Hear from these inspiring leaders at “Make/Think” on the main stage and industry experts in dozens of affinity sessions each day! 

• Sean Adams, partner, AdamsMorioka, as the “Tim Gunn” of “Command X”
• Ian Adelman, design director, nymag.com and menupages.com
• Sebastien Agneessens, founder and principal, Formavision
• Kurt Andersen, host, “Studio 360” and author, Turn of the Century and Heyday, as main stage moderator
• Andre Andreev, partner, dress code, and adjunct assistant professor, Pratt Institute
• David C. Baker, president, ReCourses, Inc.
• Jake Barton, principal, Local Projects
• Leslie Becker, professor of graphic design and visual studies, California College of the Arts
• Al Bell, chairman, Memphis Music Foundation
• Michael Bierut, partner, Pentagram, as emcee for “Command X: Season 2”
• Kate Bingaman-Burt, writer, graphic designer, illustrator and founder, Obsessive Consumption, and assistant professor of graphic design, Portland State University
• Ben Blumenfeld, communication design manager, Facebook, Inc.
• Ethan Bodnar, graphic designer, author and student
• Jennifer Bove, principal, interaction design, Kicker Studio
• Gaby Brink, founding partner and executive creative director, Tomorrow Partners
• Stefan G. Bucher, writer, graphic designer, illustrator and founder, 344 Design
• David Butler, vice president, design, The Coca-Cola Company
• Emily Carr, assistant studio manager, project manager and brand strategist, Gensler
• Emily Ruth Cohen, consultant to creative professionals
• Elizabeth Coleman, president, Bennington College
• Luisa Collina, professor, Politecnico di Milano, and board member, Cumulus
• Brian Collins, chairman and chief creative officer, COLLINS:
• Fred Collopy, professor and chair, Information Systems Department, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University
• Jim Coudal, president, Coudal Partners
• G. Dan Covert, partner, dress code, and adjunct assistant professor, Pratt Institute
• Liz Danzico, chair, MFA Interaction Design, School of Visual Arts
• Brian Dougherty, principal creative director, Celery Design Collaborative
• William Drenttel, partner, Winterhouse
• Daniel Eatock, designer, artist and author
• Andy Epstein, invangelist and head, AIGA In-house Design
• Jodi Forlizzi, associate professor of design and human-computer interaction, and A. Nico Habermann Chair of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
• Agustin Garza, founder and principal, Garza Group Communications
• Agnieszka Gasparska, principal, Kiss Me I’m Polish LLC
• David Gibson, principal, Two Twelve Associates
• Carin Goldberg, principal, Carin Goldberg Design
• Jill Greenberg, photographer, Jill Greenberg Studio
• Christian Guellerin, director, L'École de design Nantes Atlantique, and president, Cumulus
• Stanley Hainsworth, chairman and chief creative officer, Tether
• Allan Haley, director of words and letters, Monotype Imaging
• Phil Hamlett, graduate director, Academy of Art University
• Charles Harrison, designer and educator
• Zelda Harrison, president, AIGA Center for Cross-cultural Design
• Cheryl Heller, CEO, Heller Communication Design
• Jeni Herberger, founder, Jeni Herberger Creative Concepts and co-founder, Big Fish
• Aimee Hoban, creative director, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide
• Terry Irwin, head, School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University
• Wendy Jedlicka, CPP, president, Jedlicka Design Ltd.
• Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Esq., Owen, Wickersham & Erickson
• Chip Kidd, designer and author, as “Command X” judge
• Denise Korn, principal, Korn Design
  
• Julie Lasky, editor, Change Observer
• Nick Law, executive vice president and chief creative officer, North America, R/GA
• Michael Lejeune, creative director, Metro
• Aaron Marcus, president, Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc.
• Bobby C. Martin Jr., senior design manager, Nokia
  
• Roger Martin, dean, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
• Marissa Mayer, vice president of search and user experience, Google
• Grant McCracken, PhD, cultural anthropologist, research affiliate, MIT, and author, Culture and Consumption
  
• Peter Merholz, president, Adaptive Path
• Debbie Millman, managing partner and president, design division, Sterling Brands, and president, AIGA
• Clement Mok, design and business consultant, and principal, The Office of Clement Mok
• Jane Mount, product strategist, designer, entrepreneur and artist, 20x200
• Fred Murrell, chair, graphic design and interactive media, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design
• Caroline Payson, director of education, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
• Shel Perkins, chairman, AIGA Center for Practice Management and president, Shel Perkins & Associates
• Erik Peterson, graphic designer and student
• Emily Pilloton, founder and executive director, Project H Design
• Derek Powazek, web designer and consultant, MagCloud, and author and editor, Fray
• Joseph Prichard, designer and teacher/project advisor, California Institute of the Arts
• Mark Randall, principal, Worldstudio
• Martin Rayala, PhD, assistant professor of art and design education, Kutztown University
• Matt Rollins, creative director, ICONOLOGIC
• Vivian Rosenthal, director/art director, Tronic Studio
• Stefan Sagmeister, graphic designer, typographer and founder, Sagmeister Inc.
• Paul Sahre, graphic designer, illustrator, educator and author, Office of Paul Sahre
  
• Greg Selkoe, CEO and founder, Karmaloop.com
• Sol Sender, associate partner, VSA Partners, Inc.
• Jim Sherraden, manager, chief designer and archivist, Hatch Show Print
• Bonnie Siegler, partner, Number 17, as "Command X" judge
• Terry Lee Stone, design management consultant and writer/educator, The Office of Terry Lee Stone
• Barbara Sudick, associate professor, Department of Communication Design, California State University, Chico
• Scott Thomas, founder, SimpleScott and The Post Family
• Cameron Tonkinwise, chair of business design and sustainability, Parsons the New School for Design
• Robin Tooms, managing director and brand strategist, Savage
• Jakob Trollbäck, president and creative director, Trollbäck + Company
• Dori Tunstall, PhD, associate professor of design anthropology and associate dean of learning and teaching at Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia
• Erik van der Wilden, director of editorial and animation, nailgun*
• Khoi Vinh, design director, NYTimes.com
• Kirk von Rohr, principal, Kirk von Rohr Design
• Petrula Vrontikis, principal, Vrontikis Design Office
• Michael Waldron, creative director, nailgun*
• Alissa Walker, writer, Gelatobaby, as Student Symposium moderator
• Brad Weed, partner group program manager, Microsoft
• Ann Willoughby, president and chief creative officer, Willoughby Design
• Zhen Xie, designer and student
• Doyald Young, graphic designer, typographer and author

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