Keynote Speakers

Keiji Ashizawa

President of Ishinomaki Laboratory

Unni Kaunakara

The Shinhan Distinguished Visiting Professor, Yonsei University / Visiting Faculty & Leader in Residence at Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University / Assistant Clinical Professor of Public Health, Yale School of Public Health

Elena Pacenti

Dean of the School of Design at NewSchool of Architecture & Design in San Diego, California

Mauro Porcini

Senior Vice President and Chief Design Officer at PepsiCo

General Chairs

Kazaru Yaegashi

Professor of Design Management, Director at Design Management Lab, Ritsumeikan University. Visiting Scholar at Politecnico di Milano.

Rūta Valušytė

Head of Design Centre at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU). PhD in Design, at Politecnico di Milano.

Alessandro Biamonti

(1970). Architect. PhD in Industrial Design and Multimedia Communication.

Hiroyuki Anzai

Director of De-Tales ltd, London based design consultancy, owner of Mobile Crews Corporation, Tokyo and Milan based business coordinator, and author of books and articles on journal/magazine.

Scientific Committee

Kestutis Lekeckas

Lecturer, Kaunas University of Technology, Design centre, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Design, Kaunas (Lithuania)

Gintarė Černiauskaitė

Lecturer, Kaunas University of Technology, Design Centre, Kaunas(Lithuania)

Andrius Vilkauskas

Professor; Dean of Kaunas University of Technology, Mechanical Engineering and Design Faculty, Kaunas (Lithuania)

Asta Pundziene

Professor and rector advisor for innovation at Kaunas University of Technology, Visiting Scholar at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business. (Lithuania)

Lucia Rampino

Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Design department, Milan (Italy)

Cabirio Cautela

Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Design department. Milan (Italy)

Barbara Camocini

Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Design department. Milan (Italy)

Silvia Piardi

Professor; Dean of Design Department, Politecnico di Milano, Design department. Milan (Italy)

Marco Imperadori

Professor; Rector’s Delegate for International Relation with Japan, Politecnico di Milano, Design department. Milan (Italy)

Vytaute Dlugoborskyte

PhD in management, Senior Research Fellow at Hamburg University of Technology (Germany)

Satoru Goto

Associate Professor, Ritsumeikan University, College of Business Administration. Osaka (Japan)

Yuuki Shigemoto

Lecturer, Toyama University of International Studies, Faculty of Contemporary Society. Toyama (Japan)

Kazuhiko Yamazaki

Professor, Musashino Art University, Faculty of Creative Innovation, Tokyo (Japan)

Mitsuo Nagamachi

CEO, International Kansei Design Institute, Co; Professor Emeritus of Hiroshima University; Professor Emeritus of Hiroshima International University; Professor Emeritus of Kure Institute of Technology. Hiroshima (Japan)

Takahito Kamihira

Professor, Senshu University, School of Network and Information, Tokyo (Japan)

 

Conference Secretary

Satoshi Miyazaki

Researcher, Ritsumeikan University, Research Center for Design Science, Osaka (Japan)

Tomoka Masuda

PhD Student, Osaka University, Graduate school of Engineering, Osaka (Japan)

Emily Larcombe

Master’s Student, Sciences Po Paris – University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Public Policy, Tokyo (Japan)

 

Location

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