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Leeds School of Arts

Product Design Futures Conference 2020

2020 conference attended by Leeds Beckett staff and students.

Written By

Lauren Moriarty

Published on 07 Apr 2020

Product Design Futures Conference Poster - title arranged on top of coloured blocks

Staff, students and graduates of BA Product Design, careers consultants and industry friends gathered together on Tuesday 10th March for our annual Product Design Futures Conference. Each year the conference features talks by product designers at different stages of their careers with a focus on their journey from graduation up to present day with lots of careers advice and tips for our students.
Our speakers this year were:

Dan Cooper, Creative Director of The Pacrascal Ltd
Melanie Parker, Director of Graft Talent Ltd, graduate recruitment
James Dowsing-Reynolds, Director of Dowsing & Reynolds Ltd
Mary Macfarlane, Leeds Beckett University, Student and Graduate Futures team
Lauren Moriarty, Course Director, Co-Design session for PhD study about employability of our Product Design graduates.

Room full of people listening to speaker who is presenting on a screen at the fron of the room

Lauren Moriarty

Course Director / Leeds School Of Arts

Lauren Moriarty is Course Director for BA Product Design within the Leeds School of Arts. Lauren is a PhD candidate within the subject area of Product Design.