Dan Formosa - Smart Design

Smart Design Co-Founder Dan Formosa will speak at the 2013 agIdeas Research Conference and Advantage Business Breakfast, providing information on the link between design, design thinking and innovation. He will discuss how design thinking is acknowledged globally as a stimulus for innovation, and will talk to his area of expertise, across creativity and address pertinent issues with an eye on the practicality of applying outcomes in the business environment.

Dan Formosa co-founder of Smart Design

IMAGE COURTESY OF SMART DESIGN

Through case studies, Dan will analyze exactly why innovation can work for both new and existing products across different industries. Formosa’s Smart Design clients include Coca-Cola, Ford, General Motors, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Kellogg’s, LG Electronics, McDonald’s, Microsoft, Nike, Samsung, Shell, Toshiba, Toyota and Yahoo! so there’s plenty to learn from the man’s methods here.


AgIdeas Research Conference
Tuesday 30 April
9.00am to 5.00pm Presentations
5.00pm to 6.00pm Networking Drinks
Networking drinks held in conjunction with the Design Management Institute's Night Out, at Riverland Bar, Federation Square.

Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Federation Square
Tickets - Lecturer $160, Student $110, Industry  $160



aGIdeas - Advantage Business Breakfast
Thursday 2 May
7.00am to 8.00am - registration, breakfast & networking
8.00am to 10.00am - speaker presentations
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC)
www.mcec.com
Tickets - AMI Members $80  Business ticket $90