CCS Summit Hosts Most Innovative Minds in Experience Design to Explore the Future of Human-Technology Interaction on April 14

WHAT:	The College for Creative Studies will bring together some of today's most innovative minds in experience design to explore the future of human-technology interaction at the "Designing Interactive Experiences that Delight and Engage" summit on April 14. The summit will give the college community and other design-forward creatives the opportunity to see what's next in interaction design, the focus of a new master's program launching at CCS in fall 2014.
WHY:	Hosted at the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education, this annual conference for students, faculty and Detroit's creative community, promises a full day of presentations and real-time interactions examining the possibilities for this rapidly expanding field focused on the human context of design-how people use, need and respond to technology in their daily lives.
WHO:	Presentations and Interactions by:
	Tesa Aragones, Senior Global Director, Nike+ Experience Design - Digital Sport at Nike Lawrence Burns, Professor of Engineering Practice, University of Michigan Sheryl Connelly, Global Trends and Futuring, Ford Motor Company Joanne Healy, Dean of Graduate Studies, CCS Mike Jbara, President of ADA, Warner Music Group Jeff Voris, Director of Connected Experiences, Walt Disney Imagineering Roland Yu, Co-Founder, yU+co.[lab]
WHEN:	Monday, April 14, 2014
	9 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
	Registration Deadline: April 7, 2014
	Professional Registration, $100 Student & Educator Registration, $50
WHERE:	College for Creative Studies
	General Motors Auditorium and Knight Foundation Gallery
	A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education
	460 W. Baltimore Ave
	Detroit, MI 48202

Detailed information on "Designing Interactive Experiences that Delight and Engage," including how to register, is available at www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu/summit.

About College for Creative Studies:
Located in the heart of Detroit, the College for Creative Studies (CCS) educates artists and designers to be leaders in creative professions. A private, fully accredited college, CCS enrolls more than 1,400 students pursuing Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees.

Students in the BFA program can major in Advertising Design, Advertising: Copywriting, Crafts, Entertainment Arts, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design, Photography, Product Design and Transportation Design, in addition to a dual major Art Education program. Students in the MFA program can major in Interdisciplinary Design and Transportation Design. The College also offers non-credit courses in the visual arts through its Continuing Education programs and opportunities for youth through its Community Arts Partnerships programs.

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/PRNewswire -- April 11, 2014/

SOURCECollege for Creative Studies