Schedule

Friday | Sept 30

Registration in Chace Center, Lobby 9 am to 6 pm.
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Breakfast
Chace Center, Lobby
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Green Corridor Tour
Chace Center, Lobby
Workshop
Think Wrong
Metcalf Refectory, Metcalf A + B
Workshop
Crafting Effective Sustainability Plans
Metcalf Refectory, Metcalf C
City Farm Tour
Chace Center, Lobby
Center for Restorative and Regenerative Medicine Tour
Chace Center, Lobby
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch + Gallery Exhibition
Metcalf Refectory
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
Opening Remarks
Chace Center, Metcalf Auditorium
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM
Speaker
Wolfgang Feist
Chace Center, Metcalf Auditorium
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM
Speaker
Elizabeth Johansen
Chace Center, Metcalf Auditorium
3:45 PM – 4:15 PM
Energizer Break by Buy with Heart
Chace Center, Moore Terrace
4:15 PM – 5:30 PM
Panel
Better Cities by Design
Metcalf Refectory, Metcalf A
Panel
Funding Platforms that Care
Metcalf Refectory, Metcalf C
Panel
Makeshift Design: Learning from Informal Systems
Metcalf Refectory, Metcalf B
7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Friday Night Mixer
ANCHOR, 42 Rice St. Providence

Saturday | Oct 1

Registration in Salomon Hall, Lobby 8 am to 6 pm.
The Better World Lounge will be open 9 am to 6 pm.
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakfast
Salomon Hall, Lobby
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Panel
Alternative Arts for Environmental Change
Stephen Robert Campus Center, Petteruti Lounge
Panel
Design Development
Granoff Center, Studio 3
Panel
Socially Engaged Architecture
Granoff Center, Studio 2
Panel
Young Entrepreneurship Networks
Granoff Center, Studio 1
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
Energizer Break by Buy with Heart
Salomon Hall, Lobby
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Speaker
Panthea Lee
Salomon Hall, 101
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Speaker
John Bielenberg
Salomon Hall, 101
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Speaker
Trung Le
Salomon Hall, 101
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Picnic Lunch
Main Green
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Speaker
Frederika Zipp
Salomon Hall, 101
Speaker
Dominique Toussaint
Salomon Hall, 101
Speaker
David Perkes
Salomon Hall, 101
Speaker
Peter Haas
Salomon Hall, 101
3:45 PM – 5:30 PM
Workshop
GIS: An Introduction to Applying Data Mapping to Disaster Planning
MacMillan Hall, Room 105
Workshop
Infographics in Today’s World: What, Why and How
Granoff Center, Studio 2
Workshop
Art and Ecology: Positive Change Through Paper-Making
Stephen Robert Campus Center, Kasper Multipurpose Room (Room 040)
Workshop
Design For America: Strategies and Actions for Social Change
Granoff Center, Studio 3
3:45 PM – 6:15 PM
Workshop
Design Thinking for Social Innovation
Granoff Center, Studio 1
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Social Entrepreneurship Office Hours
Stephen Robert Campus Center, the Underground
8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Saturday Evening Gala
Hope Artiste Village

Sunday | Oct 2

Registration in Salomon Hall, Lobby 8 am to 12 pm.
The Better World Lounge will be open 9 am to 4 pm.
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Breakfast
Salomon Hall, Lobby
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Panel
Research in the Future of Zero Energy Architecture
Granoff Center, Studio 2
Panel
Urban Access to Food
Stephen Robert Campus Center, Petteruti Lounge
Panel
Graphics that Inspire
Granoff Center, Studio 1
Panel
Health Research and Design
Granoff Center, Studio 3
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
Energizer Break by Buy with Heart
Salomon Hall, Lobby
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Workshop
Rapid Prototyping
Sayles Hall
Workshop
Why Status Quo is Status No
Granoff Center, Studio 2
Workshop
Innovation Research
Stephen Robert Campus Center, Petteruti Lounge
Workshop
Eco-Design: Putting Sustainable Design Strategies into Practice
Granoff Center, Studio 1
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Workshop
Emergency Shelter Design and Distribution
Sayles Hall, Outdoors
Expo
Sayles Hall
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Speaker
Kirk Sorensen
Salomon Hall, 101
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Speaker
John Fetterman
Salomon Hall, 101
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Speaker
Steven Bingler
Salomon Hall, 101
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Conference Closing
Salomon Hall, 101