If you only go to Liverpool once this year, make sure it’s on the 23rd October. That’s when the inaugural Liverpool Design Symposium will take place at St.George’s Hall. In case you didn’t know, Liverpool is the European Capital of Culture for 2008, and to celebrate this three of its top design agencies, Uniform, Smiling Wolf and Black & Ginger, have collaborated with D&AD, DBA, Design Initiative and Merseyside ACME to set up an insightful and  inspirational programme of speakers to share their wisdom with you.

Here’s a rough breakdown of events:

1pm: D&AD Student Awards Seminar. Speakers:

Rhiannon James, D&AD Education & Professional Development Manager

Fergal Kilroy, D&AD Student Awards Manager

Richard Scholey, Creative Director, Elmwood

Suzie Webb, Freelance digital guru

2pm: DBA Business Briefing: Surviving the Credit Crunch

Adrian Rasdall, Revenue Matters

3.45pm The Emotional Type – 

Bruno Maag, Founder, Dalton Maag

5.15pm D&AD Awards 2008 Winners Showcase and Q&A

It should be a great day, with plenty to learn, and plenty of people to meet. There should be a fair few people going from here, so if there’s enough interest we might get a small bus to take us over. We’ll let you know of any spare places nearer the time. 

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