President of Kubota Architect & Associates Inc. 1969 Born in Tokyo Japan2003 Established Kubota Architects and Associates Inc.Planning, design producing and design work has covered a wide range of categories including architecture, interior, products, and so on.

The famous works are MERCEDES-BENZ CONNECTION, Bosch Café, METoA Ginza(Mitsubishi Electric’s Showroom), Tsutaya Tokyo Roppongi, etc.

He won many prizes, MERCEDES-BENZ CONNECTION, Imabari Towel Minamiaoyana, UT(UNIQLO T-Shirt Store) and more.

Co-Founder & Principal Urban Planner of UNStudio Caroline Bos (1959) studied History of Art at Birkbeck College of the University of London, and Urban and Regional Planning at the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht.

In 1988 she founded Van Berkel & Bos Architectuurbureau with the architect Ben van Berkel, extending their joint theoretical and writing projects to the practice of architecture.

In 1998 Van Berkel and Bos was transformed into UNStudio; a network of specialists in architecture, urban development and infrastructure.

Caroline is a registered urban designer and leads UNStudio’s Urban Unit.She has taught as a guest lecturer at Princeton University, the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, The Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and the Academy of Architecture in Arnhem and has been External Examiner at DRL, Architectural Association, London.

Currently she is Honorary professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the university of Melbourne.

Caroline collaborates with academic staff of affiliated universities and institutions on papers focusing on urban topics.Major publicationsReflections, Amsterdam, 2010Buy me A Mercedes_Benz, Barcelona 2006Design Models, London, 2006UNFold, (Nai publishers) Rotterdam, 2002Move, (Goose Press) Amsterdam 1999ANY Diagram Work 23, 1999 (guest editors Ben van Berkel & Caroline Bos)Ben van Berkel, monograph issue by El Croquis 72.I, Madrid, May 1995Mobile Forces, monograph (Ernst & Sohn), Berlin 1994Delinquent Visionaries, (010 Pubishers) Rotterdam 1993, reprint 1994Ben van Berkel, monograph (010 Publishers), Rotterdam 1992

Co-Founder & Managing Director, One Space Ltd Born and educated in the USA, Greg is a UK- and Hong Kong-qualified Architect and the co-founder of One Space Limited, specialising in the integration of architecture, interiors and technology.

Greg’s professional experience spans more than 30 years in practice as a key designer on a number of prestigious projects in the USA, Europe and Asia.

He helped establish in 1992 the Hong Kong office of Arup Associates, co-leading the Hong Kong Station design team from Conception to Completion.

An advocate of interdisciplinary collaboration, he has designed several highly-visible projects on complex and sensitive sites worldwide, as well as award-winning interiors in Asia.

Greg was a design tutor at University of Bath, and co-founded HKU’s MIDM Programme.

He is a frequent contributor to the media and has conducted speaking engagements worldwide.

Greg was the 2009 recipient of RFP’s “Outstanding Individual in Industry Award” for Transformational Project Leadership at the HSBC Building, 1 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong.

Architecture Director of INSTINCT Caroline Sohie has almost two decades of design experience in the leadership of large public infrastructure environments around the world, where interior spaces represent a natural extension of the broader external urban systems, and boundaries between the outside and inside are blurred and redefined.

As an architect she is passionate about interdisciplinary design as she believes innovation lies in the cross-fertilisation of ideas, stemming from many parallel disciplines.

After developing a wide ranging portfolio for the global design and engineering company ARUP, from rail, aviation to projects in culture and education, she became a principal of the international design practice INSTINCT, featuring projects that bring strategic and creative responses to the challenges of a rapidly evolving world.

Her most recent design and research focus lies in engaging with the social and cultural ecologies of ‘place’, to enable realities that can add quality of life to people whilst creating systemic change.

Founding Director of Space Intelligence Agency Tihamér Salij is founding director of Space Intelligence Agency (S.I.A.), an unconventional international operating research and design office based in Rotterdam (NL), specialized in making city futures, architecture, design, exhibitions, and educational programs.

S.I.A. is both an experimental and practical studio where different disciplines, such as architecture, urban planning, philosophy, design and art meet.

Tihamér has worked at the architecture firm MVRDV on projects including The Region Maker, 3D City, and Pig City and he has been co-editor of the publications KM3 – Excursions on Capacity and The Regionmaker - RheinRuhrCity.

He co-curated and co-designed the exhibitions RheinRuhrCity at the NRW Forum in Düsseldorf (GER) and NL28-Olympic Fire at the Netherlands Architecture Institute Museum in Rotterdam (NL).

Tihamér has edited and authored books including NL28 Olympic Fire – Future Games, Visionary Cities, Green Dream, Total Housing – Alternatives to urban sprawl, Hong Kong Fantasies – Challenging World Class City Standards, We Want World Wonders – Building Architectural Myths, and has written numerous articles for a wide range of topics.

Tihamér has been teaching at various universities worldwide, including the Hong Kong University, Hong Kong Design Institute, China Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, ENSAV in Paris, the Berlage and Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam.

He teaches regularly at the Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft where he has been affiliated to the think-tank The Why Factory between 2007 and 2016 as Research Program Leader of the Future Cities Program and coordinator of the Future Cities Publication Series.

Director of John Chan Design Ltd John Chan, one of Hong Kong’s most acclaimed hotel interior designers, has created a number of stunning interior design projects in different parts of the world including China, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan and Taiwan.

The award-winning project Renovation of Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel and Towers, the InterContinental Shenzhen Hotel and The Venice Hotel Shenzhen have lifted new heights of Hotel design.

Current projects include InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong, Galaxy Group Hotel Macau (partial), Ning Bo XiangShan Hilton Resort, and Venetian Cotai - Restaurants of Parisian Macau, etc.

John Chan’s awards are versatile ranging from stage design, interior design including 10 Most Outstanding Designer in HK 2005, U.S.“Interior Design magazine” Life Time Achievement & Hall-of-Fame 2007, 10 Most Outstanding Hotel Designer in South Pacific in 2012, and 2014 & 2015 China Hotel Golden Horse Awards, etc.

Founder of Kinney Chan & Associates Founded in 1995, Kinney Chan & Associates (KCA) offers a full spectrum of interior design and project management services across multiple industries including, hospitality, bar, restaurant, residential, commercial and corporate.“Creativity and Originality” are the key motivating w ords behind Kinney Chan & Asscociates.

With the initiative-taking and innovative team of designers, KCA perceives interior design as not just interior and exterior space planning and material matching, but as a true form of art.Kinney obtained his BA in Interior Design from Demonfort University, UK.

Prior to returning to Hong Kong and founding KCA, he spent tw o years working in Manchester.Kinney is the former chairman of the Hong Kong Interior Design Association and the former director of the Hong Kong Design Centre.

He strives to increase public aw areness of interior design as w ell as the development of the creative industry in Hong Kong.His projects have won numbers of international aw ards, including A’Design Aw ard in 2015； iF Communication Design Aw ard in 2014 and 2009; JCD Aw ard 2014, Gold Key Award 2013, Best Of the Year Honoree 2012; Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Designers Aw ard in 2012; Asia Pacific Interior Design Aw ards in 2001, and for many times aw arded as one of the Best Interior Designer Worldw ide in Andrew Martin International Awards.

Partner of LRF Designers Ltd Qualifying in 1977 at the renowned Swire School of Design at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

He began his career working within a multidisciplined architectural practice where he was primarily involved with interior design projects.

Became a member, then fellow in 1994, of the Chartered Society of Designers.

He continues to play an active role in design education and at a broader professional level – having been elected Chairman of the Hong Kong Interior Design Association from 1998 to 2000 and Fellow Member in 2013 of the HKIDA.

Dai’s solid experience helming five-star hotel work through sound project management, contract administration and financial control is largely responsible for LRF Designers Ltd.’s successful track record.

Furthermore, he has been appointed by the HKCAAVQ as a specialist in 2001, 2008, 2011 and 2015 until 2018, and Vice Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Hotel Design Association since 2010.

Director of Patrick Fong Designs Ltd Prof.

Fong is a registered Professional Interior Designer of IIDA (U.S.A), Chartered Society of Designer (UK) and member of AIA (USA) He was elected as the Chairman of the Hong Kong Interior Design Association from 1993-1995.

During his 30 more years of practice, he completed more than 1,000 major projects located in Mainland China, London, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and USA, and receiving more than 100 design awards.

In addition Mr.

Fong lectured at the Hong Kong University and The Tsing Hua University in Bejing China.

He also sat on the judging panel for the Asia Pacific Interior Design Award competition and the examination panels for various design institutes. Presently Mr.

Fong is the Professor of The China Academy of Art in Hangzhou China, rating the best art academy in China.

In 2005, he established the “Most Original Design Award- Patrick Fong” in China to encourage the young designer on creative thinking.

Founder, Principle Designer of PAL Design Consultants Ltd Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Lincoln UniversityHong Kong Top Ten Designer, HKIDA (Pro.) Honorary AdvisorDr.

Patrick Leung, graduated the design with distinction at the Polytechnic University in 1978.

His interior designs adopt east and west culture, modern and classic, with an emphasis on timeless, tasteful, creativity and comfort.Dr.

Leung and his team was excellent in large-scale hospitality and clubhouse designs.

He and his works have been honoured with more than 100 international awards.

The most outstanding one, the IFI Grand Prize Design Award honoured his project for being the "World's Best Interior Design".

In 2010, his project was also the winner of the “FX International Interior Design Awards” presented by FX UK.

Founder & Managing Director of Steve Leung Designers Ltd Born in Hong Kong and graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in University of Hong Kong, Steve Leung is a dedicated contemporary-style advocate and has reflected a strong and unique character of minimalism, with skillful adoption of Asian culture and arts in his architectural, interior and product design.

Steve is the winner of the Andrew Martin International Interior Designer of the Year Award and has won over 130 awards worldwide.

He serves the design industry in many capacities with enthusiasm.

As the President-elect of International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI) and Board of Directors of Hong Kong Design Centre, he actively promotes the education and the development of the design industry.

Managing Director of CL3 Architects Ltd William Lim graduated from Cornell University in USA.

After graduation, he worked in Boston for 5 years before returning to Hong Kong in 1987.

He worked for a Hong Kong developer for 6 years.

In 1993, he assumed the position of Managing Director at CL3 Architects Ltd.

CL3 is a Hong Kong based company with regional offices in Beijing and Shanghai, specializing in Interior Architecture works, represents the best talents in Architecture, Interior Design and Project Management.

The Interior Design team specializes in Hospitality, Corporate, Retail and Residential design.

Founder of PANORAMA Horace Pan, a Hong Kong design figure famous for creating story-telling and unique spatial experiences of various commercial interior disciplines, obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Interior Design and Master of Arts degree in Design from School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

He established his award-winning design practice PANORAMA in 2003 and received over 70 international awards.

Pan now furthers his professional career in the field of design education and is the assistant professor at School of Design, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and serving as the Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Interior Design Association and 2011-14 Executive Board Member of the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI).

Pan received Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Designers Award and China Entrepreneur Award in 2008 & 2010 respectively.

Pan was the only Chinese among the 10 invited international designers in 2011 Taiwan International Interior Design Exhibition.

In 2014 Pan received Hong Kong & Shenzhen Outstanding Achievement Designer Award in recognition of his contribution to the interior industry development over the past decade.