Cecilia Brenner
She/Her
Managing Director
Design for Good
Cecilia Brenner is Managing Director of Design for Good, a global alliance creating lasting, measurable impact for the UN SDGs. Since joining the charity, she has mobilised thousands of creatives to co-design with NGOs and communities worldwide. With 25+ years in design leadership, she has led global teams focused on health, wellbeing and innovation. She is a speaker, mentor and advocate for life-centred design, committed to improving outcomes for people and the planet.
Talk
What Makes Good Design?
Good design is not only about what we make; it is about what we make possible.
In this keynote, Design for Good Managing Director Cecilia Brenner explores what it takes to apply design in an increasingly complex world. Drawing on real-world stories of impact from across the Design for Good alliance, she reflects on how designers can collaborate across organisational, disciplinary and sector boundaries to address some of today’s most pressing social and environmental challenges — creating the conditions for lasting change for people and planet.