Speakers Announced for DMI's Design Value Singapore Conference

The Design Management Institute (DMI) announceD its roster of speakers for the Design|Value DMI Singapore 07 conference, to be held this 28-29 November at the Grand Hyatt Singapore. This new conference will be part of the Singapore Design Festival 2007: Always a Better Way, in conjunction with event partner, DesignSingapore Council.

The theme of the conference sheds light on the power of design to build brands, create innovation, enable strategy and ensure customer satisfaction. DMI has gathered an impressive group of international leaders to discuss how to leverage the value of design.

Speakers will include:

Stikfas CEO, BanY.J, presents A Brand Born Out of the Internet
Microsoft Corporation's Senior Manager, User Experience, Surya Vanka, presents Experience Virtuosos | Culture Change Agents
D&AD's President and POKE's Creative Director, Simon Waterfall, presents The Digital Landscape
Yakun International's Executive Chairman, Adrin Loi, presents Ya Kun-Designing Tradition for Today's Customers
IBM Vice President, Brand and Values Experience, Lee Green, presents Finding the Market's Sweet Spot
Desgrippes Gobé Group CEO, Marc Gobé, presents Humanizing Brands through Emotional Design
LPK Inc. President/CEO, Jerry Kathman, presents Building Leadership Brands by Design: Timeless Principles That Companies Can Embrace to Establish Powerful and Enduring Brands

The Design|Value conference goal will enable design and business professionals to overcome the challenges of moving design from a project-based function to a strategic function; from OEM to ODM; from lowest-cost to sustainable design; from an expense to an asset.

Design|Value DMI Singapore 07 will precede the Singapore Design Festival's 2007 President's Design Award, the nation's highest recognition of design excellence.

DMI is taking this important step in its mission to increase international programs and content. For registration information, visit: www.dmi.org/sg07.

With 1,400 members in 44 countries, DMI is the international authority, resource and advocate on design management, and a thought leader in the areas of design management, design strategy, and design leadership.

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