The United States Patent and Trademark Office, in conjunction with the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), invited Michelle Berryman to participate as a speaker in their USPTO Design Day conference in Washington, DC. The conference was attended by US Design Patent Examiners, Intellectual Property Attorneys and designers. Using the IDEA Awards and Design & Business Catalyst Awards as examples, Michelle addressed the value and power of design as a competitive tool and market differentiator.

Michelle Berryman gave Atlanta Pecha Kucha a bit of a cultural shock with her documented photos of street food from her trips to Asia in 2005 and 2007. She was one of nine presenters in the Volume Three Spring Session. Check out the presentation on iTunes.

IDSA president and Echo Visualization founding principal Michelle Berryman, as part of the ID@GT Fall 2007 Lecture Series, presented a lecture on Women in Design Leadership at the Van Leer Building Auditorium of Georgia Tech. The ID@GT Lecture series is sponsored by the IDSA Atlanta Chapter and the Industrial Design Program in the College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Michelle Berryman spoke at the Carrera de Diseno Industrial of DuoUC in Santiago, Chile at a seminar on design as a tool for strategic development and innovation (Seminario “Diseno como factor de innovacion y desarrollo estrategico”). DuoUC is a branch of the Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile.

On February 12th, the House of Sweden, the cultural wing of the Swedish Embassy in Washington, D.C., will be hosting a one day conference on Design Connections. The focus of the conference will be to advance the necessity of good design as a competitive tool for industry and on connections between Sweden and the United States regarding design policies, perspectives and the latest technologic achievements. EchoViz’s own Michelle Berryman will be a featured speaker for the conference, and her topic of discussion will be about design perspectives. The event is part of the ongoing celebration of design, promoted by the Swedish Government through the House of Sweden.

EchoViz principal Michelle Berryman will be presenting a lecture on Interaction Design this Friday, September 29, at Virginia Tech to the industrial design students. The lecture is titled “Convergence: Industrial Design + Interaction Design”.

EchoViz Principal, Michelle Berryman, will be speaking to the graduate students at the School of Design in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Address: 1/F, Core A, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong) on October 12th at 6:00 PM. The presentation will be an updated version of the “Four Dimensions of Interactive Marketing” talk that Michelle originally delivered in 2004 at the International Home and Housewares Show in Chicago.

You’re invited to an upcoming EDPA event featuring Tim Kelley, Principal of Blue Sky Exhibits and Brian Lynn, & Michelle Berryman from EchoViz. Brian and Michelle will be speaking on trends in software and technology in the exhibit industry. Learn how to create sizzling animations and interactive presentations that will help your jobs sell. See you on Tuesday, May 17 from 11:30 – 1:30PM. Go here for more details.

Michelle Berryman, Principal, to speak at International Housewares Show in Chicago.

Press Release — EchoViz designer Michelle Berryman to promote design awareness at Consumer Electronics Show.