- Co-hosts
- Institute of Design, IIT
- State Intellectual Property Office, PRC
- Corporate Sponsors
- Gold Peak Industries Ltd.
- Lippincott Mercer
- Marriott International
- Microsoft Hardware
- Motorola
- Yahoo!
- Media Sponsors
- Global Entrepreneur Magazine
- SINA
- BusinessWeek Asia
- Design Magazine
- NextD Journal
- Academic Sponsor
- Tsinghua University Academy of Arts & Design
- Association Sponsors
- AIGA
- IDSA
- Become a sponsor:
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Co-hosts
Institute of Design, IIT
Since its founding as the New Bauhaus in 1937, the Institute of Design at Illinois Institute of Technology has grown into the largest full-time graduate-only design program in the U.S., with over 125 students from around the world. The school offers professional Master of Design degrees concentrating in communication design, design planning, design research, and product design; a Ph.D. in design; and the Master of Design Methods, a nine-month executive program in design methods for innovation professionals from any discipline.
State Intellectual Property Office, PRC
The intellectual property system in China was originated from and developed as a result of the policy of reform and opening-up. With the approval of the State Council, the Patent Office of the People's Republic of China (CPO,the predecessor of SIPO), was founded in 1980 to protect intellectual property, encourage invention and creation, help popularize inventions and their exploitation, promote progress and innovation in science and technology, and meet the needs of socialist modernization.
In 1998, with the restructuring of the government agencies, CPO was renamed SIPO and became a government institution directly under the control of the State Council. It is the competent authority in charge of patent affairs and the coordinating authority for foreign-related intellectual property issues. The Industrial Design Examination Department is in charge of the classification and preliminary examination of industrial design patent applications, and archive management for industrial design patent applications.
Corporate Sponsors
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Gold Peak Industries Ltd.*
Gold Peak Group is an Asian multinational group which owns a diversified portfolio of high-quality industrial investments via GP Industries Limited, its major industrial investment vehicle publicly listed in Singapore. Its Technology and Strategic Division are engaged in the development of new product technologies and strategic investments. In the industrial sector, the Group has established a leadership position in Asia for most of its product categories, including GP Batteries and CLIPSAL electrical installation products.
Gold Peak Group has manufacturing, research and development, marketing and distribution operations in more than ten countries around the world. Including the major operations of its various divisions, the Group currently employs over 20,000 people worldwide.
Lippincott Mercer*
Lippincott Mercer is a leading design and brand strategy consultancy. The firm was founded in 1943 as Lippincott & Margulies and pioneered the discipline of corporate identity. Lippincott operates globally from its offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Recent clients include American Express, AOL, Citigroup, ExxonMobil, Goldman Sachs, IBM, McDonalds, Nissan, Samsung and Sprint.
Marriott International*
Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) is a leading lodging company with more than 2,600 lodging properties under 17 hotel and resort ownership brands in the United States and 65 other countries and territories. The company is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and had approximately 133,000 employees as of December 31, 2004. It is ranked as the lodging industry's most admired company and one of the best places to work for by Fortune(R) magazine. In fiscal year 2004, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of $10 billion. For more information or reservations, please visit our web site.
Microsoft Hardware*
For more than two decades, the Microsoft Hardware Group has employed innovative engineering, cutting-edge industrial design and extensive usability testing to create products of exceptional quality and durability that enhance the software experience and strengthen the connection between consumers and their PC. Microsoft Hardware leads the industry in ergonomic engineering, industrial design and hardware/software compatibility, offering consumers an easier, more convenient and more enjoyable computing experience.
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
Motorola*
Motorola is a Fortune 100 global communications leader that provides "seamless mobility" products and solutions across broadband, embedded systems and wireless networks. Seamless mobility means connectivity with the people, things and information you need in your home, auto, workplace, and everywhere in between. Motorola is comprised of four businesses: Connected Home Solutions, Government & Enterprise Mobility Solutions, Mobile Devices, and Networks. The company had sales of US$31.3 billion in 2004.
Motorola Labs is working on technologies that will make it simpler for us to communicate with our friends and family, easier for us to communicate with our products, and enable our products to communicate with each other and configure themselves to individual preferences and the environment. Motorola Labs has a global team of scientists, engineers and technicians focused on discovering and developing new materials, technologies, architectures, algorithms and processes for smarter devices and systems. It has developed a portfolio of research programs and new technology in areas such as network communication, multimedia, security and privacy, microminiaturization, human experience, VoIP and more.
Yahoo!*
Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 345 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and reaches the largest audience worldwide. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Yahoo! has offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia, Canada and the United States.
Media sponsors
Global Entrepreneur Magazine - media host
For 13 years, Global Entrepreneur has given ChinaÃs professionals the insights, information, and inspiration they need to make smarter decisions about business, finance, and careers. The magazine covers a wide variety of business issues and events, financial trends and projections, and technology and its applications. It focuses on both multinational corporations in China and local corporations with global ambitions. GE also produces one of the most celebrated business events in China, the Global Entrepreneur Summit.
SINA
SINA Corporation (NASDAQ: SINA) is the leading online media company and value-added information service (“VAS”) provider for China and for Chinese communities worldwide and has more than one hundred million registered users. With the most recognized Internet brand in China, SINA has established a network of localized Web sites that target Greater China and overseas Chinese communities.
SINA generates revenue from five major business lines including SINA.com (online news and content), SINA Mobile (mobile value-added services), SINA Online (community-based services and games), SINA.net (search and enterprise services) and SINA E-Commerce (online shopping and auctions). Together these units provide regional focused online portals, mobile value-added services, search and directory, interest-based and community-building channels, free and premium email, online games, virtual ISP, classified listings, fee-based services, e-commerce, and enterprise e-solutions. The company has close to 2,000 employees in its offices in six cities throughout Asia and the U.S. and maintains a network of four localized Web sites. In 2004 SINA generated annual net revenue of $200 million.
BusinessWeek Asia
Published weekly by the McGraw-Hill Companies Inc., BusinessWeek is the world's largest business magazine with a worldwide circulation of 1.2 million and over 5.7 million readers across 130 countries. BusinessWeek publishes international editions in Asia and Europe, and local language editions in Bulgaria, China, Indonesia, Lebanon, Romania, Russia and Turkey in conjunction with local licensing partners.
Design Magazine
China's Design magazine is the country's only national magazine focused on design and business. It has three themes, design, lifestyle and business, and covers each on an international scale. Articles explore topics such as branding, commercial and artistic environments, travel, trends in new products and materials, and contemporary living in China. Its average circulation in 2004 was 32,520 in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore.
Design website - coming soon
NextD Journal
NextD Journal remains an industry leader and pioneer of a new kind of sense-making design business journalism. We focus on delivering to our readers authentic views into how the role of innovation leadership is changing in the 21st century. Our subscribership has grown into a global community of practicing designers and design education leaders. While traditional design magazines promote the values of traditional design, NextD Journal explores the skills, values and attributes of cross-disciplinary innovation leadership in a continuously changing world. As a free on-line publication NextD Journal provides downloadable conversations that are widely used in graduate and post-graduate design education today. NextD Journal is part of an innovation acceleration initiative launched in 2002 by NextDesign Leadership Institute in New York.
Academic sponsor
Tsinghua University Academy of Arts & Design
With a splendid legacy accumulated over the past 90 years, Tsinghua University has retained its character and charm while promoting rigorous scholarship research, ensuring academic and educational prestige in China and abroad. The university currently has 48 national academicians for both Chinese Academy of Science and Chinese Academy of Engineering. Among the alumni are many outstanding scholars, eminent entrepreneurs and great statesmen remembered and respected by their fellow Chinese citizens.
Its Academy of Arts & Design, which was independent and called the Central Academy of Arts & Design until 1999, is the pioneer and largest college of higher education in design in China. It comprises three divisions: design, fine art, and art & design history, along with the Research Institute, the School of Adult Education, and the Editorial Office of the AcademyÃs Journal. The Academy has China's first PhD program in design, and postdoctoral research stations for both design and art. It also offers masters & bachelors degrees in all aspects of the field.
For more information, visit the Tsinghua University website.
Association sponsors
AIGA
AIGA, the professional association for communication design, is committed to furthering excellence in communication design as a broadly-defined discipline, strategic tool for business and cultural force. AIGA sets the national agenda for the role of design in its economic, social, political, cultural and creative contexts. AIGA is the oldest and largest membership association for professionals engaged in the discipline, practice and culture of designing. Founded as the American Institute of Graphic Arts in 1914 as a small, exclusive club, AIGA now represents more than 16,000 designers through national activities and local programs developed by 48 chapters and more than 150 student groups.
IDSA
IDSA is the nonprofit association that represents the profession of industrial design to education, business, government and the public. Members receive award-winning publications, discounts on Lifelong Learning seminars and unparalleled opportunities to learn and network at district and national conferences. Go to www.idsa.org or call (703) 707.6000 to find out more about the professional advantages of IDSA membership.
Sponsorship Opportunities
- Rebecca Hoffman
- Director of Development, Institute of Design
- rebeccah@id.iit.edu
- (312) 595-4911
- Download Sponsorship Application
