Schedule
April 9-10, 2021
Black Design
Past. Present. Future.
All sessions open to all attendees, free.
Career Fair requires separate registration.
Saturday, April 10
All events listed in Central Time (CT).
| Time | Event | Description | Speaker(s) |
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| 10:45 – 11:00 a.m. | Virtual Lobby | Music | DJ Lokey |
| 11:00 – 11:15 a.m. | Feature | Forecasting Black Futures | |
| 11:15 – 11:45 a.m. | Session 9 Black Collectives + Future Collaborations |
Where are the black designers, HUE and Black Ignite? Speculated futures, the potential for collaboration, and hopes for progress. | · Heatherlee Nguyen, Black Ignite · Mitzi, WABD · Jasmine Kent, HUE · Omari Souza, moderator |
| 11:45 – 12:15 p.m. | Session 10 Queer Black Design |
This panel discusses Black designers' who navigate with the intersection of race, practice, and sexuality. | · Terresa Mosses · Seyi Matthews · Silas Munro · Timothy Bardlavens, moderator |
| 12:15 – 12:25 p.m. | Break (10 minutes) | ||
| 12:25 – 12:30 | Poet | Reading/performance | Tia Nache' Yarbrough |
| 12:30 – 1:00 p.m. | Session 11 Bombas Black Hive Collective |
· Leslie Hanson · Kendra Stepp-Davis · Imani · and the Hive · Brad Neal, moderator |
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| 1:00 – 1:35 p.m. | Session 12 Design Portfolio: Gallery Walk |
Examples of portfolios for different types of projects. Walk through of a project and how each phase is represented in a portfolio. Real examples of portfolios or case studies. |
· Roosevelt Faulkner · Quinnton Harris · Erwin Hines · Brad Neal + Dian Holton, moderators |
| 1:35 – 2:05 p.m. | Session 13 Design Storytelling |
How to tell a story in design and why that is important. | · Jennifer White Johnson · Marshall Shorts · Mikea Hugley · Brad Neal, moderator |
| 2:05 – 2:15 p.m. | Break (10 minutes) | ||
| 2:15 – 3:00 p.m. | Keynote 3 | Mallence Bart-Williams FOLORUNSHO |
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| 3:00 – 3:10 p.m. | Break (10 minutes) | ||
| 3:10 – 3:55 p.m. | Session 14 Flip The Table: Design Entrepreneurship |
Building your own seat, tricks, and trades. | · Leslie Wingo · Russel Toynes · John B Johnson · Alisha Moore, moderator |
| 3:55 – 4:05 p.m. | Forecasting Black Economics | Duwain Pinder | |
| 4:05 – 4:35 p.m. | Session 15 Transitioning from Another Industry into Design |
Untraditional paths into design. | · Tiffany Stewart · Lauren Williams · Lawrence Humphrey · Alisha Moore, moderator |
| 4:35 – 5:05 p.m. | Session 16 Building Your Design Community + Finding Mentors |
Share existing communities and resources for interacting with designers. | · Maxwell VanHook · Ramon Tejada · Alisha Moore, moderator |
| 5:05 – 5:15 p.m. | Break (10 minutes) | ||
| 5:15 – 6:00 p.m. | Keynote 4 | Cheryl D. Holmes Miller Maryland Institute College of Art William O. Steinzmetz Designer in Residence Scholar |
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| 6:00 – 6:05 p.m. | Break (5 minutes) | ||
| 6:05 – 6:15 p.m. | Wrap Up + What's Next | Appreciation + Sponsor Recognition | Omari Souza |
| 6:15 – 6:30 p.m. | Session 17 Racial Equity in Corporate Spaces |
· PayPal · IBM · Material · Design for America · BCG · A Small Studio · Omari Souza, moderator |
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| 6:30 – End | Outtro | Music | DJ |
| After Hours | Networking Rooms |