Societal Design Symposium

The Faculty of Design, Kyushu University, held an online symposium, “Societal Design Symposium.”

Under the theme of “Let’s talk about Societal Design,” we held an online symposium on “Societal Design” to explore a desirable future together and realize a sustainable society, free of charge.
Mr. Kari Hans Kommonen, Research Director of Archi Research Finland, lectured on what societal design is. In addition, Professor Hirai of the Faculty of Design, Kyushu University, talked about the movement of social design in Japan.
In the latter half of the symposium, all the speakers held a panel discussion to deepen their thoughts on societal design.

Speakers
1. What is Societal Design?
Kari-Hans Kommonen, Research Director, Archi Research

2. The movement of societal design in Japan
Yasuyuki Hirai, Professor, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University

3. Facilitation of Societal Design – A Case Study of Collaboration with the Public Sector
Sanna Marttila, Assistant Professor, IT University of Copenhagen

Moderator: Tokushu Inamura, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University

Other Speakers
Takeshi Sunaga, Specially Appointed Professor, Future University Hakodate, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of the Arts
Andrea Botero Research Fellow, Aalto University
Zhang Yanfang, Lecturer, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University

Language: Japanese
Japanese (English interpretation available)

How to hold
We used the online conference tool “Zoom.”

Hosted by
Faculty of Design, Kyushu University

Co-organized by
Kyushu University Business School [QBS]
Robert T. Huang Entrepreneurship Center of Kyushu University [QREC]