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Soon In, Lee
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Soon In, Lee
Professor at Hong-Ik University, Seoul; General Director of Gwangju Design Biennale 2007; President of the Seoul Design Center, Responsible person of WDC Seoul 2010.
Soon-In Lee graduated from the Hong-Ik University in Seoul with a BA in Industrial Design in 1972 and an MA in Interior Design in 1978, and completed his studies at the Pratt Institute, New York, and the Domus Academy, Milan.
He further graduated from Helsinki University with an MBA in Design Management in 2001.
Recently, SoonIn Lee has been working on his dissertation for a PhD at UT in the Netherlands.
While studying he worked as a designer for Gold Star (later to become LG) from 1975. In 1990, SoonIn Lee became president of the LG Europe Design Center in Dublin, and in 1995 director of the LG Electronics Corporate Design Center in Seoul. During the same year, he became Executive Managing Director of the Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP). Today he is Executive Managing Director of Seoul Design Center.
As a lecturer, Soon-In Lee taught at the Kookin-Min University in Seoul and as an affiliate professor at the International Design School for Advanced Studies (IDAS) in Seoul. Since 2003, he has been a lecturer in design management at graduate school of Hong-Ik University.
Soon-In Lee is Vice-Chair of the Korea Design & Brand Management Society, and a member of the Design Management Institute (DMI) and the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). He was the general director for Gwangju Design Biennale 2007.
SoonIn Lee is engaged in the work of renowned committees and institutions. He was, for example, Secretary General of the ICSID Congress Seoul 2001 Oullim and an advisor to the Design Committee of the Korea/Japan World Cup Game 2002; since 1997, he has been an executive board member of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID), and he will be the elected president of ICSID from 2011 to 2013.
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Kristian Keinänen
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Kristian Keinänen
Kristian Keinänen, Swede, managing Director at Finndex Hong Kong Ltd. member at The Design Council of Finland, and CEO at Live Design Ltd.
Professional Experience:
2009----: Board Member, Finnish Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong;
2008----: Founding Partner, Managing Director of FINNDEX Hong Kong Ltd.;
2007----: Board Member of National Council for Design, Finland;
2004---08: Founding Member, Director of Design Management, FINNDEX Group;
2004---07: President of Finnish Union of Designers ORNAMO;
2003---07: Board Member, Design business specialist of UIAH - University of Arts and Design, Helsinki;
2001---07: Partner, Management Consultant - Design Management of Formia Ky;
2000---: Owner, CEO, Design Manager of Live Design Ltd; 1998 – 01: Industrial Designer of Oy Uponor Ab.
Specialization Industrial Design
Design Management
Design Strategy
Memberships The Finnish Association of Designers ORNAMO
The Finnish Association of Industrial Designers TKO (ORNAMO)
Design Forum Finland
ICSID - International Council of Societies of Industrial Design
BEDA - Bureau of European Design Associations
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Takehiko KATSUO
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Takehiko KATSUO
Group Manager
“Nikkei Venture” Managers Club
Nikkei Business Publications, Inc.
1985 Finish Graduates Course of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Faculty of Fine Arts.
Join GK Industrial Design Institute.
In charge of design research and planning.
1991 join Nikkei Business Publications, Inc.
In charge of Nikkei Design Magazine, staff writer.
1993 Deputy Editor, Nikkei Design
1994 Editor-in-chief, Nikkei Art
1998 Editor-in-chief, Nikkei Design
2008 Senior Editorial Staff, Nikkei Design & Business Group
Dec. 2009 Group Manager, “Nikkei Venture” Managers Club
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Dewitt Chik
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Dewitt Chik
With over 26 years of design innovation practice, Dewitt is a seasoned & versatile Strategic Design Expert. He has designed a wide spectrum of Life Style Product, Toys & Premiums, Home Appliances, Consumer Electronics, Notebook Computer, Telecom Product, Security System, Scooter & Rehabilitation Product, Kiosks, ATM, POS as well as Railway Control Room. Dewitt has finished over 600 unique designs & swept significant design awards in various consumer and industrial product categories. Dewitt graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Industrial Design and holds the first ever MBA Master Degree in Innovation & Design Management. Dewitt has been holding key development & management positions in multinational companies and engaged in User Research, Man-Machine Interaction, System Integration, Product Strategy & Branding, Business Development and R&D Team Building. Dewitt has been invited as guest speaker for forums in Hong Kong & China and served as Jury for various design competitions. He is the founder & currently the Project Director of Witt Design Network, the President of Industrial Designers Society of Hong Kong and Visiting Lecturer of School of Design, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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LIU Tak Wing (Doctor)
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LIU Tak Wing (Doctor)
Innovation & Design Management MBA
Founder / Project Director, Witt Design Network
President, Industrial Designers Society of Hong Kong
Visiting Lecturer, School of Design, PolyU
Mr. LIU is the senior consultant of the IP service center in Hong Kong Productivity Council, having 16 years experience in consultant sector, who is expertise in innovation and intellectual property right management. He is good at patent retrieval, IP protection, and the invention of commercialization implementation, having established extensive connection with world wide IP resources to promote innovative idea and make products development. Recently, he has been working for developing “Innovation Knowledge Business Award” and promoting the patent map as the strategic analysis tool, assisting research and developing projects. In addition, he is responsible for the implementation of the Financing Scheme carried out by HKSAR Innovation and Technology Commission, which is encouraging the inventor to apply for patent so as to protect his intellectual achievements and change them into property.
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