Xin Xiangyang is the Dean of Design Thinking and Social Technology System Design Institute, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, famous Chinese Alumni of Carnegie Mellon University and Distinguished Professor at Tongji University. He is also an invited personal executive director of China Industrial Design Association, visiting professor of West China Hospital, consultant of Changhong Innovation Center and independent consultant of Huawei. He served as a jury member on competitions including IXDA, G-Mark, Red Star and many others. He had served as former Dean of Design at Jiangnan University, founded and served as the leader of MDes Interaction Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Xin has provided various consultant and R&D services for partners including P&G, the US National Post Office, Hong Kong SAR Government, Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute, GE, Huawei, Tencent, Changhong, AURORA, Midea, etc. For his outstanding contributions in the fields of interaction, experience and service, he has been awarded the annual award of "2015 Future Voice of Interaction Design" by IXDA, the second prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award, the Gold Medal of Dragon Design Foundation Award (DDF)· Contribution Award, "40 Chinese Design Contributors at 40th Anniversary of the Reform and Opening Up Award" and "70 Chinese Design Contributors at 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the PRC Award".

Zheng Gangqiang has led and participated in 20 vertical research projects and has completed over 300 design and implementation projects. He has published 11 books and 87 papers, received 59 awards, and holds 21 national patents. He established a think tank of academicians that brings together over 80 academicians and connects hundreds of academicians and Nobel laureates to empower regional innovation. By leveraging design to promote the integration of industry and education and the innovation and upgrading of industrial chains, he has created a knowledge system for the industrialization of China's independent strategic scientific design, which is applied in various sectors, including artificial intelligence, new energy, marine engineering, mineral construction, and life health.

Wang Yunhui is the Deputy Director and a researcher at the Fifth Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. She also serves as the Deputy Head of the Equipment Quality Management Technical Group and a member of the Reliability Systems Engineering Technical Group under the Equipment Development Department. Additionally, she is the rotating chairman of the Innovation and Development Committee of the China Electronics Standardization Association, a council member of the China Electronics Society (Chairman of the Reliability Branch), a member of the Expert Committee for the “Digital Government” Reform and Construction in Guangdong Province, a council member of the Guangdong Cybersecurity Industry Alliance, and the Executive Vice Chairman of the Digital Industrial Software Alliance. She has long been engaged in research on industrial software, innovation and development, quality reliability, and safety. She has participated in the formulation of quality plans for several major national projects and has led over 20 national and provincial-level projects. She has overseen the construction of significant projects and capacity-building initiatives, including the National Innovation and Development Comprehensive Support Platform, the Innovation and Development Quality Testing Platform, industrial internet, smart manufacturing security, industrial data security special projects, and information security protection platforms. She has also promoted the implementation of key initiatives such as equipment cybersecurity testing, smart device cybersecurity assessments, Guangdong Province's Digital Government Security Index, safety regulation, and resource pool construction.

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.

Professor Ken Nah graduated from Hanyang University in South Korea in 1983 with a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering. In 1985, he earned a Master’s degree from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), deepening his interest in human factors and ergonomics. In 1996, he received a PhD in Engineering Design from Tufts University in Boston. Ken Nah is also a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE) in the United States, making him the first South Korean to achieve this title. He is currently a Professor of Design at the International Design School for Advanced Studies (IDAS) at Hongik University in Seoul and the Director of the Human Experience and Emotion Research (HE.ER) Lab. Since 2002, he has served as the Director of the International Design Trend Center (IDTC). Ken Nah was the Executive Director of "Seoul World Design Capital 2010." In addition to his role as a professor, he also serves as Senior Vice President of the Korean Federation of Design Associations (KFDA) and the Korea Association of Industrial Designers (KAID). Since 2000, Ken Nah has been a design policy advisor to multiple ministries within the South Korean government.

Cao Xue is Professor at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, PhD advisor, and Deputy Chair of the Academic Committee. He led the design team for “Bing Dwen Dwen”, the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and served as its chief designer. He also designed Guangzhou's first city image logo, the Guangzhou Public Security logo, the "Hello · China Bamboo" logo for sustainable development, and the Asia Food Festival logo, all of which have been widely acclaimed. He has won numerous awards, including the Red Dot, iF, IDEA, and Pentawards. In 2022, he was named "Artist of the Year" by New Weekly. Dedicated to reform and innovation in design education, he has been awarded titles such as Outstanding Teacher of Southern Guangdong and China’s Top Ten Designers. The international design exhibition series "Outside the Tower", which he curated, has successfully held five editions in cities like London, Milan, Paris, Athens, and Madrid, using design as a medium to tell China’s story and earning him high regard in both the industry and academia.

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.

Lan Cuiqin is a doctor, professor, senior engineer with the title of professor-level salary, the current Director of Academic Committee and Dean of Graduate School of Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Chairman of the Design Standards Branch of the China Industrial Design Association, editor-in-chief of the Design magazine, Vice President of the Beijing Design Society, a special expert of Peking University's College of Engineering, and a special professor of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. She has previously served as the design director of Haier Group and the design director of the China Household Appliance Research Institute. With more than 20 years of experience in design innovation, her main focus is on design strategy and design management, as well as service design. Her academic focus is on research into design standards and design industry policies. She excels at building design public service platforms, creating design systems, formulating design strategies, and developing innovative products.

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.

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.

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.

Srini is the Chairman and CEO of LUMIUM DESIGN, Inc., a world class, award-winning product Design Company. He is a member of Industrial Designers Society of America, a guest speaker at conferences related to important global innovative design topics, a part-time professor at the College of Design and Innovation at Tongji University in Shanghai, and a member of the International Advisory Committee. He is committed to promoting design development and building a better life.

As an industrial designer and design strategy planner, Sertac Ersayin has extensive experience as a jury member. He has served on the juries of numerous prestigious design awards, including the iF Design Award in Germany, the Good Design Award in Japan, the European Design Management Award in Eindhoven, the China High-Speed Rail Design Competition, and the India Best Design Awards. Since 2008, he has been a member of the executive board for the evaluation system of the Design Turkey awards. In 2014, he became the president of the Industrial Designers Society of Turkey. Sertac's award-winning work has been recognized globally in countries such as Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Turkey, and South Korea. Earlier in his career, he worked as an industrial designer and design director for Fortune 500 companies in Istanbul, Hong Kong, and Shenzhen.

Soon-In Lee has over 40 years of experience in the industry, with expertise spanning industrial design, interior design, and more. He has held several prestigious positions, including President of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID, now named as WDO), Executive Managing Director of the Seoul Design Center, Chairman of the Asia 3D Printing Forum, Dean of IDAS at Hongik University in Seoul, Executive Director of LG Europe Design Center, and Director of the Korea Design Biennale. Over the years, he has continuously supported international design-related projects and actively promoted design exchanges between China and Korea. He has been a guest speaker at Tsinghua University’ s 100th Anniversary Seminar in Beijing, a guest speaker at the Bauhaus Special Form College in Changsha, and also serves as a professor at Hunan University.

Fabio Verdelli is an Italian designer and author, as well as the founder and director of Fabio Verdelli Design Studio. In 2020, he expanded his company by opening a branch in Guangzhou, China. Fabio Verdelli holds a degree in Industrial Design from Politecnico di Milano. His design career began at Design Continuum and the IED Design Center. He has collaborated with numerous leading global brands, such as Bosch, Fiat, Hyundai, IBM, HP, Google, Facebook, Coca-Cola, Meta, Ray-Ban, Oakley, and Samsung. His creative approach is strictly human-centered, with a strong emphasis on technological and cultural innovation. He is considered one of the founders and foremost representatives of GENTLE-TECH in Europe and abroad. Fabio Verdelli has received multiple international design awards, including the iF Design Awards and Red Dot Design Awards.

Jarmo Suominen focuses on the relationship between humans and the environment to achieve more sustainable behaviors and environments. He has won numerous awards in architecture and design competitions. As a co-founder of the NGIN-workplace coworking platform connecting the Harvard-MIT campus in Boston with Mexico City, and a co-founder of the Spacent platform, he focuses on online connections for coworking operators, enabling users to leverage a network of coworking spaces for more sustainable development. He is continuing to research and develop ways to integrate the latest advancements in artificial intelligence with academic and industry interests and outcomes.

Gao Peng, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, Dean of the School of Future Design. His research focuses on design management and design education. He holds a Bachelor's to Doctoral degree from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, was a visiting scholar at the University of the Arts London, and completed his postdoctoral studies at Peking University. In 2015, he served as the Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum's "Global Young Leaders" and was honored with the title "Global Young Leader - Art Envoy" of that year. He is also the recipient of the "Beijing May 4th Medal" in 2015.

Li Ningning is currently the Founder and Executive Design Director of ViStrat Design Consulting Agency. With over 20 years of experience in the fields of industrial design, product manufacturing, and design strategy, she has made significant contributions to the industry. Previously serving as the Senior Director of Industrial Design for the ecosystem of Xiaomi Technology, she was responsible for the industrial design of the company's ecosystem hardware products. She led the design and development of hundreds of Xiaomi and Mijia brand hardware products, including wearables, smart home appliances, smart home solutions, and smart mobility devices, successfully establishing a distinct brand design style.

He was a professor and head of the Department of Art and Design of Hebei University of Technology (Tianjin), the first dean of the College of Architecture and Art Design of Hebei University of Technology, the director of the Digital Creativity and Intelligent Design Research Center of Nankai University, a member of the National Steering Committee for Graduate Education in Art, a member of the China Artists Association, the president of Tianjin Creative Industries Association and the member of the Expert Committee of Beijing Cultural and Creative Competition, and judge of the national finals.

Juha Kosonen is an internationally experienced industrial designer and design manager in highly competitive consumer product development areas. High knowledge in practice in the field of consumer electronics design, professional equipment design and brand based product identity development, as well as in utilization of the latest design technology and methods. Involvement in industrial design company’s new business development through new service product creation. Over 35 years of experience in branding, creative thinking, user research, strategic design and creation of new product concepts, leading companies to find new product and business strategies. Involved also in development of business to business development and marketing communication. Core strengths are experience creation, concept innovation and product strategies.

Inder is the Industrial Design Lead at IDEO Shanghai. He is well-versed in the entire process of taking products from concept to market. Prior to joining IDEO, he served as the Design Director at HAX (SOSV), a venture capital firm focused on early-stage hardware startups, where he learned and honed an iterative problem-solving approach. His work spans high-tech industries such as robotics, industrial Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous driving platforms, and advanced medical technology devices. He was involved in the initiative that grew SOSV's asset management size from $400 million to $1.3 billion, while also helping startups raise over $3 billion in funding. He leverages his experience working in various industries to create innovative cross-disciplinary solutions.

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.

Filippo Merli is an Italian entrepreneur who has been based in China for several years. In 2018, he co-founded Here Fashion Hub (HFH), HFH is dedicated to strengthening the exchange of design ideas and practices between China and Italy, promoting cultural collaboration in the fashion industry. In addition, Filippo Merli is a co-founder of Vadoworld, Filippo is dedicated to simplify travel for all types of travelers, By providing innovative and practical travel solutions, vadoworld enhances the travel experience for individuals worldwide. Filippo Merli maintains strong partnerships with various Italian institutions in China, such as the Italian Consulate General and Chambers of Commerce. Through these collaborations, he actively contributes to promoting business interactions and fostering trade relationships between Italy and China. Furthermore, he actively mentors students and startups in Italian universities and design schools. By sharing his knowledge and experiences, he helps aspiring entrepreneurs and designers navigate their professional journeys and achieve success.

Liu Lidan is the Founder of Monkey Technology, Associate Professor at the College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, and was selected as one of the successful female entrepreneurs in the EY Asia-Pacific region for the year 2024. Under the leadership of Liu Lidan, HOTO Monkey Technology combines innovative design with cutting-edge technology, breaking through the traditional pattern of the tool industry. She founded Monkey Technology in 2016, and the products have been sold to 56 countries and regions, winning the trust of more than 5 million users worldwide. She was a partner of designaffairs China, an innovation design consulting firm, which was acquired by Accenture in 2018. Liu Lidan has been invited multiple times to serve as a judge for iF Design Award and the German Braun International Design Award.

Luo Cheng is the Chairman and President of Artop Design Group, one of the first batch of senior industrial designers in China and a Senior Industrial Artist, with nearly 30 years of experience in industrial and fine arts design. Since the establishment of Artop Design Group in 1999, he has been the first to advocate and practice the "D+M" full industry chain design innovation service, providing high-end comprehensive technical services for more than 2000 internationally renowned brands. He has successively won honors such as one of the Top Ten Outstanding Young People in the Chinese Design Industry, one of the Top Ten Designers of the China "Golden Sheep Award," and one of the Top Ten Young Designers in Guangdong. He has also been appointed as a visiting professor and off-campus master's tutor at multiple universities, including Chongqing University, Shenzhen University, and Wuhan University.

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.

Founder of Taiwan Tangcao Design Co., Ltd., Executive Director of the Taiwan Technology Design Value-Added Promotion Association, a representative member of the Asian Design Alliance (tdAA) in Taiwan, and the initiator and chief curator of Taiwan Designers' Week. Currently serves as the Chief Designer and Deputy General Manager of Smart Life Division of Xiamen Leedarson IoT Technology Inc. Since 2000, has led design teams from Taiwan and Mainland China to win over 30 international awards, including the iF Design Award, Red Dot Design Award, IDEA Design Award, Good Design Award Japan, Golden Pin Design Award, and DFA Design for Asia Awards.

Michael Young is one of the most influential contemporary designers, British industrial design master. Michael Young\'s design involves industrial design, interior design, art design and other fields. His design style is elegant and simple, especially keen on the pursuit of technology. He is known as a complex minimalist in the industry. His designs, with elegant and gorgeous design aesthetics is highly praised and collected by international awards and art galleries. In pursuit of pioneering technology, Michael Young set up his own studio in Hong Kong in 2006. Until today, the studio has become one of the best-known design firms in Asia, with close ties to Chinese design.

Chen Xiguan is very famous in Taiwan's design community. He obtained his MFA degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art in the United States in 1995. He has served in key executive and design leadership roles at Philips Design and GE/FITCH (Greater China region). Currently, he works for the R&D Creative Center at Compal Computer Group, where he is responsible for the company's technological blueprint and the strategy for innovative design. From 2015 to 2019, he represented Taiwan as a board member of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) / World Design Organization (WDO). He also served as an international advisor for Taipei World Design Capital (WDC), and has held significant positions such as judge for the iF Design Award eight times, Singapore Good Design Award, Golden Pin Design Award, and convener of the Taipei Design Award. He is currently contributing to Taiwan's education sector as an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Design at Shih Chien University, and also serves as the Design Ambassador for the Australian Good Design Award and a WDO Regional Advisor.

A graduate of the Politecnico of Milan, Italy, Andrea Ponti is an Italian designer specializing in product and industrial design，Ponti now lives in Hong Kong where he founded Ponti Design Studio in 2012, with a focus on technology and sustainability. His projects combine the elegance of Italian design with the minimalism of Japanese design. The dualism of east and west, past and present, art and technology best represents his professional development and design language. Andrea Ponti has been heading Ponti Design Studio and broadening his range of design products and services, he designed for Panasonic, Philips, Oppo, Haier, Samsonite and The Peninsula Hotels and he has received prestigious international design awards such as the iF Design Award, the Red Dot Design Award and the Good Design Award.

Elena Raho graduated from Industrial Design at the Polytechnic University of Turin – Italy. She used to work in Fila, Adidas and Armani, etc. Early in her career, she travelled to China for her work in design and development. HERE CREATE has developed beyond expectations, evolving into a broader platform concept for the future lifestyle and fashion industry.

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.

In 1995, he graduated from Zhejiang University with a bachelor’s degree in industrial design. His graduation design work was for Fotile’s first range hood. He holds the Master Degree of Design of Italian DOMUS ACDAMY, and the first senior industrial designers in Zhejiang Province. His works won many international awards including Red Dot, iF, American IDEA, as well as "Golden Intelligence" Award of the first Chinese Design Intelligence Award (DIA) in 2016. He led the design of Fotile’s A-type machine, Q-type machine, European type machine, near suction range hood, sink dishwasher, etc., which have epoch-making significance for China’s kitchen electricity industry.

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.

Lorraine Justice is a Professor of Industrial Design and the former Dean of the College of Art and Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She is a Fellow of the Industrial Designers' Society of America (IDSA) and was named one of the top 40 designers to watch by ID Magazine. She was also named one of the top 50 in product design in 2016. She serves on six editorial boards for design journals around the world and, as a judge for design competitions around the world.Justice served as the director and Dean of the School of Design at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 2004 to 2011. Under her leadership, the school emerged as one of the top 30 design schools in the world and one of the top four Asian design programs.

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.

In 2008, he graduated from the Graduate School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo with a specialization in Social Foundations. In the same year, he joined GK Design Group, focusing on research topics related to spatial environmental signage systems and urban environmental construction. Yoshiaki has more than ten years of experience in the design industry, mainly covering research in visual and communication design (VI, BI), product design (healthcare, household appliances), and urban environmental design (signage, street facilities). He actively engages in design education institutions and industry events in China, dedicating himself to promoting the enlightenment of Japanese design, and he once give speech at the Japan Design Lecture organized by the Consulate-General of Japan in Shanghai. Yoshiaki is the guest evaluation jurors at the Wenzhou International Design Biennial. He has also delivered lectures on Japanese design at the International Design School at Zhejiang University and various design seminars at Donghua University, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, and Tongji University.

Lan Yu is Director and and a professor of the Industrial Design Department at the ArtCenter College of Design (ACCD) in Los Angeles, USA. She also serves as a consultant for the Sky Limit Entertainment and smartmi. Between 2014 and 2019, she collaborated with the ArtCenter College of Design to create and host the successful "Innovation Changes" design forums in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Qingdao. She served as the Design Director and Brand Manager at Tsinghua Tongfang for nearly a decade, helping to establish successful technology-based startups. As a design consultant, she has worked with companies including Soreal Metaverse, Hero Entertainment, Bank of China, China Daily, Omnijoi Films, Xiaomi, and Google. Lan Yu holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Design from the ArtCenter College of Design in Los Angeles and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in Product Design from Beijing Institute of Technology.

Professor and PhD advisor at Northwestern Polytechnical University. Vice President of the China Industrial Design Association and former Deputy Chair of the Teaching Guidance Committee for Industrial Design under the Ministry of Education (2018-2022). Director of the Shaanxi Industrial Design Development Center, recognized as an Outstanding Teacher in Shaanxi Province, and recipient of the Silver Award for the Dragon Design Foundation Contribution Award and the Baosteel Excellent Teacher Award. He has undertaken several key national science and technology projects during the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Five-Year Plans, as well as over ten "863" projects. His research primarily focuses on industrial design in the equipment manufacturing industry. In recent years, he has led and completed research projects involving aerospace (responsible for the industrial design tasks of major national manned space missions such as Tiangong-1 and Shenzhou 8 and 9), marine (handling the cabin layout and human-machine design tasks for manned submersibles like Jiaolong, Deep Sea Warrior, and Endeavor), aviation (conducting human-machine ergonomic analysis for a specific model of fighter jet cockpit and the industrial design of a large transport aircraft's tooling platform), as well as industrial design for vehicles and machinery equipment.

As the VP of Design at fuseproject, Qin Li leads a dynamic creative team, guiding diverse client design projects and successfully bringing designs to market. Her design achievements have gained global recognition and earned numerous prestigious awards, including the Moxie smart robot, named one of TIME magazine's 100 Best Inventions of 2020, the Cionic neural sleeve, which won the Dezeen Magazine's Design Project of the Year award in 2023, and the Yoshino portable power stations, awarded the "Best of the Best" Red Dot Design Award in 2024. In 2024, she received the Academy of Fellows Award from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), becoming the first Asian female designer to achieve this honor.

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.

A renowned architect and thinker, Director of Kurokawa Masayuki Architects and Associates, and a member of the Japan Institute of Architects, Japan Design Committee, Japan Interior Designers Forum, as well as President of the Japan Industrial Designers Association. He also serves as a professor at the Graduate School of Art, Nihon University. Born into a family of architects, he graduated from Waseda University with a degree in architecture and was awarded the unique title of "Doctor of Arts", the only one of its kind in Japanese history. Some of his works are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Denver Art Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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.    

Yang Jian has been working at the China Fashion Association since 1996, holding various positions such as Director of the Membership Department, Deputy Secretary General, Assistant to the President, Vice President, and Executive President. For over 20 years, he has organized or participated in the organization of annual events such as China International Fashion Week, China International College Students Fashion Week, China International Young Designers Fashion Competition, China Fashion Conference, and China Design Summit.

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.

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.

Filippo Merli is an Italian entrepreneur who has been based in China for several years. In 2018, he co-founded Here Fashion Hub (HFH), HFH is dedicated to strengthening the exchange of design ideas and practices between China and Italy, promoting cultural collaboration in the fashion industry. In addition, Filippo Merli is a co-founder of Vadoworld, Filippo is dedicated to simplify travel for all types of travelers, By providing innovative and practical travel solutions, vadoworld enhances the travel experience for individuals worldwide. Filippo Merli maintains strong partnerships with various Italian institutions in China, such as the Italian Consulate General and Chambers of Commerce. Through these collaborations, he actively contributes to promoting business interactions and fostering trade relationships between Italy and China. Furthermore, he actively mentors students and startups in Italian universities and design schools. By sharing his knowledge and experiences, he helps aspiring entrepreneurs and designers navigate their professional journeys and achieve success.

A graduate of the Politecnico of Milan, Italy, Andrea Ponti is an Italian designer specializing in product and industrial design，Ponti now lives in Hong Kong where he founded Ponti Design Studio in 2012, with a focus on technology and sustainability. His projects combine the elegance of Italian design with the minimalism of Japanese design. The dualism of east and west, past and present, art and technology best represents his professional development and design language. Andrea Ponti has been heading Ponti Design Studio and broadening his range of design products and services, he designed for Panasonic, Philips, Oppo, Haier, Samsonite and The Peninsula Hotels and he has received prestigious international design awards such as the iF Design Award, the Red Dot Design Award and the Good Design Award.

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.