On May 24^th morning, from 10 to 13 am the DESIS network hosts an expert workshop for reflecting on the scenarios for sustainable lifestyles in 2050, which are being proposed in the EU project SPREAD 2050 (http://www.sustainable-lifestyles.eu).

The Cumulus conference in Denver organized by the Rocky Mountain College for Art and Design featured a Design Expo. It combined both case studies collected during the DESIS Light Expo back in May 2011 at the Cumulus Conference at Strate College in Paris, and case studies from DESIS Labs in the US. Mariana Amatullo and Eduardo Strakowskij, curators of the exhibition, selected and presented the projects into different thematic areas.

Paris, May 21st, 2011, 10.00-13.00
Strate College, 27, Avenue de la Division Leclerc, 92310 Sèvres Back-to-back with the Cumulus Conference: Crossing talents: transversality in design
DESIS Forum Format: "4-slides exhibit - 4-minutes presentations" DOWNLOAD SUBMISSION KIT Deadline for the submission: 25th of April 2011

Show your project. Exchange your experience with that of others. Get an overview of what is going on in the field.

Over the past decades a variety of social actors throughout the world - institutions, enterprises, non-profit organizations, and, most of all, networks of collaborative people - have moved beyond mainstream models of thinking and doing, inventing new ways of living and producing. They are viable and sustainable solutions to complex problems such as: social cohesion, urban regeneration, accessibility to healthy food, water and sustainable energy management.
The design community, and the design schools in particular, can do a lot to support these promising social experiments: is your school involved in these kinds of initiatives? Would you like to be involved? Are you interested to know more about design for social innovation with an emphasis on sustainability? Join us for the DESIS Forum in Paris!
DESIS Forum is a format conceived to give design teachers and students the opportunity to showcase their projects, to present them and to exchange their experiences in the field of design for social innovation and sustainability.
DESIS Forum/Paris will be held back-to-back with the Cumulus Conference Crossing talents: transversality in design, hosted by Strate College in Sèvres, Paris. http://www.cumulusparis2011.org The Forum is organized by DESIS Network within the Cumulus-DESIS partnership and in collaboration with Strate College Paris.
To participate and submit your project a Submission Kit has been prepared. It includes: 1. Submission letter; 2. Format for the project presentation; 3. Examples of projects. To download the Submission Kit click here