Program Schedule

     
10 DEC 2007
     
Venue Time Program
Theatre 1 8:30 Registration & refreshments
     
  9:10 Opening Ceremony
    Drumming Performance
by Hong Kong Design Institute
 

Opening Address
Prof C K Poon
President, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

 

Welcome Address
Prof Lorraine Justice

Director, School of Design
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  9:30 Keynote Speech
    Prof H K Chang, GBS, FREng
Former President of City University Hong Kong
  10:10

Keynote Speech

    Sir Ken Robinson, CBE
World Renowned Expert on Innovation and Creativity, United Kingdom
  10:50

Break

  11:10 Prof Shou Zhi Wang
    Art Center College of Design, United States
  11:50 Prof Kazuo Sugiyama
    Vice Dean, Graduate School of Design & IT, Dongseo University, Korea
  12:30

Lunch

Theatre 1 14:00 Dr Sompit Moi Fusakul

    Dept. of Industrial Design, Faculty of Architecture
King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand
Theatre 1, Room 603, Room 607 14:40

Day 1 Paper Presentations - 3

  Tracks
  16:30

Break

Theatre 1 16:50

Prof Medardo Chiapponi

    Vice President, Faculty of Arts and Design, University IUAV of Venice, Italy
  17:30

Adjourns

 
11 DEC 2007
 
Venue Time Program
Room 601 8:30 Registration & refreshments
     
  9:00

Global Design Network presents

    Influence of Design on Culture, and the Role of Design Museums
   

Deyan Sudjic
Director, Design Museum London, United Kingdom

   

Alexander von Vegesack
Director, Vitra Design Museum, Germany

  10:30

Break

Room 601, Room 603, Room 607 11:00

Day 2 Paper Presentations - 3

  Tracks
  12:50

Lunch

Room 601 14:00

Chinese Cultural Performance

  14:30

Prof Xiaobo Lu

    Vice Dean, Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University, China
  15:10

Benny Leong

    Assistant Professor, Asian Lifestyle Design Research Lab Leader
School of Design
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  15:50

Break

Room 601 16:10

Panel Discussion

  16:50

Closing Address

    by Prof Lorraine Justice
  17:00

Adjourns