{"id":4371,"date":"2021-10-15T13:52:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T13:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cumulusasso.wpengine.com\/?page_id=4371"},"modified":"2021-11-13T11:20:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T11:20:32","slug":"meet-the-cumulus-student-ambassadors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/student-commons\/cumulus-student-ambassador-program\/meet-the-cumulus-student-ambassadors","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Cumulus Student Ambassadors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/div><!-- \/ Wrapper -->\n<section class=\"page-hero entry   with-decoration green-2 \">\n\n\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\n\t\t<hgroup>\n\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet the Cumulus Student Ambassadors<\/h1>\n\n\n\t\t<\/hgroup>\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"wrapper entry\">\n\n\n\r\n<div class=\"tab-nav-outer\">\r\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"tab-nav people-year-tab-nav\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><span>2025<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><span>2024<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><span>2023<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><span>2022<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><span>2021<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><span>2020<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><span>2019<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><span>2018<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><span>2017<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><span>2016<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><span>2015<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t <div class=\"people-outer people-year-tab-content\">\r\n\t\t\t \t<div class=\"people-grid layout-standard\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Photo_AynaSeddigh_sq.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Ayna Seddigh<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">L'ecole de design Nantes, France<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Master&#8217;s student in Design Strategy at L&#8217;ecole de design Nantes, France. Bachelor of Industrial Design from the University of Art, Tehran.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Photo_AmritaDas_sq.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Amrita Das<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">L'ecole de design Nantes, France<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Master&#8217;s student in International Design Strategy. Graphic and communications designer.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CECY_webTec-2.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Cecy &#8211; Myrna Cecilia Salazar Leal<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">TEC Monterrey<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Industrial Design with a specialization in Visual Design<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Regina_web-1.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Regina Cirilo Ramos<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">UDEM Mexico<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t <div class=\"people-outer people-year-tab-content\">\r\n\t\t\t \t<div class=\"people-grid layout-standard\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nora_web.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>N\u00f3ra Szil\u00e1gyi<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Nora is undertaking an MA programme in Product Design. She holds already a BA diploma from the same institution. Her portfolio includes several exhibitions, including Hungarian Design Award Budapest 2023 and Stockholm Furniture Fair 2024, as well as scholarships and awards such as Red Dot Design Award and Stefan Lengyel Excellence Scholarship.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Gabor_web.png)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>G\u00e1bor Houchard<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\"> Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>G\u00e1bor is currently participating in the master\u2019s programme in architecture. He holds a BA diploma in Architecture from MOME. As an Erasmus student, he studies also in Universidade do Porto, Portugal. He would like to uphold a wide-ranging intellectual openness and interests. Apart from architecture, he deals also with the peripheral areas of architecture, namely philosophy, the social sciences, performing arts and aesthetics. What interests him the most is, how we can, instead of designing isolated objects, focus on shaping and tuning the processes that define our environment.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Wang400.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Yuejia Wang<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Central Academy of Fine Arts, CAFA d-School <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Yuejia educational background is in Visual Communication. Currently, she is pursuing Design Criticism &#038; Curatorial Studies in CAFA. She was awarded numerous honors for her outstanding study works and results. Her professional experience is in visual design and planning of exhibitions of art works.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ErluNi_Samantha400.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Erlu Ni &#8211; Samantha<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Central Academy of Fine Arts, CAFA d-School<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Samantha is pursuing the MA degree, Master of Fine Arts in Bio Art and Design in CAFA. The core courses she picked are Bio Art Design Research, Design Criticism &#038; Curatorial Studies. She has experience in event organization in the role of the assistant to the Dean and contributed to the Cumulus conference in CAFA in 2023. She was an intern in Good Food project as well as in China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (NGO). <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t <div class=\"people-outer people-year-tab-content\">\r\n\t\t\t \t<div class=\"people-grid layout-standard\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Toon_StudentAmbassador.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Toon Chaerle<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">University of Antwerp, Belgium<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t <div class=\"people-outer people-year-tab-content\">\r\n\t\t\t \t<div class=\"people-grid layout-standard\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Veyda_DeAgro-Ruopp.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Veyda DeAgro-ruopp<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">The College for Creative Studies, USA<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Veyda is majoring in film with an emphasis on screenwriting and directing. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to her studies, she is interested in using filmmaking to develop new methods of research in various psychology fields and methods of storytelling that recreate the way the brain processes information and constructs meaning. Passionate about social justice, particularly neurodiversity, all of her work revolves around a desire to challenge societal norms and affect change.<br \/>\nA leader within her community, she is a member of student government, a participant in CCS Leads (a student leadership development program), and a major advocate for accessibility on campus. She was selected as one of two student ambassadors and a student panelist to represent the College for Creative Studies at the Cumulus Conference in Detroit in 2022 and the following conference in Antwerp in 2023. She is excited to participate in conversations about sustainability and bringing about change on a broader scale.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Maya_Scarpa.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Maya Scarpa<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">The College for Creative Studies, USA<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Maya is an illustration student with a focus on editorial illustration and publishing. She is particularly passionate about equity and inclusion and works as a student intern with the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on campus. Along with this position, she is a Teaching Assistant for First Year Experience, a specialized class for first-year students at her college. Maya also has worked on projects with Rising Voices of Asian American Families in Michigan and Parkhouse Detroit. Maya will represent College for Creative Studies at the Cumulus Detroit 2022 and the Antwerp conference in 2023. She is particularly grateful for the opportunity to immerse herself in a community passionate about the arts, sustainability, and change.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t <div class=\"people-outer people-year-tab-content\">\r\n\t\t\t \t<div class=\"people-grid layout-standard\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joao_Jimenez.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Joao Jim\u00e9nez<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Universidad de las Artes, Ecuador<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Selected as a student ambassador for the Cumulus Guayaquil 2021 Conference, Joao is a music production student with experience in audio editing and mixing for new media. He is passionate about the arts sector, born from innovation and technological vanguards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p>With a view to generating innovative musical and sound projects, he has entered the world of programming. In addition, he has participated in cultural projects to vindicate independent art in cities like Loja, Saraguro, Otavalo, and Guayaquil. He represents the University of Arts as Ambassador for the Cumulus Guayaquil 2021 Conference and at the network conference in Russia in June 2022.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jamely_Esmeralda.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Jamely Esmeralda<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Universidad de las Artes, Ecuador<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Selected as a student ambassador for the Cumulus Guayaquil 2021 Conference, Jamely is majoring in Literature. She has been published at Ruta Colectiva magazine and, in 2018, won the LibreLibro Literary Contest for a narrative piece she wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p>She has collaborated with local NGOs for the development of political, cultural, and artistic projects for women and the LGBTQ community. Jamely also gives virtual workshops on decolonial studies and class, gender, and race critical theory (2020-nowadays). She translates texts and gives translation workshops for the AWTC (Academic Writing and Translation Center) in collaboration with the International Relationships Department at the University of Arts. She represents the University of Arts as Ambassador for the Cumulus Guayaquil 2021 Conference and at the network conference in Russia in June 2022.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/student-1.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Camilla Gironi<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Sapienza University of Rome, Italy<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>The Sapienza University organizers of Design Culture (s) &#8211; Cumulus Roma 2021 chose Camilla as one of the two student ambassadors. At the time of her award, Camilla was a second-year student majoring in Interaction Design and minoring in Human-Computer Interaction at the Master of Science in Product and Service Design, and a participant of the Advanced Course of the program.<br \/>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p>Read more about Camilla\u2019s rich background and her volunteering as a designer in Poliferie, a national no-profit organization aiming at cultivating and supporting neglected potential of young people living in suburban areas, in her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/camilla-gironi\/\">Linkedin profile<\/a> and stay tuned for more about Camilla\u2019s contribution to the Cumulus Guayaquil November 2021 conference.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBeing a Student Ambassador in the challenging times of Covid is a unique experience I am grateful for. Taking part in the Cumulus Roma 2021 &#8211; Design Culture(s), the first virtual\/hybrid Cumulus conference, has been a great opportunity to witness the terrific dedication of this incredible worldwide community, driven by passion for innovation in Arts and Design, always willing to share the most inspiring contributions and offering glimpses of the future in an inexhaustible exchange of knowledge across generations. A precious testimony of resilience, commitment and growth through times of uncertainty.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/student-2.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Dimitri Russo<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Sapienza University of Rome, Italy<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dimitri Russo was also selected as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">second student ambassador for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Design Culture (s) &#8211; Cumulus Roma 2021<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. At the time of his award, Dimitri was a second and final year student of the Master\u2019s Degree in Product and Service Design majoring in People-centred design. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dimitri also works as a tutor for exams and theses of the Faculty of Architecture and participates in various competitions. Read more about his background in his <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/dimitri-russo\">Linkedin profile<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTaking part in the organization of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Design Culture (s) &#8211; Cumulus Roma 2021<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> conference as content manager was a truly rewarding as well as formative experience. The passion for design and the inexhaustible interest in travel and the discovery of new cultures find concreteness in this recognition which is based precisely on the admixture of different voices and knowledge.\u00a0 In a world in constant evolution, being able to listen to the ideas and points of view of designers from all over the world will always be a reason for growth and being able to actively contribute to the formation of this reality will be a source of pride.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t <div class=\"people-outer people-year-tab-content\">\r\n\t\t\t \t<div class=\"people-grid layout-standard\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article class=\"no-entries-info\">\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<div class=\"no-entries-content\">\r\n\t\t<p>Please note the program was paused in 2020 due to the global COVID-19 Pandemic and the postponement of Cumulus Conferences. <\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t <div class=\"people-outer people-year-tab-content\">\r\n\t\t\t \t<div class=\"people-grid layout-standard\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Group-2277.png)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Valeria Rozo Moreno<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Universidad de los Andes, Colombia<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>The third student ambassador selected for The Design After and the Design Culture (s) conferences by Universidad de los Andes, Valeria was an architecture student with a minor in anthropology at the time of the award.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interested in student empowerment and a co-founder of the feminist architecture collective Las Arquitercas, Valeria activates intersectional and interdisciplinary conversations in student communities, aiming at a more contextualized decolonial-thinking education in Latin-American. Read more about Valeria in her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/valeriarozo\/?originalSubdomain=co\">Linkedin profile<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/student-3.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Felipe Borb\u00f3n V\u00e1squez<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Universidad de los Andes, Colombia<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Universidad de los Andes, organizer of the Cumulus Bogot\u00e1 conference: (October 30 \u2013 November 1, 2019) chose Felipe as one of three student ambassadors to represent their home institution and participate in the Sapienza\u2019s Design Culture (s).<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p>Universidad de los Andes, organizer of the Cumulus Bogot\u00e1 conference: (October 30 \u2013 November 1, 2019) chose Felipe as one of three student ambassadors to represent their home institution and participate in the Sapienza\u2019s Design Culture (s).<\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/student-4.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Juliana Edith Rojas<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Universidad de los Andes, Colombia<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Juliana was also selected as a student ambassador by her home institution Universidad de los Andes for The Design After and the Design Culture (s) conferences. At the time of the award, she was a student of the design program with minors in Management, Visual Computing and French Language and Culture.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p>Juliana was also selected as a student ambassador by her home institution Universidad de los Andes for The Design After and the Design Culture (s) conferences. At the time of the award, she was a student of the design program with minors in Management, Visual Computing and French Language and Culture.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Group-22772.png)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Matilda Kalving<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">University of Lapland, Finland<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">University of Lapland, organizer of the Cumulus Rovaniemi conference: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around the Campfire<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 (May 30 \u2013 June 1, 2019), selected Matilda as one of their two student ambassadors to represent their home institution conference and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Design After<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the time of the award, Matilda was a bachelor level student of Industrial Design pursuing a minor in Creative technologies with a strong background in UX-design research for her university and active in student co-curricular initiatives. Learn more about Matilda <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/matilda-kalving\/?originalSubdomain=fi\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Group-22377.png)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Lauri Hakala<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">University of Lapland, Finland<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lauri Hakala is a student in University of Lapland majoring in Industrial design &amp; minoring in creative technologies. He works as a research assistant in University of Lapland DecoChrom project. In the project, he works in the field of interaction design, technology &amp; prototyping.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lauri has a background in sales &amp; is a board member &amp; responsible of finance in University of Lapland art student union TAO ry. In addition, he has been a tutor &amp; a volunteer in many events. Lauri is familiar with multiple 3D-modeling programs such as Rhinoceros &amp; SolidWorks as well as with various Adobe programs. His main interests &amp; skills are however in programming, ice- &amp; furniture design. Lauri has co-authored two conference papers. With one, the team received the Best Demo award at the Eighth ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays (PerDis).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also selected to be an ambassador for the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around the Campfire and Design After <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">conferences, Lauri was pursuing his BA in Industrial Design with a minor in Creative technologies at the time of the award. Lauri was also a research assistant in the University of Lapland DecoChrom project in the field of interaction design, technology and prototyping with interests in programming, and furniture design. Learn more about Lauri <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/laurihakala\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and watch his testimonial in the Cumulus 30th Anniversary member film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t <div class=\"people-outer people-year-tab-content\">\r\n\t\t\t \t<div class=\"people-grid layout-standard\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/wefwefwf.png)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Mael Le Couedic<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">CESAAP \/ ENSAAMA<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mael was the fourth student ambassador from CESAAP to also attend <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diffused Transition &amp; Design Opportunities <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Wuxi. At the time of the award, Mael studied Product Design at ENSAAMA; he also had an educational background in applied arts and BA in Science. He chose to be a designer instead of a doctor to help people.\u00a0 Learn more about Mael in his Linkedin profile <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ma%C3%ABl-le-cou%C3%ABdic-485469136\/?originalSubdomain=uk\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An excerpt from his experience in Paris:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDesigning together is a challenging topic as it involves collaborative experiences, co-working, sharing knowledge and changing the world. In the context of the Cumulus conference, an international cross-disciplinary workshop intended for students from the member institutions of the Cumulus organization and French students from the four schools was organized at Beaubourg museum. The workshop was later presented during the conference. This was the perfect example of how fruitful designing together can be. The round tables and conferences dealt with cross-disciplinarity, the transmission of knowledge and traditional know-how, citizenship and sustainable development. At Ensaama, the international design competition Dream 2074: a utopia for French luxury was launched. During the conference, we also had the opportunity to meet the student ambassadors from India and thus get prepared to be ambassadors ourselves.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/wedf.png)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Louisa Cao<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">CESAAP \/ \u00c9cole Estienne<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louisa was selected amid the four student ambassadors to participate in the Cumulus Paris and Wuxi conferences. At the time of the award, Louisa was a final year student of 3D Animation at \u00c9cole Estienne. Louisa had a rich background celebrated with awards in music video development and illustration including children\u2019s books.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpt from her experience as a student ambassador:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEven if Cumulus in Paris was already a great experience, I didn\u2019t truly understand how ambitious this association was before living it in Wuxi. Cumulus is an association that manages to bring the voices of amazing people from around the world, it allows them to connect through art-related workshops, conferences, exhibitions and talking sessions\u2026 It was a pure joy to see the Jiangnan students so involved in the Cumulus event. We had the opportunity to discuss, debate and question the importance of design and the transformation of our environments. At first, I must confess that the communication between us (four French Ambassadors) and the Chinese students was a bit difficult, mainly because of the language barrier. But in the end we managed to create deep bonds and to understand each other, and I hope it was as rewarding for them as it was for me to be part of this adventure.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/wf.png)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Ga\u00ebtan Gremel<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">CESAAP \/ \u00c9cole Duperr\u00e9<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ga\u00ebtan was one of the four student ambassadors to represent their home institution in the Paris Cumulus conference and later in Wuxi for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diffused Transition &amp; Design Opportunities<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. At the time of the award, Ga\u00ebtan was a third-year student of Fashion Design at \u00c9cole Duperr\u00e9. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He worked on the student exhibition presented during the conference. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He brought to his role his expertise in special effect garment design and event management.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpt from his reflection attending the Wuxi conference:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was particularly surprised by the quality and the precision of the models put forward. It is in China that I understood the second goal of the Cumulus conferences, it was to show the strengths of the organizing country in order to make it shine. While China surprised me by its pre-industrialization capabilities and the ease students had in working with companies. It gave me a chance to think about what France could bring. It seems to me that we have creativity and craftsmanship, one that is constantly developing thanks to the new materials that we create and develop. For this I find the Cumulus conferences enriching not only by their conferences but also by the way that the event allows one to discover the culture and how the new generation re appropriated it.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/23.png)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Maylis Vitrac<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">CESAAP \/ \u00c9cole Boulle<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CESAAP, organizer of the Cumulus Paris 2018 conference titled <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To get there: designing together <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(April 11\u201314, 2018), selected Maylis as one of four student ambassadors to represent their home institution and attend the following Cumulus conference in Wuxi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the time of the award, Maylis was a fresh graduate of \u00c9cole<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boulle holding a master\u2019s degree in Event Design. She called herself a social link designer with interests in environmental and educational issues as well as in cultural exchanges. Learn more about Maylis and her work now via her Linkedin profile <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/maylis-vitrac-93667b138\/?originalSubdomain=fr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpt from her testimonial on the Cumulus Paris conference:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cIt with great joy we welcomed teachers and professionals from around the world to our schools (Boulle, Duperr\u00e9, Ensamaa, Estienne) to talk about design and creation in the context of the Cumulus Conference. Our schools were transformed during a few days into a laboratory of reflection: to question the transformation of our environments and the interdisciplinarity of our four schools, shared with those of our guests. How can we think, build, innovate together? The round tables were very relevant on the issues of the designer\u2019s role in the face of the citizenship in tension, the conditions necessary to ensure interdisciplinarity or the transmission of knowledge, French luxury.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpts from her experience in Wuxi:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis trip enlightened me and transformed me. I am a service designer specializing in ethical and social projects. I am also sensitive to cultural exchanges. Meeting people around the world to discuss new design opportunities has been an incredible opportunity. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The forum was a time of definition : what are the new roles of designers? Where are we going? How do we create new design processes in a 3.0 world?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The conference exposed innovative processes in industry, service design, and the ways in which design benefits an evolving system. The examples evoked local and global issues, because today, the power of technology has given rise to interdependent citizens of the world. It was very interesting to see projects specific to Eastern China concerning Healthcare, the massive use of digital, or urban agriculture. The opportunity to discover another culture of design once back in France, question our own design practices, our own creative process, our local issues was consequential. This is an invitation to travel and meet to take a step back on our practices, then improve our local needs through design.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/student-5.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Danni Deng<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Jiangnan University, China<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiangnan University, organizer of the Cumulus Wuxi conference: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diffused Transition &amp; Design Opportunities<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (October 31 \u2013 November 4, 2018), chose Danni as one of their two student ambassadors to represent their home institution and participate in the Rovaniemi Cumulus conference. At the time of the award, Danni was in his final year of an MA in Industrial Design with special interest in designing for the elderly and user experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFor me, it is a matter of pride for my school to be able to hold an international conference, and I am even more proud to be involved as a volunteer. We welcomed scholars and researchers from all over the world. They speak for design in a new cultural environment, allow people to understand the global dynamics of design, see different design practices, and hear different voices&#8230; Thanks to Cumulus for calling the world\u2019s most outstanding designers together, bringing new thinking to them and promoting the development of Chinese design.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/student-6.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Zhou Siqi<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Jiangnan University, China<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiangnan University, organizer of the Cumulus Wuxi conference: Diffused Transition &amp; Design Opportunities on October 31 \u2013 November 4, 2018, also selected Zhou (Jessy) as a student ambassador. At the time of the award, Jessy was a BA level student majoring in Industrial Design with an interest in design for healthcare.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpt from Jessy\u2019s experience in the Cumulus Wuxi conference:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis Cumulus conference is the stage for international art design and media college thinkers, providing a new vision and inspiration for the development of global art design disciplines and talent cultivation. 2018 also marks the 60th anniversary of Jiangnan University. This conference was an opportunity to further promote\u00a0 the international development of the design discipline of Jiangnan University.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t <div class=\"people-outer people-year-tab-content\">\r\n\t\t\t \t<div class=\"people-grid layout-standard\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/wqerqwer.png)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Philip Jensen<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Design School Kolding, Denmark<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philip was also selected by Design School Kolding as a student ambassador to represent his home institution and attend <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Letters to the Future<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. At the time of the award, Philip was pursuing an MA in Communication design after undergraduate studies in Art &amp; Architecture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philip has a rich experience in photography, motion design and film and is the founder of KidUp, a startup focused on the sharing economy. Learn more about Philip today via his Linkedin profile <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philipdk\/?originalSubdomain=dk\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/erqwerwer.png)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Camilla Soeby<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Design School Kolding, Denmark<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Design School Kolding, organizer of the Cumulus Kolding 2017 conference \u2013REDO (May 30 \u2013 June 2), chose Camilla as one of two student ambassadors to represent their home institution and participate in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Letters to the Future<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> conference in India. At the time of the award, Camilla was a BA level student majoring in Accessory Design.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Camilla also brought to her role her experience as an innovator for 6000 plants \u2013 an urban garden community in Kolding helping citizens to make green choices locally. Learn more about her work today in her Linkedin profile <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/camilla-s%C3%B8eby-land-6158682\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/student-7.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Saili Palyekar<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, India<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Srishti Institute, organizer of the Cumulus Bengaluru 2017 conference,\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Letters to the Future <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">( November 20\u201323, 2017), chose Saili as one of two student ambassadors to represent their home institution and participate in the Cumulus Paris 2018 conference.. At the time of the award, Saili was an undergraduate student majoring in Information Arts and Information design.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saili brought her communication design expertise and personal interests in fashion blogging, fashion and styling and storytelling to her role.\u00a0 Learn more about her today in this Linkedin profile <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/saili-palyekar-b4b330189\/?originalSubdomain=in\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpt from her experience attending the Paris conference:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEnthralling, engaging and absolutely exhilarating might just be an understatement for three days of a power pact design conference. Ecole Boulle, Estienne, Duperee and Ensaama hosted The International Cumulus Conference, Paris 2018 bringing together designers, artists, thinkers, teachers and learners from across the globe. Together, To get there, the theme of the conference truly spoke about how design is a collaborative process and only when we work together and for one another will we be able to move a step forward in the world of design.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/student-8.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Nitish Chopra<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, India<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nitish was also selected by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Srishti<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as the second student ambassador to represent his\u00a0 home institution and travel to Paris for the Cumulus conference in 2018. At the time of the award, Nitish was majoring in Human Centered Design with studies in UI\/UX and Visual Communication\/Strategic Branding. <\/span><i><\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With interests in copywriting as well as in brand, strategy and packaging design, Nitish had taken part in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record for the Largest Dice Mosaic \u2013 an artwork for the Kempegowda International Airport. Learn more about Nitish\u2019s profile today<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nitish-chopra-263845b0\/?originalSubdomain=in\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> here.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpts from Nitish\u2019s experience as part of the Srishti conference:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Bangalore conference started on a high note with a brilliant opening ceremony from our college students and outside performers. The inaugural keynote address by Shabnam Virmani spoke on the theme of \u2018Timelessness\u2019. She, along with an eminent panel of art philosophers kick started the conference with a discourse on time perceptions and its impact on our activities. The discussion was quite an enlightening and soothing experience to an otherwise speculatory and consuming exercise as an exercise on talking about \u201cfuture\u201d could be\u2026. In the end I wasn\u2019t entirely prepared to consume and make sense of all that valuable knowledge that was directed at me.But I do feel a bit alleviated, if not enlightened, that there does exist a future, a green one \u2013 a safe one \u2013 that we can strive for, in collaboration, because there are people who pursue similar aims and in unity we can find some might.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t <div class=\"people-outer people-year-tab-content\">\r\n\t\t\t \t<div class=\"people-grid layout-standard\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sf.png)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Pei-Yin Liu<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Nottingham Trent University, UK <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pei-Yin was selected as a student ambassador by her home institution for the 2016 Cumulus\u00a0 Nottingham Conference \u201cIn This Place,\u201d (April 27- May 1) and to participate in the Hong Kong Design Institute conference later that year. She was a Master student in International fashion management at the time of the award and had a bachelor in international business from the National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences in her home country, Taiwan. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/student-9.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Jennifer Ng Sin Kiu<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Hong Kong Design Institute, Hong Kong <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hong Kong Design Institute, organizer of the Cumulus Hong Kong 2016 conference: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open Design for E-very-thing \u2013 exploring new design purposes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (November 21\u201324)\u00a0 chose Jennifer as one of two student ambassadors to represent their home institution and the REDO conference in Kolding in 2017.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the time of the award, Jennifer was majoring in Jewellery and Image Product Design. Jennifer is passionate about drawing, handicraft and photography.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/student-10.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Juliette Ho Long Sum<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Hong Kong Design Institute, Hong Kong <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juliette was also selected to represent the Hong Kong Design Institute and attend the REDO conference in Kolding. At the time of the award, Jennifer was majoring in Fashion Design and was already working as a\u00a0 fashion designer for Off the Wall company.\u00a0 Learn more about her work as a fashion designer today in her Linkedin profile <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/julietteho\/?originalSubdomain=uk\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t <div class=\"people-outer people-year-tab-content\">\r\n\t\t\t \t<div class=\"people-grid layout-standard\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ewrwer.png)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Luca Piallini<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Politecnico di Milano, Milan<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luca was also selected by Politecnico in the 3-student ambassador inaugural cohort who participated in<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtuous <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cycle<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Circle <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Cumulus Mumbai conference, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Planet of Our Own<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. At the time of the award he was studying an MS in Communication Design and had been two time winner of journalism awards. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn about Luca\u2019s work today via his Linkedin profile <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lucapiallini\/?originalSubdomain=uk\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>An excerpt from Luca\u2019s reflection:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThroughout the conference, listening to the voices of the speakers invited to take the stage, reminded us of the growing power of design as a powerful tool to fuel innovation, which engages more and more people aimed at establishing new revolutionary practices.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-message_actions__container c-message__actions\" role=\"group\">\n<div class=\"c-message_actions__group\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"Message shortcuts\" data-qa=\"message-actions\"><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/wertr.png)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Matteo Fagarazzi<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Politecnico di Milano, Milan<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matteo was also part of the inaugural cohort of 3 student ambassadors from Politecnico who participated in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtuous <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cycle<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Circle <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Cumulus Mumbai conference, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Planet of Our Own<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. At the time of the award he was pursuing a masters in Product Service System Design and had undergraduate studies in interior design.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about Matteo today via his Linkedin profile <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/matteo-fagarazzi-b02a3a162\/?originalSubdomain=it\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An excerpt from Matteo\u2019s reflection:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI can\u2019t recall precisely who was the man who wrote the words \u201cthe world is a book, and those who don\u2019t travel only read one page\u201d. Well, if this was true, then that means the three of us added an amazing chapter to our life-books.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Group-2277-1.png)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Vanessa Monna<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Politecnico di Milano, Milan<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Politecnico di Milano launched the inaugural cohort the Student Ambassador Program and selected Vanessa as one of three students to represent their institution for the 2015<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cumulus Milan conference Virtuous <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cycle<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Circle: Design Culture and Experimentation <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(June 3 -7) and to participate in the IIT Cumulus Mumbai conference, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Planet of Our Own<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the time of the award, Vanessa was pursuing a masters in Product Design for Innovation. For the Cumulus conference, Vanessa served as the general manager assistant. Learn more about Vanessa\u2019s academic trajectory today through her Linkedin profile<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/vanessa-monna\/?originalSubdomain=it\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; and watch her contribution in the Cumulus 30th Anniversary member film!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpt from Vanessa\u2019s reflection of the experience:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s a little strange to be a part of the management team of a conference since you would only see the backstage. So, I was really excited to experience a Cumulus Conference from the participant\u2019s point of view, yet knowing how the big machine worked. As Cumulus Ambassadors, Matteo, Luca and I were invited to take part in one of the students\u2019 workshops that took place the day before the official beginning of Cumulus Mumbai 2015. The workshop we\u2019ve selected was called \u201cUrban Sustainability-Common Ground\u201d and was tutored by prof. Massimo Santanicchia from Iceland and Chadni Rajendran (non era Sandeep Bomble) from India. The aim of the workshop was to understand the UN Habitat statement about what it means to achieve urban sustainability.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/student-11.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Kanika Kaul<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT) organizer of the 2015 conference<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cA Planet of Our Own- Cumulus Mumbai 2015<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d chose Kanika as one of two student ambassadors to represent their home institution and participate in the Nottingham Cumulus Conference \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In This Place.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0At the time of the award, Kanika was completing her masters\u2019 degree in Visual Communication.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about Kanika today in her Linkedin profile<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kanika-kaul-9a8b0822\/?originalSubdomain=in\"><b>here.<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From Kanika\u2019s reflection on attending Cumulus Nottingham:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI cannot express in words the thrill of travelling to another country and being exposed to a whole new culture &amp; people. Not only was the conference something to look forward to, even the experience of being in Nottingham was amazing. We attended the X Files Working group on day one, which gave us the opportunity to meet policy makers from all over the world. It really is immensely overwhelming to be able to sit in a room full of people who are making such a large scale difference in the world.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"more-toggle arrow-down\">Read <span>more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<article >\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<figure>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cumulusassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/student-12.jpg)\"><\/span>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"people-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"role\">Student Ambassador<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Sitara Shah<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT) organizer of the 2015 conference<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cA Planet of Our Own- Cumulus Mumbai 2015<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d also selected Sitara as one of two student ambassadors to represent their home institution and participate in the Nottingham Cumulus Conference \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In This Place.\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-text-outer \"><div class=\"more-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the time of the award, Sitara was pursuing a masters\u2019 degree in Interaction Design. Learn more about Sitara today in her profile <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sitarashah\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Excerpt from Sitara\u2019s reflection of her student ambassador experience:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy journey with Cumulus began first in 2015 as a volunteer for the event held in Mumbai that taught me how to function in pressure, overlook all the other activities as an overall coordinator as well as gave me a sense of responsibility. My next experience with Cumulus was in the year 2016 again! But this time as an ambassador from India! My experience with Cumulus 2016 \u2013 \u2018In this Place\u2019, Nottingham was delightful! As an ambassador, my role was to spread awareness about the event, get people to participate in it and also provide fresh ideas to get people to relate with the theme. \u2018In this place\u2019 is all about memories, time, experiences, places, But all of this doesn\u2019t exist without people. People + Space makes it a place. So I decided to ask people all around Nottingham about their favourite place and their connection with it. I took my camera and for the next couple of days documented how they would feel if they suddenly lost their favourite place. What we received from them was very beautiful! 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