The programme will be conducted in English.
* Simultaneous Putonghua interpretation will be available
(except for paper presentations and Global Design Network
session).
The organisers reserve the right to change the programme / speakers without prior notice.
1 December 2009 (Day 1)
| 09:00 |
Registration |
09:30
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Fusion Music
Performance by “Digital Music and Media” students of Hong Kong Design Institute |
09:47
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Welcome Remarks:
Prof. Lorraine Justice
Swire Chair Professor of Design, Director of School
of Design, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University
Victor Tsang
Principal, Hong Kong Design Institute
|
09:52
|
Opening Remarks by Guest of Honor:
The Hon Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen, SBS, JP
Chairman, Vocational Training Council (VTC)
|
| 09:55 |
Photo-taking Session |
| |
| I: |
Industrial Design Education |
| 10:00 |
Prof. He Renke
Dean and Professor, School of Design,
Hunan University, China
Topic: From Industrial Design to Innovative Design |
| 10:40 |
Prof. Lou Yongqi
Vice Dean, College of Design & Innovation,
Tongji University, China
Topic: Bridging the knowledge: D&I @ Tongji |
| 11:20 |
Networking Break |
| 11:50 |
Prof. He Xiaoyou
Associate Dean, Nanjing Arts Institute,
China
Topic: TBC |
| 12:30 |
Lunch Break |
| |
| II: |
Design + Innovation Management |
| 14:10 |
Prof. Craig Vogel
FIDSA, Associate Dean, Research and Innovation,
College of Design,
Architecture, Art and Planning,
University of Cincinnati, the U.S.A.
Topic: The Live Well Collaborative – Managing the
Tension between Coordinating Design in a
Comprehensive University while Providing Design as
an Outsource Capability to an International
Corporation |
| 14:50 |
Prof. Jeremy Myerson
Director and Helen Hamlyn Professor of Design,
Helen Hamlyn Centre, Royal College of Art, the UK
Topic: Desirable, Feasible and Viable - A review of
educational initiatives from the Royal College of Art
in combining design with technology and business
at the front end of innovation |
| 15:30 |
Networking Break |
| 15:45 |
Prof. Patrick Whitney
Dean, Institute of Design,
Illinois Institute of Technology
& the Steelcase/Robert C. Pew Professor of Design,
the U.S.A.
Topic: Sustainable Innovation: Avoiding the Collission
The standard prescription for sustainability and
the normal goals for innovation are in direct
conflict with each other. How can design help
reframe this situation? |
| 16:25 |
Bill Moggridge
Founder of IDEO
Topic: Teaching Design Thinking |
| 17:05 |
Break |
| 17:15 |
Panel Discussion
Panel Chair: Prof. John Heskett
Panel Speakers: Prof. Renke He, Prof. Yongqi Lou, Prof. Craig Vogel,
Prof. Patrick Whitney
"Forget the Future. What are Today’s Design Education Issues?"
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| 18:00 |
Networking Drink (by invitation only) |
| 18:30 |
End of the Day |
2 December 2009 (Day 2)
| III: |
Academic Exchange |
| 09:30 |
Paper Presentations
(4 Break-out Sessions in Theatre 2, S426, S427,S428) |
| 12:55 |
Lunch Break |
| |
IV:
14:00
|
Global Design Network
GDN Symposium 2009: Fostering an Entrepreneurial Mindset in Today's Creative Graduates
Room S221, Level 2, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
|
| 15:45 |
Networking Break
(refreshments will be available at Room S221) |
| 16:00 |
Prof. Cees de Bont
Dean, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering,
Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
Topic: A Blessing in Disguise – The Contribution of
Industrial Design Engineering to Sustainable Well
Being
Back to Theatre 2
|
| 16:40 |
Anne-Marie Boutin
President, The Agency for the Promotion of
Industrial Design (APCI), France
Topic: Design education for a sustainable and
desirable world : the French approach
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| 17:20 |
The Future Education in Hong Kong
"HKDI: Building a Foundation for Tomorrow"
By Alex Fung, Vice Principal, Hong Kong Design Institute
"From the Age of Mass to the Age of Flexibility"
By John Heskett, Chair Professor of Design, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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| 18:20 |
Introduction of " Lifestyle Design Research (LSDER) China Network" |
| 18:30 |
Closing Remarks:
Prof. Lorraine Justice
Swire Chair Professor of Design, Director of School
of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Alex Fung
Vice Principal, Hong Kong Design Institute |
| 18:35 |
End of the Conference |
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