ICFF has announced its early line-up of ICFF Talks 2017 topics, as well as the group of leading design industry influencers set to moderate.

This year’s ICFF Talks topics will challenge the design community to think broadly, globally and across mediums, with topics including a design forecasting discussion led by Susanne Slesin of Galerie magazine and a panel of design industry veterans. Others will explore the intersection of design and technology, including a panel uncovering the future of architecture with virtual reality led by Olivia Martin of The Architect’s Newspaper.

“We’re proud to bring such an impressive line-up of topics and presenters to the ICFF Talks stage this May,” says Kevin O’Keefe, ICFF event director. “This year’s Talks will be inspirational and thought provoking, and serve to connect the design community to our industry’s top influencers.”

Additional ICFF Talks topics include:

• The Creatives: Colouring Outside the Lines; moderator: Jerry Helling, Bernhardt Design
• Rendering to Reality: A Conversation with Marc Kushner, Architizer, and Enrique Norten, TEN Arquitectos
• Curated Luxury Design; moderator: Simon Rawlings, David Collins Studio
• Future of Architecture with VR; moderator: Olivia Martin, The Architect’s Newspaper
• You Are Here: Regional Design on the Map; GRAY magazine and Gobal Affairs Canada
• Decorating Interiors with Light; moderator: Helen Fletcher, darc magazine
• Maturing Your Product Offering; moderator: Kadie Yale, Interiors & Sources
• Designers in the Middle; speakers: Rona Meyuches Koblenz, Kukka Studio, and Suzanne Trocme, designer, curator and author
• Beauty Matters; moderator: David Trubridge, David Trubridge Ltd.
• Hospitality Hotspots: What’s New in New York; moderator: Stacy Shoemaker Rauen, Hospitality Design
• Across Perspectives: Design Futures; moderator: Suzanne Slesin, Pointed Leaf Press

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