3rd - 7th November 2009
Mumbai, India

Anne Dutlinger, USA
- Trash and Consequences Principles

Cintya Concari and Roberto Mercatti, Italy
- Water and Sustainability

Donna Campbell, New Zealand
- Sustainability and Indigenous Cultures

Iko Avital, Israel
- Sustainable Packaging

Joachim Krausse, Germany
- Innovation and Sustainability

Peter Perstel, Austria
- Materials and sustainability

Peter Stebbing, Germany
- Sustainability Principles

Suresh Sethi, Singapore
- Product Sustainability


Schedule:

Tuesday 3rd of November
8.30 – 9.30 Welcome tea
9.30 – 10.00 Inauguration +introduction
10.00 – 11.00 Forming Groups
11.00 – 11.30 Tea Break
11.30 – 1.00 Session 1 of Workshop
1.00 – 2.30 Lunch and networking
2.30 – 4.00 Session 2 of Workshop
4.00 – 4.30 Tea Break
4.30 – 6.30 Session 3 of Workshop
6.30 – 7.30 Talks
'Design is Simple' by Professor Anil Laul
7.30 – 8.30 Movies on Sustainability

Wednesday 4th of November
8.30 – 9.30 Tea
9.30 –11.00 Session 4 of Workshop
11.00 – 11.30 Tea Break
11.30 – 1.00 Session 5 of Workshop
1.15 – 2.30 Lunch and networking
2.30 – 4.30 Session 6 of Workshop
4.30 – 5.00 Tea Break
5.00 – 6.30 Session 7 of Workshop
6.30 – 7.30 Open Sessions
7.30 – 8.30 Movies on Sustainability

Thursday 5th of November
8.30 – 9.30 Tea
9.30 – 11.00 Prototyping
11.00 – 11.30 Tea Break
11.30 – 1.00 Prototyping
1.00 – 2.30 Lunch and networking
2.30 – 4.00 Prototyping
4.00 – 4.30 Tea Break
4.30 – 5.30 Prototyping
5.30 – 8.30 Presentations
8.30 – 9.30 Dinner

Workshop on Sustainability for students:

International Design Workshop on 'Sustainability' for Students:
3rd, 4th and 5th of November 2009
(Entry through competition - the competition is over and the results have been announced
Click here for the selected list of students )

Venue: IDC, IIT Bombay

Number of participants: limited to 150

Number of International Leaders/facilitators: 8
Number of National Leaders/facilitators: 8


Theme:
The three day workshop promises to be filled with high energy interactive sessions with lots of enthusiasm to search, ideate, discuss and design. Students from 25 countries are expected to participate. The workshop is meant to address and solve sustainability related problems. The students will work with international and national leaders on this subject.
Leaders/facilitators:
International and National leaders will lead and guide the student teams for two days:
1st Day – Need Finding and Analysis, 2nd Day – Concepts and 3rd Day - Execution and presentation.
Procedure for selecting student participants:
100 - 150 students winning this competition will be entitled to free participation (workshop expenses, food and stay*) during the ‘International Student Workshop’ from 3rd to 5th of November 2009.
Competition:
The theme of the event ‘In a Planet of our own – a vision of sustainability’ based on practices, projects, narratives and stories on sustainability from your own culture, context and environment is to be interpreted and represented as a visual inside a circle (of diameter 1200 pixels).


In other words, the task is to design a visual inside a circular frame expressing the theme of sustainability
You could use illustrations, sketches, photos, graphics and typography. The output could be a symbol, logo, poster or a composition.
Submissions:
You need to submit the solution as 72 dpi JPEG file with an image size of 1200 x 1200 pixels
along with a brief write-up in less than 150 words along with the entry.

and email these to:
contact@inaplanetofourown.net   or   inaplanetofourown@gmail.com

or snail mail to:
Workshop - in a planet of our own
IDC, IIT Bombay
Powai, Mumbai
400076
India
Last Date:
1.00pm afternoon ISD, 5th October 2009
(results announced by 6th October - Click here for the selected list of students)

Details:
- Studios, materials and facilities for the workshop will be provided at IDC, IIT Bombay.
- The students have to bear the expenses of their travel to Mumbai
- * Students chosen to participate at the workshop will be accommodated free in Hostels/Guest Houses around the IIT Bombay Campus on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of November 2009. (The stay can be exptended for the duration of the International Design conference on the 6th and 7th of November 2009 by paying nominal charges (Rs. 150 or US $ 4.00 per day for hostel accommodation and Rs. 1500 for guest house accommodation) at the venue)


Registration:

The selected students need to reconfirm by registration
Kindly provide us with the following information and mail to contact@inaplanetofourown.net:1. Your contact details:Name: Address: Telephone: email contact:2. Your School:Name: 3. Which is your discipline:Discipline:
4. Do you need Accommodation on 2nd to 5th ? (available only for outstation students)Yes, I’ll need accommodation :
No, I do not need: 5. Do you need Accommodation on 6th and 7th ? (available only for outstation students)Yes, I’ll need accommodation:
No, I do not need: 6. Do you plan to register for the International Conference on 6th and 7th ? (limited places are available)
Yes, I would:
No, I’m not keen: