2016/17 RSA London

Launch + Tutor Briefing

Wednesday 14 September 2016, from 2pm

RSA, 8 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6EZ

The RSA Student Design Awards (SDAs) is a design curriculum and competition that challenges university students to tackle social, environmental and economic issues through design thinking.

Join us at the RSA to hear from us and our industry sponsors about the 2016/17 RSA briefs (available online at sda.thersa.org from 24th August), new developments to the programme, and the support we offer tutors and students.

You’re then invited to stay on for a keynote talk in the RSA’s Great Room by Carrie Bishop, director at FutureGov, the digital and design company for public services. This talk is open to the public, but anyone who attends the afternoon session and wishes to stay for the talk will be guaranteed entry.

2 – 6pm, Launch + Tutor Briefing

• Welcome + introduction by Sevra Davis, Director of the SDAs
  

• Update + what’s new for 2016/17, by Rebecca Ford, UK Manager of the SDAs
  

• Presentation of the 2016/17 RSA briefs by our industry partners, including Unilever, RBS, GSK, the UK Government's Cabinet Office, PRP Architects and more
  

• Drinks with our industry partners
  

6 - 7pm, Talk: ‘Design: Now, More than Ever’

• Carrie Bishop, Director of FutureGov, will speak about why we need design now more than ever as a tool for tackling global problems
  

• Audience Q&A, followed by a drinks reception

We hope to see you on 14th September,

Sevra Davis (SDA Director) + Rebecca Ford (UK Manager)

Suggested hashtag for Twitter users: #RSADesign