Prof Dr Joseph Press
Vice Dean, SUES Design School, Shanghai University of Engineering Science
Prof Dr Joseph Press is listed as Vice Dean, SUES Design School, Shanghai University of Engineering Science. Dr is scheduled to speak at Business of Design Week (BODW) 2026 on 19 November 2026.
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About
Prof Dr Joseph Press, PhD, is a Futures Architect and design educator, Swiss and French, based in Zürich. Trained as a workplace architect, he completed his MIT doctorate in Design Technology. As founder of Deloitte Digital Switzerland, and with the Institute for the Future and the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, he has guided Fortune 100 companies and impact-led organisations towards better futures. He is currently Vice Dean of Academics at the Shanghai University of Engineering Science School of Design, leading the integration of AI into design education and interdisciplinary innovation. His book Agentic Creative Intelligence publishes with Routledge, December 2026. "Design has always been dialogue. Agentic Creative Intelligence (ACI) widens that dialogue to include AI agents, so people and machines think together. When we connect with AI as a creative partner, conversation becomes the method: it deepens meaning, amplifies our agency, and transforms possibility into th
Upcoming
Business of Design Week (BODW) 2026 18 November 2026 – 20 November 2026
- Lab 2: Future Thinking - Navigating the Big Shifts Reshaping Our World Speaker · 19 November 2026
- Designing the Future: The "Learning by Making" Paradigm Shift Panellist · 20 November 2026
- Foresight x Design x AI: Design-Driven Leadership for Better Futures Keynote · 20 November 2026
Spoke alongside
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- Alice Wong Associate Director, Irene Lam Centre for Collaborative Projects · Saint Francis University 1 shared session
- Angelia Teo Futurist & CSO · Genue 1 shared session
- Charles Nix Global Head of Creative Strategy · Monotype 1 shared session
- Louis Zheng Co-Founder & Futurist-In-Residence · FuturistCircle 1 shared session
- Prof Markus Venzin CEO, EHL Group · EHL Hospitality Business School 1 shared session
- Prof Yung Ho Chang Dean, Faculty of Architecture · The University of Hong Kong 1 shared session