Date: Wednesday, December 9
Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm
Location: Poleng Lounge (1751 Fulton St)
RSVP: http://nisfdecember2009.eventbrite.com/
For our December 9th Net Impact SF monthly gathering we will be discussing sustainable design and, as always, our special guests will be both inspiring and approachable. Our fabulous guests this month are:
Adam Reineck: IDEO
Adam Reineck is a senior industrial designer at IDEO in Palo Alto, CA. Since joining the company in 2005, he has had the opportunity to work for a broad range of clients, including Nike, Samsung, HP, and the US Department of Energy. He greatly enjoys the rigorous craft of designing tangible products as well as thinking broadly and systemically to solve complex problems. Adam’s work has been published in Wired, BBC.com and The New York Times. Adam graduated with distinction from California College of the Arts in 2004 as the IDSA student merit award winner for his year. He is dedicated to creating meaningful and engaging experiences for people that are well considered from an ecological and an aesthetic point of view.
Joe Spataro: Lunar
Joe Spataro is a Senior Mechanical Engineer at LUNAR in San Francisco, CA. He works hand-in-hand with some of the top industrial designers in the world to create beautiful, functional products. Over the past five years he has worked with clients including Pfizer, Stryker, Becton-Dickinson, Mode Products, and many others. Working at the forefront of product design consulting often requires educating clients about the importance of a thorough design and engineering process in addition to producing a physical product.
Joe’s interest in sustainable product development and socially responsible business practices took root in 2005 while he was developing a disposable medical device. A friend gave him a copy of Natural Capitalism and, upon reading the book cover-to-cover, he began to seriously reconsider the nature of his profession. He strives to integrate sustainable thinking into the product development process and he has a profound respect for the difficulties clients often face when trying to do so. At LUNAR he is a member of the Elements Initiative, a core team responsible for reducing the environmental impact of products designed and engineered by LUNAR as well as reducing the environmental impact of LUNAR’s design process.
Heather Fleming: Catapult Design
Heather Fleming is the CEO and co-founder of Catapult Design, a non-profit product design firm serving developing world markets. Catapult’s clients are organizations working in impoverished communities around the world with design and technology needs, including: rural electrification, water purification and transport, food security, and health. Before starting Catapult, she worked as a product design consultant in Silicon Valley, designing products for a diverse range of clients. In 2005 she also co-founded and led a volunteer group focused on design programs for developing countries through Engineers Without Borders. Heather also teaches Design for Sustainability at Stanford University.
Adam Menter: Autodesk (introducing guests and lightly moderating)
Adam works at the intersection of design, business, and sustainability. He is currently working with Autodesk to better integrate sustainability into their products (CAD tools for designers and engineers) and their companywide product development process. Prior to working with Autodesk, Adam was a design strategist at Jump Associates. He holds both a mechanical engineering degree and an MBA from Vanderbilt University. He is also a leader of the San Francisco professional Net Impact chapter.
NOTE: Net Impact SF Chapter Leadershipt team meeting begins at 6pm and is open to anyone interested. Please RSVP separately at sfprofessional@netimpact.org.
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We host a gathering for the Net Impact SF community on the second Wednesday of every month (usually…), featuring a different discussion topic each time. This offers the opportunity for informal interaction with the invited guests and with your fellow Net Impact members, with the discussion topic serving as a launching off point for engaging conversations.
Our chapter leadership team meeting begins at 6:00 pm – if you’d like to attend or sit-in, feel free. E-mail us to let us know you’re coming.
Contact Us: sfprofessional@netimpact.org
Chapter Website: www.netimpactsf.org
