To Shape and Be Shaped | CCF 2020 Opening Event | The Centre for Conscious Design

To Shape and Be Shaped | CCF 2020 Opening Event

October 18, 2020 – 4:00 pm

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We’re excited to gather the conscious cities movement on the eve of the 2020 week-long festival!

Opening performance

A video dance performance“To Shape and Be Shaped“, exploring the facets of a conscious city. A collaboration at the intersection of art, architecture, and science. Choreographed by Snir Nakar, directed and produced by Itai Palti, and narrated by one of our keynote speakers Upali Nanda.

Keynotes

We are honoured to be joined by a lineup of incredibly inspirational speakers
Upali Nanda: Principal and Director of Research at HKS Architects
Tiffany Shlain: Founder of the Webby Awards and Let it Ripple Film Studio
Adah Pa r ris: Director and Producer of L&D Experiences; TED Talks Global Emerging Innovator

Snapshots of Festival Events

Sneak peaks into each Conscious Cities local chapter and their events for the week. An introduction to the Centre for Conscious Design (CCD) and closing remarks from CCD Founder and Director, Itai Palti, and Director of Operations and Cultural Innovation, Grace Roebuck.

Host Chapter / Organisers

Organising Fellow/s

The CCD

Upali Nanda

About

Dr. Upali Nanda is EVP and Global Sector Director for Innovation at HKS, an international architectural firm where she oversees a range of innovation practices that work within, through and beyond the built environment for meaningful impact. Prior to her current role she served as the global research director for the firm and as the Executive Director for the non-profit Center for Advanced Design Research and Education. Dr. Nanda teaches as Associate Professor of Practice at the Taubman School of Architecture and Urban Planning at University of Michigan and serves on the board of the Academy for Neuroscience for Architecture. Her award-winning research around health and wellbeing, neuroscience and architecture, sensthetics, point of decision design, and outcome-driven design has been widely published. She has won various research and innovation awards including the 2018 Women in Architecture Innovator Award.

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