Pune Design Festival 2025

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Schedule

Day 1
28 Feb. 2025

08:00

Registration

09:00

Welcome Address
Suresh Venkat

09:15 - 9:45

Musical Performance

Bhargav Mistry

9:45 - 10:45

Designing for a Global Audience, Innovating for a Better Tomorrow

Dick Powell

10:45 - 11:30

Bold New Electric Vision

Ajay Saran Sharma

12:00- 12:15

Break

12:15 - 1:00

Design Research from Insights to Impact

Panel Discussion
Manoj Kothari
Uday Dandavate
Navdeep Kaur
Shipra Bhutada

1:00-2:00

LUNCH

14:00 - 16:00

Film Screening

Concurrent Sessions: Forum 2 – Anigre

14:00 - 16:00

Shaping a World with Purpose and Impact

Concurrent Sessions: Forum 1 – Ballroom 1 & 2

Alok Gadkar

Ashwin Chikerur
Parag Natekar
Nikhil More

14:00 - 16:00

Cognitive AI & Emotional Intelligence in Experience Design

Concurrent Sessions: Workshop 1 – Ballroom 3

Omkar Pandharkame

In this two-hour immersive workshop, forward-thinking designers will dive deep into advanced frameworks for creating more intuitive, human-centric experiences. Through hands-on activities and interactive discussions, participants will learn to refine and orchestrate design solutions and harness the power of autonomous intelligence. Walk away with actionable insights and the inspiration to reimagine how AI agents can shape the future of human-machine collaboration.

14:00 - 16:00

Workshop – Finance

Concurrent Sessions: Workshop 2 – Mahogany

Coming up

14:00 - 16:00

How to Speak, Present and Pitch like a Pro!

Concurrent Sessions: Workshop 3 – Wenge

Suresh Venkat
Faezeh Jalali

14:00 - 16:00

Seeing Through Touch: Crafting Colour with Sensory Intelligence

Concurrent Sessions: Workshop 4 – Oak

Navdeep Kaur

As sensory needs become increasingly important in design, there is a noticeable shift toward neuro-aesthetic approaches—designing not just for functionality but for deep emotional and cognitive resonance. The workshop explores the new emotive value systems that shape our connection to design.


“Seeing Through Touch” invites designers to investigate how tactile perception influences emotions and colour translations. It will be a collective revelation on how sensory intelligence can guide design decisions, creating softer, layered, and more intuitive experiences within a cross-cultural storytelling framework.

Key Takeaways:
– Beyond the Visual: Understanding how texture, touch, and colour shape emotion.
– Sensory Intelligence: Utilizing materiality to create deeper, more intuitive experiences.

16:00 - 16:20

BREAK

16:20 - 17:00

Beyond the Cringe: The Power of Deeply Personal Ideas
Binaifer Dulani

17:00 - 17:40

Mind the Story
Coming up

17:40- 18:20

Animating my world with stories that matter
Vaibhav Kumaresh

18:20 - 18:40

BREAK

18:40 - 19:00

Networking
Suresh Venkat

19:30

Music event by Ujwal Gajbhar and the band

 

Followed by Dinner

Day 2
01 Mar 2025

9:00

Registration

10:00 - 10:20

Jugnoo

Opening Act – Day 2
Amitosh Nagpal
A witty, raw, and poetic exploration of the storyteller’s struggle—navigating industry absurdities, creative chaos, and the never-ending search for meaning

10:20 - 10:30

Book Launches
Uday Dandavate
Janak Mistry

10:30 - 10:45

Designing a design school – A Global Vision
Siddharth Shahani

10:45 - 11:15

Honorary Fellow Session
Nina Sabnani

11:15 - 11:45

Design Tribute – RK: As I Knew Him

Kirti Trivedi

The decade from 1984, when Prof RK Joshi was invited to join IDC, IIT Bombay as a faculty in the newly started Visual Communication program, has had a great influence on subsequent development of Indian language typography and design. In his talk, Prof Kirti Trivedi will present an illustrated history of those years and the importance of Prof RK Joshi in it.

11:45 - 12:00

Break

12:00- 12:45

Protopolis Model
MP Ranjan Session
Jacob Mathew

12:45- 13:30

Riverside Chat: The Intersection of Public Policy, Business, and Design
MP Ranjan Session
Saranya Gopinath

13:30 - 14:30

LUNCH

14:30-16:30

Forum – Design Business Model

Concurrent Sessions: Forum 1 – Anigre

Vishwas Mahajan

14:30-16:30

Sustainable Futures – the Power of Mindful Impact

Concurrent Sessions: Forum 3 – Mahogany

Gurudas Nulkar
Pravin Bhagwat

14:30-16:30

Design Education Session

Concurrent Sessions: Forum 2 – Ballroom 1 & 2

Arvind Lodaya

Ankur Walunjkar
Anando Dutta
Kirti Trivedi
Bhaskar Bhat

14:30-16:30

Forum – UX

Concurrent Sessions: Forum 4 – Ballroom 3

Anirudha Joshi
Gaurav Mathur

14:30-16:30

Crafting Stories from Everyday Moments Through Stop Motion

Concurrent Sessions: Workshop 1 – Oak

Vaibhav Kumaresh

14:30-16:30

Workshop – Theatre & Storytelling

Concurrent Sessions: Workshop 2 – Wenge

Amitosh Nagpal

16:30 - 16:45

BREAK

16:45 - 17:30

Mind the Style
Pankaj Garg

17:30 - 18:15

Lightness of Being
Sumant Jayakrishnan

18:15 - 19:00

Closing Keynote
Varun Grover

19:00 - 20:00

BOP Awards
Pushkar Ingle

20:00

Networking Dinner

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