15th September: Big Problems, Big Ideas

The opening day of greengaged will set the scene and kick off the debate. The challenge of climate change calls for bold new approaches to find solutions, and we’ll be exploring what this means for design as we look to the future.

8am-10am Big Bang Breakfast
Debate: “This house believes that the primary responsibility for tackling global climate change lies with the design industry”
Design Council Chair Sir Michael Bichard, with Julias Hailes MBE, Clive Grinyer of Cisco, Ed McCann of Expedition Engineering and Dorothy MacKenzie of Dragon will launch greengaged. These influential speakers will each bring their own insights, opinions and expertise on the importance of sustainability, the imperatives for creating more environmentally responsible goods and services, and challenges for manufacturers, service providers and designers in delivering them.

We will also be launching the call to help create a new manifesto for sustainable design. All visitors and participants of greengaged can become part of a collective creation - come and contribute your own ideas, pledges and challenges for the design industry. The exhibition will evolve during the seven days of greengaged, and the final manifesto will be collated and published at the conclusion of the event.
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2-4pm: Joined-up Living - integrated urbanism and cross disciplinary thinking for the future

John Wood, Goldsmiths University and founder of Attainable Utopias in conversation with Malcolm Smith,Design Director for Arup Urban Design
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6.30pm-8.30pm: Workshop: Imagine 2058
with London United
John Grant and other members of the eleven-strong London United collective take you to London in 2058. During this session - and without having to leave their seats - participants will have a chance to actually experience travelling through the city 50 years hence, in a segment led by aladin.
Followed by East Green carbon neutral beer, provided by Adnams.
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