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Fiona Bennie

Fiona works on sustainable innovation and design strategy for product and service development, focusing on creative thinking and problem solving for future challenges. Most recently she led the i-team project, in collaboration with IDEO London, and co-authored Fashion Futures 2025, in collaboration with Levi Strauss & Co. She is currently leading the Sustainability ‘Beacons for Innovation’ project for the Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network, which looks ahead to 2030 to uncover the challenges and opportunities that sustainability issues pose to the industries.

Prior to joining Forum for the Future, Fiona has worked as a design strategist for Pearson Matthews innovation consultancy and the UK Design Council, and as a marketing manager/designer for L’Oreal in Italy. Fiona studied at the Milan Politecnico and has an MA in Strategic Design and a BA in Italian and Industrial Design. She also holds a PGCert in Sustainable Development from Imperial College. Twitter: @fiona_bee

Presentation: Sustainable innovation through future scenarios

How can the UK's creative industries apply their expertise and experience to the big sustainability challenges facing society? This session will share the findings from an exciting project which tackled this question, and facilitate a discussion around the sustainability implications for the CIs and some suggestions for how they can lead on sustainable innovation.