IDC & ASID Announce Details of Impact Summit 2017

Toronto, ON, May 8, 2017-The Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) and American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) will address the key concerns of migration, culture, and diversity at Impact Summit 2017: Migration, Culture, and Diversity in the Built Environment.

The two-day event, held May 8 and 9, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, features two keynote addresses from internationally acclaimed speakers; three expert panels of world-renowned designers, educators, and community advocates; and design-led walking tours of Toronto’s regenerated Regent Park.

Impact Summit 2017 keynote speaker, The Honourable Ratna Omidvar, is an internationally recognized voice on migration, diversity, and culture. In addition to being the Senator for Ontario, she is the founding executive director and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Global Diversity Exchange (GDX), Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto’s Ryerson University. Dutch designer and entrepreneur Richard van der Laken of “What Design Can Do” will deliver the lunchtime keynote address.

Impact Summit attendees will receive curated tours through Toronto’s Regent Park, a groundbreaking example of how a city can transform a community into a successful, mixed-income, and mixed-use neighborhood, with rental buildings, market condominium buildings, townhomes, commercial space, community facilities, active parks, and open space. The thriving area embraced migration to build a successful, inclusive, and evolving community.

Through expert-led presentations and audience collaboration, the goal of Impact Summit 2017: Migration, Culture, and Diversity in the Built Environment is to expand attendees’ knowledge base while creating ideas to foster culturally diverse, highly functioning, and economically stable communities.

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