GEORJA SKINNER
Georja Skinner is the Chief Officer of the State of Hawaii’s Creative Industries Division (CID) in the Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism. CID is the lead agency which advocates and expands business opportunities and manages for those sectors which comprise Hawaii’s creative economy, anchored by the media and film industries.
Comprised of the Hawaii Film Office responsible for the overall management of the state’s off-shore and local film industry development and the Arts and Culture Development Branch, CID is responsible for initiatives which support talent, infrastructure, policy development and investment strategies for the statewide creative industries spectrum, increasing the capacity for entrepreneurial success while maintaining the Hawaii’s global reputation as a premiere location filming destination.
Through its initiatives such as Creative Lab, coupled with state-of-the-art infrastructure development, CID is further strengthening Hawaii’s creative clusters in film, arts, culture, music, design, literary arts, publishing, creative and interactive media – all integral components of Hawaii’s creative and innovation economy. CID is positioning Hawaii to be a national and global leader in creative sector development as well as a hub for creative media and film production in the Pacific.
YU-CHUN CHEN
YU-CHUN CHEN is Diploma in Art Conservation of Restoration of painting on canvas and wood panel (2007-2010) and got Masters in management of cultural and artistic events (2010-2011) were she earned from the Institute Palazzo Spinelli for Art and Restoration in Florence – Italy.
She have gained various conservation experiences of both traditional and contemporary art in Italy, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore since 2007. During these years, She have worked on large on-site government or institutional projects as well as provided conservation treatments for museums, auction houses, galleries and private collections.
Relevant Work Experiences :
Feb 2021 – Present CONSERVATION CENTER OF CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
Jan 2016 – Feb 2021 YH CONSERVATION PTE. LTD. ( Found by Conservation Center of Cheng Shiu University in partnership with Helutrans Pte. Ltd – Singapore)
Dec 2014 – Dec 2015 CONSERVATION CENTER OF CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
Dec 2011 – Sep 2013 THE STUDIO RESTAURI PAOLA VILLA (Milan, Italy)
Jun 2010 – Mar 2011 LA BOTTEGA DI GRASSI NESI (Florence, Italy)
TITI INDAHYANI
Titi Indahyani is an alumni of Post Graduate (Ph.D) scholarship program from the Indonesian Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education and studied at School of Design, Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. Her research interests were related to innovation, design thinking, social entrepreneurship, ethical business practices, sustainable living and compassionate design. Her research was focus on the design development processes and design collaboration, especially in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) business sustainability. Her expertise is including more than 25 years of experiences as a professional career in overall interior design business. Currently, she is a Head of Interior Design Program at Binus University, Jakarta.
Furthermore, she is also involved in BEKRAF (Indonesia Creative Economy Agency) as one of The Assessor Team for Indonesia Creative City/Regencies Evaluation Program and Mentor Team for Innovative and Creative through The Nusantara (Indonesian Archipelago) Collaboration program (IKKON), also, a companion team member of the Ministry of Tourism & Creative Economy’s craft sector networking ecosystem program. In the area of social activities, she focuses on the advancement of character education for children (such as talented children, marginal children and children with special needs). She has also engaged in empowering women and improving the added value of local products from MSME’s. Through the above social activities and global issues’ concerns, she is now a member of the Indonesia Global Compact Network (IGCN), which is Indonesia’s representative for the United Nation Global Compact (UNGC), a United Nations organization committed to the achievement of the 17th Principles of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
MARK BAILEY
Mark Bailey is Associate Professor of Design Innovation and Director of Transnational Education for the School of Design.
His work in design-led innovation is focused on making the world a better place by launching graduates into it equipped with the knowledge, skills and creative confidence required to bring about positive change. He believes that this can be achieved through authentic, multidisciplinary, cooperative learning conducted in ‘safe environments for innovation’ that support ‘brave failure’ in pursuit of learning.
Mark established the Design-Led Responsible Innovation Practice research group, a community of practice which brings together academics from across Northumbria’s School of Design and Newcastle Business School, alongside researchers and students from the unique MA/MSc Multidisciplinary Innovation (MDI) programme which he wrote, led and has overseen since its launch in 2008. Through this group he has secured, since 2013, over £1.3m Research Council and contract research funding and delivered strategic innovation support to around 80 external enterprises ranging from start-up charities to Fortune 500 global corporations. With the group he has published extensively on design-led responsible innovation practice and education.
He is currently Northumbria University’s academic lead in a c.£6m collaboration with the four other North East universities: Creative Fuse North East (now in phase 2). This work is focused on developing multidisciplinary innovation capability and capacity amongst the region’s Creative Cultural Digital and IT sectors. He is also leading a British Council-funded partnership with the American University of Armenia to develop design-led enterprise education in the country. This work has led to Bailey and his team authoring Enterprise education Policy recommendations for the Armenian Prime Minister and the Ministry of Education and Science.
Alongside his teaching and research activities Mark is responsible for establishing and leading educational and research partnerships between Northumbria University’s leading School of Design and other highly-rated universities and colleges around the world.