The importance Radical Imagination and plurality keynote: Dr Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian

What is ‘Radical Imagination?’ That is the topic of Dr Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian’s Keynote during GDF23. Known for for disrupting systems and sparking radical imagination, Nelly Ben Hayoun leads a multidisciplinary practice supporting youth countercultures, experimental practices and pluralistic futures. In the keynote, she speaks about how she puts ‘Radical Imagination’ in practice. How do you really support social dreaming within the context of our society through design, events and more? How do we think longterm? She asked in her opening.

Nelly has worked with NASA for over a decade, is Vice Chair for the Cultural Utilization of Space, a member of the IAF Space Education and Outreach Committee and a permanent committee member of the International Academy of Astronautics Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

This talk was in collaboration with IED - Istituto Europeo di Design and University of the Arts London.