Presenter

Kin Wai Michael Siu is Eric C. Yim Professor in Inclusive Design and Chair Professor of Public Design, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is Founder and Leader of Public Design Lab. He is fellow of numerous professional engineering and design organisations. He has been invited by a number of universities as visiting professor and scholar, including the University of Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Fulbright Scholar), National University of Singapore (ASIA Fellow), UC Berkeley, and Tsinghua University. His research areas are in public design, user reception, user centered design, inclusive and universal design, FlexiDesign, design and engineering education. He solely owns over 50 US and international patents and design registrations, and over 60 international invention and design grand awards. He has published over 300 research papers in top-tier academic journals.