February 29, 2016
World’s Top Designers to Gather in San Francisco on April 11 for Bloomberg Businessweek’s Fourth Annual Design Conference
New York, NY – February 29, 2016 — Today Bloomberg Businessweek announced the developing lineup of speakers for Bloomberg Businessweek Design 2016, its fourth annual design conference, to be held on Monday, April 11, 2016, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, CA. The day-long event will bring together the world’s top designers and business leaders to explore how design makes the world better, smarter, cooler, and more innovative.
Bloomberg Businessweek Design highlights the intersection of design, technology and business, and draws attendees from every industry that relies on design to help clients and consumers reimagine how we experience the world —app development, ecommerce, graphic design, data visualization, genomics, art, architecture, fashion, cuisine, urban planning and more.
The all-star presenters confirmed for Bloomberg Businessweek Design 2016 to date include:
VICKI DOBBS BECK Executive in Charge, ILMxLAB @ILMVFX
YVES BÉHAR Founder, fuseproject and CCO, Jawbone @yvesbehar
IDA C. BENEDETTO Co-founder, Sextantworks @idamantium
NEAL BENEZRA Director, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art @SFMOMA
JANINE BENYUS Co-founder, Biomimicry 3.8 @JanineBenyus
BAIJU BHATT Co-founder, Robinhood @bprafulkumar
STEPHEN BURKS Principal/ Creative Director, Stephen Burks Man Made
STEWART BUTTERFIELD Co-founder and CEO, Slack and Co-founder, Flickr @stewart
JANE CHEN Co-founder and CEO, Embrace @embracewarmer
JAMES CORNER Founder and Director, James Corner Field Operations @fieldoperations
DOMINIQUE CRENN Chef and Co-owner, Atelier Crenn @dominiquecrenn
CRAIG DYKERS Founding Partner and Executive Director, Snøhetta @snohetta
MARIA GIUDICE Vice President, Autodesk @mgiudice
ROSANNE HAGGERTY President and CEO, Community Solutions @cmtysolutions
GEORGE HOTZ Founder, Comma.ai
DANIEL LIBESKIND Principal Design Architect, Studio Libeskind @DanielLibeskind
HELEN MARRIAGE Co-founder and Artistic Director, Artichoke @artichoketrust
MICHAEL ROCK Founding Partner and Creative Director, 2×4 @2×4
BRAD SEWELL Founder, Campaign @campaign_living
OSKAR SMOLOKOWSKI CEO, Impossible Project @Impossible_HQ
PAUL TAZEWELL Costume designer @paulgtazewell
KEN WONG Lead Designer, ustwo @kenwongart