Carmen Riera and Cadena Capriles leading the Sdi, Information design seminars, invited Gabi Schmidt to give a conference and workshop in Caracas, Venezuela, together with many world renown art directors and media specialists like María Eugenia Arias, Luis Carlos Díaz, Chiqui Esteban, Christian Espinosa, Mauricio González Venegas, Andrea Hoare, Gonzalo Jiménez, Diego Méndez, Claudio Napolitano, Toni Piqué, Paco Sancho, María Elena Días Teixeira and Ali Daniel Armas.