Color Impact

Registration opens in May
Schedule subject to change

Featuring presenters from a range of fields and practices,
speaking on how they define color in their daily workflow.
Q&A to follow each session

We will wrap up the day with Colorful Connections,
an opportunity to network with ISCC members and Symposium attendees.

Industry Presentation - The Language of Marketing
Sue Kim, Director of Color Marketing, Sherwin-Williams 

Sue Kim has spent over two decades shaping how consumers experience and understand color. As the long-time forecaster of Valspar’s annual color trends, she is passionate about viewing color through evolving lifestyle and cultural landscapes to create livable, meaningful palettes. Her role also includes crafting engaging retail color experiences and designing color at the intersection of art and science.

Science Presentation - A Brief History of CIELab
Ann Laidlaw, ACL Color Consulting, LLC

Ann Laidlaw worked in industrial color communication and management during her career with SheLyn, GretagMacbeth, X-Rite, and as an independent consultant. Her work centered on global supply chains, mostly in the textiles and apparel industries. She is a recipient of the ISCC Nickerson Service Award, the AATCC Chapin Award, and the AATCC Education Award. She served on the boards of ISCC, AATCC, and CORM. She is now retired in central Georgia, and enjoys a life-long hobby of sewing.

Education Presentation – Colour Literacy in the 21^st Century
Luanne Stovall, University of Texas at Austin

Luanne Stovall, MFA, Tufts University, is an artist, color theorist, and lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin. She attended Miami University, New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting Sculpture, NYC; Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine; and The University of Texas. Luanne is a member of the Colour Literacy Project Core Team, Host of the Colour Literacy Forums, and team lead for ISCC Fluorescent Fridays. She has taught color courses and workshops in many locations including The Contemporary Austin, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Wellesley College, and MIT Sloan School of Business. 

Her paintings and works on paper are in many collections, including the Art Museum of South Texas; El Paso Museum of Art; Blanton Museum, Austin, TX; Moakley Cancer Care Center, Boston; and the Estee Lauder Collection.

Design Presentation 
Sandra Sampson, Vital Color™ by Simple Modern Style

Sandra Sampson is the founder of Vital Color™ by Simple Modern Style, a multi-disciplinary color design and graphic design studio. With an insatiable thirst for creative exploration, she transforms consumer preferences,color trends, and market research into captivating color palettes and design that successfully engage target markets across industries.

During her over twenty-year tenure with the Color Marketing Group® (CMG), Sandra has served as Board Member, Executive Committee Member, VP of PR and Communications, and Immediate Past VP of Education.

Most recently, Sandra has volunteered on the Education and CMG Summit Planning Committees and was a speaker at the 2025 International Summit - Chromatic Connections, ColorContext Workshop.

Sandra holds a BFA from Art Center College of Design and completed advanced color design studies at the Eiseman Center for Color Information & Training. She serves as a Board Member of the Inter-Society Color Council and is a past Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (RSA).

When not in her studio, Sandra enjoys reading about color and design, sailing along the Southern California coast, and playing with Kitt, her Alaskan Malamute.