YEAR 7 – 2007 – BANGALORE

Leadership through Design

Key Areas of Focus

Leadership through Innovation

Educating for Design Leadership

Raising the Bar: New Perspectives on Design

Implementing National Design Policy

Thriving in the competitive marketplace through design

Distinguished Speakers

Bruce Nussbaum	Assistant Managing Editor, Business Week
Vikram Kirloskar	Vice Chairman, Toyota Kirloskar Motors Pvt. Ltd.
Arun Jaura	Senior Vice President-R&D, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
Michele Straniero	Director, Overseas Sales & Business Development, Studio Pininfarina, Turin
Mukund Bhogale	Managing Director, Nirlep Appliances Ltd
Hari Nair	Director, Whirlpool Global Consumer Design Asia
Ajay Shankar	Secretary, DIPP, Government of India
Raj Rewal	Architect, New Delhi
Giorgio Croci	University "La Sapienza", Rome
Claudio Moderini	Director-Design Department, Domus Academy, Milan
Ravi Sawhney	President & CEO, RKS Design
Madhukar Dev	Managing Director, TATA Elxsi Ltd
Geoff McCormick	Alloy Total Product Design
Surya Vanka	Microsoft Corporation
Shilajeet Banerjee	D-School, Stanford University
Anna Kirah	Dean, 180 Academy, Denmark
Gregg, Davis	Principal, Design Central and Executive Editor, Innovation Magazine
Kingshuk Das	Vice President, New Market Strategy, IDEO

Italy was the partner country for the summit. An Italian Exhibition: "100 Objects of Design" showcasing a selection of some of the most meaningful objects of Italian design, ranging from the post-war period up to the present would also be held concurrently with the Summit.