Meng Jianmin

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, National Architectural Design Master, professor-level senior engineer, first-class registered architect, chief architect of Shenzhen General Institute of Architectural Design and Research Co., Ltd., distinguished professor of Shenzhen University, and director of Benyuan Design and Research Center of Shenzhen University

Benedetta Tagliabue

Member of the Pritzker Architecture Prize Jury, founder of the famous international architecture firm “Miralles Tagliabue EMBT, visiting professor of Harvard University and Columbia University

Liu Yudong

Doctor of Architectural Design of Harvard University, vice president and chair professor of Asia University, Taiwan, founding professor of NCTU Graduate Institute of Architecture

Cui Kai

Vice President, Chief Architect of the China Architecture Design & Research Group, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, National Design Master, Principal of Cui Kai Architecture Studio and Director of Land-based Rationalism D.R.C

Massimiliano Fuksas

Famous Italian architect, the head of Studio Fuksas in partnership with his wife Doriana Mandrelli Fuksas, the designer of T3 terminal of Shenzhen airport

Lu Xiaobo

Lu Xiaobo studied industrial design at the Central Academy of Art and Design in China, today the Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University, where he is currently a professor. From 2005 to 2011, he has been the dean as well as executive director of the Research Centre of Arts & Science of Tsinghua University.He has also been a guest researcher at the Microsoft Corporation in Seattle, USA, and is currently working for Microsoft Research in Asia

Liang Jinghua

Founder and Principal Designer of PAL Design Consultants Ltd.; Doctor of Humane Letters, Lincoln University; Honorary Advisor of Shenzhen Interior Decoration Industry Association (SZIDIA)

Michele Molè

The designer of the Italian National Pavilion of the Milan World Expo, the winner of the Presidential Medal of Art and Culture of the Republic of Italy, and the founder and president of Nemesi company, an Innovative Architecture, Urban Planning and Design Agency, focused on the development of value-added projects

Mark Hemel

Famous dutch architect, founding partners of Information Based Architecture, designer of Guangzhou TV tower

Wang Tie

Professor and doctoral supervisor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Doctoral supervisor of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Pécs, Hungary, researcher of the Chinese National Academy of Arts, member of the China Artists Association

Zhang Yue

Professor and doctoral supervisor of the Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University., has more than ten years of rich teaching experience and has written professional books such as “Interior Design Data Set” and “Interior Ergonomics”

Zhong Dekun

Dean of Urban Planning and Design Research Institute, Southeast University, Ph.D. of University of Nottingham in UK, professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Architecture of Southeast University, honorary dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning of Shenzhen University

Antonino Saggio

Antonino Saggio is an architect, scholar and professor and holds the Architecture and Information Technology Chair at the School of Architecture at “Sapienza”, University of Rome. From 2011 to 2018, he has been the coordinator of the PhD program in Architecture - Theory and Design which is one of the oldest and more relevant in Italy. The PhD program is offered by the Department of Architettura and Progetto of which Saggio belongs since 1986.

David Howard

David Howard is an Associate Professor in Sustainable Urban Development at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford. He is Director for the DPhil in Sustainable Urban Development and Director of Studies for the Sustainable Urban Development Programme at the University of Oxford. He is a member of the Management Committee for the Latin American Centre at the University of Oxford, and CNRS Research Associate at Université Bordeaux

Martine Bouchier

Martine Bouchier is a professor at the Paris-Val-de-Seine School of Architecture, a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee and a distinguished professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. She is responsible for scientific research and cultural cooperation with Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Jean-Paul Cassulo

Architecte Conseil of CAUE, president of the Council of Ordre Des Architectes Provence Alpes Côte D'azur

Ilhan Zeybekoglu

Founding Principal of ZNA, Member of the Design Faculties at Harvard, Expert of the American Institute of Architects

Graeme Scannell

Design Director of Gensler

Robert.J.Gdowski

Design Principal of BBG-BBGM

Rodger Dalling

Global Director of Woods Bagot

Jia Beisi

Associate professor of the Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, a supervisor of MPhil and Ph.D students, design director and executive director partner of the Baumschlager Eberle Hong Kong Ltd. Co-coordinator of the W104 Open Building Implementation of the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB)

Takehiko Nagakura

Takehiko Nagakura is an architect from Tokyo. At MIT, he teaches courses related computer-aided design, and his research focuses on the representation and computation of architectural space and formal design knowledge

Gong Shuzhang

Gong Shuzhang holds a master's degree in architecture and a master's degree in design from Harvard University. He became an outstanding architect of Republic of China in 2007. He is now an associate professor and director of the Institute of Architecture of National Jiaotong University. Gong Shuzhang is specializing in architectural design, as well as architectural history theory and criticism

Charrisse Johnston

Current Chair of the African Institute of Interior Design Professions and a former Chair of the American Society of Interior Designers, Principal & Co-Founder, studio SALT, South Africa

Colin Franzen

Colin is an Executive Director at AECOM leading the architecture practice for the China region. He is a US registered architect, member of AIA Shanghai and a USGBC registered LEED AP able to address sustainability issues and guide projects towards more environmentally sensitive solutions

Hasan Syed

Principal and Design Director at global design and architecture firm Gensler, studied Sustainable Design at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia

Peng Jun

Former dean of School of Environment and Architectural Art at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, visiting professor at University of Pecs, Hungary, senior visiting scholar of Brunel University and Northumbria University

Zhao Jian

Vice president of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, chairman of the academic committee of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, doctoral director of the Academy of Fine Arts of Shanghai University and doctoral director of Macao University of Science and Technology. Vice president of China Interior Decoration Association, deputy director of Graphic Design Committee of China Artists Association and deputy director of design professional committee of China Higher Education Society

Shi Diwei

Famous designer in Taiwan, Master of Design in Harvard University, Bachelor of Architecture in Chinese Culture University, Taiwan, Assistant Lecturer of MIT, Visiting Professor of Shanghai Jiaotong University.

Ma Kexin

Director, Professor and Postgraduate Supervisor of The Dept. of Environmental Art Design, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Expert of UNESCHAF in China, Member of IFDA, Special Designer of ICADA