Keynote Speakers
(Alphabetically alphabetized by surname)
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Cao Xue
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts School
Professor,Doctoral Supervisor
Former Dean of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts and Design, professor of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Professor, and vice-chairman of the Academic Committee.He is the head of the design team of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Mascot Bingdun, and has designed Guangzhou's first city image logo and Guangzhou Public Security image logo; “Hello China Bamboo” sustainability campaign LOGO design, Zhongzhou Road culture IP image design, Asian food festival LOGO, etc. , has been highly recognized by the community. He has won many awards in Germany, such as Red Dot, IF, IDEA and Pentawards; 2022 new weekly artist of the year. He is committed to the reform and innovation of Design Education and has been awarded the title of outstanding teacher in southern Guangdong and top ten designers in China. The international design exhibition“Outside the tower” has been held successfully for four times in London, Milan, Paris, Athens and Madrid, in the industry, academia enjoys a high reputation.
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Don Tae Lee
Samsung Art & Design Institute
President
After a long and productive role at Samsung Corporate Design Center and concurrently acting as President at SADI, he has moved over to the President's office at SADI full time. As the head of Corporate Design Center at Samsung Electronics, Don was responsible for developing advanced designs for new businesses. He has been involved in design field for 25 years and has become a motivational leader in pursuing design that enriches the lives of consumers through human-centered innovation. He has worked on projects ranging from small consumer goods to heavy-industrial products. Before joining Samsung, he led Tangerine as a co-president. He received the honorary fellowship from Royal College of Art in 2016. He has a passion for creating a sense of seamlessness and cohesiveness across Samsung products to give consumers a singular experience. He pursued innovative designs and plays a leading role in improving design identity and usability of various products at Samsung.
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Joris Groen
Booking.com
Senior User Experience Expert
Joris Groen, a distinguished leader in UX design with a specialization in the intersection of UX and psychology, has leveraged his expertise for numerous global brands such as KLM, ING, Mercedes, Nike, and Coca-Cola. As the acclaimed author of the best-selling book 'Online Influence,' which explores behavior design in UX, he's made significant contributions to his field. Groen co-established the Conversation Design Institute and currently holds the position of Senior Conversation Designer at Booking.com, one of the world’s largest travel sites.
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Leonardo Mariani
Valode Et Pistre Architectes
Deputy General Manager of China,Creative Director
Mr Leonardo Mariani is an Italian registered architect with a master's degree in Politecnico di Milano and a LEED certified member. More than 17 years in the field of architectural design, in 2011 joined Valode Et Pistre Architectes, and then served as deputy general manager and Design Director of China. After years of design and practice at home and abroad, he has come up with a set of design methods that suit China's national conditions and strategic ideas for solving major problems, and in a variety of building types have rich experience and professional knowledge. Valode Et Pistre Architectes is one of the ten famous design firms in Europe, and also the largest French architectural design firm. Founded in 1980, headquartered in Paris, and opened a branch in Beijing. Design works distributed in the World 35 countries and regions covering a variety of types and scales, in the international recognition, and won the highest award in French architecture, "Silver Corner Ruler Award.". Design works cover convention and exhibition, Commerce, medical, culture, education, Rail Transit City complex super high-rise, industry, hotel, office, residential and other types, it involves many fields such as urban renewal, digital design, green building, design management, interdisciplinary design and so on.
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Li Shiyan
Baidu
Head of Digital People and Robotics Business
Head of Baidu's digital human and robot business, managing product development, operation and commercialization of the business. Deeply engaged in big models and spatial computing related applications, it is a benchmark product leader in artificial intelligence that has been fighting on the front line of business for many years. He used to be the architect and head of the human-computer exploration laboratory of Baidu Artificial Intelligence Interaction Design Institute, an enterprise tutor of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and one of China's top ten service design youths, with 50+ patents and 10+ papers.
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Moritz Ludwig
Accenture
Managing Director
Moritz is managing director at Accenture China, where he leads design and innovation. From creative director in an independent agency to leading teams within one of the world’s largest tech consultancies, he’s driven by the way new tools redefine creativity. He's passionate to explore the ways AIGC will “disrupt disruption” and sharing how new ways of working will empower the next generation of creatives.Apart from this, he’s a jury member of the German iF Awards and a honorary firefighter of JingAn District.
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Ren He
COMAC
Marketing Center Technical Director
The national high-level introduction of overseas experts, the current COMAC technical expert, professor level senior engineer, COMAC marketing Committee technical director, deputy director of science and technology committee. The 18th Guanghua Longteng "China Design Contribution Award" silver medal winner. He served as Deputy director and senior engineer of Airworthiness Reliability Research Department of China First Aircraft Design and Research Institute; Research Fellow, University of Newcastle, Australia; Professor/Doctoral Supervisor, Department Head, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia; A Fellow of the IEAust-Fellowship of Australia; C919 Chief Designer Assistant; Deputy Chief Engineer of China Commercial Aircraft Service Center (presiding), Executive Deputy Director and Secretary General of Science and Technology Committee, Chief Information Officer, Director of Industrial Design Institute (National Civil Aircraft Industrial Design Center); Executive Deputy Director, Shanghai Civil Aircraft Real-time Monitoring and Health Management Engineering Center. He is also an adjunct professor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Xiamen University, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shanghai University of Applied Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Honorary professor/doctoral supervisor of Moscow Aeronautical University, RMIT University in Australia. Shanghai Pujiang Talent title; Leading talents of Minhang District, Shanghai; Won the title of "Detao Aviation Practice Master"; Won the "World's Top Ten Outstanding Designers (TIA)". He has won the Red Dot Design Award, Red Star Design Award, Shanghai Magnolia Design Award, the 18th Guanghua Longteng "China Design Contribution Award" silver medal.
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Tian Bin
CIETC
Director
He is a Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Law, Ph. D. in political science, Tsinghua University, and a visiting scholar at the Paris School of politics. He is currently Director of the Institute of Industrial Economics, Center for International Economic and technical cooperation of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, he is a member of the Advisory Committee on International Cooperation Strategy of the national aviation industry and a research fellow at the school of Belt and Road strategy, Tsinghua University. He was awarded the Hualong District Award for Outstanding Young People in the Chinese design industry and has long been engaged in policy research in industrial design, to undertake a number of research projects in the field of industrial design, such as policy research on Industrial Design Parks, Development Report of National Industrial Design Centers, and promotion of high-quality development of industrial design-enabled manufacturing, twice won the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology outstanding research results first prize. He edited“2021 Blue Book of Industrial Design”, and took charge of the assessment and review of National Industrial Design Center, cultivation and identification of National Institute of Industrial Design, etc. , to be responsible for the planning and organization of China International Industrial Design Expo. Leading the planning of“Industrial design services local activities” is listed as the national service month of small and medium-sized enterprises Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the top ten brand activities, and the 2022 Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China “Innovation Star” youth post merit competition “First Prize.”. In addition, director Tian bin has long been committed to international economic cooperation and Industrial Policy Research, he has visited and studied five Central Asian countries, three South Caucasus countries, European countries and more than 30 countries along the “Belt and Road” such as Mongolia, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Commerce, the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Local Governments. He is the author of economic sanctions: the balance between efficiency and humanity, annual report on cross-border M & A of Chinese Enterprises, and Development Report of Chinese Industrial Design. Published dozens of articles in domestic and foreign periodicals.
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Wang Wei
IFlytek
Vice President
I joined IFlytek in 2001 and am currently Vice President of IFlytek Consumer Business Group and general manager of Anhui Hear Technology Co., LTD. Since 2001, I have made significant contributions to the research and development of speech synthesis, speech recognition, speech evaluation, speech translation and other related core technologies and industrial development, and promoted and participated in the construction of several key projects of national ministries, provinces and cities for many times. Based on the core technology of voice transfer, I led my team to launch a series of products, such as hearing transfer website, hearing intelligent conference system, intelligent manuscript singing system, etc. At present, iFlytek's Hearing series products have achieved good application results in the government, enterprises, teaching, justice, media and other industries.
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Xin Xiangyang
XXY Innovation
Founder
He is the founder of XXY Innovation, Tongji University professor and Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts of the design thinking and social technology systems design institute, he is a visiting professor and well-known Chinese alumnus of the West China Clinical Medical College, including Taiwan Practice University and Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Carnegie Mellon University. He is a top international expert in the fields of interaction, experience, service and so on. He is also a judge of international interaction design competition, Japanese G-Mark, Red Star award and so on, he was the dean of the School of Kangnam University design and the founder of the Interactive Design Department of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has provided consultancy services to the American State Post Bureau, the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute, Huawei and Changhong, he has won the "Voice of the future of interaction design" award, the second prize of the State Education Achievement Award (twice) , the gold medal of the Guanghua Longteng Chinese design contribution award, the "40 Chinese designers in the 40 years of reform and opening up" and the "70 Chinese designers in the 70th anniversary of the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China".
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Yang Yuanzu
Motiff
President
He is Vice President of Cloud Holding Group, President of Motiff, and head of research and production of the original ape tutoring. In 2013, Yang Yuanzu led the establishment of the APE guidance AI Research Institute, which is responsible for the long-term research and development of Cloud Holdings' products and AI technology, led the production and research team to create a continuous ape guidance, zebra and other services for hundreds of millions of users of explosive products. Over the past decade, he has successfully applied AI technology to education. Today, he is working to combine past experience with a deep understanding of the pain points, needs, and improvements in the product design process, design tools for the UI design industry: Motiff.
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Richard Chang
Gensler
GC Retail Leader & Studio Director
As the Asia Retail Practice Area Leader and Senior Project Manager in Gensler’s Shanghai office, Richard has led high- profile projects for internationally renowned retailers for their various efforts in the region, including Starbucks Reserve Roastery, Shanghai and Tokyo, Cadillac, The North Face, Lenovo, Diesel and Microsoft. With years of experience, Richard is invaluable to the prototype and strategic planning of many global and local retail clients, essential to growing our Asia portfolio. He also speaks at difference regional retail events and contributes to research studies, such as “Shopping the Globe,” focusing on retail opportunities in emerging markets, and Gensler’s “Brand Engagement Survey,” which explores the emotional power of brands. Guiding clients through complex projects in China and throughout the region demonstrates his impeccable leadership and cross-cultural communication skills.
Summit Speakers
(Alphabetically alphabetized by surname)
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Kevin Chang
CPIC
Senior Experience Design Expert
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Anderson
Pixso
Head of Product Design
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Dong Tengfei
Baidu MEUX
Product Designer
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Dai Kui
Jiangxi Bank
General Manager of Internet Finance Department
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Ge Feng
Honor
Head of UX Design Department
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Huo Ran
Alibaba Intime Retail
Head of Experience Design
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Liu Shuangxi
Ant Group
Senior Experience Design Specialist
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Lv Tangjie
Netease
Head of AI Technology at Fuxi Lab
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Wang Tingting
Baidu AI Cloud
Head of User Experience Department
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Wang Yin
Universal Beijing Resort
User Experience and Product Design Lead
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Zhang Le
CMB
Experience Design Manager
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Zhang Hao
ICBC
Senior Fintech Manager
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Zhang Lulu
Alibaba Cloud
Experience Design Expert
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Zhang Haoran
Motiff
Vice President
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Zhao Yongchang
HOLA
Co-Founder
Workshop / Roundtable / Design Trip Speakers
(Alphabetically alphabetized by surname)
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Chen Zhe
Baidu
Senior Product Designer
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Jean Cao
Alibaba Cainiao network
Experience Design Expert
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Cheng Yanan
Xiaomi
User Experience Designer
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Du Jiachun
Alibaba Cloud
Design Expert
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Hsinyu Du
IKEA China Digital Hub
Design Operation Senior Producer
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Duan Lei
Lenovo
Senior User Experience Design Expert
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Guo Liteng
DiDi
Design Expert
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Sam Huang
NetEase
Senior UX Manager
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Hong Rongjing
JD
Visual Designer
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Liu Shuangxi
Ant Group
Senior Experience Design Specialist
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Liu Yuguang
Beijing Institute of Architectural Design
Deputy Chief Architect
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Luo Yingling
Lenovo
Senior UX Designer
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Li Qi
Baidu
Senior Product Designer
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li Huan
Baidu
Senior Product Designer
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Li Ye
Baidu
Design Director
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Nicolas Cinguino
Blank (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd
Strategic Leader
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Qin Xi
Tencent CDC
Senior Interaction Designer
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Shen Jian
Alibaba Group—Freshippo
User Experience Lead of Instore Experience
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Su Yi
IBM
UX Consultant
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Song Xiaoyue
Xiaomi Mobile
Head of the International Internet Design Center
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Sun Boxing
JD
Senior Visual Designer
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Tao Qiong
JD
Senior Visual Designer
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Peter Wu
Tencent CDC
Senior Visual Designer
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Wang Jun
ICBC
Senior User Researcher
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Wang Wan
Alibaba Design
Head of Industry Solution Design
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Wang Jixin
Jinteng Technology
Senior Product Experience Designer
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Wang Chen
BytDance
Experience Designer
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Wang Yan
CMB
UX Designer
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Wang Chao
Tencent
Senior Product Experience Designer
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Wang Shanshan
OPPO
Head of Internet Experience Design
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Xue Yutong
Meta (Facebook)
Staff Product Designer
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Xue Yutong
Meta (Facebook)
Staff Product Designer
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Xie Junwei
DIDI
Design Lead for Platform Passenger Growth
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Yang Sensen
MYbank
Experience Design Expert
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Yang Xi
Porsche Digital China
Senior Experience Designer
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Yang Xiaowan
Tencent CDC
Senior Interaction Designer
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Zhao Zhen
vivo
Experience Design Specialist
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Zhao Mingyi
NetEase (Hangzhou) Network Co., LTD
Senior Interaction Designer
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Zhang Rihua
58.com
Experience Design Expert
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Zhang Shuohuan
Midea
Senior UI Designer
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Mei Zhang
Booking.com
Senior Product Designer
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Ryan Zhong
China Literature
Brand & Creative Design Manager