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The Global Design Future Network 2023 Symposium & Workshop
The Global Design Futures Network 2023 Symposium & Workshop (GDFN 2023) will be held by the School of Arts & Design at Tsinghua University cooperated with the Department of Design at Politecnico di Milano and the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University on November 16th ~ 19th at Tsinghua Southeast Asia Center at UID Bali Campus, Kura Kura Bali, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. The theme of this event is "Building a Consensus Community and Envisioning the Futurescape", which includes keynotes, workshops, seminars, paper presentations, design futures awards and exhibitions. Through various forms of value co-creation, promote cross-interdisciplinary dialogue between design and futures studies for integrating futures thinking into design education and practice. GDFN is a memorandum of cooperation signed in May 2023 by the Academy of Arts & Design at Tsinghua University, the Department of Design at Politecnico di Milano, and the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University. The aim is to establish a global design futures learning platform and community, promote the emerging between design and futures studies, and provide frontier methods and tools to address global challenges.
Time:November 16th-19th 2023 Location:Tsinghua Southeast Asia Center at UID Bali Campus, Kura Kura Bali, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
Organizer: Academy of Arts & design at Tsinghua University, School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University, Design Department at Politecnico di Milano HOST: Department of Information Art & Design, Academy of Arts & Design CO-HOST: Tsinghua Southeast Asia Center
The Global Design Future Network
GDFN is a memorandum of cooperation signed in May 2023 by the Academy of Arts & Design at Tsinghua University, the Department of Design at Politecnico di Milano, and the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University. The aim is to establish a global design futures learning platform and community, promote the emerging between design and futures studies, and provide frontier methods and tools to address global challenges.

2023/11/16

Time

CONTENT

12:00-17:00

Sign-in and registration

13:30-17:00

GDFN Community Seminar / Paper Presentation

Host: LYU Yanru, Beijing Technology and Business University

2023/11/17

TIME

CONTENT

9:00-9:20

Opening Ceremony

MA Sai, Tsinghua University

Eric Anderson, Carnegie Mellon University

Alessandro Deserti, Politecnico di Milano

Head of Tsinghua Southeast Asia Center

9:20-9:30

GDFN Introduction

FU Zhiyong, Tsinghua University

Anna Barbara, Politecnico di Milano

Peter Scupelli, Carnegie Mellon University

Host: ZHU Lin, Tsinghua University, GDFN International Coordinator

9:30-10:00

Keynote

10:00-10:15

Coffee Break

10:15-11:45

Keynote

10:45-11:15

Keynote

11:15-11:30

Exhibition Guide

Host: CHEN Yu, Tsinghua University, Design Futures Exhibition Curator

14:00-16:30

Workshop_01: Artificial Intelligence and Future Fashion

(Online)

Host: Ting Chawchen, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology

14:00-16:30

Workshop_02: Artificial Intelligence and Future

Cultural Tourism (Online)

Host: HE Siqian, University of Science and Technology Beijing

14:00-17:00

Visiting local universities and creative institutions

18:00-21:00

Welcome reception

2023/11/18

TIME

CONTENT

9:00-11:30

Workshop_03: Futures Thinking and Consensus Community (Offline)

Facilitator: Cheryl Chung, Kantar Public

Host: WANG Yun, Beihang University

11:30-1400

Lunchbox

14:00-16:30

Workshop_04: Strategic Foresight and Digital Futures

(Offline)

Facilitator: Jorn Buhring, Abu Dhabi University

Host: MA Yuemei, Politecnico di Milano, GDFN International Coordinator

19:30-21:00

Intangible Cultural Heritage Experience

2023/11/19

TIME

CONTENT

9:00-18:00

Cultural Visiting Tour


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