Public Lecture
| Date 日期: | 25 Jan 2013 | |
| Time 時間: | 12:45pm - 1:45pm | |
| Venue 地點: | Sun Yat-sen Place | |
| Medium 語言: | English | |
| Speaker(s) 講師: | Emily Pilloton |
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| Summary 內容: | The MaD Forum is a regional event that endows Asian young people with a creative, socially conscious, and boundary-crossing mind-set, and empowers them to create positive change. Comprised of thematic talks, interactive activities, and other 2.0 activities, MaD 2013 is a forum for inspirations and a platform for actions, with a line-up of over 20 international thought leaders. 30 students of HKU have received our Unit's sponsorship to take part in it. As one of the Participants' Sponsors of MaD 2013 Forum, the General Education Unit, proudly presents you with the following programmes. Before the official opening of the Forum, you will be exposed to the critical issues of local and global development, which will be able to stimulate the thoughts ahead of our time. The Way of Design - Empower Communities & Change The World Guest Speaker: Emily Pilloton Date: Jan 25 (Fri) 12:45-13:45 Venue: SYS Place Language: English To register online: http://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=21196 Emily Pilloton, one of the participating artists of MaD 2013 Forum, will share her works and vision on using design to empower communities and change the world. As a young designer, Emily was frustrated by the design world's lack of meaningful work. Trained in architecture (UC Berkeley) and product design (SAIC), she is convinced of the power of design to change the world, Emily founded Project H to help develop effective design solutions for the people who need them most. (http://www.projecthdesign.org/) Emily has presented her works in TED and written the book Design Revolutions (2009). Lunchtime Intellectual Exchanges with Emily Pilloton will be held after the talk. Date: Jan 25 (Fri) 14:00-15:00 Quota: 20 Venue: TBC Fee: $100 (including a deposit of $50) To register for this session, please go to the General Education Unit (G21, G/F, May Hall) About MaD Organized by the Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture, MaD is a regional platform for young changemakers in Asia. The spirit of MaD is diversity, boundary crossing and co-creation. Through exchange with passionate people from diverse backgrounds, we discover ourselves and society, and make good use of creativity for positive impact. TED Talk by Emily Pilloton: Teaching design for change |
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