German-Korean Cooperation Forum on Design, 24 June 2008

On 24 June 2008, the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen, together with the Seoul Design Center, will host the second German-Korean Cooperation Forum on Design at the red dot design museum. Interested designers and  entrepreneurs will have the chance to establish interesting contacts and exchange views with a delegation from Korea. The main topic will be “Life Science Design”, an increasingly relevant and important field in both Germany and Korea due to similar demographic developments in both industrial nations. Keynote speaker Markus Wild, WILDDESIGN medical, and other experts will present their ideas and views on the topic.

From Korea, Professor Soon-In Lee, President of the Seoul Design Center, will present the City of Seoul which was recently named World Design Capital 2010. Professor Lee will share some of Seoul’s plans to increase the creative energies of its design industry leading up to 2010 and beyond.

Keynote speech:

Markus Wild, WILDDESIGN medical

Speakers include: 

Prof. Rido Busse, Busse Design Ulm

Prof. Thomas Gerlach, via4 design

Torsten Gratzki, piu Products Produktentwicklung

Gabor Lengyel, Lengyel Design

Prof. Soon-In Lee, President, Seoul Design Center

Sung Pil Lee, Director, NATELECOM

Dirk Schumann, Schumann - Büro für industrielle Formentwicklung

Prof. Dr. Peter Zec, President, Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen

Welcome speech by Dr. Peter Scholz, Director Foreign Economic Relations, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Programme in Overview

9:45 Coffee reception
10:00 Forum opens

12:30 Lunch buffet
14:00 Forum ends

The Forum will be held in English

 
Participation in this event will be free.
Registration is required. Please register by 18 June 2008 with:

Alexis O´Connolly

Project Manager

Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen

Phone: +49 (0)201-30104-36

Fax: +49 (0)201-30104-44

E-mail: oconnolly(at)dznrw.com