Schedule

April 9-10, 2021

Black Design

Past. Present. Future.

All sessions open to all attendees, free.
Career Fair requires separate registration.

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Saturday, April 10

All events listed in Central Time (CT).

Time	Event	Description	Speaker(s)
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
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
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
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
6:30 – End	Outtro	Music	DJ
After Hours	Networking Rooms

Time

Event

Description

Speaker(s)

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

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

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

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

6:30 – End

Outtro

Music

After Hours

Networking Rooms