2015 International Conference on Planning and Design Kicks off at NCKU
May 25 2015 - 11:29PM
Business Wire
The 8th International Conference on Planning and Design (ICPD)
kicked off on May 25 at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU),
Tainan, Taiwan, where scholars and experts from 16 countries
including the United States, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland,
Singapore, and Taiwan gathered to explore up-to-date planning and
design.
At the opening ceremony, NCKU Vice President Cheng-Hung Hwang on
behalf of NCKU President Huey-Jen Jenny Su extended his warm
welcome to all the guests from around the world, attending the
four-day conference from May 25 to 28.
Huang said, “The College of Planning and Design in NCKU is the
first college in Taiwan focusing on training spatial planning,
industrial design and architecture professions.”
He also said, “In this globalized world, we realize that
creating a niche of our own is the key to success. Creative
thinking and innovation provide values in the knowledge, economy,
and information society.”
“We pursue a better application of industrial innovation by
bringing together technology, culture, and real-life knowledge to
improve quality of living,” Hwung added.
Dean of College of Planning and Design Prof. Feng-Tyan Lin said
that ICPD is held to obtain insights into innovative orientations
of academic knowledge and the dynamics of technological industrial
development, and to share and disseminate concepts and research
among participants one another.
The conference serves as an open platform for facilitating
international exchange of state-of-the-art knowledge regarding
design and planning, according to Lin.
Six eminent scholars are invited to five keynote speeches. They
are Han Meyer, a professor of urban design at TU-Delft, Yu-Chiou
Chen, the president of Egret Cultural and Educational Foundation,
Yung-Ho Chang, an AIA founder, Tsai Lu Liu, the department head of
graphic design and industrial design from NC State University,
Shu-Li Huang, the vice president of National Taipei University, and
Kiley Arroyo, the executive director of Cultural Strategies Council
Research, Strategy, and Evaluation Consultant.
After opening ceremony, Prof. Shu-Li Huang gave a talk on Urban
Transition and Global Environment Change: Lessons and Implications
for a Sustainable Future in Taiwan followed by Yu-Chiou Chen’s talk
on Development of Cultural and Creative Industries in Taiwan
(2002-2015).
Themed as “Agenda: Tomorrow,” ICPD 2015 includes perspectives
from architecture, industrial design and urbanism as well as city
planning.
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