From 21 to 23 September 2017 at the Innovation Design Center in Xi’an, in the central of China, the first International Silk Road International Innovation Design Week will be held at the International Conference of China Industrial Design Education and International Industrial Design Forum 2017.  The first International Conference of China Industrial Design Education and International Industrial Design Forum 2017 (ICCIDE & IIDF) organized by the National Instructive Committee of Industrial Design Education, Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU), and 2017 Euro-Asia Economic Forum – Silk Road International Innovation Design Week Organizing Committee, and will be organized in Xi’an, famous and historical chinese cultural city. They will arrive for this international event, experts, professors, teachers and design researchers from all over the world. Davide Conti, General Manager of ADI and Compasso d ‘Oro in China will be present as a honored guest telling the experience of Italian design in our history and promoting ADI and Compasso d’ Oro and Compasso d’ Oro International. Guests will also be invited to share new ideas, experiences, knowledge, opinions and methodologies on education, design with the objective of upgrading the design industry and motivating social innovation. Below is a list of the personalities present at the event.

Organized:

Industrial Design Department, School of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Shaanxi Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Design
The Silk Road Innovation Design Alliance
Xi’an Design Union

Co-organized:

Shaanxi University of Science & Technology
Xi`an University of Architecture and Technology
Xi’an University of Science & Technology
Beijing KingFar International Incorporation
Shanghai Bomi Industrial Co., LTD.
Beijing Langdifeng Co., LTD.

Supporto media:

Design Online
Shaanxi Daily
Chinese Business View
Xi’an Evening News
Sanqin Daily
sxdaily
cnwest
Journal of Machine Design
China Light Industry Press
Packaging Engineering

Overseas guests:

Qin Shengfeng (UK) – Professor, School of Design, Northumbria University.

Tang Mingxi (Hong Kong, China) – Vice chairman of Haojing Group, vice president of Shaanxi Fashion Engineering University.

Davide Conti (Italy) – General Manager of ADI e Compasso d’ Oro China

Michael Siu (Hong Kong, China) – Chair Professor, Public Design Research Center, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Jeong Suk June (Korea) – President of Goth Design, Korea.

Mohsen Jaafarnia (Iran) – Associate professor, Design School, Hunan University.

Domestic guests:

Zhu Hongren – Executive vice president of China Association of Enterprises, China Entrepreneur Association; ex-party member, and chief engineer of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Xu Zhilei – Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Researcher Fellow of China Academy Of Engineering Physics, President of Industrial Design Branch of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society.

He Renke – Dean and professor of the School of Design at Hunan University, invited vice chairman of China Industrial Design Association, chairman of National Instructive Committee of Industrial Design Education, Chinese Ministry of Education.

Sun Shouqian – Professor, director of Modern Industrial Design Institute, Zhejiang University, Vice-president and secretary general of China Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance, Vice-president and secretary general of Industrial Design Branch of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society.

Ying Fangtian – Vice-President & secretary general of China Industrial Design Association, vice-chairman of China International Design Industry Union. Deputy dean of International Design Institute of Zhejiang University, director of Information Product Design Department, Professor.

Sun Xing – Deputy Director of Industrial Cultural Development Center, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Chen Dongliang – Director of Beijing Industrial Design Center, Executive Chairmen of Chinese Red Star Design Award, Deputy director of China Industrial Design Association, Vice chairman of National Instructive Committee of Industrial Design Education, Chinese Ministry of Education.

Tan Runhua – Vice-president of Hebei University of Technology, Director of TRIZ Institute, Director of Hebei Province Mechanical Engineering Society, Vice-chairman of IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing).

Xu Ping – Professor of Design School of Central Academy of Fine Arts, vice-president of Industrial Design Art Committee of China Artists Association, executive director of Chinese Industrial Design Association, vice chairman of Chinese Folk Crafts Committee.

Lou yongqi – Dean and professor of College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, member of National MFA Education Instructive Committee, Executive member of WDO, vice-c