The Signage Foundation Inc. (Washington, DC) has added two sessions to the National Signage Research and Education Conference, which will take place October 13-15 at the University of Cincinnati. Peter Dixon, senior partner and creative director for Prophet Inc. (San Francisco), a marketing firm, will discuss “Innovative Integration of Architecture, Design, Marketing and Branding.” Also, Mark Olinger, director of Madison, WI’s Planning, Community and Economic Development Authority, will address “How Signage Defines a Community.” Other presenters include:
• Dr. James Kellaris, Womack/Gemini Chair of Signage and Visual Communication, UC, “Signage as Marketing Communications”
• Alan Weinstein, director, Law and Public Policy Program, Cleveland State University; David Hartt, president, DB Hartt, Inc., “A Framework for On –Premise Sign Regulations”
• Menelaos Triantafillou, associate professor, UC School of Planning, and School of Planning students, “Studio Project with Anderson Township Integrating Key Elements of the Model Sign Code”
• Brian Linzie, |2696|, “Emerging Trends in Signage Technology”
• Joan Christodoulou, former graduate student, UC School of Planning, “Review of Signage Literature with Annotated Bibliography”
The conference is designed for civic planners, governmental regulators, appraisers, marketing and branding specialists, signmakers, sign-industry suppliers and signage end users. For more information, visit www.thesignagefoundation.org.