Ron A. Nabarro, Israel

Co-Founder and Director, Senior-Touch Ltd and is Professor at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology

Professor Ron Nabarro is a professor of Industrial design at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, where he was the founder and head of the graduate program in Industrial Design and Design Management. He was an executive board member of ICSID, the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design, holder of the design education portfolio (1999-2003) and acts now as an ICSID ambassador. He was dean of the School of Design and Art at the Academic Institute of Technology Holon (1998-2001).

He is a practicing designer since 1970 and designed over 600 products mostly in the field of advanced technologies. He is the Founder and director of Innovation by Design (1973), founder and director of design4all (2001), co-founder and president of Senior-Touch ltd. (2003) and design manager and co-director of Scentcom ltd. He is the recipient of 23 design awards and is acting as design coordinator for numerous international projects.
Principle areas of work, research and interest include design management, design for elderly, design education and interdisciplinary design.

Prof. Nabarro is a frequent speaker and presenter in design conferences and seminars and conducts workshops in design schools around the world. He is the writer of articles on design management, interdisciplinary design, green design and design for elderly for business periodicals and business daily papers.