Creative Diplomacy: A New Model of Exchange November 1, 2005

Following the successful opening reception of "ACTION: Art Center and the United Nations" you are invited to the first of three panel discussions about the visible and invisible in designing for the greater good. During the "Creative Diplomacy" session, experts in the fields of diplomacy, marketing and design discuss the benefits of connecting design with public diplomacy.

Speakers include:
Nate Young, Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Art Center College of Design
Erica Clark, Senior Vice President, International Initiatives and Co-Director, designmatters @ Art Center College of Design
Nicholas Cull, Director Master's in Public Diplomacy Program, Center on Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California
Johanna Blakley, Assistant Director, Norman Lear Center, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California

Moderator:
Gary Wexler, Principal of Passion Marketing for Issues + Causes, Los Angeles.

The ACTION exhibition, on view through December 19, highlights design collaborations between several United Nations agencies and designmatters @ Art Center, the College initiative focusing on social and humanitarian applications of design and responsible business practices.

Please save the date for the remaining panel discussions, ?A Whole New Economy: Humanitarian Design as a Strategy for Innovation and Business Success? on Thursday, November 10 and ?Art Center and the United Nations: Nurturing Active Leaders and Citizens of the Global Community? on Thursday, December 1. All panel discussions will take place at the South Campus from 6?8 pm.

For more information visit http://www.artcenter.edu/designmatters/un/action/action.html .