we preparing interior design graduates for the demands of the workplace?
Speaker
Prof. Robert Reid, American University of Sharjah (Moderator)
Speakers
Mr Daniel Hajjar, HOK, Senior Vice President - HOK Middle East & North Africa
Mr Mehdi Sabet, American University of Sharjah, Associate Professor, College of Architecture Art and Design
Ms. Karen Hay, Stickman Design LLC, Founder & Director
12:30 - 14:30TALK DESIGN: Design, and Italian Design
Speakers
Mr. Matteo Vercelloni, Architect, ITALY
15:00 - 16:00TALK DESIGN: The Bateel Phenomenon - a design case study with a difference
Speakers
Mr. Mick Kent, Kinnersley Kent Design, Partner & Co-Founder, http://www.kkd.co.uk
Mr. Yann Jolivet, Bateel International, Deputy General Manager - Café Division
15:30 - 16:30TALK DESIGN: Vaastu for Art of Living
Speakers
Ms Padmaja Yadav, Vaastu for Art of Living, Vaastu Consultant
23 Oct 2011
11:30 - 12:30TALK BUSINESS: Engaging Your Customers to Become Your Advocates
Speakers
Mr. Richard Gomersall, Insight With Passion, Senior Partner
Ms. Kate Hardcastle, Insight With Passion, Senior Partner
12:30 - 13:30TALK TRENDS: Rethinking Value
Speakers
Mr. Jordi Mila, Jordi Mila Barcelona, Designer, SPAIN
13:30 - 14:30TALK BUSINESS: Turning Strategic Vision into Operational Value
Speakers
Mr. Richard Gomersall, Insight With Passion, Senior Partner
Ms. Kate Hardcastle, Insight With Passion, Senior Partner
15:30 - 16:30TALK BUSINESS: Financial Management Techniques to Drive Results
Speakers
Mr. Richard Gomersall, Insight With Passion, Senior Partner
Ms. Kate Hardcastle, Insight With Passion, Senior Partner
17:30 - 18:30TALK BUSINESS: People Plans are a Road Map to Success
Speakers
Mr. Richard Gomersall, Insight With Passion, Senior Partner
Ms. Kate Hardcastle, Insight With Passion, Senior Partner
24 Oct 2011
11:30 - 12:30TALK GREEN: Sustainable Architecture and the Potential of Modern Facades (Brought to you by UAE BCSD and Aliance ME)
Speakers
Mr Mohammad Katanbaf, KEO International Consultants, Architect
11:30 - 12:30Bridging the gap between Architecture and Interior Design
Speakers
Mr Jonathan Ashmore, Godwin Austen Johnson, Architect & Associate Partner
Ms. Isabel Pintado, Godwin Austen Johnson, Architect & Associate Partner
13:30 - 14:30TALK GREEN: Shades of green. A curious interior designer considers the benefits of sustainable stylish living. (Brought to you by UAE BCSD and Aliance ME)
Speakers
Mr Joseph Szymczak, Joseph Szymczak Exquisite Sourcing + Design, Founder and Lead designer
14:00 - 15:00CONTINUING EDUCATION SYSTEM SESSION: The Eames Process: What makes things timeless?
Speakers
Mr. Eames Demetrios, Eames Office, Director
15:00 - 16:00TALK GREEN: Sustainable lighting: change! Retail and office case studies. Before and after (Brought to you by UAE BCSD and Aliance ME)
Speakers
Mr Gabriel Abdelhakmi-Gaisne, Zumtobel Group Lighting Brands, Head of Marketing, MENA Region
16:30 - 17:30TALK GREEN: Enterprise Sustainability – How to actually do it (Brought to you by UAE BCSD and Aliance ME)
Speakers
Mr Edward Smith, Global Design Interiors, Director
17:30 - 18:30CONTINUING EDUCATION SYSTEM SESSION: Eames House; The 250 year plan
Speakers
Mr. Eames Demetrios, Eames Office, Director
18:00 - 19:00TALK GREEN: Sustainable Facilities Management at the Design Stage (Brought to you by UAE BCSD and Aliance ME)
Speakers
Mr. Ali Al Suwaidi, Abu Dhabi Ports Company, Senior Facilities Manager, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
25 Oct 2011
11:30 - 12:30TALK TECHNOLOGY: The New Room at Home Bringing Families Together – Design and Implementation of Dedicated Home Cinema and Media Room Spaces
Speakers
Mr. Karim Zaki, Archimedia, Chairman
11:30 - 12:30TALK INNOVATION - See the world in a new light
Speakers
Mr. Nathan Savage, Light Touch PLD L.L.C, Principal Lighting Designer & Partner
13:30 - 14:30TALK TRENDS: International Interior Design Trends: 2012 & 2013
Speakers
Ms Shelley Pond, Scarlet Opus, Creative Director
Ms. Victoria Redshaw, Scarlet Opus, Lead Trend Forecaster , UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
15:30 - 16:30TALK GREEN: "We Are Water Foundation"
Speakers
Mr. Victor Schoone, ROCA Sanitario, SA, Country Manager Middle East, NETHERLANDS