2015 International Conference on Planning and Design Kicks off at NCKU

TAINAN, Taiwan--(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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