Sue Izmir
Senior Research Advisor
Climateworks Centre
Sue is a multidisciplinary designer, researcher, strategist, and deep thinker with a focus on sustainability, social innovation, and transformation across different scales in both the public and private sectors. Her passion lies in integrating elements from various practices and cross-cultural contexts to develop a profound understanding of human behaviour and the systemic context surrounding it. She explores new horizons with the people she works with through rigorous research, systems thinking, and meaningful collaborations.
Currently, she serves as a Senior Research Advisor at the Climateworks Centre, where she applies her strategic design and research skills to help shape the research practice while encouraging teams to ask the right questions. This approach drives impactful, purpose-led outcomes for climate resilience.
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Linkedin Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/sueizmir/
Program sessions
Debate: Design needs a saviour
Does design need a white knight or are we prematurely worrying? Are we actually meeting the demands of our evolving industry?
In our unconventional debate, moderated by Trudi Boatwright — seasoned experiential designer and advocate for creativity through play — we delve into the polarising topic: "Design need saving vs Design is fine" Sue Izmir, a strategist passionate about sustainable and socially innovative design, and Brad Alphonso, a proponent of human-centered design methodologies, will bring their diverse experiences to the table.
Together, they'll explore the current landscape of design, questioning its efficacy, ethics, and impact.
Through this discourse, we aim to uncover if the design community needs to re-evaluate its direction and methods or if the existing paradigms continue to serve our evolving world adequately.