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Design Futures School Network
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Professional and Experts
*Previously participated guests and speakers
Anna Barbara
Co-founder of GDFN-Global Design Futures Network. Architect and Associate Professor in Design Department, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
Adama Sanneh
Co-founder and CEO, Moleskine Foundation, Italy.
Manuela Celi
Associate professor in Design Department, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
Luca Simeone
Associate Professor, Aalborg University, Danmark.
Rike Neuhoff
PhD Fellow, Aalborg University, Danmark.
Peter Scupelli
Co-founder of GDFN-Global Design Futures Network. Associate Professor in School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
Peter C. Bishop
Founder and Executive Director, Teach the Future, USA.
Doris Wells-Papanek
Director and founder, Design Learning Network, USA.
Susanna Sancassani
Managing Director, in METID (Methods and Innovative technologies for Learning), Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
Zhiyong Fu
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Supervisor of Information Art and Design Department, Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University, China.
Luca Guerrini
Associate Professor in Design Department, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
Francesca Murialdo
PhD. SFHEA, Director of programmes in Interior Architecture and Design, Middlesex University in London, UK.
Christopher Kirwan
Managing Director, Newwork International, London / New York. Visiting Professor in Henley Business School, Informatics Research Centre, University of Reading UK.
Shams Hamid
Dean of Social Sciences, Founding Director of IMAGINE Institute of Futures Studies, Iqra University, Pakistan.
Adam Cowart
PhD researcher,Teaching Fellow in School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University. Adjunct professor, University of Houston, USA.
Nicklas Larsen
Head of Arts and Culture in Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, Danmark. UNESCO Chair in Anticipatory Leadership and Futures Capabilities.
Dan Lockton
Assistant Professor in 'Future Everyday' Group of Industrial Design, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Christopher Kirwan
Managing Director, Newwork International, London / New York. Visiting Professor in Henley Business School, Informatics Research Centre, University of Reading UK.
Sohail Inayatullah
Chair of UNESCO's Future Studies PhD, Head of Sejahtera Center for Sustainable Development and Humanity
Jennifer Gidley
Psychologist Educator, Futures Researcher Adjunct Professor, Institute of Sustainable Futures, University of Sydney.
Zhijie Yao
Design Critic Associate Professor of China Academy of Art International Design Curator.
Ezio Manzini
President of DESIS Network Honorary Professor at the Politecnico di Milano Collaborates with Several Design Schools World-wide
Qiufan Chen
President of the World Chinese Science Fiction Writers Association Member of World Science Fiction Writers Association Founder of Chuanmao Culture.
Minan Wang
Professor of Chinese Department, School of Humanities, Tsinghua University PhD Tutor.
Yongqi Lou
Vice President of Tongji University and Dean of College of Design and Innovation Professor, Doctoral Supervisor.
Maree Conway
Founder of Foresight Futures Doctor of Futurology and Honorary Doctor of Medical Management.
Danqing Shi
Deputy Director of Information Art Design Department, Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University Associate Professor New media artist.
Matthieu Cherubini
Senior Design Technical Expert of Volkswagen Group in China
Eliott Montgomery
Assistant Professor of Strategic Design Deputy Director of Interdisciplinary Design Program, Master of Arts, Parsons School of Design
Xiaobo Lu
Dean of Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University Professor, PhD Tutor
Phil Balagtas
President and Founder of the Design Futures Initiative
CHEN Yulu
Service & Vision Design Unit Leader China Social Innovation Center-Design Innovation Department Hitachi (China) Co., Ltd.
Håkan Edeholt
Tenured Professor of Design, Oslo School of Architecture and Design
Venere Ferraro
Untenured Researcher at the Design Department of Politecnico di Milano. Visiting Researcher at University of NSW of Sydney and at Media Lab of MIT
Yingqing Xu
Professor of Academy of Arts and Design Director of Future Lab ,Tsinghua University PhD Tutor
Riel Miller
Head of Futures Literacy, UNESCO Doctor of Economics.
Dongjiang Yang
Vice President of Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University Professor, PhD Tutor
Ashley Hall
Director of Department of Scientific Research of Royal College of Art Dean of Department of Innovative Design Engineering Director of Department of Health Design, PhD Tutor
Alessandro Deserti
Director of Design Department of Politecnico di Milano Professor of Industrial Design, PhD Tutor.
David J. Staley
Associate Professor of History at Ohio State University, Higher EducatorStrategist and Designer.
Li Zhang
Zhang, Li Ph.D. Associate Professor, Guangdong University of Technology, Dept. of Industrial Design, School of Art and Design.
Clive van Heerden
MDes (RCA) Computer Related Design,Research Fellow (CCIS, PCL Westminster, London, UK) BA (Hons) Industrial Sociology (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) BA Political Science (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa)
Alessandro Biamonti
Architect. PhD in Industrial Design and Multimedia Communication. Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano. Rector’s Delegate for International Relationship with India for Politecnico di Milano.
Arnold S. Wasserman
Dean, Pratt Institute of Design Principal Consultant, “Remaking Singapore;” Global Funders for Education; World Business Council for Sustainable Development; World Economic Forum; Co-founder/Chairman, Denmark´s INDEX Awards for "Design to Improve Life"
Barbara Camocini
Architect and PhD in Interiors and Exhibition Design. Associate Professor at the Department of Design of Politecnico di Milano
Jörn Bühring
Assistant Professor and faculty member at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Design.
Giovanna Piccinno
President-Coordinator: BSc Interior Design + MSc Interior and Spatial Design Associate Professor, Interior and Spatial Design Coordinator of the Design for Environment, Landscape & Mobility - LEM Design research program,
Susan Yelavich
design scholar, curator, writer, educator, and amateur craftsperson whose research interests include textiles, architecture, literature, and design. member of Scientific Committee for Design at the Politecnico di Milano.
Terry Irwin
Professor and Director of the Transition Design Institute
Juan Roldan
Associate Professor of Architecture and Interior Design at the College of Architecture, Art, and Design.
Bruce M. Tharp
Associate Professor, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan.
