Franchino, Norvaisas to speak at conferences in September

Design Concepts leadership will be speaking at conferences in San Diego and Boston in September 2015.

President and Principal Dave Franchino will be delivering a talk on "The IoT and Medical Devices -- Seven Things to Consider" at MEDevice San Diego on Wednesday, Sept. 2. The talk is based upon an article he wrote for the February 2015 issue of Product Design & Development.

Stefanie Norvaisas, Director of Research & Design Strategy and Principal, will be conducting a workshop called "Design Thinking and Lean Start Up -- A Match Made in Heaven?" at the Product Innovation Summit in Boston on Friday, Sept. 25. Stefanie will discuss the many benefits of this mash-up of approaches as well as the critical differences and pitfalls. She will share experiences choosing and combining these methods with workshop attendees.

Design Concepts will also have exhibit space at the Product Innovation Summit where attendees can explore their "innoself" and learn how to get their innovation teams humming through positive collisions of perspectives.