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WDO has long recognized and championed the role that design can play in improving the quality of life for communities around the world. With our members, and through our programmes, we have shown the value and impact products, services and systems can have at tackling the challenges our people and planet currently face.
In the presence of Srini Srinivasan, President of the World Design Organization, as well as other members of the organization’s international Board of Directors, WDO is hosting a special event to celebrate the launch of the WDO Foundation, a new initiative that furthers our mission of design for a better world.
Join us on 2 November to learn more about this branch of WDO’s vision and how it will invest in design research and support design endeavours internationally. Broadcasted from Montreal (Canada), this hybrid event will also showcase some of our most recent programming achievements and welcome a panel that will offer perspectives to discuss the past, present and future of WDO.
Moderator
Bertrand Derome
Managing Director, World Design Organization
Bertrand is a not-for-profit organization manager and sustainable design advisor with more than 20 years experience. He is a confirmed lecturer who eagerly advocates for design’s social, environmental and economic impacts, for the betterment of the world. After graduating from the School of Design at Université de Montréal, he practiced design in a studio, as well as in a manufacturing company. He joined the Institute for Product Development as the Sustainable Design Advisor and became the general manager of the Institute in 2012, where he developed private and public partnerships, both locally and internationally, helping organizations improve their innovation practices. He has also served as President of the Quebec Association of Industrial Designers (ADIQ) in Montreal (Canada) and participates as an advisor on many public and sectoral committees and juries.
Panelist
Srini Srinivasan
President, World Design Organization
Panelist
David Kusuma
President-Elect, World Design Organization
Panelist
Thomas Garvey
Treasurer, World Design Organization
Panelist
Luisa Bocchietto
Past President 2017-2019, World Design Organization
Panelist
Brandon Gien
CEO, Good Design Australia
Past President 2013-2015, World Design Organization
Panelist
Luigi Ferrara
Dean, Centre for Arts, Design & Information Technology, George Brown College
Past President 2007-2009, World Design Organization
Panelist
Deane Richardson
Past President 1992-1993, World Design Organization