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CEOs Must Be Designers Think Steve Jobs and iPhone BusinessWeek Design Thinking is the new Management Methodology. CEOs must use design methodologies to actually run companies. "Can You Measure Design's Value?" BusinessWeek Designers need to work harder to communicate their values to business. Be proficient in business management issues. The Talent Hunt Business Week Desperate to innovate, companies are turning to design schools for nimble, creative thinkers. 2006 D-Schools: The Global List Business Week BusinessWeek reports the top design programs globally. "Innovation is Central to China’s Continued Economic and Social Development" World Economic Forum China Business Summit 2006 China must harness its innovative capacity and find new equitable ways to deal with the challenges of future high growth. "The Business of Design" Fast Company In this turbulent economy, the advantage goes to those who can out-imagine and out-create their competitors. "China Design" BusinessWeek Foreign brands and Chinese companies are harnessing design to improve their competitiveness in the China market. "Get Creative!" BusinessWeek Increasingly, companies need to build in creativity and innovation as the new core competence to boost their top-line growth. "LEARNING FROM CHINA: Why the Western Economic Model Will not Work for the World." Earth Policy Institute Could the American dream in China become a nightmare for the world? For China’s 1.3 billion people, the American dream is fast becoming the Chinese dream. "Independent Innovation Emphasized in China's 11th Five-Year Plan 2006-2010" China Internet Information Center After high-speed growth in the country in the past over 20 years, China should make independent innovation the main stimulus for transformation of economic growth patterns. "China Replacing the United States as World's Leading Consumer." China is an emerging economic superpower, one that is writing economic history. If the last century was the American century, this one looks to be the Chinese century. "Can China Go Green?" Fortune China can become a seedbed for environmental innovation. The Chinese are very practical. They ask what mistakes have been made in the rest of the world and learn to avoid them. "Premier Wen stresses innovation for hi-tech sector." Shanghai Daily Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao stresses the importance of innovation to improve competitiveness in high-tech industries in Beijing. "China's Future: A Nation of Geeks?" Fortune Yahoo and eBay say that China could be their biggest market within a decade, but they'll face competition from Chinese companies "Does the Future Belong to China?" Newsweek As China is fast emerging, how America should handle unprecedented new challenges, threats and opportunities.

Jun 19, 2008 Invited Speaker at the Reinventing with Design(ReD) 2008 Conference, Hong Kong The ReD Conference is organized by the Hong Kong Design Centre. Kaizor's presentation is on "How User-Centered Innovation Applies in Asia?".  This topic addresses how Asian companies could use User-Centered Innovation to help transform their businesses and show case studies applying methodologies developed in the West to Asia's context. May 15, 2008 Invited Speaker at the 5th China Innovation Design (CIDF)Award in Shenzhen titled "Innovation in China" Focuses on how Chinese corporation leaders and designers implement design innovation in China for higher competitiveness, such as localizing innovation process, integrating Chinese corporate cultural differences, and cross-disciplinary team building etc. Mar 7, 2008 Organized seminar titled "Corporation Innovation" at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business This seminar talks about why Chinese corporations need to innovate and how User Research and Design Strategy can effectively help develop corporate innovation increasing competitiveness. Feb 26-29, 2008 Invited to Judge at the Art Director's Club 87th Annual Awards Competition in New York Invited by Art Director's Club (ADC) to serve as a judge at its 87th Annual Awards Competition (Feb. 2008) to select the most innovative design works.  ADC's longstanding mission is to "elevate the best and to encourage and inspire both working creative professionals and those who are entering the field."  Feb 22, 2008 Kaizor Co-organizes with EaseofUse in Holland the "China Design Seminar" in Europe Bringing together designers from all over Europe, Kaizor heads panel discussion on "China's Impact on Europe's Design Future and Education" and offers insights into China's newest developments in design. May 28-Jun 15, 2007 Invited to Set Up the First "Innovation and Interaction Design" Course at The Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA),Beijing Help founded the first Interaction Design Course at CAFA, introducing a groundbreaking cross-design disciplinary program to the School. May 22, 2007 Invited Speaker at Kookmin University's "International Symposium on Design Industry and Education in Southeast Asia", Seoul Korea Invited by Kookmin University as one of the design industry representatives from 6 different Asian countries. Presentation focuses on "China Design" and management challenges in Asian culture. May 19, 2007 Invited as Moderator for "Designing Hong Kong's Business Future" Forum Organized by Hong Kong Designers Association Moderating this interactive platform hosted by the Hong Kong Designers Association for business owners and designers to network together, sharing how business and design can join forces to effectively contribute business success. May 12, 2007 Invited Speaker at "China Design" Forum Organized by Hong Kong Designers Association One of the invited speakers for the Hong Kong Designers Association forum where different design disciplines practitioners gathered to  share their experiences in China in dealing with cultural and business differences. Apr 25, 2007 Kaizor Innovation Invited to Present at Tsinghua University, Beijing Invited by Tsinghua's Industrial Design Department, the guest lecture titled "User Research and Innovation in China" deals with China's needs to innovate and how culturally-appropriated user research is essential to development of China innovation. Apr 14, 2007 "China Insights" featured in Hong Kong Designers Association Magazine Kaizor offers insights on the future of designers in Hong Kong and its related opportunities with the rising of China's development. HKDA_ChinaInsights (pdf: 6459kb) Feb 24, 2007 Invited as Guest Lecturer for the MBA program (Innovation and Design Management)，The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Guest lecture titled "Hong Kong's Business Future: Designing Value Creation" is presented to the MBAs (Innovation and Design Management) at the Hong Kong Polytech . It focuses on how design can become strategic and value-creating in developing Hong Kong business future. Jan 29-Feb 2, 2007 Elaine Ann Invited As Guest Professor at the Higher Institute of Integrated Product Development in Antwerp, Belgium Elaine Ann conducts a 5-Day workshop along with 13 other Interaction Design experts from Europe. Her workshop is on Culture-based Innovation which looks into how culture can be an important source of innovation in today's competitive global design world. China's differences in social, cultural behavior and history are highlighted when designing for China. (see video interview) Nov 27-28, 2006 Invited Panelist at DesignEd Asia in Hong Kong Panel Discussion on "Nurturing Creativity in Young Designers" as part of 2006 BODW event on DesignEd Asia: Creativity:Point:Counterpoint. Sep 17-20, 2006 Speaking at the IDSA 2006 National Conference and Education Symposium in Austin Invited as panelist at the IDSA National Conference on the topic of Design and China.   Sep 7, 2006 Founder Elaine Ann Presented at her Alma Mater Carnegie Mellon University Elaine shares insights into designing for the emerging China market at the School of Design and the perspective on why "design" shouldn’t be called "design" anymore. Aug 24, 2006 Speaking at "Networking a Bigger China" to Designers in Hong Kong Presented China's opportunities and its fast development to both members of Hong Kong Designers Association and international designers in Hong Kong. Mar 26-28, 2006 Seminar Speaker on "Innovation Strategies for Transforming China Corporations" Invited by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council to speak to China corporations in Wenzhou, Taizhou, 2 important China cities in Yangtze River Delta near Shanghai on the topic of creating China market competitiveness through innovation. Mar 2, 2006 Interviewed by Lunar Design's ICON-O-CAST on "Design in China". Featured on a downloadable audio program that discusses, explores and demystifies the world of design on the topic of Design in China. Feb 28, 2006 Present at the Hong Kong's 12th Annual Sustainable Development Research Conference How to fuel the growth of China's consumer market while balancing environmental and social objectives is high on China's national agenda. "China's Sustainable Growth: A Balanced Approach" will be presented at the sustainable conference in April 2006. China Sustainable Growth Nov 16-18, 2005 Invited Conference Speaker for "Branding the Future" in Beijing Presentation on how the future of China cities can become more competitive via creativity and innovation. Event is co-organized by Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and Cheung Kong Design Research Center in Beijing. Nov 3, 2005 Invited Speaker for "World Usability Day" in Beijing Presentation on the problems of usability and public accessibility of urban facilities in China cities by UI Garden. Emphasis on the challenges and opportunities facing Bejing in hosting 2008 Olympic Games. World_Usability_Day_Presentation (pdf: 6690kb) Oct 25, 2005 Collaborate with Gordon Bruce on design program with Sichuan Changhong Electric Co. Ltd. Conduct workshops with Gordon to introduce international innovative design methods which focus on human needs. Gordon was the product design chairman for the Innovative Design Lab of Samsung for four years. Sep 8, 2005 Official Chinese translated version of "Top 10 Myths and Truths about Design in China" published on UI Garden Are you worried as a designer in the U.S. that design jobs will migrate to China? Are you concerned about the increasingly competitive pricing on design jobs and its resultant outsourcing? [article] Jul 5, 2005 Invited article "Why Western design firms face challenges in China" published on Plastics News.com/China As China corporations become global, many seek out Western designers to help design suitable products to become competitive in the international scene. What challenges Western design consultancies face in China? English Version    Chinese Version May 20, 2005 Ground-breaking Partnership with Dongguan Government,Local OEM Manufacturer and Guangzhou Academia Furniture Company CEO actively participates in the user research.Sales, Engineering and Marketing departments work together to formulate new strategies and design Apr 23, 2005 Speak at Master of Interdisciplinary Design + Management Program, HKU MIDM lecture titled Culture of Design under the series of "Principles of Integrated Design". Design value is exhibited through extracting cross-disciplinary experiences from Interaction Design and Architecture. Apr 11, 2005 Panel Speaker at "Designed in Hong Kong, Manufactured in PRD" A forum organized by Hong Kong Productivity Council, leveraging the design advantage of Hong Kong and the manufacturing powerhouse in Pearl River Delta. Designed_in_Hong_Kong,_Manufactured_in_PRD (pdf: 622kb) Mar 12-Apr 2, 2005 Co-teach with Professor Craig Vogel in Master of Design Program The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design's Innovative Products and Services Development Program examines the challenge and opportunities of the aging population in Hong Kong. Master students develop innovative product development plans particular to their chosen industries in Hong Kong. Nov 29, 2004 Interviewed by Australian industrial design magazine CURVE CURVE October 2004 Issue features Kaizor's article on "Corporate China" - building strong relationship and trust are important in doing business in China, but the process takes time, patience and careful consideration. Nov 20, 2004 Business of Design Week 2004 - Lifestyle Asia Presentation on understanding the new middle class in China through research into South China as a model. Obtain insights into lifestyle patterns and factors affecting Chinese consumer behavior.  Discovering Design Innovation Opportunities in China Nov 11-12, 2004 2004 Design Management Institute Conference in Seoul, Korea First DMI International Conference to be held in Asia. Conference theme: "Innovation by Brand and Design Management" Brands, Trust and New Product Strategies for the China Market Oct 27-30, 2004 Invited to speak at 2004 IDSA National Conference in Pasadena, U.S. Presentation on the China industrial design scene and the fast developing China market. NEW CHINA: a Threat or an Opportunity? Oct 24-26, 2004 Present at 2004 IDSA National Education Conference in Pasadena, U.S. Present a joint paper with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University on exploratory research in South China. New_Product_Development_Opportunities_in_China (pdf: 1805kb) Aug 13, 2004 Conference paper published in the book Understanding Your Users 2003 IDSA conference paper published in the book Understanding Your Users: A Practical Guide to User Requirements Methods, Tools, and Techniques. Cultural_Differences_Affecting_User_Research_Methods_in_China (pdf: 381kb) Aug 5, 2004 "Top 10 Myths and Truths about Design in China" Bi-cultural insights into "Top 10 Myths and Truths about Design in China" featured on one of the most visited U.S. design commentary and community website Core 77. Jul 10-Sep 11, 2004 Collaboration with Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design Project focuses on "User Research on Mobile and Communications Experience in China". Apr 23-Jul 4, 2004 Conduct "System Product Design" Workshops in Guangzhou, Wuxi, Changsha Workshops to design departments at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Jiang Nan University and Hunan University in China. Mar 23, 2004 Present at 2004 Plastics Encounter Southeast in North Carolina 2004 Plastics Encounter Southeast presentation on product design in this new China. Product Design and Development for the China Market. Mar 21, 2004 Keynote Speaker at 2004 IDSA Southern District Conference, North Carolina 2004 IDSA Southern District Conference presentation on challenges and opportunities of industrial design for China. "Made in China" or "Made for China"? Jan 28-Apr 28, 2004 Sponsor design student projects in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Kaizor Innovation and MajorLink Communications sponsor the student projects in the High Diploma in Product Innovation Technologies program. Kaizor_Majorlink_Award (pdf: 1665kb) Oct 25, 2003 Lecture at School of Design, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Presentation on interaction design and its impact on the development of industrial design in China. The_Future_of_Industrial_Design_in_the_Information_Age (pdf: 109kb) May 14-17, 2003 Present at the First Joint China U.S. Educational Conference, Beijing Presentation on current and developing trends in industrial design and its impact on education. Experience_Design (pdf: 441kb)