Doctor of Design (DDes) Symposium
DDes Fall Symposium 2025
Welcome, and thank you for joining us at the SAPL DDes Fall Symposium 2025. Our Doctoral candidates have been diligent in pushing the boundaries of professional practice-based research and are eager to share their findings and insights with our community.
Please note that the symposium is fully online, and that Zoom links for each session are listed below for your reference. We ask that the panelists with an asterisk next to their initials chair the session (time keep), allowing for a 15-minute student presentation and then 12 minutes per panelist.
As per DDes tradition, participants should note that each session is recorded, as a study aid for students to access after the symposium.
Please find a panelist guide and full program at the bottom of this page.
Day 1 - Friday, December 5
NOTE: There are two meeting rooms for each session block.
| SESSION TIMES (MST) | ZOOM #1 Meeting ID: 957 0645 4960 | ZOOM #2 Meeting ID: 961 9277 7098 |
| 9:00 - 9:10 AM | Opening Remarks | Opening Remarks |
| 9:10 - 10:00 AM | Peter Braithwaite GL*, MA, AK | Emmanuel Ssinabulya BW*, SS, CK |
| 10:00 - 10:10 AM | 10 Minute Break | 10 Minute Break |
| 10:10 - 11:00 AM | Francis Wang BW*, DN, DS | Yulia Korobkova JT*, AK, MD |
| 11:00 - 11:10 AM | 10 Minute Break | 10 Minute Break |
| 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM | Gerry Lang JB*, DC, BWT | Paige Lloyd GL*, BJ, DN |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | Lunch Break | Lunch Break |
| 1:00 - 1:50 PM | Jody Patterson BW*, BWT, TAZ | Daniel Mercer JB*, TG, RW |
| 1:50 - 2:00 PM | 10 Minute Break | 10 Minute Break |
| 2:00 - 2:50 PM | Selina Chen JB*, LY, GCC | Azin Dilmaghani BW*, MN, VK |
| 2:50 - 3:00 PM | 10 Minute Break | 10 Minute Break |
| 3:00 - 3:50 PM | Sylvain Bilodeau GL*, DJ, DC | Allyse Li JB*, BJ, MN |
| 3:50 - 4:00 PM | 10 Minute Break | 10 Minute Break |
| 4:00 - 4:50 PM | Susan Carter JB*, TB, TR |
*Session Chair
Day 2 - Saturday, December 6
NOTE: There are two meeting rooms for each session block.
| SESSION TIMES (MST) | ZOOM #1 Meeting ID: 994 4354 5591 | ZOOM #2 Meeting ID: 973 6151 3173 |
| 9:00 - 9:50 | Simon Raper BW*, DN, AK | David Finch (2hr defence) JT*, GH, DH,TB, DS |
| 9:50 - 10:00 | 10 Minute Break | |
| 10:00 - 10:50 | Alkarim Devani JB*, BJ, SS | |
| 10:50 - 11:00 | 10 Minute Break | 10 Minute Break |
| 11:00 - 11:50 | Matt Grace BW*, GA, VK | Fahad Islam JB*, BWT, KS |
| 11:50 - 12:00 | 10 Minute Break | 10 Minute Break |
| 12:00 - 12:50 | Nadi Miri GH*, WS, DJ | Sarmad Al-Mashta BW*, LY, GCC |
| 12.50- 1:00 | Closing Remarks | Closing Remarks |
*Session Chair
Panelists
| (AK) Andrew King | (CK) Cecile Kotyk | (DC) Darryl Condon | (GCC) Gian-Carlo Carra | (KS) Keir Stuhlmiller | (MN) Matthew North | (ST) Sasha Tsenkova | (TR) Troy Rhodes |
| (BJ) Barry Johns | (DAJ) D’Arcy Jones | (DS) Dawan Stanford | (GL) Graham Livesey | (LY) Laura Young | (MP) Matthew Parker | (TAZ) Taghreed Al-Zubidi | (VK) Viren Kallianpur |
| (BWT) Brenda Webster Tweel | (DN) Diarmuid Nash | (GH) Greg Hart | (JB) John Brown | (MA) Maher Alrez | (RW) Robb Whyte | (TG) Teresa Goldstein | (WS) William Semple |
| (BW) Barry Wylant | (DH) Dan Hapton | (GA) Getachew Assefa | (JT) Josh Taron | (MD) Michael Donaldson | (SS) Sally Stewart | (TB) Trevor Boddy |
Full program, panelist and candidate bios coming soon.