Impressive Speaker Line-Up

Here’s just a sample:

Chuck Pelly, Legendary Auto Designer, The Design Academy

Chuck Pelly is a legend among auto designers. The majority of the cars on the road today have Pelly’s signature on them. Lead designer of BMW’s X5 and the award winning 3-series, Pelly founded Designworks/USA, which quickly became recognized as one of the top design consultancies in the world. Pelly will walk RISE attendees through the decision-making process all auto designers use and how nonwoven fabrics can be incorporated into the decisionmaking tree.

John Wilbanks, Creative Commons — GreenXchange: NIKE’s System for Sharing Innovation

NIKE believes in the power of collaboration and shared knowledge. Working with Creative Commons and other brands such as Best Buy and Yahoo!, NIKE is building a digital platform that enables the sharing of sustainability innovations on a global scale. Launched in 2010, GreenXchange (GX) creates a collaborative network promoting the creation and adoption of technologies that have the potential to solve important global problems and industry-wide sustainability challenges. Learn how GX can spur innovation in our industry, help some of the world’s best brands work together towards the same goal and think differently in terms of how they share ideas.

David W. Marek, Chief Designer & Sr. Manager, Automotive Styling Group, Honda R&D-Americas

David is currently the Chief Designer and Senior Manager of the Automotive Styling Group at Honda Research and Development- Americas. In other words, he’s the guy who decides what textiles go into the next generation of automotives at Honda, one of the industry’s most forward-thinking and innovative companies.