Unlimited: Designing for the Asia Pacific

Unlimited is not a design festival as we know it. This unique and exciting new event for the Asia Pacific region reaffirms the value of design to our future, links leading design thinkers with community, government, education and industry leaders, and re-engages us all with the design process as a vehicle for positive change.

Look through the design lens at the forces driving the Asia Pacific – human, economic, climatic and strategic. These are the conditions that will define the creative practice, business paradigms and brand values of tomorrow.

This unique event for designers and forward-thinking businesses, presents a set of compelling view points on how creative thinking will shape a positive future for the Asia Pacific region.

Speakers will explore solutions that draw industries, governments and communities together to create profitable and sustainable places, products, systems and services. The event will offer a range of strategic propositions across various scales and locations.

Join other design and non-design industry leaders and regional decision-makers for a symposium that will set the tone and define the agenda for Australia’s first Asia Pacific focused design program.

Speakers:

Professor CJ Lim, Co-Author of Smart Cities + Eco Warriors

CJ Lim is the founder of leading London-based architectural practice Studio 8, and a Professor of Architecture and Cultural Design at The Bartlett School of Architecture in London. Through a portfolio spanning Asia, North America and Western Europe, CJ Lim’s work explores the future of cities. He is co-author of the recent book Smartcities + Eco-warriors, published in 2010 by Routledge.

Paul Bennett, Managing Partner, Europe and Chief Creative Officer of IDEO

Paul Bennett is the Managing Partner, Europe and Chief Creative Officer of global design powerhouse IDEO. A world leader in design innovation, Paul’s clients include Procter & Gamble, Intel, Oxfam, Nestlé and Vodafone. Nominated by business leaders globally as one of the world’s most innovative companies, IDEO employs over 500 staff in eight locations worldwide.

Mark Ingram, Chief Executive Officer, Business for Millennium Development

Business for Millennium Development (B4MD) is a partnership forum that connects Australian business with profitable opportunities that deliver poverty reduction outcomes in support of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in the Asia Pacific region. Mark Ingram served as the New Zealand Consul General to Victoria and Trade Commissioner for Biotechnology from 2003 – 2007. Mark is currently a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a member of the Advisory Committee for Human Security at La Trobe University.