Isabelle Vérilhac BEDA (The Bureau of European Design Associations) President Head of International Affairs and Innovation, Cité du design, Saint-Etienne, France Member of the French Design Council Focal point Saint-Etienne UNESCO City of Design

Isabelle Vérilhac holds a Post-Diploma in design & research, a Doctorate in material chemical physics, and gives lectures in industrial design. For 15 years she has been in charge of the relations with economic stakeholders at the Cité du design Saint-Etienne. She created and set up the materials resource center, the innovative uses and practices labs (LUPI®) and the Design Creative City Living Lab of the Cité du design. She coordinated the European Project IDeALL (Integrating Design for All in Living Labs), that combined design and user-centered Living Labs methodologies, and one of the first design program funded by the European Commission in 2012. She’s in charge of the development and the management of projects for economic, territorial, societal projects. Since the beginning of 2019, Isabelle has been the International Manager and Coordinator of Saint-Etienne UNESCO City of Design and, as a member for some years, of the Board of BEDA, (The Bureau of European Design Associations), she was elected President in May 2021.