Led for the past four years by conference chairman Dr Gjoko Muratovski, the Design for Business: Research conference is committed to developing the program is a collegiate platform for the business and design research communities in Australia and abroad. The conference is managed by an Executive Group and an Advisory Board made of esteemed professionals and academics.
Research Program Executive Group
Dr Gjoko Muratovski
Conference Chairman
Director: Ullman School of Design
University of Cincinnati
Dr Cara Wrigley
Conference Deputy Chairman
Senior Lecturer: Designing Out Crime Research Centre
University of Technology Sydney
Kristin McCourtie
Managing Director
Ideas on Design
Luke Farrugia
Program Manager
Ideas on Design
Research Program Advisory Board
Prof Gerda Gemser
Advisory Board Co-Chairman
College of Business, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing
Design Research Institute
RMIT University
Prof Scott Thompson-Whiteside
Advisory Board Co-Chairman
Dean: School of Design
Swinburne University of Technology
Prof Mark Armstrong
Practice Professor: Industrial Design
International Research Chair: Design
Monash Art Design Architecture
Monash University
Prof Clive Barstow
Head: School of Communications and Arts
Edith Cowan University
Prof Mark Burry
Professor of Urban Futures
Architecture Building and Planning
University of Melbourne
Prof George Cairns
Adjunct Professor: Business School
Queensland University of Technology
Assoc Prof Arthur De Bono
Head: Department of Design
Associate Dean: Research
Monash University
Prof Cees de Bont
Dean: School of Design and
Chair Professor: Industrial Design
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
University Dist Prof Ken Friedman
Chair Professor of Design Innovation Studies
College of Design and Innovation
Tongji University
Prof Mads Gaardboe
Head: School of Art,
Architecture and Design
University of South Australia
Prof Anne Gombault
Professor of Management
Head of Research: Creative Industries Cluster
Kedge Business School
France
Prof Ross Harley
Dean: Art & Design
University of New South Wales
Prof Barbara de la Harpe
Executive Dean: Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts
University of Southern Queensland
Assoc Prof Kwanghui Lim
Melbourne Business School
University of Melbourne
Dr Swee Mak
Director (Interim): Enabling Capability Platform, Design & Creative Practice
RMIT University
Dr Jochen Schweitzer
Senior Lecturer: UTS Business School
University of Technology Sydney
