MIT workshop on design innovation

Its this rigour that will be on display as Apeejay Stya University joins hands with Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Media Lab to host Design Innovation Workshop from March 26 to 30 at Apeejay School in Sheikh Sarai,New Delhi.

The Indian Express is the media partner of the event.

The five-day workshop will see brain storming sessions,conferences,talks,tutorials and exhibitions that will be open to the leaders of academia and industry. To be anchored by leading MIT researchers,the five main themes of the workshop are Designing for Interaction,Sensor Mediated Environments,Imaging on Steroids,Living Mobile and Design for Sustainability.

The five-day-workshop will be inaugurated by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and will see some of the best names in academia and research address the gathering. Among the keynote speakers are Joi Ito,Director MIT Media Lab; Prof Mitch Resnick,Academic Head of the Program in Media Arts and Sciences,MIT Media Lab; and Prof. Joseph Paradiso,Director of the Responsive Environments group,MIT Media Lab.

Speaking about the workshop,Sushma Berlia,President,Apeejay Stya Group and Chancellor,Apeejay Stya University,said,This collaboration between Apeejay Stya University and MIT Media Lab for the Design Innovation Workshop is a part of Apeejays continued efforts in expanding the horizon of the design landscape in the country through education,awareness and interaction.