Announcing the 2019 Design and Innovation Awards

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Design Thinking, the most comprehensive event focused on driving sustainable growth and competitive advantage through human-centered design, returns to Austin, April 16-18, 2019 to celebrate and recognize innovation and human-centered design (HCD) accomplishments across communities and organizations with the 2019 Design and Innovation Awards.

This year's keynote is Mauro Porcini, SVP & Chief Design Officer at PepsiCo. Mauro will deliver the opening keynote address on Thursday April 18^th sharing how he is infusing design thinking into PepsiCo's culture and the role of innovation by design that impacts the company's product platforms and brands, which include Pepsi, Lay's, Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Tropicana, Doritos, Cheetos, Quaker, Mirinda, Sierra Mist and SunChips. 

The Design Thinking speaker faculty includes Meriah Garrett, Chief Design Officer, USAA; Michael Brown, Chief Design Officer, Dick's Sporting Goods; Catherine Courage, VP of Ads and Commerce UX, Google; Shawn Johnson, Group Vice President of Product & Design, Discovery Inc.; Federico Casalegno, Chief Design & Innovation Officer, Samsung Design & Innovation Center; Suzanne Mehta, Chief Experience Officer, Cushman Wakefield, and 35+ more.

"We're thrilled to have Mauro Porcini join us as for our Design Thinking 2019 program as PepsiCo's work and evangelization of design thinking within their organization has been an inspiration for the program. It's has been an exciting year for the Design & Innovation Portfolio and we look forward to celebrating the 2019 Design and Innovation Awards winners ," said Marisa White, Principal Analyst-Design & Innovation Portfolio, Customer Management Practice.

Solution providers sponsoring the event include LUMA Institute, IA Collaborative, Continuum, Idean, Cantina, and more.

To view the full event schedule or learn more about the Design and Innovation Awards, please visit www.designthinkingusa.com. For the latest news and Design Thinking industry news, follow us at @DesignThinkUSA.

About Design Thinking: Started in 2017, Design Thinking began to explore the meaning and implication of design thinking. Since then has evolved to still address the core principles of effective thinking, but further expanding on the impacts of organizational transformation and design-doing leading to incredible innovations. Design Thinking is brought to you by the Customer Management Practice – the Analyst, Advisor, and Industry Network for all things Customer Management.

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SOURCE IQPC's Customer Management Practice