361 Degrees Design Conference 2019: Designing For The Future

14 th & 15 th February 2019, Nehru Centre Auditorium, Mumbai

The 12th Edition of the 361 Degree Design Conference took place on 14th and 15th February 2019 at the renowned Nehru Centre Auditorium. The theme of the conference – Designing for the Future is a concept that has been visited and revisited since time immemorial. The innovations, technology, comforts that civilization appreciates is the work of visionaries that transpired in the past. And much that pains the current world is also a result of decisions made in the past. The question that looms is; what is the current world, this generation of makers; creating for the future? The conference largely presented two ideas; projecting a future and working towards it; the second was about navigating around existing challenges and scenarios.

Organized by Indian Architect & Builder Magazine of Jasubhai Media, the conference was presented by Armstrong Ceiling Solutions. Canadian Wood was the sustainability partner and UltraTech Cement Ltd. was the Building & Construction industry knowledge, partner. The associate partner was Tata Structura and Outokumpu was the innovation partner. CREDAI-MCHI were the support partners. The 14th of February saw the inaugural of the conference with over 600 professionals and students present in the auditorium. To mark the commencement of the Conference, Maulik Jasubhai, Chairman and Chief Executive of Jasubhai Group & ChemTech Foundation, addressed the gathering throwing light on the founding principles of Indian Architect & Builder and the core values of the Conference. This was followed by the lighting of the lamp with Mr. Maulik Jasubhai, Mr. I. M. Kadri, Mr. P. V. Somasundaram, Ms. Martha Thorne, Mr. Gyan Madhani, Mr. Yatinder Pal Singh Suri, and Mr. Hemant Shetty.