Agenda: 2022 AIGA Design Leadership and Advocacy Conference

Registration and Check-In	8:00 AM - 9:00 AM (EDT)
Breakfast (provided)	8:00 AM - 9:00 AM (EDT)
Welcome and Representative Pingree Statement	9:00 AM - 9:15 AM (EDT)
Covering the Hill	9:15 AM - 9:45 AM (EDT)
Transition Design: A Catalyst Toward Sustainable and Equitable Futures	9:45 AM - 10:30 AM (EDT)
Break	10:30 AM - 11:00 AM (EDT)
Design for Health Equity: Opportunities and Outcomes	11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (EDT)
Lunch (provided)	12:30 PM - 2:30 PM (EDT)
From Mission to Experience to Design: Representing the Student at the Heart of the Student Aid Experience	2:30 PM - 3:15 PM (EDT)
Creativity to Empower, Amplify, and Advocate	3:15 PM - 3:45 PM (EDT)
Break	3:45 PM - 4:15 PM (EDT)
Adaptive Access	4:15 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)
Leadership for the Design Advocate	5:00 PM - 5:15 PM (EDT)
The Future of Design Advocacy	5:15 PM - 6:15 PM (EDT)

Registration and Check-In	8:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
This is Design Leadership and Advocacy	1:00 PM - 1:15 PM (EDT)
Empowering Designers to Start, Grow and Scale Small Businesses	1:15 PM - 1:45 PM (EDT)
Building Stronger and Smarter Businesses at Scale	1:45 PM - 2:15 PM (EDT)
How to Be a Better Advocate for your Freelance Colleagues	2:15 PM - 2:45 PM (EDT)
Design, Law, and the Marshallese Immigrant Experience	2:45 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
Break	3:30 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT)
The Case for Quality Data in Research	4:00 PM - 4:45 PM (EDT)
The Design of Critical Technologies	4:45 PM - 6:00 PM (EDT)
Welcome Reception	6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (EDT)

Breakfast (provided)	8:00 AM - 9:00 AM (EDT)
Meetings with Congressional Leaders	9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)
Legislative Office Hours	9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)
Action Planning and Closing	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)

Sunday, March 20