Forum infomation

  1.   International Design Conference
  2.   Seminars
  3.   Special Activities
  4.      Forum Program

  

  

Shanghai Design Biennial 2008
Agenda

Sept. 18th, 2008
Opening Ceremony

Time: 09:30 每 10:00
Venue: 3rd Floor of Friendship Hall, Shanghai Exhibition Center

Government Official from Shanghai Municipality
Government Official from the Ministry of Science and Technology of P .R. China
Official of China Industrial Design Association
Minister for Education, State Government of Victoria, Australia

The International Design Conference
Time: 10:00 每 12:30
Venue: 3rd Floor of Friendship Hall, Shanghai Exhibition Center

Mr. Huang Jianzhi, Deputy Director of Shanghai World Expo Coordination Bureau
Mr. Hartmut Esslinger, Founder of FROG DESIGN
    Open World - Open Source Design
Mr. Rudy Wimmer, Design Director, American Greetings Shanghai
    Motivation and Design
Ms. Rosaline Yin, Director of Brand Design & Strategy, Kodak
    Mirror Branding
Mr. Yan Yunguo, Deputy General Manger of Zhenhua Port Machinery Co., (ZPMC)
    Take a Road of Independent Innovation and Make a Bigger Stronger Enterprise
Dr. Francisco Medina Gomez, Director of Jalisco State Council of Science and Technology,Mexico
    The Impact of Design in Latin American Innovation: From processes to products
Prof. Lorraine Justice, Dean of Design College, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    The Courage to be Creative

Lunch

VIP Exhibition Tour
Time: 13:30
Venue: at the Entrance of the Central Hall, Shanghai Exhibition Center

Designers Summit
Time: 14:30-16:00
Venue: Room 5112, Eastern Hall No.2, Shanghai Exhibition Hall
Topic: Design and Innovation
Attendees: Members of the Expert Committee, Keynote Speaker and Seminar Co-Chairs

Evening of Designers
Time: 16:30-20:30
Venue: more information in the invitation letter

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Sept. 19th, 2008
Seminars (4 seminars at the same time)

I. Visual Communication Design
Time: 09:00-12:30
Venue: Room 5112, Eastern Hall No.2, Shanghai Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: Prof. Wei Shaonong, Mr. Alexander Brandt

Felix Ng (silnt) and Shun Kawakami (artless), Director of Art, SILNT Co., Ltd, Singapore
    Love at First Card
Prof. Wei Shaonong, Dean of Design School, East China Normal University
    Experience the Design of Economy Era
Mr. Enrico Taranta, Italian Architect
    Toward 2010 Shanghai World Expo

Coffee Break

Mr. Alexander Brandt, General Manager of Fei-Lai-Fei-Qu Ltd.
    Turn Your World into an Interactive One
Prof. Sun Baojing. Shanghai Film Art Academy, Director of the Advertising Department
    Virtuality and Reality 每 Thinking on Digital Images

II. Products Design
Time: 09:00-12:30, 13:30-17:00 (Whole Day)
Venue: Room 5111, Eastern Hall No.2, Shanghai Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: Ms. Huang Wei, Mr. Steve Martinuzzo

Mr. Sadayoshi Ishida, Design Director of Shanghai GAHOO Industrial Design Co., Ltd
    Design Development of Special Equipment
Mr. Steve Martinuzzo, President of Design Institute Australia, MD Cobolt niche
    Global Design Integrity
Prof. Zhang Jian, Nanjing Arts Institute
    Synchronization of Creation and Design 每 Analysis on the Creative Thinking of Products Design

Coffee Break

Mr. Shikuan Chen, Account Director, Philips Design, Branch Hong Kong
    Simplicity led Design
Ms. Huang Wei, General Manager of China Bridge International (CBI)
    Between Design and Industry

Lunch

Mr. Keiichi Takeda, Design Director, Global Design Stratege Office, Fujitsu
& Mr. Mitsuhiko Kawami, Design Director, Product Design Department, Fujitsu
    Fujitsu Design Activities
Mr. Carlos Raymundo Garnier Ortiz, Section manager of Advanced Design Center of Institute of Technology of Mexico
    Good Design is Good Business
Mr Gerry Mussett, Managing Director of Sprocket Design
    Touching the Future

III. Urban Design
Time: 09:00-12:30
Venue: Room 5113, Eastern Hall No.2, Shanghai Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: Mr. Gu Qin, Mr. Adam Pitts Frost

Mr. Kozo Yamada, President of GK Design Soken Hiroshima Inc.
    From Industrial Design to Environmental Design - transference of views from material richness to spiritual richness
Mr. Peter Duncan, Managing Director Hassell Architects
    Sustainable/Livable Design for an Urban Environment
Mr. Gu Qin, Ecological Landscape Planner of Shanghai Society of Landscape Architects
& Mr. Adam Pitts Frost, Ecological Landscape Planner of European Association of Town Planning and Investment
    The Urban Ecological Waterscape Design with MC Technology 每 to Create a Beautiful Urban Ecological Waterscape

Coffee Break

Ms Rosalea Monacella, Program Director Landscape Architecture at RMIT University
& Mr. Craig Douglas, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at RMIT University
    States of Change: Sustainable Urban Morphologies

IV. My Dream of Design
Time: 09:00-12:30
Venue: Room 5114, Eastern Hall No.2, Shanghai Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: Mr. Hartmut Esslinger, Mr. Zhao Zuoliang

Mr. Hartmut Esslinger, Founder of FROG DESIGN
    My Dream, My Design
Mr. Zhao Zuoliang, Art Director of SHAW&SHAW
    Branding Needs Passion and Dream
Mr. J. Ryan Eder, Industrial Designer of Priority Designs, Gold Winner of 2007 IDEA
    A vision of Equality

Coffee Break

Mr. Zhang Jianjun, Board Chairman of Shanghai Topret Industrial Design Co., Ltd
Mr. Enrico Taranta, Italian Architect
    Solid, Liquid, Gas: Contemporary Design
Ms. Jaki Ristevski, Designer Smena, Melbourne
    Fashion and Culture

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Special Activities

1. World Expo and Design Seminar
Time: 13:30-16:30 Spet.19th, 2008
Venue: Room 5105, Eastern Hall No.2, Shanghai Exhibition Hall

Mr. Chen Yuankai, Chief of the Activity Dept, Shanghai World Expo Coordination Bureau
Introduction of World Expo Cultural Performing Arts Venues

2. Trend and Future Forecasting 每 Philips Design Seminar
Time: 14:00-16:00 Spet.19th, 2008
Venue: Room 5104, Eastern Hall No.2, Shanghai Exhibition Hall

Unique insights for irresistible solutions. If you need to know what the future holds for your business, don*t consult a crystal ball. At Philips Design Consulting we have found a much more reliable way to predict future success!

Through an interactive workshop, Philips Design Consulting will introduce a hands-on approach to Trends and Future Forecasting. An experienced trend analyst will take you through the steps that can give your company unique insights into global trends, regional preferences, industry developments and lifestyle aspirations.