2027 Crafting Design Design Practices Organising Committee Structures

General Conference International Planning Committee

The General Conference International Planning Committee is concerned about the general logistics at each of the locations (including budgets). Societies representatives liaise across the three event sites.   The General Conference International Planning Committee will consist of the following members

  • Linghao Zhang, Chair of of the Crafting Innovative Design Education and Practices | Nanjing, China
  • Ingvild Digranes, Chair of the Crafting Design Education theory for Teachers Education | Bergen, Norway
  • Aslıhan Ünlü, Chair of the Crafting Design Literacy in Action | İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Ross Brisco, Design Society’s Design Education Special Interest Group
  • Úrsula Bravo, Design Literacy International Network
  • Bryan Howell, Design Society’s Design Sketching Special Interest Group

International Academic Organising Committee

The International Academic Organising Committee sets and maintains processes to ensure high academic standards across the Tracks outputs and will consist of the following members

  • Derya Yorgancıoğlu, Özyeğin University, İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Yang Zhang, Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing, China
  • Ross Brisco, Design Society’s Design Education Special Interest Group
  • Francesca Mattioli, Design Society’s Design Education Special Interest Group
  • Bryan Howell, Design Society’s Design Sketching Special Interest Group
  • Jan Hoftijzer, Design Society’s Design Sketching Special Interest Group
  • Úrsula Bravo, Design Literacy International Network
  • Bryan Howell, DRS Visualisation

International Committee to Oversee Consistency Across each of the General Submissions

  • Ross Brisco, Chairing the Research Papers Submissions
  • Francesca Mattioli, Chairing the Case Studies Submissions
  • Bryan Howell, Chairing the Visual Papers Submissions
  • Yang Zhang, Chairing the Workshop Submissions

International Advisory Programme Board

The International Advisory Scientific Programme Board will consist of the Track chairs and the Track co-chairs and will also include members of the International Academic Organising Committee if they are not listed as either Track chair or co-chair.

  • Richard Adams, The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
  • Sonay Ardi Akkar, Özyeğin University, İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Aylin Alicanoğlu, Independent Researcher, Warwick, United Kingdom
  • Caner Arıkboğa, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye
  • Cengiz Hakan Aydın, Özyeğin University, İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Gökçe Elif Baykal,Özyeğin University,İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Anders Berglund, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden
  • Úrsula Bravo, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
  • Nathalie Bredella, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany
  • Ross Brisco, The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
  • Lore Brosens, Universiteit Gent, Kortrijk, Belgium
  • Esra Şahin Burat, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
  • Daniel Cardoso Llach, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Jiajia Chen, Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing, China
  • Ayşen Ciravoğlu, Yıldız Technical University, İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Aykut Coşkun, Koç University, İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Gülbahar Coşkun, Özyeğin University, İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Esin Kömez Dağlıoğlu, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye
  • Giovanna Danies, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá,Colombia
  • Kenan Dikilitaş, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
  • Alpay Er, Özyeğin University, İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Özlem Er, Bilgi University,İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Yun Fan, Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing, China
  • Robert Morris Gray, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
  • Victoria Hamilton, The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
  • Jan Willem Hoftijzer, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
  • Bryan F. Howell, Brigham Young University, Provo, USA
  • Asa Jackson, Independent Researcher, Provo, USA
  • Mine Özkar Kabakçıoğlu, Istanbul Technical University, İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Gordon Krauss, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA, USA
  • Mert Kulaksız, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye
  • Henry Lee, Independent Researcher, Provo, USA
  • Eva Lutnæs, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway
  • Francesca Mattioli, Politecnico Milano, Milano, Italy
  • Ingvill Gjerdrum Maus, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway
  • M. Pınar Mengüç, Özyeğin University, İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Satu Miettinen, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
  • Liv Merete Nielsen, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway
  • Mauricio Novoa Muñoz, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
  • Bibbi Omtveit, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway
  • Gökçe Ersel Ötkün,Özyeğin University, İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Mine Özoğuz Arbay,Özyeğin University, İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Canan M. Özsoy, Özyeğin University, İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Tore Andre, Ringvold, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway
  • Amos Scully, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, USA
  • Mariluz Soto, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
  • Yasemin Soylu, Bilgi University, İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Gökçe Tomrukçu,Özyeğin University, İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Tuba Uğraş, Yıldız Technical University, İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Xia Xiang, Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing, China
  • Yang Zhang, Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing, China
  • Derya Yorgancıoğlu,Özyeğin University, İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Wendy Zhang, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

International Scientific Panel

Members of this panel will support the double-blind peer review process and will list the peer reviewers — the core will be the Track chairs and co-chairs and invited peer reviewers

Local Organising Committee Özyeğin University, İstanbul, Türkiye

  • Derya Yorgancıoğlu 
  • Şebnem Timur
  • Gökçe Elif Baykal
  • Burcu Kısmet Conk
  • Cansu Günaydın Donduran
  • Tuğba Tok
  • Sonay Ardi Akkar

Local Organising Committee Nanjing, China