Design Symposium – Contested Ethics of Worlding Design and Radical Inhabitation: Problematising Human-Centred Design through Disciplinary Hybridity

Seminar

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Date

10 Dec 2025
Organiser

PolyU Design
Time

09:00 - 16:30
Venue

Lecture Theatre N001, G/F, Block N, PolyU Map

Speaker

Prof. Ron Wakkary

Prof. Huang Shu Wei

Prof. Michael Chan

Prof. Angus Donald Campbell

ir. Veronica Ching Lee

Prof. Gerhard Bruyns

Enquiry

Veronica Ching Lee veronica-ching.lee@connect.polyu.hk

Summary

Host and Moderator
ir. Veronica Ching Lee

Co-host
Prof. Gerhard Bruyns

Programme

9:00 - 9:30	Welcoming Refreshment and Registration
9:30 - 9:40	Prof. Kun-pyo Lee Welcoming Remarks
9:40 - 9:50	Symposium Opening Introduction

Theme 1 – De-signing the Design Problems of Future Critical Hybridity \| Radical Inhabitation \| Ecology of Urban/Technological Ethics
9:50 - 10:20	Prof. Ron Wakkary Professor, School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University
10:20 - 10:35	Q&A
10:35 - 11:00	ir. Veronica Ching Lee PhD Candidate, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
11:00 - 11:25	Prof. Gerhard Bruyns Associate Dean, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
11:25 -11:40	Coffee Break
11:40 - 12:25	Roundtable Discussion Prof. Ron Wakkary; Prof. Huang Shu Wei; Prof. Gerhard Bruyns; ir. Veronica Ching Lee (Moderator)
12:25 - 13:35	Lunch Break (U Green)

Theme 2 – Re-signing the Design Practices for Future Transdisciplinary Practices \| Beyond Human-Centred Innovation \| Worlding of Ethical Possibilities
13:45 - 14:15	Prof. Huang Shu Wei Assistant Professor, Trans-disciplinary Bachelor Degree Program, National Taiwan University
14:15 - 14:30	Q&A
14:30 - 14:55	Prof. Michael Chan Associate Professor of Practice, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
14:55 - 15:20	Prof. Angus Donald Campbell Associate Professor, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
15:20 - 15:35	Coffee Break
15:35 - 16:20	Roundtable Discussion Prof. Ron Wakkary; Prof. Huang Shu Wei; Prof. Michael Chan; Prof. Angus Donald Campbell; Prof. Gerhard Bruyns; ir. Veronica Ching Lee (Moderator)
16:20 - 16:30	Closing (Wrap up) + What’s Next (Open Call for the Special Issue)

Registration is needed to attend this symposium. If you are not PolyU staff or student and need access to campus on that day or if any enquiries, please email veronica-ching.lee@connect.polyu.hk.