At the Design Day you will be inspired by top class speakers and the ceremony of The Award for Design Excellence, The Honours Award for Design Excellence and our other awards.

Award Ceremony part I

10.00 Award for Design Excellence (In Norwegian)
Categories: Furniture design, Textile- and clothing design, Industrial design + The Environmental Award

11.30 Break

Seminar

12.00 Welcome (in Norwegian)
Jan R. Stavik, Managing Director Norwegian Council

12.10 Drivers of Change
Chris Luebkeman, Director Foresight + Innovation, Arup

13.00 Design Thinking - Design as an Enterprise Platform for Innovation and Growth
Heather Fraser, Co-founder and Director, Rotman DesignWorks

13.45 Lunch

14.30 Design-driven Innovation
Roberto Verganti, Professor Politecnico di Milano

15.15 Opera and the future of the web (In Norwegian)
Håkon Wium Lie, Chief Technology Officer, Opera Software

15.45 Break

16.15 Design and sustainability - Life's Work: Opportunities in the Restorative Economy 
John Thackara, Director Doors of Perception

17.00 20/20/20 – 20 young talents through 20 years in 20 minutes (In Norwegian)

17.30 Break

Award Ceremony part II

18.00 Award for Design Excellence (In Norwegian)
Categories: Services, Interactive design, Visual communication and Packaging design
+ Young Talent Award + Honours Award for Design Excellence

19.30 A bubbly break
Design Day dinner & celebration

20.00 Food and drinks, networking and celebration!

01.00 Design Day 2011 comezzz to an end