Collective Design is a webinar series from IIDA that provide resources, information, and inspiration to the design community. These virtual sessions explore design from the lens of its larger societal impact as well as examining influencing factors and industries.

How to Design a More Inclusive Future

Live at NeoCon 2025, for this episode, a panel experts explore a realistic look at inclusive design for the future, and offer practical advice on how to design in a way that embraces our differences, from gender, race, and sexual orientation to neurodivergence, physical ability, nationality, and other aspects of identity.

Moderated by:
Mark Bryan, IIDA, Senior Foresight Manager, Future Today Strategy Group and IIDA’s Futurist-in-Residence

Panelists:
Jessica Bantom, Assoc. IIDA, Global Leader of Equity, Diversity, and Belonging, DLR Group
Erin Jennings, IIDA, AIA, Principal, Luminaut
Tom Polucci, FIIDA, AIA, Firmwide Director of Interiors, HOK
Joey Shimoda, FIIDA, FAIA, Co-Founder, Shimoda Design Group