Parsons The New School for Design 10/23/10 12:49PM

10:00 am Breakfast

10:15 am Welcome and Introduction Tim Marshall, Provost and Chief Academic Officer, The New School

10:30 am Keynote speaker Sara Diamond, President, Ontario College of Art and Design

11:10 am Framing the historical and contemporary context of the PhD Su Baker, Director, Victorian College of the Arts, the University of Melbourne Meredith Davis, Director of Graduate Programs in Graphic Design, NC State University Introduction: Carlos Teixeira, School of Design Strategies at Parsons

11:50 am Panel Discussion: New knowledge in art and design, and the role of the PhD Sara Diamond, Su Baker, and Meredith Davis Moderator: Tim Marshall