The @issue Business & Design Conference will take place at Rockefeller University's Caspary Auditorium on Thursday, 11 May 2006. The Auditorium is located at 1230 York Avenue, at East 66th Street.

Speakers

Keynote Speaker: Bruce Nussbaum
Editor for Innovation and Design, BusinessWeek

Sam Farber
Founder, COPCO and OXO

Milton Glaser
Principal, Milton Glaser Inc.

Lee Green
Director, Global Design Strategy and Client Experience, IBM

Dominique Hanssens
Executive Director, Marketing Science Institute

Steve Hindy
President, Brooklyn Brewery

Paula Scher
Partner, Pentagram

Marie Salerno
Former VP Public Affairs New York Public Library

Steff Geissbuhler
Principal, C&G Partners

Eric Tsou
VP, Technology Collaboration Solutions Group, IBM

Louis Lenzi
Manager Global Design & User Interface, GE Healthcare

Jessie Scanlon
Innovation & Design Editor, Business Week Online.

Conference Host: Peter Lawrence
Chairman Corporate Design Foundation

Program

7:45 am - 8:25 am
Registration

8:30 am
Welcome & Introduction
Peter Lawrence
Chairman, Corporate Design Foundation

8:40 am - 9:15 am
Keynote Speech
Bruce Nussbaum
Assistant Managing Editor, Business Week

9:15 am - 10:10 am
"Big Numbers"
Keith Barr
Design Team Director, Bloomberg
Paula Scher
Partner, Pentagram

10:10 am - 10:40 am
Refreshment Break

10:40 am - 11:30 am
"Collaborative Innovation at IBM"
Eric Tsou
VP, Technology Collaboration Solutions Group, IBM
Lee Green
Vice President, IBM Brand and Values Experience, IBM

11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Panel Discussion "Innovation & Design"
Moderator:
Bruce Nussbaum, Business Week
with Bloomberg and IBM speakers

12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Lunch with Speakers and Sponsors

1:15 pm - 2:10 pm
"What Is a Library These Days"
Marie Salerno
Former Vice President for Public Affairs New York Public Library
Steff Geissbuhler
Principal, C&G Partners

2:10 pm - 2:40 pm
Refreshment Break

2:40 pm - 3:40 pm
"Opportunities and Future Directions for Design & Business"
Moderator:
Jessie Scanlon
Innovation & Design Editor Business Week Online
Sam Farber
Founder, OXO and COPCO
Louis Lenzi
Manager Global Design & User Interface, GE Healthcare
Dominique Hanssens
Executive Director, Marketing science Institute

3:40 pm - 4:30 pm
"Beyond Business, Working With Friends"
Steve Hindy
President, Brooklyn Brewery
Milton Glaser
Principal, Milton Glaser Inc.

Our sponsors

Sappi Fine Paper

Sappi Fine Paper offers the world's broadest and finest choice of coated printing papers. Known for their exceptional quality, Sappi brands—most notably McCoy, Lustro, Opus and Somerset—are frequently specified for corporate annual reports and brochures, premium catalogs and magazines. www.sappi.com

Lithographix, Inc.

The country's most diversified high-end commercial printer, Lithographix has built a reputation of trust through award-winning quality and simplicity of service. Its capabilites include In-Home with 8/c web & sheet-fed, Out-of-Home with four 8/c Vutek ink-jet printers and a new Gigantix 6/c 81" KBA sheet-fed press—allowing a look that only Lithographix can offer. www.lithographix.com

Conference organizer

Corporate Design Foundation

The Foundation is an educational and research nonprofit dedicated to improving the effectiveness of organizations through design. It works with corporations and collaborates with business schools to develop curriculum on the role of design in business success. www.cdf.org