Gatherings

Symposium - Answer the Call! Innovation by Design in Public Action

November 29, 2022
8:30 am

Arrival and coffee

9:00 am

Opening remarks

  • Luc Rabouin, Member of the Executive Committee responsible for Economic and Commercial Development, Knowledge, Innovation and Design, Ville de Montréal
  • Marc Chassaubéné, Vice-President of Saint-Étienne Métropole, responsible for Design and Digital; Deputy Mayor for Culture, Ville de Saint-Étienne; President of the Cité du design / Esadse
9:10 am

Introduction

  • Patrick Marmen, Chief of Staff, Bureau du design, Ville de Montréal
9:15 am

Roundtable – Design for Innovation: Approaches and Impacts

  • Guillaume Blum, Associate Professor, École de design, Université Laval
  • Isabelle Vérilhac, International and Innovation Director, Cité du design
  • Patrick Dubé, Executive Director, Maison de l’innovation sociale
  • Simone Fehlinger, Designer and Researcher, Cité du design

Facilitator: Caroline Gagnon, Full Professor, École de design, Université Laval

10:30 am

Break

10:50 am

Keynote Lecture – ‘Next practice’ or Systemic Design in Practice

  • Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, Chief Design Officer, Design Council

Facilitator: Thomas Coulombe-Morency, Faculté de l'aménagement, Université de Montréal

12:00 pm

Lunch

1:10 pm

Workshop

Facilitator: Virginie Zingraff, Senior Advisor – Practice Leadership and Transfer, Maison de l’innovation sociale

2:10 pm

Case studies – Designers in Action!

  • Grégoire Alix-Tabeling, Co-founder and Designer, Vraiment Vraiment
  • Isabelle Daëron, Designer, Studio Idaë
  • Émile Forest, General Coordinator and Gardener, Nouveaux Voisins

Facilitator: Caroline Gagnon, Full Professor, École de design, Université Laval

3:10 pm

Break

3:30 pm

Case Studies – Public Actors in Action!

  • Michael Donaldson Carbón, Director, Fundació BIT Habitat and Commissioner for Digital Innovation, Barcelona City Council
  • Anne Charpentier, Director, Montréal Botanical Garden and Maxim Larrivée, Director, Montréal Insectarium, Space for Life
  • Nathalie Arnould, Design Manager, Saint-Étienne Métropole

Facilitators: Patrick Marmen, Chief of Staff, Bureau du design, Ville de Montréal and Caroline Gagnon, Full Professor, École de design, Université Laval

4:30 pm

Answering the Call: And Now?

  • Caroline Gagnon, Full Professor and Guillaume Blum, Associate Professor, École de design, Université Laval
  • Sonia Hedhibi, International Relations Officer, Cité du design
  • Emeric Boucher, Design Commissioner, Bureau du design, Ville de Montréal
4:45 pm

Closing remarks

  • Patrick Marmen, Chief of Staff, Bureau du design, Ville de Montréal
  • Isabelle Vérilhac, International and Innovation Director, Cité du design
5 pm

Cocktail

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