920161003 – Guest Speakers Needed on 10/16/2017 for Montreal, Canada for World Design Summit 2017 – Free Speaker Bureau Expert Wanted

What are the necessary and innovative design ideas and actions that bring about better futures, and how does design in all its facets respond to issues as a transformational agent that supports political, economic and everyday societal needs? These are the key questions that will drive discussions at the World Design Summit. We invite you to submit proposals for presentations and sessions inspired by the Summit’s six major themes, outlined below. The call for proposals is open to scholars, practitioners and concerned parties from all spectrums of the design disciplines, including architecture, graphic design, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, urban planning and interstitial or hybrid practices. We are looking for presentations and papers that promote the value of design, that provoke paradigm shifts, and that propose how we might transform futures through design. We encourage the coming together of the design disciplines to explore issues of importance to all disciplines, from both specific and inter-disciplinary perspectives.