“Design Thinking Mashup,” a symposium organized by School of Architecture Lecturer George Sampson, will be held Feb 22–23, 2011 at the University of Virginia School of Architecture.

The symposium will explore collaboration, creative research, and community, using Architecture and the Arts as exemplars of creative problem solving techniques.

Sampson noted, “So diverse a discipline as Design Thinking merits a diverse set of activities to demonstrate how innovation and creativity are attributes and interests shared both by UVA and by the surrounding Charlottesville–Albemarle community.”

The symposium will consist of three sessions, each with a distinct focus and diverse set of panelists.