Shanghai Creative City

Date & Time: December 14th 2017

Venue: Shanghai, China

Introduction:

The fourth Shanghai International Creative Cities Design Innovation Forum, themed on “Creativity: The Vitality for Urban Regeneration”, was held in the Banquet Hall at the 3rd floor of Renaissance Yangtze Hotel in the afternoon of December 14th, 2017. Renowned designers, scholars, entrepreneurs and professionals from China, the US, France, the Netherlands, and the UK carried out in-depth discussions on the role of creative design in urban regeneration to explore new paths, models and engines to regenerate cities.

Supervisors

Industrial Policy Department of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China

China National Commission for UNESCO

Shanghai Cultural & Creative Industry Leading Group Office

Publicity Department of CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee

Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization

Organizers

UNESCO Creative Cities (Shanghai) Promotion Office

<Harvard Business Review> China

Joint Organizers

Shanghai Chang Ning District Government

Tongji University

Co-Organizer

Shanghai Oriental Creative City Industrial Economy Promotion Center

College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University

School of Media & Design, Shanghai Jiaotong University

Speakers

QIN Shuo

Founder of Commercial Civilization Research Center of China & Chin@Moments

Arnault Garcia

President of AFD

Laetitia Wolff

Director of Strategic Initiatives at AIGA

Joost Van den Hoek

Director of Urban Planning and Design at Nita Group

FU Zhiqiang

Chief Planner of China Vanke Co., Ltd.

Susan Jenkyn Jones

Director of Fashion Excellence – Condé Nast Center, Shanghai

Christopher Chan

President of American Institute of Architects Shanghai

WU Jianwei

Professor of Urban Economics at Tongji University, Doctoral Supervisor

LOU Yongqi

Professor and Dean of the College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University

YU Minjun

President of Shanghai Jinhe Business Management Holdings Co., Ltd.

ZHI Wenjun

Chief Editor of , Professor of CAPU at Tongji University

CHEN Zhanhui

Chinese Reputed Curator for Creative Design, Sponsor of Beyond Architecture

XIAO Aibin

Xiao Design Director/Chief Designer, “KING WOOD” Director/Chief Designer

Agenda

13:00-13:30 GUESTS AND MEDIA REGISTRATION

13:30-14:00 OPENING SPEECHES

14:00-15:30 KEYNOTE SPEECHES

1) Topic: Global Cities and Creative Industry from the Perspective of Business Civilization

Speaker: Mr. QIN Shuo

2) Topic: Visual Arts Enrich Charm of the City -- The Case of Paris Regeneration

Speaker: Mr. Arnault Garcia

3) Topic: Creative Design Initiatives Inspire the Vitality the City -- The New York Practice

Speaker: Ms. Laetitia Wolff

4) Topic: Creative Design Redefine the Urban Space -- The Magic of Dutch Architectures

Speaker: Mr. Joost Van den Hoek

5) Topic: Creativities Shape the Better Life -- The Efforts for Fashionable Chang Ning

Speaker: Mr. YANG Dongsheng

6) Topic: An Interpretation of Urban Memory and Vitality -- A Case Study of Columbia Park Renewal

Speaker: Mr. FU Zhiqiang

15:30-16:30 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

Topic1: Integration of Fashion Design and Urban Architecture

Panelists:

Ms. Susan Jenkyn Jones, Mr. LIU Boying, Mr. GUO Hai, Mr. Christopher Chan, Mr. WU Jianwei

Topic2: Urban Regeneration Under the Power of Creativity