Challenging the Future! Sustainability Symposium

Ramia Mazé spoke at an international symposium on sustainable interaction design, hosted by the ID-Studiolab at TU Delft (Delft University of Technology) in The Netherlands.

Her invited lecture, ‘RE:Thinking Sustainability – Critical thinking and design practice’, can be viewed online here. Scroll to 2:51:18 in the video to see her presentation.

Challenging the Future: Designing for Sustainable Living and Work
Excerpts from the symposium description: “Interaction design can be leveraged in addressing environmental sustainability issues. Sustainable interaction design is an emerging field that positions the user as the central player in sustainable systems. New research shows how sustainability and sustainable behavior can be embedded and supported within the context of the home and workplace in the short and long terms." "Companies are looking for new niches and ways of thinking, but how can designers integrate sustainable thinking into their business practices?" "On October 28th, 2009, we invite you to attend our international symposium on sustainable interaction design, featuring five guest lectures and the inaugural lecture of Professor David Keyson. These perspectives from cutting edge research provide diverse examples of how interaction design can positively affect value changes and social norms on the issue of environmental sustainability.”

SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

Professor Gert Spaargaren
The laboratory of everyday life: A practice approach to environmental innovation in housing

Professor Cees Midden
Using persuasive agents to conserve energy in homes

Professor Krithi Ramamritham
Interconnecting lab and land: aAQUA and rural India

Pascal Soboll
Living Climate Change

Dr. Ramia Mazé
RE:Thinking sustainability - Critical thinking and design practice

Inagural Speech
Professor David Keyson
Grasping the intangible: Interaction design for sustainability

Moderator: Professor Cees de Bont, Dean of Industrial Design Engineering at TU Delft