Dr. David Ing is a Cofounder and Research Scientist with the Trito Innovation Colab, centered in Toronto, Canada. In recent years, he has been teaching at Tongji University, University of Toronto, OCAD University, and Aalto University. He is an IBM alumnus of 28 years, following assignments in roles including management consulting, industry solutions and market development. He is a past-president of the International Society for the Systems Sciences. An active blogger, his writing and presentations can be found at http://coevolving.com.

Speech Title: Innovation Learning for Sustainability: What is …more

Dr. Susu Nousala is currently a Professor with D&I, Tongji University, head of Creative Systemic Research Platform, developing systemic project based learning programs with international partners. The focus is on social, complex, adaptive systems and the nexus between the intangible structures. In practice this work is applied to soical innovation and sustainable development, looking at bottom up and top down approaches, their impacts and longitudinal community building. Currently, Susu is a Professor with Wuhan university of Technology (part time).  Previously a Senior Research Fellow at Aalto University, Finland. She was also a lecturer for CS (…more

Junfeng ‘Jeff’ Ding is an Assoc. Professor in School of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R.China, Master in Design Studies, Digital Design at Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, USA. He is an invited keynotes speaker for more than 15 international scientific conferences. He is a Director, Fablab O - Shanghai, the first fablab in Mainland China, which setting up the first Fablab in mainland China to develop Fabacadmey global courses and FABO X local academy and to lead the maker movement in China. He was Goettsch Partners, Chicago, IL, USA, conducting Design with high end Computer creativities for high-rise office…more