Thomas Garvey is President of the World Design Organization, an international non-governmental organization that promotes the profession of industrial design and its ability to generate better products, systems, services, experiences, and ultimately a better environment and society. Garvey has worked across a range of design disciplines and global settings and has led international teams in professional design projects and research programs and co-chaired the reintroduction of the Research and Education Forum at the World Design Assembly in 2019. As WDO President he is focused on ensuring the evolution of the WDO Strategic Plan into the future. Garvey and his teams have earned numerous awards, and their work has been presented around the world. He holds a Bachelor of Industrial Design from Carleton University, a M.Sc. in Communications Design from Pratt Institute in New York, and a Ph.D. in Architectural Planning from the University of Tokyo.

Lu Xiaobo is the former Dean of the Academy of Arts & Design at Tsinghua University. He has long been dedicated to education and research in information art design and industrial design, as well as artistic creation and practical design work. His published works include Graphic Interface Design, among others.

He has served as a member of the expert group for China’s National Program for Science and Technology Support—“National Cultural and Technological Innovation Project”—and as an expert for key special projects of the 13th Five-Year Plan for science and technology. He is also a member of the 7th and 8th National Committees of the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST).
Professor Lu led the design of the reviewing platform for China’s head of state and the design of the Hunan Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo. He has received multiple honors, including the Second Prize of National Teaching Achievement Award and the Second Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences in Beijing.

Hang Jian is Vice Chairman of the Academic Committee of the China Academy of Art. His major publications include History of Chinese Craft Aesthetics, The Philosophy of Craftsmanship, The Way of Design: Fundamental Issues of Chinese Design, The Goodness of Design, Design of Origin, and Design Meditations: Selected Recent Works of Hang Jian.

He has served as chief curator for numerous influential exhibitions, such as the inaugural Beijing International Design Triennial, Aesthetic City: Shanghai Design Exhibition, the 1st–4th China Design Exhibition & Public Art Thematic Exhibition, the 1st–2nd Triple Steps: Academic Nomination Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Handcrafts, and the Contemporary Mexican Art Exhibition. He is the Founding Chair of the Academic Committee of the Design Intelligence Award and the Founding Director of the China Design Museum.

He is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, Chief Creative Officer of the Shanghai Innovation & Creative Design Institute, Founder of Collins Consulting Shanghai, and Advisory Professor at Donghua University. He is a designer, speaker, professor, author and consultant.
He previously served as Dean of Parsons School of Design in New York and Creative Director of Nike. He has collaborated with many of the world’s leading brands and delivered speeches at prestigious events including TED, the United Nations, Alibaba, and the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. His insights have been featured in media outlets such as Forbes, The Business of Fashion, Women’s Wear Daily (WWD), The Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post (SCMP), China Daily, NBC and The New York Times.

He has served as Dean of the School of Design at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Deputy Director of the Academic Committee of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, a Distinguished Professor of the Chang Jiang Scholars Program, Chair Professor of the School of Design at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, President of AGI China, Executive Director of AGI, Vice President of the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (ICOGRADA), and Member of the Creative Economy Council of the World Economic Forum. He was also Art Director for Image and Landscape at the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games.
In 2004, he founded the Olympic Art Research Center at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and served as its Director. The center was responsible for designing key projects including the Olympic Sports Pictograms, the Olympic Medals, and the Olympic Color System. 
From October 2006 to October 2008, he held the position of Art Director for Image and Landscape at the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. For the outstanding work of the Olympic Art Research Center, the Central Academy of Fine Arts was commended by the State Council in 2009.

Pier Paolo Peruccio, architect and PhD, is currently a Full Professor of Design at the Polytechnic University of Turin. He also serves as a Visiting Professor at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education in Mexico City.
He is an Italian Design Ambassador, European Regional Advisor for the World Design Organization (ICSID/WDO), Editor-in-Chief of the AIS/Design Journal, founder of WORLDESIGN magazine, and Director of the SYDERE Research Centre.
Professor Peruccio has acted as a jury member for numerous international awards, including the iF Design Award and the Don Norman Design Award. He has curated major exhibitions such as Olivetti Makes. He is the author of several monographs and has published over 200 academic papers, with research interests covering design history, systems thinking, and innovation in design education.

Zhang Lei serves as Deputy Director and Secretary-General of the Industrial Design Art Committee of the China Artists Association. He has led multiple design and R&D projects for national ministries and large domestic and international enterprises, including key national 863 projects and 985 initiatives. His design collaborations include IBM, Boeing, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, CETIS, RETO, and QUICK Soldering Co., Ltd. Over 50 of his designs have been produced and sold domestically and internationally, and he holds more than 100 design patents. His works have been exhibited in major exhibitions and featured in professional media worldwide, including Milan Design Week and Tokyo Design Week.

Dr. Yu Wei , PhD from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, is Professor and Director of Research at the School of Art, Design & Media, East China University of Science and Technology, and Director of the Institute of Interaction Innovation and Service Design. He serves as a Council Member of the China Industrial Design Association, a member of its Design Research Committee, and Deputy Director of the Cultural and Office Supplies Industry Committee. He is the chief editor of national think tank publications, including the China Industrial Design Blue Book and the China IP & Internet Celebrity Economy Blue Book. He also serves as Vice President of the Shanghai Industrial Art Design Association and Vice Chairman of the Art Education Committee of the Higher Education Society. He is a Senior Research Scholar at the IIT Institute of Design (USA) and a distinguished doctoral supervisor at Thailand’s SSRU Royal University and Dongfang University.

Duan Shengfeng is Vice President and Professor of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, and a doctoral supervisor. He serves as Deputy Director of the Industrial Design Art Committee of the China Artists Association, a member of the Ministry of Education’s Steering Committee for Design Disciplines in Higher Education, a member of the National Graduate Education Steering Committee for Professional Degrees in Design, and a Council Member of the China Industrial Design Association. He is also Vice Chairman of the Chongqing Artists Association. He has been recognized as a national high-level talent and a leader of the “National Worker Pioneer” award. His design works have been showcased at major international and domestic exhibitions, receiving five national-level awards and more than twenty prestigious professional awards. His representative work won the Gold Prize for Creation at the 11th National Art Exhibition and the inaugural China Art Award, and he has also received the Second Prize for National Teaching Achievements.

Dai Bei is a senior media professional and the founder of DuSir Home. She was recognized in 2017 as one of the “Top Ten Outstanding Youths of China’s Interior Design Industry.” She has served as National Editor-in-Chief of Sohu Home and Sina Home, as well as General Manager of Leju Finance & Economics Home. She has held consecutive positions as Deputy Secretary-General of the Green Home Committee of the World Green Design Organization, Deputy Secretary-General of the Furnishing Committee of the China Interior Design Association, member of the Expert Panel of Beijing Design Week, juror of the China Red Star Design Award, and Expert Advisor to the Council of the Chuang Foundation. Her new media platforms Dai Bei TALK and DuSir Home engage in dialogues with leading global figures in design, culture, art, and the home industry. With influential interviews and in-depth reporting, they have become some of the most impactful and leading new media platforms in the home and design industries.

Chen Guoqiang currently serves as a Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of Yanshan University. He is a Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, and recipient of the TIA “Top Ten Design Educators” award. He also serves as Deputy Director of the Industrial Design Division of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, Director of the Hebei Provincial Research Center for Industrial Design Innovation and Development, and Director of the Hebei Provincial Research Center for Design Innovation and Industrial Development (a new-type think tank). He has been recognized as a “Yanzhao Talent (Category A)” in Hebei Province and as the leader of an “Excellent Teaching Team in Hebei Province (Design Joint Core Course).” He has presided over or participated in more than 30 national and provincial-level research projects, published over 50 academic papers in SCI and other journals, authored 2 books, and holds 5 invention patents. His main research focuses on innovative design and methodology for high-end equipment.

Kosonen is an accomplished industrial designer and design leader with over 36 years of international experience in consumer product development. With a Master of Arts in Design Leadership from the University of Industrial Arts Helsinki, Juha has consistently shaped innovation across industries, blending strategic foresight with hands-on design expertise. Throughout his career, Juha has collaborated with global technology leaders including Nokia, Dell, HP, Sony Ericsson, and Huawei, contributing to the design and development of cutting-edge consumer electronics and professional equipment. His work has spanned product identity creation, user experience innovation, and branddriven design strategies, helping these companies deliver products that resonate with users and stand out in competitive markets.

Tapani Hyvönen, industrial designer from the University of Art and Design Helsinki, present-day Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.1974. He founded the design studios Destem 1996, Edea Design 1990 and Hyvonen Design 2017. From 2014 to 2019 he has been an adjunct professor in SCF, Shanghai International Collage of Fashion and Innovation, Donghua University, Shanghai and from 2014 distinguish professor in China Academy of Art, Hangzhou.

Hyvönen has been honored with National Art & Design Award of 1984, Industrial Designer of the Year award in 1991, and the Pro Finnish Design award in 1992. He has works in Design Museum Helsinki, Design Centrum Nordrhein-Westfalen and Cooper-Hewitt Museum. 

Graduated from Tama Art University. He built his career in various creative fields such as product design, branding, and communication design at NEC, SONY, and his own creative studio. His creative achievements have been recognized with numerous international design awards, and he serves as a judge for several design awards worldwide. In 2020, he joined NEC and was appointed as a Corporate Executive / Chief Design Officer, leading Design, Brand strategy, and Corporate Communication within the Corporate Strategy Division, contributing to the enhancement of corporate value.

Kris Verstockt is the founder and senior tactician at CRE8. He leads all the strategic planning, conceptual guidance, and design supervision of projects. Bolstered by over 25 years of experience, CRE8 has grown to a multidisciplinary team of 45 design experts, providing industrial design, mechanical engineering, branding, user interface, packaging, and graphic design services.

Honored with 128 prestigious design awards, including the iF, Red Dot, and Good Design Awards, CRE8 has been recognized as Top 50 Design Studios Worldwide by iF Design for 4 consecutive years and has built successful partnerships with international clients such as Best Buy, Corsair, 3M, Dell, HP, Nokia, Asus, Acer, Delta Electronics, Primax and many others.

Timothy Jacob Jensen joined Bang & Olufsen’s desigtn team at 17. By 24, his work entered MoMA New York. At 28 he took over Jacob Jensen Design, at 30 became Chief Designer for Gaggenau, and at 48 was appointed Professor at Fudan University, Shanghai. Named Designer of the Year in China at 55, he now leads Timothy Jacob Jensen Studio with a global creative team. In 2025 he moved to Foshan, China. His family design legacy dates back to 1920.

A veteran expert with 30 years of hands-on experience in hit product design and product strategy, he is the lead instructor of Strategic Hit Products and an offline CEO course mentor for Emeritus at Columbia University, USA. He is an internationally certified management consultant (CMC) and has been recognized as one of China’s Top Ten Outstanding Young Figures in Design, one of China’s Top Ten Industrial Designers, and one of China’s Top Ten Design Promoters.

He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Industrial Design Branch of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society and Vice President of the Zhejiang Business Research Association. He is an expert reviewer for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s National Industrial Design Centers, and a judge for the Guanghua Longteng Award, China Excellent Industrial Design Award, China Design Intelligence & Manufacturing Award, and the CF Award of the China Import and Export Fair. He has been appointed as a distinguished mentor and visiting professor at over 10 universities, including Zhejiang University and Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology.

Founded in 2013, Puxiang Culture currently operates Puxiang.com, the largest online community in China’s industrial design field. The platform has over 4.1 million followers and more than 690 million cumulative page views, making it a key force in the digital transformation of the design industry. It is dedicated to building a designer ecosystem centered on product and industrial design, striving to contribute to the rise of Chinese manufacturing.

Second-level Professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Design and Art, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology. He serves as Director of the provincial research base—Research Center for Silk Road Cultural Heritage and Innovative Design—and as Head of the Provincial Industrial Design Center.

He concurrently holds positions as a council member of the Design Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Higher Education, an executive council member of the Industrial Design Branch of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, and a member of the Fine Arts Sub-Committee of the Higher Education Teaching Steering Committee of Shaanxi Province.

He has led one Ministry of Education “New Liberal Arts” project and completed two National Social Science Fund projects in the field of arts. He has received the First Prize of the Shaanxi Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Award and three Shaanxi Provincial Teaching Achievement Awards (1 First Prize, 2 Second Prizes). He has also served as a judge for the Huacan Award, China Good Design Award, and Nest Award.

Master’s supervisor and Director of the Product Design Program at South China Agricultural University. Member of the 9th Guangdong Provincial Committee of the China Democratic League and Chair of the China Democratic League’s Grassroots Committee at South China Agricultural University. Member of the Teaching Advisory Committee for Industrial Design Programs at undergraduate universities in Guangdong Province.

After graduating from the Department of Industrial Design at Wuxi University of Light Industry (now the School of Design, Jiangnan University) in 1995, he worked for 27 years in well-known enterprises in Guangdong, focusing on product design and design management, gaining extensive experience in design innovation and achieving significant management results. He has been recognized with awards such as the “Dragon Design Foundation Award: Top 10 Young Elite Designers of China” and “Top 70 Designers in Guangdong for the 70th Anniversary of New China,” and is among Guangdong’s first cohort of Senior Industrial Design Engineers in the engineering track. In early 2023, he was recruited to Guangdong Polytechnic of Light Industry.

He earned his master’s degree from Northwestern Polytechnical University in 1998 and co-founded Newplan Design Company in 2000. In 2021, he joined Shenzhen Technology University as a faculty member. His design works have won more than 20 international awards, including the Red Dot Award and iF Design Award. He also serves in various social roles, including expert reviewer for government projects, judge for national college student design competition, and Vice President of the Shenzhen Industrial Design Profession Association.

She also serves as Vice Chairman of the Tianjin Design Society, holds the title of Senior Engineer, and is a member of the Jiusan Society. Her main research focus is on mechanical technology information management. She has led multiple provincial- and ministerial-level projects, including the “Tianjin Electromechanical Industry Technology Information Service Platform,” the “Tianjin Electromechanical Industry Virtualization Application Sharing Platform,” and the “Tianjin Electromechanical Industry R&D System Data Security Assurance Service Platform,” and holds several authorized patents.

PhD and Professor, he is the leader of the provincial-level key discipline in Design at Shenzhen University and also serves as a doctoral supervisor in Design at City University of Macau. His main research areas include industrial design and theory, product-service system design, and design education. He has published the academic monograph The Meaning of Design and led the National Social Science Fund Youth Project Research on the Theory of Public Facility Design. He has published more than 20 papers in core journals and won over 50 awards in various professional competitions. He serves as the Head of the Chinese Technical Expert Team for the Industrial Design Technology category at the WorldSkills Competition; Chief Judge of the Industrial Design Technology category at the National Vocational Skills Competition of China; Vice Chairman of the Industrial Design Branch of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society; Vice Chairman of the Teaching Advisory Committee for Industrial Design Programs at undergraduate universities in Guangdong Province; and judge for various industrial design competitions.

She is dedicated to research in XR and immersive environment design, industry upgrading and brand strategy driven by culture and design, and innovative design with Chinese characteristics. She has undertaken multiple national projects, including key R&D programs of the Ministry of Science and Technology, key arts projects of the National Social Science Fund, and projects commissioned by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the Ministry of Education. She has also led dozens of industry- and enterprise-level projects. She has developed brand images and planned cultural and tourism scenarios for local governments and global top 100 enterprises, contributed to the Publicity Department’s national design gift project, published industry white papers, produced multiple large-scale XR works, and collaborated with museums to build cultural relic data management and multi-terminal display systems. She has also led the development of several industry standards.

Sun has more than 20 years’ academic and industry experience in the field of interaction design and intelligent technology. She has been engaged in researching and teaching at MIT CECI, MIT Media Lab, FXPAL, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, Clarkson University, IBM China Research and other institutions. Her research interests include human-in-the-loop hybrid intelligence, Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), car HMI for shared-driving, AR/VR/MR, digital twins, and smart healthcare. In cooperation with enterprises such as Intel, Siemens, Philips, PSA, SAP, Huawei, SAIC and VGC, her research and practice have contributed to the digital transformation and innovation in various field. 

She holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies (Design, Computer Science, and Journalism & Communication) from Tsinghua University and has been a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge. She is a Ministry of Education Changjiang Distinguished Professor, a Dragon Design Foundation Award National Top 10 Outstanding Young Designer recognized by the Ministry of Science and Technology, and was named a Top Young Teaching Master of Beijing in the inaugural selection. She serves as a member of the National Steering Committee for Aesthetic Education and the Industrial Design Teaching Steering Committee under the Ministry of Education, a member of the Digital Art Committee of the China Artists Association, a board member of the Design Education Committee of the China Higher Education Society, and Deputy Chair of the Design Innovation Committee of the Beijing Interdisciplinary Science Society. She is also an Executive Member of the Human-Computer Interaction Committee of the China Computer Federation (CCF), a member of ACM (USA), and a member of CRUCIBLE at the University of Cambridge.

She is responsible for three national first-class undergraduate courses, including Artificial Intelligence and Innovative Design, and has received more than 70 domestic and international awards, including the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Science Achievement Award, the Red Dot Award (Germany), and the China Red Star Design Award. She has published over 200 papers, including multiple ESI highly cited papers, is a Top 1% scholar in CNKI, and has authored 12 books. She is Associate Editor of Encyclopedia of China: Information Art Design and a member of the editorial board of the China Design Yearbook.

He has over 20 years of experience in the capital markets, participating in multiple IPOs and mergers and acquisitions of listed companies, and has a strong background in media communication research and practice. He is currently focused on researching and investing in Chinese consumer brands, as well as engaging in the overseas development of Chinese brands.

She is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Industrial Design, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. She serves as a member of the Design Ergonomics Branch of the Chinese Society of Human Factors and Ergonomics, a member of the Design Studies Committee of the Chinese Humanities and Social Sciences Journal Evaluation, an Executive Council Member of the Art Criticism Branch of the China Art Society, a member of the Theoretical Committee of the Guangdong Artists Association, and Chair of the Art and Design Committee of the Guangzhou Artists Association. She has been recognized as a “Cultural Young Talent” under the Ministry of Publicity’s Cultural Masters and “Four Batches” Project and as a “Young Cultural Talent” under the Guangdong Provincial Special Support Program. She has led multiple projects funded by the National Social Science Fund, the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Science Research, and various programs in Guangdong Province.

Mr. Luo Shijian holds a PhD and is a Professor and doctoral supervisor in the Department of Industrial Design at the College of Computer Science, Zhejiang University, recognized as a national-level high-caliber talent by the Ministry of Education. He serves as the Dean of the Ningbo International Cooperation Design Branch of Zhejiang University and is the Chair of the User Experience Professional Committee of the China Industrial Design Association.

He has received the Guanghua Longteng Award – Silver Medal for Contributions to Chinese Design, the titles of Top Ten Design Promoters in China and Top Ten Design Educators in China, as well as the China Good Design Gold Award. He has led 20 national projects, conducted product innovation and design for over 100 companies, published more than 160 academic papers, contributed 4 articles to People’s Daily and China Education Daily, and authored 16 books and textbooks.

Dr. Lu Gang is the founder and CEO of TechNode Group (TechNode and TN Global), a leading technology media company in Asia, and co-founder of BEYOND Expo, one of Asia’s top technology events. He holds a PhD in Wireless Communications from the University of Sheffield, UK. From 2013 to 2019, he also oversaw the China operations of the world-renowned technology media TechCrunch.

Dr. Lu is recognized as one of the most influential figures in the Asian technology sector. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to building international technology innovation ecosystems, he was awarded the Entrepreneurship Award of the British Council’s UK Outstanding Alumni Awards (China & East Asia) in 2017–2018. He is also an expert of Shanghai’s “Thousand Talents Plan” and serves as the Chairman of the Macau Science and Technology Association.

Li Xu joined Southern University of Science and Technology in 2010, dedicating herself to the development of modern university systems and the cultivation of top-tier innovative talents. She has served in the University’s Center for Higher Education Research, the Academic Affairs Office, the Preparatory Office for a UNESCO Category II Institution, and the International Cooperation Office, several of which were newly established departments. In 2020, she was transferred to the School of Innovation and Creative Design, where she is responsible for supporting the school’s operational management, internal teaching evaluation, and industry-academia-research collaboration.

She received a Ph.D. degree in higher education from the University of Michigan, a MA degree in education administration from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a BA degree in English Language and Literature from Peking University.

In 2018, he founded the BrandStar and launched the Brandstar Awards. He previously served as Planning Manager for the Greater China region at Publicis Groupe, and as Editor-in-Chief and partner of the well-known marketing media SocialBeta. He holds a Master’s degree in Marketing from the University of Strathclyde and was selected for 36Kr’s Under 36 list.

Professor and doctoral supervisor, currently serving as Dean and Deputy Party Secretary of the School of Design and Art at Zhejiang University of Media and Communications. He is also a doctoral supervisor at Jingdezhen Ceramic University and Dhurakij Pundit University (Thailand), and a master’s supervisor at Zhejiang University of Media and Communications and Jilin University of the Arts. Formerly, he served as an expert for the Ministry of Education’s undergraduate teaching evaluation, and as Party Secretary and Vice Dean of the School of Design and Art at Jingdezhen Ceramic University.

He concurrently serves as a council member of the Ceramic Branch of the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Association, a senior expert of the Digital Creativity Committee of the China Electronic Video Association, and an executive member of the 9th Committee of the Jiangxi Federation of Literary and Art Circles. He has published over 50 academic papers, led more than 30 projects including the National Social Science Fund and provincial social science initiatives, authored 2 monographs and 11 textbooks, and participated in more than 10 art exhibitions. He has been recognized as a Key Young and Middle-Aged Faculty Member of Jiangxi Universities, a Jiangxi Cultural Master and Talent of the “Four Batches” Program, a Jiangxi Gold Medal Professor, and a Jiangsu Provincial Innovation and Entrepreneurship Talent.

Organizer of the International Experience Design Conference, Guangzhou Design Week, and the Meia Design Platform; initiator of the selection for the International Top 100 Experience Design Awards and the “Top Ten Outstanding Young Figures in China’s Service Design Industry.” Translator of The Laws of UX, The Changemaker, and Online Influence; chief editor of book series including Redefining User Experience, Design Leadership, Computational Thinking, and Sustainable Design. He connects the world’s leading design figures with key innovation elements, spearheading the development of the international experience design industry. Through design-driven industrial innovation, he has promoted the clustering of creative industries in Guangzhou Design Capital and contributed to Baiyun District being recognized as the world’s first “Global Green Design Capital.”

Distinguished Professor at the School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, doctoral supervisor, Party Secretary of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University–University of Southern California Institute of Cultural and Creative Industry, joint-appointed professor at the Medical Robotics Research Institute, and nationally appointed distinguished professor under a national talent program. He serves as a member of the Industrial Design Teaching Steering Sub-Committee of the Ministry of Education, a member of the National Graduate Education Steering Committee for Professional Degrees in Design, and Director of the Shanghai Intelligent Healthcare Innovation Design Center. He has led national key R&D projects, National Natural Science Foundation of China projects, and National Social Science Foundation projects, and has received the Second Prize of the Higher Education Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award from the Ministry of Education, as well as the Second Prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award.

Du Hemin is the Deputy Dean of Shenzhen Technology University School of Design and Innovation, Doctoral Supervisor in Design, City University of Macau. He also serves as a Council Member of the Chinese Ergonomics Society, a Member of the Industrial Design Committee of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, a Council Member of the User Experience Branch of the China Industrial Design Association, a Council Member of the Shenzhen Industrial Design Profession Association, and Vice President of the Shenzhen Longgang District Industrial Design Association. He has published over 80 academic papers and authored/edited 3 books and textbooks. He has filed 5 invention patents and over 40 utility model and design patents. His accolades include the Third Prize of the Science and Technology Award of Higher Education Institutions in Shaanxi Province, the First Prize of the Shenzhen Teaching 

In 2003, Chen Yan joined Tencent as the company’s first full-time interaction designer, where she established Tencent’s design and user research systems. She led and personally took part in a decade of experience design and user research for QQ, witnessing its user base grow from millions to hundreds of millions. The products she participated in or led the design and research for include QQ Zone, QQ Games, Tencent.com, Weibo, QQ Music, Tencent Video, QQ Browser, Tencent Charity, WeChat, 99 Giving Day, Tencent Tech for Good, and Tencent Yuanbao. She is currently engaged in the evaluation, productization, and exploration of social innovation applications for the Hunyuan large model.

Graduated from the Iuav University of Venice, Nicola Bariol is an Italian industrial designer who creates meaningful products that blend creativity, innovation, and timeless aesthetics with a global design vision.

Nariman Bashiri graduated in Industrial Design from Anadolu University in Turkey. He is the founder of the emerging lifestyle design brand Björkå and was also the founder of DesignUM China, one of Turkey’s leading industrial design firms. Specializing in product and automotive design, the company, under his leadership, created a series of iconic products and grew into a renowned design enterprise in Europe and Central Asia, winning over 100 international awards, including the Red Dot Award, iF Design Award, and Good Design Award.

Lorraine Justice is a Professor of Industrial Design and former Dean of the College of Art and Design of Rochester Institute of Technology. She is a member of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and was named one of the “40 Designers to Watch” by ID magazine. She was also listed among the Top 50 Product Designers of 2016. She serves on the editorial boards of six design journals worldwide and has been a judge for design competitions across the globe. From 2004 to 2011, she served as Dean of the School of Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, during which time the school rose to rank among the world’s top 30 design schools and the top four in Asia. She also led the Industrial Design program at Georgia Institute of Technology for six years and spent a decade as a Professor of Visual Communication at The Ohio State University.

Lu Xiaobo is the former Dean of the Academy of Arts & Design at Tsinghua University. He has long been dedicated to education and research in information art design and industrial design, as well as artistic creation and practical design work. His published works include Graphic Interface Design, among others.

He has served as a member of the expert group for China’s National Program for Science and Technology Support—“National Cultural and Technological Innovation Project”—and as an expert for key special projects of the 13th Five-Year Plan for science and technology. He is also a member of the 7th and 8th National Committees of the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST).
Professor Lu led the design of the reviewing platform for China’s head of state and the design of the Hunan Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo. He has received multiple honors, including the Second Prize of National Teaching Achievement Award and the Second Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences in Beijing.

Former Vice President of Shih Chien University in Taiwan (2008-2017) and President of the Taiwan Industrial Design Association. In 1992, he founded the Department of Industrial Product Design, serving as its inaugural chair (1992-1999); in 1997, he established the School of Design and served as its first dean (1997-2004). During this time, he also founded the Graduate Institute of Industrial Product Design and served as its director (1998-2007). He has frequently been invited to serve as a juror for prominent design competitions domestically and internationally and acts as a design consultant for several companies.

Special Vice President of the China Industrial Design Association. Advisor for Industrial Design at Tsinghua University and Professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Former Director of the Beijing Industrial Design Center and Executive Director of the International Center for Creativity and Sustainable Development under the auspices of UNESCO. Executive Chairman of the China Design Red Star Award, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Education's Industrial Design Teaching Guidance Committee, and a key member of the Ministry of Science and Technology's Expert Group on "Modern Service Industries". He has been deeply committed to design research, industry advancement, and fostering international exchange. In 1995, he founded the Beijing Industrial Design Center, coordinating the execution of 50 industrial design demonstration projects for the Beijing Municipal Government. Additionally, he curated the "Contemporary Chinese Art & Design Exhibition" for the Ministry of Culture in celebration of Hong Kong's return in 1997 and was the chief designer of the "Sci-Tech Float" for China’s 50th National Day parade. He has established the Beijing DRC Industrial Design Creative Industry Base, Red Star Design Award, Beijing International Design Week, and the Beijing-Nairobi Creative R&D Center. Serving as an advisor to the Beijing Municipal Government, he was the principal author of the Shendu Report, successfully advocating for Beijing’s designation as a "City of Design" within UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network.    

Xiao Zhensheng, a member of the Communist Party of China, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law, a Master’s degree in Economic Law, and a PhD in Economics. He is a lawyer and a senior editor. Recognized by the Publicity Department and the Organization Department of the Central Committee as a leading figure in philosophy and social sciences under the “Four Groups of Talents” program, he is also a recipient of the 17th Changjiang-Taofen Award (Taofen category) and receives a special government allowance from the State Council. Xiao has led, organized, planned, created, and participated in numerous major thematic and news campaign reports, such as coverage of the 13th to 19th National Congresses of the Communist Party of China, the Yangtze River diversion for the Three Gorges Project, the 1998 flood relief, Hong Kong’s return to China, Macau’s return, China’s accession to the WTO, the fight against SARS, the Wenchuan Earthquake, the Beijing Olympics, the Yushu Earthquake, the “Shenzhou” and “Tiangong” space missions, the “Chang’e” lunar missions, the “Jiaolong” deep-sea exploration, the 10,000-meter manned deep-sea dive, poverty alleviation efforts, and the China Space Station. His work has won him several national awards, including multiple “Five-One Project Special Awards” and China Journalism Awards, and he has been received by the General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee on several occasions in recognition of his outstanding contributions.

Jamy Yang studied at Zhejiang University and the China Academy of Art. He was awarded a full scholarship from the German WK Foundation to pursue a master's degree in industrial design at the Muthus College in Germany. Afterward, he worked at Siemens Design Headquarters in Munich. He later founded YANG DESIGN, the Yang Mingjie Design Museum, and YANG HOUSE. He has been invited to participate in exhibitions, lectures, and academic exchanges by UNESCO, Japan’ s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the France’ s Saint-Etienne Biennale, and the Goethe Institute. His works are part of the collections of several museums, including the Centre Georges Pompidou in France.

Li Jie has won the Dragon Design Foundation Award - Top 10 Outstanding Young Designers in China's Design Industry; China Design Industry Top 100 - China's Top 10 Design Promotion Figures; one of the 70 nominees for the User Experience of the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of New China; an expert of the International Economic and Technical Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology; and a judge for the National Industrial Design Center evaluation of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. He has planned and designed themed exhibitions and activities to support the sustainable development of street vendor economy and the 70 most influential industrial design products that have changed the lives of Chinese people in 70 years. He has also planned and organized the China Design Media Summit, the China Industrial Design Development 10-Year Excellent Paper Competition, the DO Character Image Design Contest, the International Symposium on Innovative Applications, and the 2020 Leader Innovation Award.

Wang Zheng is an experienced content practitioner with a 30-year track record of delivering exceptional value. Following the completion of his master's degree in journalism from the Communication University of China, she dedicated 20 years to working at CCTV. She founded the renowned national program "Art Life" and held positions as director for large-scale evening parties, showcasing her expertise in channel operation and management. Subsequently, she established a director studio where she created internet and commercial content for esteemed clients such as Tencent, Huawei, and Get. Currently employed at CCTV Entertainment Media Co., LTD., Wang Zheng continues to contribute his skills to the industry.

Albert Chen is a master of Design Management from Pratt Institute in New York, a PhD Candidate in Creative Industry Management from Shih Hsin University in Taipei, and a member of the DMI Association in the United States. He was the former director of a national-level industrial design center, a product design expert for Peacock Talent in Shenzhen, and a senior talent evaluator for DML in Service Design at Dragon Design Foundation. With many years of experience in industrial design, design management, and innovation management, he has served as a judge for various domestic and international design awards, including the iF Design Award and Golden Pin Design Award, and has won numerous international design awards, including the iF Gold Award, the Red Dot: Best of the Best, and the IDEA Silver and Bronze awards. He has led design innovation teams to win over 100 awards in various categories.

Renowned industrial designer, juror of Good Design Award Japan, top ten outstanding young designer of the China DDF Award, and design mentor at X-lab. He is a distinguished teacher specially appointed at Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology. Holding multiple design and invention patents, he is the first Chinese designer to sweep the four major global design awards (the Oscars of the design world) in the same year, including Red Dot Design, iF Design, IDEA, and G Mark Best 100. In 2016, he was the only Chinese designer to receive the Japan Good Design Award Best 100.

Full-time professor, Guangdong Universiy of Technology, School of Art and Design, organizer of the Introduction to Design Workshop for BA students, editor of the university journal, has received several grants and awards including the National Vaasa Award for Design Journalism 2010 and the Finnish Cultural Foundation 2009 for writing the book Design Bubbles—Phenomena in Finnish design.

Cathy is the initiator of the Global Service JAM in China, the only Chinese speaker to have taken the main stage at the SDN Global Conference, has been invited to speak at the V&A Museum in the UK, and has taught at Tongji University, Tsinghua University, Parsons School of Design, and the Danish Design School, etc.. Served as a judge for Beijing Design Week, Chairman of the Chinese Jury for the iF Design Award, and a Chinese judge for global design competitions such as SDN, Core77, and Pentawards.

Wei Jie is the member of the National Art Graduate Education Steering Committee, Vice president of China Industrial Design Association, Deputy director of the Council on Education of China Arts and Crafts Society, Top Ten educators in Chinese Industrial design, "333 high-level talents" in Jiangsu, "Excellent Youth Teacher Plan" middle- young academic leader in Jiangsu.

President and Editor-in-Chief of Economic Daily Newspaper Group’s Art and Design Magazine, Peak Data Science Magazine, and Product Design Magazine; managing director of Fashion China Magazine, vice director of the Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy, director of the Review Committee of China Fashion Association, and assist dean of Institute of Global Governance and Development, Tongji University.

Deputy Director of Specialized Committee of Information and Interaction Design of China Industrial Design Association (IIDC). He is the Vice Chairman of the Design Education Branch of China Industrial Design Association, Vice Chairman of the Teaching Guidance Committee of Industrial Design Major of Colleges and Universities of the Ministry of Education, the top ten educators of Industrial Design Major in China, the Chairman of the Teaching Guidance Committee of Industrial Design Major of Guangdong Province, the member of the Expert Evaluation Committee of the National Art Fund of the Ministry of Culture, and the member of the "Thousand Talents Program" of Expert Evaluation Committee of the Ministry of Culture, Executive Member of Guangdong Industrial Design Association, Executive Deputy Director of Guangdong Key Laboratory of Industrial Design Creativity and Application Research. The major research areas are industrial design engineering, system design and design management. 

Professor Li Xiaoling has long been engaged in research and teaching work in the fields of human-computer interaction, industrial design, and ergonomics. She has published more than 40 SCI/SSCI/EI and Chinese core papers in the fields of natural human-computer interaction, medical and industrial cross-equipment, human-machine-environment system engineering, and edited 2 textbooks. She has presided over a number of National Natural Science Foundation projects, aviation fund and key research and development projects of Shaanxi Province. Her design works have won many iF and Red Dot Awards, and her students have also won many awards in international and domestic competitions. She has undertaken entrusted projects of Haier Electric Appliances, Yanchang Petroleum and other enterprises, and has authorized more than 20 inventions and utility model patents, two of which have been transformed and applied in the enterprise.

Karel J. Golta is the CEO and founder of INDEED Innovation GmbH. He has profound insights and contributions in multiple fields, including artificial intelligence, circular design, business romanticism, and innovation. He stressed that ethics must be the dominant force in the age of AI, with design playing a bigger role as the link between man and machine than many companies. In addition, Karel is actively involved in discussing and promoting the importance of circular economy and circular design, which he believes plays a key role in achieving a sustainable transformation.

With public welfare and branding as approaches, he has long been committed to promoting innovation and green development. He has initiated and founded public welfare organizations including the Guanghua Design Foundation (DDF), International Design Federation (IDF), World Green Design Organization (WGDO), Beijing Green Design Promotion Association, and Beijing Service Design Promotion Association.He has created a number of branded programs, such as the Guanghua Longteng Award for Innovation Design (a national award), International Green Design Contribution Award / International Green Design Grand Award, China Design Festival, China Design Hall of Fame, World Green Design Forum, China Service Design Conference, Green Leaf Home, Green Leaf Mark, and Global Think Tank for Green Development. He has also promoted the construction of social enterprise platforms including Design Valley and Green Research Institute.He is the author and editor of books including China Youth Design Innovation Festival, Start-Up in China, Design Wins the World, and China Green Design Report.

Senior Visiting Scholar at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. He is currently Director of the Future Design Laboratory at Zhejiang University, member of the Design Discipline Appraisal Group of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the China Innovation Design Industry Strategic Alliance, Standing Director and Executive Deputy Director of the Industrial Design Branch of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, and Vice Chairman of the Guanghua Design Development Foundation in Beijing.He also serves as Director of the Key Laboratory of Digital Creative Intelligent Systems and Equipment of Zhejiang Province, and Director of the Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Digital Creative Intelligent Technology and Equipment. His research focuses on innovative design, digital intelligence platforms, human-machine integration, and digital creativity. He has received more than five provincial and ministerial-level and national awards, and has undertaken numerous projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, National 863 Program, and National Key R&D Program.He has served as a judge for the Good Design Award and the China Design Intelligence Award.

Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, PhD, doctoral supervisor. 
He is currently an Associate Professor at Shandong Jianzhu University, Professor and doctoral supervisor at Krirk University (Thailand), doctoral supervisor at New Era University College (Malaysia), Professor at Huangshan University, and master supervisor at UCSI University (Malaysia). 
He has also been a visiting scholar at Purdue University (USA) and Leeds Beckett University (UK), and is a specially introduced talent.
He has participated in a number of provincial and ministerial research projects, including the National Key Technology R&D Program of the 13th Five-Year Plan, the Science and Technology Innovation Program of the Ministry of Culture, the Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Research Program, and the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation.

GDUT Fund focuses on investment in hard-tech enterprises and industrial empowerment, working with portfolio companies to pursue A-share listings. The fund's founding team benefits from a proven track record in venture capital and strong industry-university-research support from Guangdong University of Technology, granting it unique structural advantages. It has deeply cultivated scientific research project incubation and alumni industry development, winning numerous accolades in the hard-tech sector. More than 30% of its invested projects have been listed on the capital market.

Former Vice President of Design at Niu Technologies, he has been committed to innovation in intelligent and green mobility. A graduate of ArtCenter College of Design in the United States, he previously worked at Motorola, Disney, and served as Design Director for China at BMW Designworks.
His representative works, including the Compaq iPaq and Nike Triax series, are renowned worldwide and have won numerous international awards such as the G-Mark and IDEA. His book Innovative Product Design Practice has profoundly influenced the global design industry. He has also served as a jury member for international design competitions including iF, G-Mark, and IDEA, advocating design-driven product value and business competitiveness.

Liu Guanzhong is one of the first batch of senior professors of liberal arts and a PhD advisor at Tsinghua University. He receives a special government allowance from the State Council and serves as Honorary Vice President of the China Industrial Design Association and Director of its Expert Working Committee, as well as Honorary Chairman of Dragon Design Foundation Award (DDF) Committee. He has twice won the Second Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Higher Education awarded by the Ministry of Education and has led a National Excellent Teaching Team and a National Quality Course. Liu was awarded the “Outstanding Contribution” Medal for Returned Overseas Students by the Ministry of Personnel and the State Education Commission. He has received numerous honors, including the National Outstanding Teacher Award in Higher Education, the Gold Medal for “Lifetime Achievement in Chinese Design” from the DDF Award, the “Top Ten Education Award” and “Promotion Award” in Chinese Industrial Design, the Outstanding Contribution Award in the Eighth Annual China Creative Industries, the 2016 World Green Design Contribution Award, “Outstanding Contributor to China’s Prosperity” in 2016, and “Public Welfare Figure of the Year” in 2017. In December 2018, he received the “Forty Designers of Forty Years of Reform and Opening-Up” Special Award from the DDF Award. In December 2019, he was awarded the Gold Medal in the 15th DDF Award—one of the “70 Designers of China” in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.

Hou Yuda is the Dean of Shenzhen Technology University School of Design and Innovation, and the Dean of the Design Research Institute of Shenzhen Technology University. He obtained dual bachelor's degrees in Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of Sheffield in the UK in 2007. He obtained a Master's degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Toronto in 2011. He has worked for well-known landscape design companies in the UK and Canada. He is a member of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) and the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects (OALA). He has been researching public space design, low-carbon development, sponge city, and smart city for many years. He has participated in the design of public spaces and smart road projects in the UK and Canada. He has written guidelines for "Humanized Street Planning and Design" and "Low-Impact Development: Rainwater Management and Planning Guidelines". He has won numerous international and national awards, including the ASLA Merit Award, the Toronto Horticultural Society Award, and the Academic Excellence Award from the University of Toronto.

拥有十余年股权投资相关工作经验，擅长科技天使投资和并购重组。曾任职于力合系风投、金新农（002548）、华强集团，主导投资项目平均回报率超10倍，成功案例包括优必选（09880.HK）、波奇网（AMEX:BQ）、弘景光电（SZ301479）、凌鸥创新（SH688368并购）、博顿光电（40倍）等。国际大学创新联盟高级顾问，深圳创新创业投资联合体专家委员会顾问，南通中央创新区产业顾问，湖南省医疗器械产业园招商大使等。

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HKDA香港设计师协会50年来首位女主席，以及世界设计组织（WDO）理事，亦担任香港设计中心董事、香港理工大学设计博士学位顾问和香港国际会议大使，也是Venture Design、CycleCore新材料和ASA朝创科的创始人。她的设计在全球范围内销售，包括MOMA现代艺术博物馆和多个博物馆商店。她的作品亦曾被《纽约时报》和多家国际媒体报道，曾获得多个国际设计大奖，包括iF设计金奖、红点设计奖、GDA环球设计金奖、透视设计大奖、DFA香港青年设计才俊奖年度最佳设计师和亚洲40under40顶尖青年设计人才等。

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