The Program
Here is a sampling of speakers confirmed as of March 24. The list is subject to change. Additional speakers will be added as we confirm them. Initial session titles and descriptions will be added soon. Complete session descriptions and the first pass at a workshop schedule will be available July 15.
Keynotes
- The Creative “KA:” Dale Peskin, co-founder and managing director of iFOCOS
- The First 2.0 Poet: Rives, performance poet, multimedia artist, political commentator for McClatchy News
Design, Art Direction & Typography
- Tarek Atrissi, Graphic Designer, The Netherlands.
- Jonathon Berlin, SND’s Design editor and Design Director, The Chicago Tribune
- Roger Black, Roger Black Studio
- Chris Courtney, Design Director, RedEye
- Eduardo Danilo, Danilo Black Inc.
- James Denk, managing editor, the Matthews (N.C.) Record
- Mario Garcia, Garcia Media
- Scott Goldman, SND Past President and Senior Editor/Visuals, The Indianapolis Star
- Marco Grieco and Javier Errea, Director de Arte and redesign consultant, Expresso (2007 World’s Best winner). Errea is also president of SND’s Spanish chapter and coordinates the Malofiej graphics contest and workshop
- Luke Hayman, partner, Pentagram
- Joe Hutchinson, art director, Rolling Stone
- Lucie Lacava, consultant, Lacava Design Inc.
- Stephanie Grace Lim, Creative Juice Machine, PayPal
- Gustavo Lo Valvo, Art Director, Clarin, Buenos Aires
- Svetlana Maximchenko and Ksenia Vekshina, Editor in Chief and Art Director, Akzia (2007 World’s Best winner)
- Alexandro Medrano, Operation and Digital Platforms Director, Excelsior
- Mohammed Al Mezel, Managing Editor, The Gulf News, Dubai
- Adrian Norris, Managing Editor, Design, The Globe and Mail
- Douglas Okasaki, SND Region 20 director; designer, The Gulf News, Dubai
- Ally Palmer, founding director of Palmer Watson Ltd., rock musician
- Sara Quinn, visual journalism faculty, Poynter Institute for Media Studies
- Ramzi Rajab, art director, Emarat Al Youm, Dubai
- Denise Reagan, SND Education and Training Director and AME/Visual Journalism, The Florida Times-Union
- Gabi Schmidt, SND’s Region 11 Director, Gabi Schmidt Design
- Rob Schneider, Presentation Editor, Dallas Morning News
- Jon Wile, lead sports designer, The Washington Post
Interactive & Web
- Andrew DeVigal, Multimedia Editor, The New York Times
- Kimberly Elam, Chair of the Graphic + Interactive Communication Department at the Ringling College of Art and Design
- Mario Garcia, Jr., Garcia Media
- Jennifer George-Palilonis and Ryan Sparrow, Ball State University
- Laura Ruel, University of North Carolina
- Jeffrey Veen, Design Manager, Google
- Paige West, director of interactive projects, MSNBC.com
Graphics, Photo & Illustration
- Ted Crow, Editorial Artist, The Plain Dealer
- John Grimwade, Graphics Director, Conde Naste publications
- Karl Gude, Michigan State University and visualeditors.com blogger
- Michael Hogue, Senior Illustrator, The Dallas Morning News
- Stacy Innerst, Illustrator, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Susan Jouflas, Assistant Art Director of Features, Seattle Times
- Chris Morris, Art Director, Las Vegas Sun
- Guillermo Munro, Columbia College, Chicago
- Jared Novack, Graphics Journalist, The Boston Globe
- Sarah Slobin, Senior Graphics Editor, Fortune
- Mike Swartz, Graphic Designer, Cambridge, Mass.
Leadership & Rethinking
- Linda Eckstein, graphics artist
- Juan Antonio Giner, founder/director of Innovation International
- Monica Moses, Leadership Consultant
- Dr. Dietmar Schantin, director IFRA Newsplex
- Therese Shechter, documentary filmmaker
Student session
- Charles Apple, Graphics Journalist, The Virginian-Pilot and visualeditors.com blogger
- Kimberly Elam, Chair of the Graphic + Interactive Communication Department at the Ringling College of Art and Design
- Michael Higdon, Design Director, The Sagebrush (University of Nevada-Reno)
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