Webcast – Business of Design Week: BODW

Session Opening
Prof. Eric Yim, JP 嚴志明教授太平紳士

Chairman of Board of Directors
Hong Kong Design Centre

Introduction
Guy Parsonage 高豪翔 (Hong Kong)

Partner
PwC Experience Centre

Daisuke Ishii 石井大輔 (Japan)

Chief Art Director & General Manager
Studio 5, Sony Corporation Creative Centre

Massimo Bruto Randone (Italy)

Vibram University Coordinator & Innovation System Advisor
Vibram

Simon Leung 梁念堅 (Hong Kong)

Vice Chairman & Executive Director
NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited

Warren Donohoe (Canada)

Company Manager, KOOZA
Cirque du Soleil

Vicky Yang 劉麗珠 (Taiwan)

CEO, Cycling Life-Style Foundation
Spokesperson, YouBike (Giant Group), Bike Sharing System

Marco Tarquini (Hong Kong)

Managing Director - Hong Kong & Macau
Technogym Asia Ltd.

Roger Staeheli 羅卓 (Hong Kong)

Hong Kong and Macau Country Manager
Nespresso

Session Opening
Prof. Eric Yim, JP 嚴志明教授太平紳士

Chairman of Board of Directors
Hong Kong Design Centre

Remarks
H.R.H. Prince Carl Philip of Sweden

Introduction
Jeremy Myerson (United Kingdom)

Helen Hamlyn Chair of Design
Royal College of Art

Simon Collins (United States)

Founder
Fashion Culture Design

Maria Lantz (Sweden)

Vice-Chancellor
Konstfack

Kun-Pyo Lee 李健杓 (South Korea)

Professor, Department of Industrial Design
KAIST

Idris Mootee 毛澤西 (United States / Canada)

Global CEO and Co-founder
Idea Couture

Daan Roosegaarde 丹．羅斯加德
(The Netherlands)

Artist and Innovator;
Founder, Studio Roosegaarde

Panel 1: Characteristics, Attributes and Values of Future Mindset & Creative Leadership

Introduction
Jeremy Myerson (United Kingdom)

Helen Hamlyn Chair of Design
Royal College of Art

Denis Weil (United States)

Dean
IIT Institute of Design

Dr Paul Thompson (United Kingdom)

Vice-Chancellor
Royal College of Art

Tobias Degsell (Sweden)

Founder and CEO
Combiner

Cees de Bont 方啟思 (Hong Kong)

Dean, School of Design
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Panel 2: Shaping and Supporting of Future Mindset & Creative Leadership

Opening Ceremony

Introduction
Aric Chen 陳伯康 (Hong Kong)

Lead Curator for Design and Architecture
M+

Massimiliano Fuksas (Italy)

Founder and Principal
Studio Fuksas

Dr Paul Thompson (United Kingdom)

Vice-Chancellor
Royal College of Art

Professor Jacques Herzog (Switzerland)

Herzog & de Meuron

Introduction
Tina Norden (United Kingdom)

Director
Conran and Partners

Tina Norden (United Kingdom)

Director
Conran and Partners

Francesco Librizzi (Italy)

Architect
Francesco Librizzi Studio

Li Hu 李虎 (Mainland of China)

Founding Partner
OPEN Architecture

Umberto Branchini (Italy)

Founder
Umberto Branchini Interiors Sculpture Design Studio

Panel Discussion

Introduction
Duan Yanling 段妍玲 (Mainland of China)

Chair Person
Open Heart Design Alliance OHDA

Daan Roosegaarde 丹．羅斯加德
(The Netherlands)

Artist and Innovator;
Founder, Studio Roosegaarde

Tse Yat Ming 謝一鳴 (Mainland of China)

Industrial Designer
Mobike

Wan Li 萬麗 (Hong Kong)

Postdoctoral Fellow, The School of Architecture
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Mark Dytham (Japan)

Co-Founder
Klein Dytham architecture

Pichit Virankabutra (Thailand)

Creative Space Development Director
Thailand Creative & Design Center (TCDC)

Introduction
Eric Schuldenfrei 邵達輝 (Hong Kong)

Founding Partner
ESKYIU

Michele De Lucchi (Italy)

Founder
aMDL arch. Michele De Lucchi

Introduction
Martha Thorne (Spain)

Dean
IE School of Architecture and Design

Mario Bellini (Italy)

Architect and Designer
Mario Bellini Architects

Marco Balich (Italy)

Chairman
Balich Worldwide Shows

Guy Salter OBE MVO (United Kingdom)

Chairman
London Craft Week

Alberto Meda & Francesco Meda (Italy)

Two designers’ generations

Introduction
Kiri Sinclair (Hong Kong)

Founder & Managing Director
Sinclair

Yuki Tazaki 田崎佑樹 (Japan)

Conceptor / Creative Director
WOW Inc.

Paolo Castagna (Italy)

Co-founder
CastagnaRavelli

Sabum Byun 邊師範 (South Korea)

Co-founder
Plus X

Massimo Giacon (Italy)

Artist, Designer, Comic Maker, Illustrator

Thierry Dreyfus (France)

Light Designer ; Artistic Director
Atelier Thierry Dreyfus

Panel Discussion

Introduction
Gianluca Cinquepalmi 張樂家 (Hong Kong)

Associate Chair of Communication Arts;
Professor of Advertising & Graphic Design
SCAD Hong Kong

Mario Trimarchi (Italy)

Founder
Fragile

Samuel Chan 陳維正 (United Kingdom)

Founder-Director
Channels

Odo Fioravanti (Italy)

Industrial Designer
Odo Fioravanti Design Studio

Vincent Lim & Elaine Lu 林振華及盧曼子 (Hong Kong)

Co-founders, Lim + Lu

Mitja Borkert

Head of Design
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.

Panel Discussion

Introduction
Catherine Shaw (Hong Kong)

Architecture, Art & Design Writer

Jacopo Foggini (Italy)

Artist
Galleria Jacopo Foggini

Giulio Vinaccia (Italy)

CEO
Giulio Vinaccia & Associates

Lapo Vettori (Italy)

Luthier
Paolo Vettori Daughter & Sons

Zhu Zheqin, Dadawa 朱哲琴
(Mainland of China)

Musician / Independent Producer;
Founder, KANJIAN Creation

Roberto Fiorello (Italy)

Sales & Marketing Director
VENINI Spa

Emmanuel Babled (Portugal)

Director
Babled Design Studio

Panel Discussion

Introduction
Marisa Yiu 姚嘉珊 (Hong Kong)

Founding Partner
ESKYIU

Introduction
Eric Schuldenfrei 邵達輝 (Hong Kong)

Founding Partner
ESKYIU

Introduction
Santina Bonini (Hong Kong)

Director
design-bs

Alice Rawsthorn (United Kingdom)

Design Critic and Author

Michelangelo Giombini (Italy)

Special Projects Architect
INTERNI (MONDADORI GROUP)

Luca Trazzi (Italy)

Designer and Co-founder
Designboom

Ole Bouman 奥雷．伯曼 (Mainland of China)

Director
Design Society

Culture & The City Panel in Partnership with Design Trust
Provocations: Writing, Reviewing and Communicating Design

Duncan Pescod, GBS, JP 栢志高 (Hong Kong)

CEO
West Kowloon Cultural District Authority

Rocco Yim 嚴迅奇 (Hong Kong)

Executive Director
Rocco Design Architects Ltd

Introduction
Eric Schuldenfrei 邵達輝 (Hong Kong)

Founding Partner
ESKYIU

Introduction
Marisa Yiu 姚嘉珊 (Hong Kong)

Founding Partner
ESKYIU

Mario Cucinella, Int FRIBA, Hon. FAIA (Italy)

Founder
Mario Cucinella Architects

Venelin Kokalov (Canada)

Principal
Bing Thom Architects

Edoardo Tresoldi (Italy)

Artist

Tobias Berger (Hong Kong)

Head of Arts
Tai Kwun

Introducing BODW 2018 Partner City
Prof. Eric Yim, JP 嚴志明教授太平紳士

Chairman of Board of Directors
Hong Kong Design Centre

Martin Foley MP (Melbourne)

Minister of Creative Industries
State Government of Victoria

Jill Garner (Melbourne)

Victorian Government Architect
Office of the Victorian Government Architect