China International Building & Interior Design Forum

  • Date

    March 31 2025

  • Location

    Hall E1 Forum Area, SNIEC

  • Organizer

    Sinoexpo Informa Markets

Introduction

The China International Building & Interior Design Forum, a celebrity event under Shanghai Design Week, has become a professional platform for exchanging high-end design ideas between international design masters and the most active architects and designers in China, as well as representatives from large real estate development groups and hotel management companies, through interdisciplinary dialogue.

Since 2015, the IDF has not only had the privilege of inviting world-renowned design masters such as Bill Bensley, Tony Chi, Piero Lissoni, etc. to give keynote speeches, but also attracted star rated hotel groups and first-class design companies such as Marriott, InterContinental, Gensler, SOM, Foster+Partners, HBA, Rockwell, CCD, etc. to attend for case analysis.

With the theme of “Ecology and Integration”, the 2025 forum will explore the widespread application of sustainable design in urban renewal, vacation living, and ecological integration construction.

Previous Speakers

2024 IDF:

Rob Wagemans
Founder and Design Director
Concrete

Tristan Auer
Founder
IZEU

Carl Almeida
Executive Partner
P49 Deesign

Beiyun Fan
Design Director InterContinental Greater China Luxury and lifestyle brand

Alison Chi
Founder and Creative Director
Ch&Company

Ruby JIN
Head of Greater China and Sales Director
RELAIS &CHATEAUX

lsabel Pintado
Founder
13Cobijos

Kristina Zanic
Founder and CEO
Kristina Zanic Consultant

Charlie Hearn
Director
Inspiral Architecture

Peter Duncan
Regional Operations Manager
SOM

Qiwei Wang
Deputy Director of Shanghai Office
SOM

Bin Cao
Principal HKS Greater China

Kelvin Ip
Deputy Director
Horwath HTL CN

Leon Sun
Creative Director
SHANGXIA

Cathy Wang
President and Founder
Montaigne Design

Guy Dittrich
Internationally renowned media professionals

2023 IDF:

Review

Forum in 2023, with the theme of “Reboot and Rejuvenation,” has invited influential architects, designers, representatives of real estate development groups, and hotel management companies from both domestic and international sources to gather in Shanghai. In just one day’s schedule, ten distinguished guests took turns taking the stage to share the latest cases and design concepts of commercial complexes, hotels and other engineering projects, deepening industry exchanges and cooperation through interdisciplinary dialogue.

Ed Ng

Co-founder and Chief Designer
AB Concept

The Change in Design Philosophy

Dr. Mei Ping

Chief Representative

China Capella Hotel Group Asia

Opportunities for Urban Renewal

Jeff Kaeonil

Design Principal
HOK

HOK Hotel Design

Stephen Yas

Senior International Design Director
DLR Group

 LIFESTYLE

Ruiqi Li

Project Director
Gensler

Keeping Up with the Times – Elements of Sustainable Design Transformation in Hotels

Freddie T T Hai

Director
Rocco Design Architects

Care for Users Hospitality, Retail & Cultural Architecture

Catherine Siu

Principal
B+H Architects,CHIL Interior Design

The Road to Zero-Carbon Hotel Design

Kang Lei

Partner and Senior Project Director
Junson Design

Integrating into the Scenery and Enjoying the Environment

Jerry Wu

Founder/ Principal
InterScape

Integrating Economy and Aesthetics, Creating Sustainable Hotel Design

Vincent de Graaf

Co-founder and Design Director
AIM Architecture

Emotional Architecture

2022 IDF:

Review

The 2022″Design · Future” International Building & Interior Design Forum was successfully held on August 25th at the Nanjing International Expo Center. The event was extremely popular. Guests focused on the topic of “Design and Future” to propose contemporary design hotspots, thus to better cope with, create the future, and constantly explore, discover beauty, as well as provide suggestions for innovation in hotel and commercial space design.

Peter Wang

Vice President 

Banyan Tree Group

Discussion on the Development of Resort Hotels

Zhi Fu

Partner and Design Director 

Cheng Chung Design

Exploring the Dimensions of Space and Art

XiaoYan Liu

GM of Business Planning Department  Greenland Hotel and Tourism Group

Innovative Trends in Hotel Design from an Operational Perspective

 

ZhaoRuiQi Li

Project Director 

Gensler

Changes and Development Trends of Hotel Design in Post Epidemic Era

Yun Xia

President 

Kangyi Culture

Art Empowers a Better Life

Yun Du

Director and Chief Architect

BLVD

Constructing Artistic Space with Poetic Aesthetics

Vincent Zhang

Founder and Project Leader 

Stylus Studio Design Firm

DNA of Design

Johnny Lin

CEO 

DLR Group

Undefined Hotels

Jaco Pan

Founder 

Minggu Design

Narrative Space

2021 IDF:

Ken Wei
Global Design Director of Aedas, Honorary Chairman of RIBA China Branch, and Member of RIBA Council – Asia and Australasia Region

Joe Lau

Design Director 

HBAarchitecture

Philip Handford

Retail Design Director 

Gensler

Andy Hall & Yijie Xu 

Founder Partner 

MQ Studio 

Benjamin Hu

Chief Design and Engineering Director 

InterContinental Hotels Group in Greater China

Hao Li

Vice President and Chief Designer 

JERDE

Wolf Loebel

Co founder and President 

Rheinland Design Group in Germany

Dr. Mei Ping

Chief Representative

Capella Hotel Group in Asia and China

2020 IDF:

 Bangsheng Yang Founder&President YANG Design Group

Peter Mackey

Director of Chapman Taylor

 Yun Du

Director and Chief Architect of Biluode Architectural Consulting Company

White Wang

Design Director for Greater China at HKS International Architectural Design Company

Angela He

Design and Project Director, Technical Services Department, Hilton Hotel Management Group

Ray Chou

Founder of Zhu Zhou Space Design and Creative Director of Interior Design

Evan Gu

Technical Director of Gensler Shanghai Office

Shain Lim

Chief Design Director of Yizhen

Ben  Wu

the creator of WS World’s Ultimate Design

James Lee

Founder and CEO of Adventure United Hotel Consulting Co., Ltd

2019 IDF:

Roberto Baciocchi

Founder of Italian firm Baciocchi

Julia Monk

Senior Vice President of HOK, Director of Hotel Design

Alan Kueh

Founder of AK+Design Firm

Vachirapong Danny

Design Director of PIA Design Firm in Thailand

Yi Jiang

Director of Chapman Taylor Architectural Design Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd

Yunong Lai

Design Director of Shiyu Lighting Design Co., Ltd

Quanqian Li 

Vice President of CallisonRTKL

 LiangLv

Design Director of Wanda Hotel Design and Research Institute

Hongbin Pan
Founder of Hong Kong Fanna Design Group

Tianwen Sun 

Chief Designer of Shanghai Black Bubble Architectural Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd

Xinyan Wang

President of Interior Design at Mengtai

 Ming Xu

founder of Minghe Wenji

Zhenglin Yan

Technical Director of Gensler Hotel

Shi Yu

the founder of gpdesign

Dongxian Zheng 

President of PLA ASIA

Zhuang Ziyu

Partner and Lead Architect of RSAA Design Group in Germany

2018 IDF:

Piero Lissoni

Founder of Lissoni Associati 

 Ed Ng

Founder of AB Concept

Colin Seah

Founder of MOD

Nathan Hutchins

Founder of Muza Lab

Dejian Chen

Founder of Dejian Design

Patricia Ho

Founder of White Jack

Jilian Huang

Vice President of Design, Planning, and Architecture at Wyndham Hotel Group

Qi Sun 

Deputy General Manager of the R&D and Design Center of Zhongnan Real Estate

Xinyan Wang

President of Interior Design at Mengtai

Yibo Xu 

Chinese Partner of Boeri Architectural Design Firm

Guy Ditrich

Sleeper freelance writer