LMC Associate Professor Carl DiSalvo directs the Public Design Workshop, a design research studio that explores socially-engaged design practices and civic media. The topic of his keynote is "Design Education as Political Practice.

The topic of this year's AIGA education conference is "Inside Outside: Graphic Design Education." It seeks to activate three conversational platforms embedded in the conference title:

1. Design Education as Interface
2. Design Education as Diverse Cultural and Social Space
3. Design Education as Political Space