From next june 15, 2017 to june 18, 2017 will be open the preliminary meeting and press conference of WIDC2017 (World Industrial Design Conference) at Liangzhu Mengqi Town of Designers in Hangzhou, the capital of Zheijiang region, China. The WIDC2017 will be organized next december 2017 and will be a worldwide event as the last 2016 first edition. ADI ( Italian Industrial Design Association ), will be rappresent by Davide Conti General Manager of ADI China, since the beginning had a strategic role in the organization as partner of founder CIDA ( China Industrial Design Association ) as a co-founder with the best design association on the world of WIDC. WIDC is a platform for international exchange and cooperation, aiming at promoting design innovation, economic and social integration and development. The WIDC welcomes any design organization and industry around the world complying with the principle of equality, sharing and win-win on the basis of opening and cooperation. Members of WIDC jointly explore the guiding ideology and thinking model for development of design industry world widely, and work together to promote design innovation contributing to the economic development, social progress and finally sustainable development of human civilization. The WIDC proposes organizations as government entities, enterprises, educational and research institutions from all countries to build a borderless innovative design resource sharing platform to collect resources of industry, talents, financial and research etc. It is to contribute design wisdom to a better world. Will participate at the event as honor guests and partners:

Yu Xiaodong – Deputy Director General of Industry Policy Division, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
Ma Jinyue – Vice Director of Zhejiang Province Economic and Information Commission
Hu Jirong – Assistant Consultant of industry Policy Division, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
Zhu Zhenwei – Member of CPC Yuhang District Standing Committee of Hangzhou, Vice Chief Executive of Yuhang Government
Huang Dewei – Party Committee Secretary of Liangzhu New Town Management Committee Yuhang Disctrict of Hangzhou
Ma Jian – Deputy Representative of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization Beijing Office
Birgit Mager – President of Service Design Network
Liu Ning – President of China Industrial Design Association
Pradyumna Vyas – Member Secretary of India Design Council, Director of National Institute of Design
Shiro Aoki – Executive Director & COO Japan Institute of Design Promotion
Aarnout Brombacher – Dean of Industrial Design Department, Eindhoven University of Technology
Sam Wang – Chairman of Service Design Network Beijing
Hu Jun – Head of Designed Intelligence Eindhoven University of Technology
Sudhir Sharma – Founder & Creative Chairman of POOL Magazine
Davide Conti – General Manager of ADI China
Donald Merks – Design Director of Vanberlo Design
Liu Guangzhong – Honorary Vice president of China Industrial Design Association
Ying Fangtian – Vice President & Secretary-General of China Industrial Design Association
Hideichi Misono – Vice President of Japan Industrial Designers Association
Jin Yan – American Master of Engineering Design, President of Advisor Committee of De Tao Group
Florin Baeriswyl – Swiss Master of Brand Strategy & Design, De Tao Group
Jiang Lan – Executive Director of Master Academy De Tao Group

Info

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