Design Futures Forum 2025:
Sample Schedule
MONDAY
 
12:00 pm

2:30 pm   


4:00 pm 

5:00 pm                
Opening Circle

History and Context of New Orleans
On This Site: Uncovering the (Racialized) History of Site, Places, and Neighborhoods

Opening Reception 

Local Panel
TUESDAY
9:00 am

11:30 am


1:00 pm

2:00 pm


6:00 pm      
      

Power and Privilege 

What’s Health Got to Do with it?
How to Raise Money and Build Budgets, Equitably and Effectively

Network Convenings

Equity by Design: Dismantling Barriers of Access for Diverse Co-Designing
Creative Insurgencies: Race, Place, and Arts Engagement

Public Keynote Lecture
WEDNESDAY
9:00 am

11:30 am


2:00 pm 


6:00 pm 


Racism Untaught 

Creating Community Agency: The Power of Organizing within the Design and Planning Process
Creating a Collaboration Framework for Community Resilience 

Mapping and GIS for Spatial Justice 
Student-Led Strategy & Leadership

Faculty Dinner
THURSDAY
9:00 am

11:30 am onwards



Entering and Exiting Communities in New Orleans 

Local Day Tours and Community-Led Best Practices
FRIDAY
9:00 am

11:30 am


Student-Led Reflections 

Closing