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SUMMARY:CII 25th Global Design Summit
DESCRIPTION:The 25th CII Global Design Summit & Exposition 2025\, marks the Silver Jubilee edition of India’s premier design platform with the theme—People\, Planet\, Purpose\, Profitability— underscores our shared commitment to shaping a sustainable and balanced future through design. TheThe landmark Silver Jubilee edition will feature- Visionary keynotes and case studies by global design pioneers; a design exposition showcasing design excellence; felicitation of the Design Excellence Awards. \nLearn more: https://www.ciidesign.in/ \nWDO Member: Confederation of Indian Industry
URL:https://wdo.org/event/cii-25th-global-design-summit/
LOCATION:Bengaluru\, India
CATEGORIES:Summit
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251106
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SUMMARY:DesignUp 2025
DESCRIPTION:In today’s interconnected world\, Design is more than aesthetics: it’s a powerful medium of exchange that drives innovation\, shapes behaviours\, and delivers impact. Just as currency fuels economies\, Design propels industries\, cultures\, and sustainability initiatives. \nThe Design Currency as a theme explores how Design creates value: economic\, social\, and environmental. We explore how Design can go beyond a transactional economic exchange\, to becoming a currency of transformational change for people & planet\, via tech & business. \nLearn more: https://25.designup.io/
URL:https://wdo.org/event/designup-2025/
LOCATION:Bengaluru\, India
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Bengaluru Design Week 2025
DESCRIPTION:BLR Design Week (BDW) highlights the constantly evolving nature of design and its ever-increasing role in shaping our city. \nWe are proud to announce Bengaluru’s nomination as the inaugural World Design Protopolis by the World Design Organization. Over the next five years (2023-2028)\, this transformative program will empower Bengaluru with invaluable design knowledge\, fostering positive change and enriching civic well-being. \nWDO Members: Srishti Manipal Institute of Art\, Design and Technology; CMR University; Spread Design
URL:https://wdo.org/event/bengaluru-design-week-2025/
LOCATION:Bengaluru\, India
CATEGORIES:Design week
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241220
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SUMMARY:24th CII India Design Summit
DESCRIPTION:The 24th CII India Design Summit is happening on 18th December 2024 at Hotel Taj\, Bengaluru! Join us for an inspiring day as industry leaders and design innovators come together to explore the future of design and its role in shaping industries for tomorrow. \nOn 19th December 2024\, don’t miss the Industry Tour\, offering an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at groundbreaking design practices and innovations driving change. \nThis is your chance to be part of India’s largest design event and collaborate with those shaping the future for a #ViksitBharat@2047. \nLet’s drive innovation\, sustainability\, and progress through design!  \nRegistration Link: https://cam.mycii.in/ORNew/Registration.html?EventId=E000065182 \nWDO Member: Confederation of Indian Industry
URL:https://wdo.org/event/24th-cii-india-design-summit/
LOCATION:Bengaluru\, India
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241221
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SUMMARY:Cultures of Care - Imagining Care through Design
DESCRIPTION:Cultures of Care – Imagining Care through Design is an invitation to explore creative responses on the theme of care and its interpretations from practitioners across various domains. It is envisaged as a trans-disciplinary space where varied vantage points\, knowledge systems\, philosophies\, expertise\, inquiries\, curiosities and practices converge towards a holistic deliberation. \nWDO Member: National Institute of Design\, Ahmedabad
URL:https://wdo.org/event/cultures-of-care-imagining-care-through-design/
LOCATION:Bengaluru\, India
CATEGORIES:Call for entries,Call for proposals
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241122
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SUMMARY:Bengaluru Tech Summit
DESCRIPTION:Technology not only defines how we work\, but is present in every aspect of our being. The Conference\, through its multi-stage tracks\, covers different areas of technology and its impact on human life. Over the last 26 editions\, Bengaluru Tech Summit has developed as the most important international stage for discussions\, deliberations and showcase of new technology in India. It is a space to exchange ideas\, perspectives and solutions\, while addressing future global vulnerabilities. \nThe Conference at BTS 2024 will amplify the voices of more than 400 Speakers including Global Tech Leaders\, Policymakers\, Startup Founders\, Technologists and Innovators through engaging panel discussions\, keynotes and presentation sessions spread across 6 Focus Tracks.
URL:https://wdo.org/event/bengaluru-tech-summit/
LOCATION:Bengaluru\, India
CATEGORIES:Summit
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240513
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SUMMARY:Design for Justice
DESCRIPTION:Design for Justice is a curated public exhibition led entirely by the students at School of Design and Innovation (SDI)\, RV University at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath\, Bengaluru. It is a response to the need for design to challenge its complicity in asymmetries of power and to cater to the needs of those peoples and communities that are generally marginalized and overlooked in and through design. \nWith special chief guest: Sonia Manchanda\, WDO Board Member; Founding Partner of Spread Design and Innovation. \nWDO Member: RV University
URL:https://wdo.org/event/design-for-justice/
LOCATION:Bengaluru\, India
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Design Open: Humanity x Design x City
DESCRIPTION:What can design do to help our city promote the well-being of its inhabitants? Thus shaping a more humane city vs just building infrastructure. We are posing this provocation to no less than one of the fathers of human centered and strategic design. We are thrilled to be presenting Patrick Whitney to Bangalore City! \nIf you are not able to join us\, Watch the livestream here\nhttps://youtube.com/live/6yg_ysRHRAI?feature=share \nPatrick Whitney is the former Dean of the Institute of Design (ID)\, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)\, where he was the Steelcase/Robert C.Pew Professor of Design and a distinguished IIT professor. During his leadership of ID\, the school created USA’s first Ph.D. program in design and an executive education program translating design to organizational leadership. \nMr. Whitney is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hong Kong Design Centre for bringing human-centered design and strategic design to Asia. Named a member of the “E-Gang” by Forbes for his work in human-centered design\, he has served as Professor in Residence at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health\, as co-founder and director of a design laboratory to bring design to Public Health. In 2023\, this interdisciplinary agenda moved to Brown University\, where he is currently a Professor of Practice. \nThe Design Open also features Bangalore Then and Now\, an exciting exhibition of drawings and illustrations by Paul Fernandes\, Artist of the City. Taking you on a journey of the Garden City across ages. \nWDO Member: Spread Design and Innovation
URL:https://wdo.org/event/design-open-humanity-x-design-x-city/
LOCATION:Bengaluru\, India
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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