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Schedule
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Monday, March 21, 2011
09:00 - 09:45 Coffee - Registration
09:45 - 10:00 Opening Remarks
10:00 - 10:25 Introduction to Synapse
10:25 - 10:40 Synapse Workshop 1 Briefing
10:40 - 10:55 Synapse Workshop 2 Briefing
10:55 - 11:10 Coffee Break
11:10 - 11:25 Synapse Workshop 3 Briefing
11:25 - 11:50 Q & A with Alice Twemlow
11:50 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 16:30 Workshops
• Synapse 1A
• Synapse 2A
• Synapse 3A
• Design Thinking Through Business Model Innovation
• Inspirational High School Workshop
• Exploration of Viral Media
• Exquisite Corpse Laser-Cut Totem
13:00 - 15:00 Advanced Arabic Typography with InDesign (Session 1)
15:00 - 17:00 Advanced Arabic Typography with InDesign (Session 2)
12:00 - 16:45 TasmeemLab: Linking Through Making (Live individual demonstration)
14:45 - 15:00 Coffee Break
16:45 - 18:00 Networking Reception
16:45 - 17:45 TasmeemLab: Students interaction
18:00 - 18:15 Opening Ceremony
18:15 - 19:15 Keynote Speaker - Tom Kelley - from IDEO
19:15 - 20:45 Opening Reception
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
08:00 - 09:00 Coffee Registration
09:00 - 12:30 Workshops
• Synapse 1B
• Synapse 2B
• Synapse 3B
• MEDEA
• Exquisite Corpse Laser-Cut Totem
• Rules of Pattern
• Visualizing Tasmeem
• Feast Tasmeem
• Adobe Workshop
09:15 - 13:30 TasmeemLab: Linking Through Making (Live individual demonstration)
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
12:30 - 13:30 TasmeemLab: Students interaction
13:30 - 14:15 Speaker - Natalie Jeremijenko - from the xDesign Environmental Health Clinic
14:15 - 15:00 Speaker - Hunter F. Tura - from Bruce Mau Design
15:00 - 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 - 15:40 Design Entrepreneurship Challenge Winners Presentation
15:40 - 16:25 Speaker - Amal Ameen Al-Mehain - from Barwa Media
16:25 - 17:10 Speaker - Fiona Raby - from Dunne & Raby
17:10 - 17:45 Discussion Panel with Alice Twemlow
19:15 - 20:45 Cultural Dinner by special invitation
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
08:00 - 09:00 Coffee Registration
09:00 - 12:30 Workshops
• Synapse 1C
• Synapse 2C
• Synapse 3C
• Exploration of Viral Media
• Visualizing Tasmeem
• Feast Tasmeem
• Adobe Workshop
• Codependency vs. Co-Creation in Design Practice
• Can I Know: Avatar Construction for Social Media
09:15 - 12:25 Tasmeem Lab: Linking Through Making (Live group demonstration)
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
12:30 - 13:30 TasmeemLab: Students interaction
13:30 - 14:15 Speaker - Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa from The 99
14:15 - 15:00 Speaker - Mark Heggen from Area Code
15:00 - 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 - 15:40 Design Entrepreneurship Challenge Winners Presentation
15:40 - 16:25 Speaker - Roman Turczyn : A portable housing solution for low-wage migrant workers
16:25 - 17:10 Speaker - Hoda Baroudi and Maria Hibri from Bokja Design
17:10 - 17:45 Discussion Panel with Alice Twemlow
17:45 - 18:15 Coffee Break
18:15 - 19:30 Speaker - Michael Mauer from Porsche
Thursday, March 24, 2011
09:00 - 10:00 Coffee Registration
10:00 - 10:20 Synapse Workshop Final Presentations Project 1
10:20 - 10:40 Synapse Workshop Final Presentations Project 2
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:15 Synapse Workshop Final Presentations Project 3
11:15 - 11:40 Panel Discussion with Alice Twemlow
11:40 - 11:50 Speaker - Essa Al Mannai from Reach Out to Asia: Qatar Based NGO Presentation
11:50 - 12:55 Lunch
11:55 - 12:50 TasmeemLab: Presentation of final projects (individual and collective)
12:55 - 13:40 Speaker - Bowman Heiden QSTP
13:40 - 14:25 Speaker - PinkTank: Tasmeem Lab
14:25 - 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:25 Design Entrepreneurship Challenge Winners Presentation
15:25 - 16:00 Closing Keynote: Alice Twemlow, SVA MFA in Design Criticism
16:00 - 16:10 Closing Remarks
17:30 - 20:30 Cultural Dinner For Students
* Please note the schedule is tentative and subject to change.
