IDEO at Climate Week NYC

September 23-24, 2024

Together with our friends at kyu House, IDEO is bringing together senior leaders across sectors and industries to discover how creativity drives climate action. Our interactive sessions will recognize, explore, and interrogate the gray areas and tensions that are emerging in "The Space Between"—the overlapping areas where we often find unexpected and radical solutions. Headed to Climate Week? We'd love for you to join us. Here are the sessions where you can find us, and an introduction to the people you'll meet.

Opening Evening: kyu House at Climate Week NYC

Monday, September 23, 2024
6:00-8:00pm

Kick off Climate Week with us at kyu House, with a reception hosted in collaboration with kyu, BSR, and Kite Insights. This VIP event is your gateway to the week’s most essential conversations, with a thought-provoking session on the state of creativity led by IDEO Chair, Tim Brown, and IDEO Partner Bryan Walker.

The Space Between
Climate & AI

Tuesday, September 24, 2024
4:00-5:15pm

In this session, IDEO Executive Director Sergio Fregoni and Amazon Web Services’ Environmental Equity Leader Sandra Topic will share real-world stories of how bold organizations are using AI to create breakthrough solutions that meet the demands of the Climate Era.

The Space Between Urgent & Impossible

Tuesday, September 24, 2024
6:00-8:00pm

Join IDEO Executive Director Alex Gallafent and Design Director Nazlican Goksu as they challenge senior teams to frame a business question that pushes the boundaries of what seems possible. (Attendance requires 3-4 representatives per organization.)

Bryan Yuji Walker

Partner

Bryan has a proven track record of seeing and building the next big thing. He partners with leaders to transform their organizations and ways of working to win in the climate era. Forever the design advocate, he believes design has a pivotal role to play.

Nazlican Goksu

Design Director

Nazlican helps organizations evolve to become human-centered and responsible through strategy and design. With a background in design research and industrial design, Nazlican brings expertise in leading multidisciplinary teams to create new sustainable ventures, products, and services.

Natalia Vasquez

Senior Design Lead

Natalia focuses on strategic foresight and climate innovation. She has collaborated to pioneer IDEO’s futuring practice and spearheaded work on regenerative, decarbonized design and strategy.

Alex Gallafent

Executive Director

Alex counsels global leaders and organizations by helping design extraordinary brands, experiences, products, and services. Recently, Alex has helped shape IDEO's stances on design for the Climate Era and on human- and planet-centered applications of emerging technologies.

Tim Brown

Chair

Tim Brown is Chair of IDEO. He frequently speaks about the value of design thinking, creative leadership, and innovation to business leaders and designers around the world. He participates in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and his talks Serious Play and Change by Design appear on TED.com.

Sergio Fregoni

Executive Director

Sergio helps organizations design and scale digital, climate, and circular solutions that keep people's needs at the center. He guides organizations toward future fitness and empowers them to navigate the digital and technological landscape with confidence.

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