Schedule

Cheltenham Design Festival returns in 2019. You don’t want to miss this. This will be the most engaging, and comprehensive design festival yet. Join us for incredible insights, inspiration, and fun.

Day 1 Friday 1^st Nov
8:00 - 9:00 1 hr	Registration
9:15 15 mins	Welcome An introduction to the Cheltenham Festival by Andy Thorne - Festival Co-director.
9:30 - 10:00 40 mins	Talk: From Loveable to Liveable Rama Gheerawo Director - The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art Stop ignoring. Start listening. Improve lives With a track record of over 150 projects, Rama demonstrates how putting people at the heart of design improves lives; from design for an ageing population to our future with driverless cars.
10:15 - 11:00 40 mins	Camilla Buchanan Designing Government Policy Can design be the saviour of government? How methods from the design world are being used to improve government policy in the UK and around the world.
11:00 - 11:20 20 mins	Break time. Croissants and coffee (or tea)
11:20 - 12:00 40 mins	Andy Puncher Developing Democratic space How can architecture bring a city together? Exploring how mixed-use architecture can build cohesive and successful communities and ultimately the cities they combine to form.
12:00 - 12:30 30 mins	Panel Debate: Patrick Grant, Jim Sutherland, Marcus Lyon, Paul Boag, Catherine Greig What is the role of a designer? Do we just design stuff, or do we change the way people think, in order to innovate and solve complex problems?
12:30 - 12:40 10 mins	Quick break time
12:40 - 1:20 40 mins	Alexander Taylor Dream big Can we clean entire oceans with design & collaboration? Why changing the way we do business can make amazing things happen.
1:20 - 2:10 45 mins	Lunch time Time to break for lunch.
2:10 - 2:55 40 mins	Paul Boag Customer Journey Mapping Hide complexity and design one seamless experience? Customer journeys are more complex than ever. How can design help bring together digital and physical channels to deliver a great overall experience?
2:55 - 3:25 30 mins	Dr Ambreen Shah Designing a future economy The billion pound question - Where are all the designers? The design economy generated £85.2 billion GVA to the UK; the demand for design skills is growing. How do we ensure we have enough designers to secure our future economy?
3:25 - 4:10 40 mins	Catherine Greig Happy, Healthy and Human Collaborations Design is not for designers, it’s for communities How design can facilitate positive change through strong supportive community relationships.
4:10 - 4:30 20 mins	Afternoon break time The last break before the final talks...
4:30 - 5:15 40 mins	Jim Sutherland & Marcus Lyon A Human Atlas What drives us and what can we become? Who are we? Exploring the diversity of identity through multimedia, photography, image activated soundscapes and DNA.
5:15 - 6:00 40 mins	Patrick Grant How Green are your Trousers? Do you feel comfortable in the clothes you’re wearing? Cheap fashion makes us uncomfortable; with poor working conditions and environmental harm caused by the clothes we buy. Can we overcome the environmental cost? Is a happier future possible?
6:00	Closing Remarks

Day 1 Friday 1^st Nov
8:00 - 9:00 1 hr	Registration
9:15 15 mins	Welcome An introduction to the Cheltenham Festival by Andy Thorne - Festival Co-director.
9:30 - 10:00 40 mins	Talk: From Loveable to Liveable Rama Gheerawo Director - The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art Stop ignoring. Start listening. Improve lives With a track record of over 150 projects, Rama demonstrates how putting people at the heart of design improves lives; from design for an ageing population to our future with driverless cars.
10:15 - 11:00 40 mins	Camilla Buchanan Designing Government Policy Can design be the saviour of government? How methods from the design world are being used to improve government policy in the UK and around the world.
11:00 - 11:20 20 mins	Break time. Croissants and coffee (or tea)
11:20 - 12:00 40 mins	Andy Puncher Developing Democratic space How can architecture bring a city together? Exploring how mixed-use architecture can build cohesive and successful communities and ultimately the cities they combine to form.
12:00 - 12:30 30 mins	Panel Debate: Patrick Grant, Jim Sutherland, Marcus Lyon, Paul Boag, Catherine Greig What is the role of a designer? Do we just design stuff, or do we change the way people think, in order to innovate and solve complex problems?
12:30 - 12:40 10 mins	Quick break time
12:40 - 1:20 40 mins	Alexander Taylor Dream big Can we clean entire oceans with design & collaboration? Why changing the way we do business can make amazing things happen.
1:20 - 2:10 45 mins	Lunch time Time to break for lunch.
2:10 - 2:55 40 mins	Paul Boag Customer Journey Mapping Hide complexity and design one seamless experience? Customer journeys are more complex than ever. How can design help bring together digital and physical channels to deliver a great overall experience?
2:55 - 3:25 30 mins	Dr Ambreen Shah Designing a future economy The billion pound question - Where are all the designers? The design economy generated £85.2 billion GVA to the UK; the demand for design skills is growing. How do we ensure we have enough designers to secure our future economy?
3:25 - 4:10 40 mins	Catherine Greig Happy, Healthy and Human Collaborations Design is not for designers, it’s for communities How design can facilitate positive change through strong supportive community relationships.
4:10 - 4:30 20 mins	Afternoon break time The last break before the final talks...
4:30 - 5:15 40 mins	Jim Sutherland & Marcus Lyon A Human Atlas What drives us and what can we become? Who are we? Exploring the diversity of identity through multimedia, photography, image activated soundscapes and DNA.
5:15 - 6:00 40 mins	Patrick Grant How Green are your Trousers? Do you feel comfortable in the clothes you’re wearing? Cheap fashion makes us uncomfortable; with poor working conditions and environmental harm caused by the clothes we buy. Can we overcome the environmental cost? Is a happier future possible?
6:00	Closing Remarks