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February 20, 2008

RISD's new president to speak at Business EXPO

John Maeda, the new president of the Rhode Island School of Design, will deliver a speech at this year's Business EXPO, the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce announced today.

The speech, advertised by the chamber as Maeda's "first appearance in Rhode Island," will take place at the Rhode Island Convention Center.

The Business EXPO will be held on May 6 to May 7. Maeda's speech, titled "The Future of Technology, Design, and Simplicity,” is scheduled for Tuesday, May 6.

The Providence Journal reported on Maeda's hiring in December, calling him "a prominent artist, designer and educator who is currently the associate director of research at the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology."

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Posted by Benjamin N. Gedan  at 2:20 PM | Permalink

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