Join us in the Second Design Thinking Conference in the Arab World
- Conference Objectives
- Conference Topics
- Conference Languages
- Discussing the best ways to establish design thinking as an organizational culture.
- Promote awareness of the importance of design thinking in education and work.
- Discussing the latest developments regarding applying design thinking in various fields.
- Reviewing the challenges of applying design thinking in the Arab world institutions and organizations.
- Design Thinking mindsets
- Design Thinking as organizational mindset
- Future Trends for applying design thinking
- Challenges of applying design thinking in the Arab world
- Arabic.
- English.
- With simultaneous translation between the two languages.
What is Design Thinking?
Design thinking is a thinking approach used to create solutions for complex user-centred issues that meet their demands. These solutions are:
- Desired: Meets a humane need for the beneficiaries.
- Applicable: Can be developed into products or functional operations.
- Sustainable: The business can afford to execute them.
Why this conference?
According to Harvard Business School, businesses are looking for talent with design thinking skills.
As of November 2021, there were 29,648 job postings in the United States advertising design thinking as a necessary skill—a 153 percent increase from November 2020, and a 637 percent increase from November 2017.
The Target Audience of The Conference
- Institution leaders: to know the recent updates about applying Design thinking in their work systems and provide the complete infrastructure for that.
- Entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs: to help them design a user-centric value proposition and address their needs. This enhances the chances of project success.
- Solution, service, product designers and innovators: to reinforce their expertise in the field of solution and service-design by reviewing the best international practices in the application of design thinking.
- University Students: to learn about the design thinking methodology and its importance in life and work.
Event Speakers
We invited experts from all over the world
Benefits of Attending
What you will get
Networking with Design Thinking experts and practitioners worldwide
Certificate of Attendance issued by the organizers
Cutting-edge knowledge and research in the field of Design Thinking
Cutting-edge best practices in the Design Thinking
Exclusive digital material for the participants
Event Schedule
Ghiath Hawari
Opening and greeting
Prof. Meinel
Design Thinking – Master Digital Transformation Inspired by Human Needs
Kinda Almeamar
How can we learn from failure?
Dr. Santuber
Designing for Law and Justice: the case of Chilean courts
Abir Alobaid
The awareness of Design Thinking practices among the university students in the Arab World
Break
Dr. Steven Ney
Leveraging Design Thinking for Cross-Industry Problem-Solving -- The X-Creation Format
Dr Carolyn Finck
Integrating psychology and design thinking: examples from Life Design and Mental Health
Dr Rania Sawalhi
Design Thinking and professional Coaching
Prof. Watson
Design Thinking and Transition Design - From Resources to a Service Economy
Mari Tikkanen
Design Thinking in Health Sector
Dr Hanadi Traifeh
Characteristics of design thinkers
Ghiath Hawari
Design Thinking for Designing Systems
Ghiath Hawari
Recommendations and closing
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