Schedule of events during the International Conference
'Cumulus Mumbai 2015' :
Day one - Wednesday 2nd December, Day two - Thursday 3rd December, Day three - Friday 4th December, Day four - Saturday 5th December 2015 at IDC, IIT Bombay
The schedule is as follows: . . . . . . . .
1st Day - Wednesday 2nd December
Pre-Conference Student Workshops
Venue: IDC, IIT Bombay and VMCC, IIT Bombay
08:30 – 09:00 am
Registration and Tea
09:00 – 09:30 am
Workshop Brief
09:30 – 13:00
pm
Morning Workshop Sessions
13:00 – 14:30 pm
Lunch at VMCC
14:30 – 16.30 pm
Afternoon Workshop Sessions
16:30 – 17:30 pm
Workshop Outcome Presentations
17:30 – 18:30 pm
High Tea at VMCC
18:30 pm
Inauguration of Exhibitions
2nd Day - Thursday 3rd December
Cumulus Mumbai Design Conference
Venue: VMCC, IIT Bombay
08:00 – 09:30 am
Registrations and Tea
10:00 – 10:15
am
Lighting the Diya (Lamp) Ground Floor of VMCC Auditorium Foyer
by President Cumulus, Speaker Cumulus, Staff IDC, Student Volunteer, Competition Winner
10:20 – 10:30 am
Inauguration and Welcome (Main Auditorium, VMCC)
10:30 – 10:40 am
Welcome by Conference Chair
10:40 – 10:50 am
Introduction by President, Cumulus
10:50 – 11:00 am
Introduction by Head, IDC, IIT Bombay
11:00 – 11:30 am
Tea break at VMCC
11:30 – 13:00 pm
Vision Talks / Presentations and Discussions (Main Auditorium, VMCC)
- Anshu Gupta (Goonj), Arturo Vittori (Warka Water), Akshay Roongta (Amrut Dara), Tency (Auroville)
13:15 – 14:30 pm
Lunch and Networking
14:30 – 15:45 pm
Afternoon Paper Presentation Parallel Sessions 1 (Seminar Rooms) / Cumulus Board meeting (Shennoy Innovation Lab Conference Room, IDC) / Roundtable meets (Main Auditorium, VMCC)
Tracks ➡
Timing ￬ |
Track A:
Education & Design theory
Seminar Room:12 |
Track B:
Fashion design
Seminar Room:13 |
Track C:
Social Design/ Environment
Seminar Room:14 |
Track D:
Urban design
Seminar Room:15 |
| 14.30 – 14.45 pm |
Juliette Ospina Bernal, Colombia |
Jaspal Kalra, India |
Sarah Tranum, Canada |
Charles Michalsen, Norway |
| 14.45 – 15.00 pm |
Magdalena Kochanowska, Poland |
Kimberly Guthrie, USA |
Nisha Pandey, India |
Kiersten Nash, USA |
| 15.00 – 15.15 pm |
Karina Vissonova, Denmark |
Kalika Sharma, India |
Lorella Di Cintio, Canada |
Nidhi Nayyar, India |
| 15.15 – 15.30 pm |
Q & A + Discussions |
15:45 – 16:15 pm
Tea Break
16:15 – 17:30 pm
Afternoon Paper Presentation Parallel Sessions 2 / Cumulus Board meeting
Tracks ➡
Timing ￬ |
Track A:
Education & Design theory
Seminar Room:12 |
Track B:
Product design
Seminar Room:13 |
Track C:
Social Design/ Environment
Seminar Room:14 |
Track D:
Urban design
Seminar Room:15 |
| 16.15 – 16.30 pm |
Balaram S. , India |
Laura Korčulanin, Portugal |
Mathilda Tham, UK |
Anders Brix, Denmark |
| 16.30 – 16.45 pm |
Anna Bernagozi, France |
Sara Bergamaschi, Itlay |
Juan Pablo Aschner, Colombia |
Vivekanand Tiwari, India |
| 16.45 – 16.00 pm |
Xu Jiang,
China |
Hari Kara,
India |
Ding Shiyao, China |
An Huajuan, China |
| 16.00 – 16.15 pm |
Q & A + Discussions |
17:30 – 19.00 pm
Evening Keynote Addresses (Main Auditorium, VMCC)
'Sustainability and Nature' - Prahlad Kakkar, Head, Genesis Films, Mumbai, India
and Dr. Debal Sen, Cardiologist and Photographer, Kolkatta, India
19:00 – 20:00 pm
Open Art, Design and Media Schools Networking Session + Press Meet
20:00 – 21:30 pm
Evening Dinner (Sponsored by ISDI)
3rd Day - Friday 4th December
Cumulus Mumbai Design Conference
Venue: VMCC, IIT Bombay
9:30 – 10:45 am
Morning Keynote Address (Main Auditorium, VMCC)
'People, Rivers, Water and Technology' - Himanshu Thakkar,SANDRP, New Delhi, India
11:00 – 11:30 am
Tea break
11:30 – 13:00 pm
Panel Discussion on ‘Sustainability with Focus on Water’
- Cumulus Working Group Discussions (4 groups) (Main Auditorium, VMCC)
Shyam Asolekar (CESE), Mariana Amatullo (Cumulus Board Member, Art Centre, USA), Nina Sabnani (IDC, IIT Bombay), Michelle Laporte (Parsons), Xiao Yong (CAFA, China)
Working Groups:
Fashion and Textiles - Seminar Room:12 - Prof. Signe Kivi (Chair)
Furniture and Interior - Seminar Room:13 - Seminar Room:12 - Prof. Anders Brix (Chair)
Product Design - Seminar Room:14 - Seminar Room:12 - Prof. Chakravarthy (Chair)
Social Design - Seminar Room:15 - Seminar Room:12 - Prof. Ravi Mokashi (Chair)
13:00 – 14:30 pm
Lunch and Networking
14:30 – 15:45 pm
Afternoon Paper Presentation Parallel Sessions 3 (Seminar Rooms) / Roundtable meets (Main Auditorium, VMCC)
Tracks ➡
Timing ￬ |
Track A:
Sustainability Management
Seminar Room:12 |
Track B:
Architecture
Seminar Room:13 |
Track C:
Social Design/ Environment
Seminar Room:14 |
Track D:
Urban design
Seminar Room:15 |
| 14.30 – 14.45 pm |
Melanie Kuhn, Itlay |
Sara Hylten-Cavallius, Sweden |
Francesca Benedetto, Itlay |
Elisa Lähde, Finland |
| 14.45 – 15.00 pm |
Avinash Raipally, India |
Saurabh Tewari, India |
Lola Corre, France |
Spruha P. Chokshi, India |
| 15.00 – 15.15 pm |
Isabel Steiner,
Austria |
Nong Limei, China |
Sigrun Birgisdottir, Iceland |
Madhu Kelkar, India |
| 15.15 – 15.30 pm |
Q & A + Discussions |
15:45 – 16.15 pm
Tea break
16:15 – 17:30 pm
Afternoon Paper Presentation Parallel Sessions 4 (Seminar Rooms)
Tracks ➡
Timing ￬ |
Track A:
Visual Communication
Seminar Room:12 |
Track B:
Product Design
Seminar Room:13 |
Track C:
Social Design/ Environment
Seminar Room:14 |
Track D:
Urban design
Seminar Room:15 |
| 16.15 – 16.30 pm |
Remi Leclerc, Hong kong |
Agnese Pallaro, Itlay |
Lars-Henrik Stahl,
Sweden |
Juneza Niyazi, India |
| 16.30 – 16.45 pm |
Synne Skjulstad, Norway |
Mona Chirie Mijthab, Switzerland |
Beena Patel, India |
Massoud Shamaeezadeh, China |
| 16.45 – 17.00 pm |
Nanci Takeyama, Singapore |
Arushi Singh, India |
- |
Vishaka Agarwal, India |
| 17.00 – 17.15 pm |
Q & A + Discussions |
17:30 – 18.30 pm
Evening Keynote Address (Main Auditorium, VMCC)
'Animals and Nature Conservation' - Bittu Sahgal, Sanctuary Magazine, Mumbai, India
18:30 – 20:00 pm
Culture show on the theme of Water (PC Saxena Auditorium and VMCC)
20:00 – 21:30 pm
Evening Dinner (Sponsored by Pearl Academy)
4th Day - Saturday 5th December
Cumulus Mumbai Design Conference
Venue: IDC, IIT Bombay and VMCC, IIT Bombay
9:00 – 9:45 am
Calligraphy on the theme of Water by Ahyut Palav (Ground Floor VMCC)
09:45 – 10:45 am
Morning Keynote Address (Main Auditorium, VMCC)
'Sustainability and Innovation at Grassroots' - Prof. Anil Gupta, IIMA, Ahmedabad, India
11:00 – 11:30 am
Tea break
11:30 – 13:00 pm
Vision Talks / Presentations and Discussions (Main Auditorium, VMCC)
Thomas Garvey (Design for Minimal and Extreme Environments), Janak Daftary (Jal Sangrah), Deshna Mehta (Anugraha)
13:00 – 13:10 pm
Future Cumulus Conferences
13:10 – 14:30 pm
Lunch and Networking
14:30 – 16:00 pm
Afternoon Paper Presentation – Selected Best Papers (Main Auditorium, VMCC)
2.30 – 2.45 pm
Meridel Rubenstein, Singapore
2.45 – 3.00 pm
Massimo Santanicchia, Iceland
3.00 – 3.15 pm
Matthew Bradbury, NewZealand
3.15 – 3.30 pm
Howard Fenwick, UK
3.30 – 3.45 pm
Mariana Amatullo, USA
3.45 – 4.00 pm
Q & A + Discussions
16:00 – 16.30 pm
Tea break
16:30 – 17:30 pm
White Paper Recommendations and Feedback Discussions (Main Auditorium, VMCC)
17:30 – 18.30
Concluding Session + Award Ceremony (Main Auditorium, VMCC)
Vision Talks by Ajit Balakrishnan (Rediff.com) and Nitin Nohria* (Harvard Business School)
5th Day - Sunday 6th December
Post Conference: Mumbai Visit
Visiting Places: -
10.00 am
Start from Powai, Drive through Central Mumbai
11.30 am
'Object Stories' at Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Parel
1.00 to 2.30 pm
Sunday Brunch at ITC Grand Central, Parel
3.30 to 5.30 pm
Heritage Walk to Kalaghoda Art Precincts in South Mumbai
5.30 to 7.30 pm
Visit to Design Boutiques/Studios
7.30 to 9.30 pm
Evening Dinner at Royal Bombay Yacht Club, Gate way of India
9.30 pm
Return to Powai, Drive through Western Mumbai
