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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.
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 Parris: 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.
The Conscious Cities Festival 2020
The 2020 Conscious Cities Festival sparks global knowledge exchange by cultivating networks of local and diverse experts, organizations, and institutions to co-create solutions to current issues. The 2020 Conscious Cities Festival acts as an umbrella, assisting our chapters around the world to create their own Conscious Cities Events. To us, the conscious cities festival is only the beginning, igniting a continued network, dialogue, and reimagination of the built environment for years to come.
The Centre for Conscious Design
The Centre for Conscious Design (CCD) presents Conscious Cities Festival 2020: To Shape and be Shaped. Hosted at venues and online platforms around the world, this year’s festival will feature 15+ event series to discuss how Conscious Design can empower and meet the needs of local communities and individuals. Conscious Design is a continually evolving process that incorporates systems and structures, science, storytelling, and participatory-design.
Building on previous Conscious Cities Festivals hosted by the Centre of Conscious Design (CCD) each event will tackle pressing issues facing urban populations. This year, the movement is launching its first group of local chapters, each of which is organizing an event in their city. Some speakers of note include Tiffany Shlain, Adah Parris, and Upali Nanda. Mission Statement
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