Industry & Education: The Real-World as Curriculum

Speaker: As a member of Fab Lab, Jean Michel Molenaar consulted diverse international clients on the creation of programs on innovation, education and business development. He managed a global class on synthetic biology and installed Fab Labs in over ten countries. Digital Gravity is a tech project to spread knowledge and fabrication and access to digital tools and opportunities.

Speaker: David Quin is a member of the IADT Academic Council and IADT's Teaching and Learning Committee. Since 2014, he has represented IADT on the TEMPUS Align project, helping Higher Education Institutions from Armenia, Ukraine and Russia to ‘achieve and check the alignment between academic programmes and qualification frameworks.

Speaker: Aalto Design Factory is a product of Aalto University, a unique learning hub that unites students, professors and researchers, aimed at a passion-based approach to learning through the creation of an ideal physical and mental working environment for product developers and researchers. Kalevi’s research and specialization are concentrated on Machine Design, integrated product development and conceptual design processes.

Speaker: Jacqueline Karaaslanian has a long-standing career in designing and implementing programs for academic excellence, and community and economic development. She has a three-decade of experience in bringing together leaders, inventors, technologists, and industry innovators. Her vast network of experts grew considerably over the years working with avant-garde researchers at the MIT Media Lab. Jacqueline Karaaslanian unfolds today’s most significant technologies and guides individuals and companies in understanding how they impact the way we live, work, learn and play.

Moderator: Anush Ter-Khachatryan is a writer and the director of programs at Creative Armenia, which discovers, develops, and produces creative artists for the digital age.