IASDR 2025 Ceremonies & Keynote Forums

Date / Time:
11:00am–12:30pm, Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Venue:
Eslite Performance Hall

Lecture Title:
Left by our own devices

Keynote Speakers:

• Johan Redström (Professor, Academy of Art and Design, University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
• Laura Forlano (Professor, Art + Design and Communication Studies, Northeastern University, USA)

Forum Discussion Discussants:
Yuan-Chi Tseng (Professor and Dean, Tsing Hua Residential College; AIMS Fellows, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

Hsu-Cheng Chu (Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Design, Shih Chien University, Taiwan)

Hui-Wen Lin (Associate Professor, Institute of Creative Industries Design, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)

Date / Time:
9:15–10:45am, Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Venue:
Eslite Performance Hall

Lecture Title:
Achieving Design Impact at National Level

Keynote Speakers:

• Chi-Yi Chang (President, Taiwan Design Research Institute)

Moderator / Interviewer:
Lin-Lin Chen (Professor and Dean, Faculty of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands)

Cees de Bont (Professor and Head, Division of Industrial Design, National University of Singapore)

Forum Discussion Discussants:
Te-Chuan Li (Consultant, Taipei City Government, Taiwan)

Lu Liu (Dean, College of Architecture, Arts and Design, Virginia Tech, USA)

Fang-Wu Tung (Professor, Department of Arts and Design, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

Date / Time:
9:15–10:45am, Thursday, December 4, 2025

Venue:
Eslite Performance Hall

Lecture Title:
Aesthetics of Intelligence

Keynote Speakers:

• Stephan Wensveen (Professor, Faculty of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands)

Moderator:
Peter Lloyd (Professor, Department of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands; President of IASDR)

Forum Discussion Discussants:
Shyhnan Liou (Vice President for Research and Development, Taiwan Design Research Institute, Taiwan)

Rung-Hui Liang (Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Design, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)

Shi-Kuan Chen (Senior Vice President and Chief Design Officer, Compal Electronics Inc., Taiwan)