Nederlands China Design Symposium

The speakers

At this exciting symposium you will get, after a short introduction to the DDW, answers to these questions by prof. Wencong Wang, Vice Dean of the School of Industrial Design and Intelligent Innovation of Nanjing University of the Arts, Robert Barnhoorn, Founding Partner Spark Innovation and Design and Sachi Claringbould, former Deputy Consul General and Head of Economic Affairs of the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Shanghai.

After their presentations you are invited to a network event where views and ideas can be exchanged. And of course, there will be drinks and snacks.

The program

15:30 – 16:00 Walk-in.
16:00 – 16:05 Welcome by Cindy Shao on behalf of the VNC.
16:05 – 16:10 Representative of ACIEN: “Short speech”.
16:10 – 16:20 Loes Voermans, Program manager @ Dutch Design Foundation: “About the DDW and its international scope”.
16:20 – 16:40 Wencong Wang, Vice Dean of the School of Industrial Design and Intelligent Innovation of Nanjing University of the Arts: “Chinese Characteristics in Design”.
16:40 – 17:00 Robert Barnhoorn, Founding Partner Spark Design and Innovation: "Designing with China".
17:00 – 17:20 Sachi Claringbould, former Deputy Consul General and Head of Economic Affairs of the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Shanghai. “The Netherlands and China working together”.
17:20 – 17:30 Q&A.
17:30 – 18:00 Networking with drinks in Bar Casimir, Nat. Lab Strijp-S.

Moderator: Prof. Daan van Eijk, Faculty of Industrial Design , Delft University.

Register

Register on:

https://www.vnc-china.nl/en/event/netherlands-china-design-symposium-at-the-ddw/

Come for the design, stay for the conversation – and discover China from a different perspective.

Sponsor: Association of Chinese Investment Enterprises in The Netherlands (ACIEN)