The Sarasota International Design Summit, The 'Davos of Design'
YOU ARE INVITED:
PLEASE JOIN US for our latest 'FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION' BREAKFAST.
WHEN: THURSDAY, JULY 27 - From 8 TO 9:30 A.M.
(Breakfast served @ 8:00a.m.)
LOCATION: AT FLEISHMAN HILLARD, 220 EAST 42ND STREET
(BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD AVENUES),11TH FLOOR, MAIN CONFERENCE ROOM
Please RSVP: Attendance is limited to 115 people on a "first confirmed" basis.
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WHAT: The world-renowned Ringling School of Arts & Design is hosting what will surely become THE DAVOS OF DESIGN -THE SARASOTA INTERNATIONAL DESIGN SUMMIT.
WHEN: FROM OCTOBER 9 THROUGH 11, 2006 @ The Ritz Carlton Sarasota, Florida
The Ringling School will discuss their design summit and opportunities for luxury marketers to participate in this ground-breaking initiative.
WHY YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY:
Companies that innovate, reinvent, and adapt continuously are in the best shape to compete in
the global marketplace. But building a culture of innovation and measuring its impact can be
daunting.
Here is how The Sarasota International Design Summit is assembling many of the world's thought leaders in design who will share their strategies and tactics in integrating design and business to create powerful emotional connections with their customers and
greater return on investment. And also how these influentials are tracking and measuring
the results of their labors.
The Sarasota International Design Summit, hosted by the Ringling School of Art & Design will
explore design's transformational impact on people, places and products today. It will help business, government, and community leaders learn how organizations around the globe are using design to build better products, systems, processes, and communities.
International thought leaders will explore the impact that design has on the luxury market across
multiple industry platforms - from hospitality, interior and product design to healthcare, urban
and industry cluster planning, green technologies and sustainability, and consumer experience
design.
The summit affords marketers a unique opportunity to be party to this world renown Design Event and not only experience first hand design’s transformative powers by participating as a
sponsor, but to be speak onstage with design directors and influencers from BMW, DesignWorks, Philips, Kessler Collection Hotels, Procter & Gamble, Target, MIT Media Lab and many others.
Additionally, speaker sponsors are invited to present their products at exclusive product
showcases, conduct workshops, parties, and ad-hoc meetings for special invitees, and more.
Come and be a part of creating Designs' new Destiny.
A sampling of Speakers confirmed to date include
Helen Stringer, design director for Procter & Gamble; John Remington, VP, Target Corp.; Jennie
Winhall, Sr. Design Strategist, UK Design Council's R&D unit; Alec Bernstein, director of
BMW Group DesignWorks/USA's Advanced Communications Group; Ping Fu, CEO of Geomagic
and INC. Magazine's 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year; Arthur Aw, director of JTC Corp in Singapore, developers of the Biopolis biotech center project; Charles Landry, author of The
Creative City and the forthcoming The Art of City Making; Susan Szenasy, Editor in Chief of
METROPOLIS Magazine, Carol Coletta, CEO of CEOs for Cities, John Maeda, MIT Media Lab, author of Simplicity and many others.
For current updates, visit www.sarasotadesignsummit.com
About Dr. Larry R Thompson
Larry Thompson became the sixth President of Ringling School of Art and
Design in Sarasota, Florida on July 1, 1999. Ringling is a private, independent, four-year
college of visual arts and design.
Prior to coming to Ringling, Thompson was the first President and Chief Executive Officer of
the Flint Cultural Center located in Flint, Michigan. He served in that role from 1993-1999.
The Flint Cultural Center is a 30-acre campus encompassing the nine leading cultural
institutions of the Greater Flint Area.
Prior to Flint, Thompson served for four years as the Director and Chief Executive Officer for the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. In essence, Thompson was
responsible for making the Hall of Fame happen, including raising the money for it, working with
architect I. M. Pei to design it, and getting it ready to be constructed.
Before the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum experience, Thompson served for seven years as Special Assistant to the President of The Ohio State University. In that role he had staff
responsibilities involving legal issues affecting the university and served as a management
troubleshooter for various administrative departments.
Thompson is a lawyer and an educator. He received his Juris Doctorate summa cum laude from
The Ohio State University and practiced law for a number of years with a large firm in Columbus.
Thompson has a Master of Science in educational administration and counseling from California
State University Los Angeles. He was an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan-Flint in
the Honors department and taught as an adjunct professor in the College of Law at Ohio State for
six years.
About Ringling School of Art and Design
For nearly 75 years, Ringling School of Art and Design has cultivated the creative spirit in art
and design students from around the globe transforming our visual world. Founded in 1931 by
noted art collector, real estate magnate, and circus impresario John Ringling, the private,
not-for-profit college is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design
[NASAD http://nasad.arts-accredit.org]
and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [SACS www.sacscoc.org] to confer the
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree [BFA].
Located on the Gulf Coast of Florida, the picturesque 35-acre campus today includes 69
buildings, and enrolls nearly 1,100 students from 44 states and 28 foreign countries - more than
half of whom reside on the pedestrian-friendly residential campus. Its 130 faculty members are
all professional artists, designers, and scholars who actively pursue their own work outside the
classroom.
During the past two decades, Ringling School has evolved into one of the most prestigious colleges of its kind in the United States, alongside the Rhode Island School of Design, Pratt Institute, Parsons School of Design, and the Art Institute of Chicago. With a 2:1 computer to student ratio, it is also recognized as a leader in the use of
technology in the arts.
The School's rigorous curriculum engages innovation and tradition through a strong,
well-rounded, first-year program and a deep focus on the liberal arts. Students pursue one of six
disciplines leading to their BFA degree: Computer Animation, Fine Arts, Graphic & Interactive
Communication, Illustration, Interior Design and Photography & Digital Imaging.
Ringling School students and alumni are heavily recruited throughout the country by a wide
variety of outstanding organizations, including such noted names as Hallmark Cards, CNN Headline News, Sony Pictures Imageworks, DreamWorks, Disney, Electronic Arts, American Greetings, and even the Central Intelligence Agency. Its students and alumni receive many accolades for their superior art and design talents. The College believes passionately in the
development and support of the whole student by preparing each graduate to be both successful in their chosen career, as well as social responsible artist-citizens. As a testament to
the educational principles instilled in them, students donate hours upon hours of their
personal time to volunteering on a myriad of local community public service projects. Their
desire to offer of themselves to support those in need is one of the most significant signs of
their belief in personal involvement and social responsibility.