Shanghai Creative City

Date & Time: September 24th 2015

Venue: Shanghai, China

Introduction:

2015 Shanghai "International Creative Cities Design Innovation Forum" with the theme of "The New Business Civilization: When Design Meets Capital" was held in the afternoon of September 25th, 2015 at the conference hall at the fourth floor of the Portman Ritz Carlton in the Jing’an district. With a focus on the urban development goal of building Shanghai into a science and technology innovation center and an international metropolis, the forum invited innovative business leaders from international metropolises like New York and Paris, creative economists of UN agencies, and business leaders from domestic business and financial communities to hold prospective discussions on global industrial trends, capital innovative models, international cases, and brand development insights.

Supervisors:

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

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

Shanghai Promotion Center for City of Design

<Harvard Business Review >China

Joint Organizers：

Xinhua News

Shanghai Financial Association

Special Supporter:

Shanghai Jing’ an District Government

Co-Organizer:

Jing’ an Creative Industries Association

Speakers

Carolina Quintana

Director, Creative Economy, UNCTAD

Edward Hogikyan

Marketing Senior Vice President of NYC & Company, Director of New York Design Week

Franck Millot

Commercial Director of SAFI Group, Director of Paris Design Week

XIE Wenjian

President of Shanghai Jahwa United Co.,Ltd.

WU Jiong

Founder, Chairmen F&H Investemnt Fund Co., angel investor and ex-CTO of Alibaba Group

HE Gang

Chief Editor of Harvard Business Review of China, Executive Editor of CAIJING

Giovanni Bettarini

Vice Mayor, Florence Italy

Jefffrey Ho

Executive Director, Design Singapore Council

Hubert Duh

Executive Director, Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd

HE Shouchang

Director, Shanghai Promotion Center for City of Design

ZHANG Jun

Partner of Cybernaut Capital Management Group& Former Vice President of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

LI Lin

General Manager, Strategy Planning , Shanghai Pudong Development Bank

Gio Carbone

Chairman, LAO – Le Arti Orafe Jewelry School

Agenda

13:30-14:00 GUESTS AND MEDIA REGISTRATION

14:00-14:15 OPENING SPEECHES

14:15-14:30 SIGNING CEREMONY

14:30–16:30 KEYNOTE SPEECHES

1) Topic: The Development of Creative Design Economy- Global Perspective

Speaker: Ms. Carolina Quintana

2) Topic: The Business Case for NYCxDESIGN

Speaker: Mr. Edward Hogikyan

3) Topic: Design and Modern Life style-Paris Business Model

Speaker: Mr. Franck Millot

4) Topic: The Design Innovation for Chinese Tradition Culture and International Business Development

Speaker:Mr. Xie Wenjian

5) Topic: New Thinking of Investment Value for Innovative Design

Speaker: Mr. Wu Jiong

6) Topic: The Evolution and Innovation of Design Think

Speaker: Mr. He Gang

16:30-17:00 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

Topic: The New Business Civilization: When Design Meets Capital

Panelists:

Mr. Giovanni Bettarini, Mr. Jefffrey Ho, Mr. Hubert Duh, Mr. Shouchang, Mr. ZHANG Jun, Mr. LI Lin, Mr. Gio Carbone

2015 International Creative Cities Design Innovation Forum

The New Business Civilization: When Design Meets Capital