191st Edition – Zak World of Façades China

This will be the 191^st edition globally and the 3^rd edition in Shanghai which will showcase sustainable innovations and challenges in the construction industry pertaining to the building envelope and will also display latest technological solutions.

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Speakers & Panelists

Leo Cheung

China Lead, Heatherwick Studio

Leo joined Heatherwick studio London in 2011 and was delegated to Shanghai in 2012 as China Lead. He acts as the liaison for clients in China, oversees all Chinese projects and responsible for business development, marketing & PR in China....

Hongkai Li

Vice Chief Architect, United Design Group

Hongkai Li received his Master of Architecture degree with distinction from the University of California Los Angeles, where he studied under Professor Greg Lynn on Mobile Buildings. He also holds a bachelor’s and Master of Architecture degree from the School...

Chao Wei

Associate and Project Director, Büro Ole Scheeren

Chao Wei is Associate, Project Director and Senior Designer at Büro Ole Scheeren. With over 10 years of experience, he is currently managing several high-profile projects for Buro-OS throughout China. Prior to his collaboration with Ole Scheeren, Chao Wei worked...

Mingjie Yang

Associate Principal, AICO

Mr. Yang Mingjie has 20 years of experience in the design industry, having led the design of various types of major projects such as cultural landmarks, large-scale complexes, and headquarters offices. His works have won numerous design awards both domestically...

Kathleen Zhou

Executive Director, East China Architectural Design and Research Institute

Zhou Jie is the Deputy Chief Architect of Business Division IV and Design Director of the Commercial Design Team at ECADI (East China Architectural Design & Research Institute). She holds a PhD in Architecture from Tongji University and is a...

Angie Wang

Partner, Forcitis

Wang Yan, with nearly two decades of expertise in architectural facade design, has amassed extensive experience in the design, implementation, and consultation of various facade systems. She excels in the comprehensive planning of project facades and the analytical realization of...

Wang Bin

Deputy Chief Engineer, Jangho

With over 20 years of dedicated experience in curtain wall design and research, Wang Bin has become a leading figure in the industry, recognized for his solid technical expertise and extensive practical achievements. He currently serves as Deputy Chief Engineer...

Weeky Wang

Head of Sales, Jansen China

Weeky Wang, a master graduated in Building Environment and Facilities Engineering from Tongji University, has dedicated two decades to the field of building facades. As the Senior Sales Director of Jansen China, he has successfully pioneered the domestic high-end curtain...

David Ng

Associate Director, Buro Happold

David is the associate director of facade engineering at Buro Happold’s Shenzhen office. He is responsible for overseeing quality of facade designs, resource planning, commercial issues, business development, project management and delivery. He has formal education in building services engineering...

Xin Jin

Vice Manager, AGC Shanghai

Since joining the company in 2018, I have been engaged in the sales & marketing of AGC’s fluorocarbon resin names Lumiflon. My main responsibilities include, but are not limited to, regular visits to paint manufacturers, as well as product promotion...

Weijie Liu

Partner, Foster + Partners

He gained a Master of Architecture at the Berlage Institute in the Netherlands in 2007. On graduating, he joined Foster + Partners to work on several projects in Europe and the Middle East including Masdar City, the first carbon neutral...

Clare Zhang

Regional Color Manager, AkzoNobel Performance Coatings

Clare Zhang is regional color manager for industrial coatings, APAC. She is responsible for color marketing and color technology service. Clare Zhang has been working in the coating industry for 17 years. She possesses extensive expertise in the coatings industry,...

Jia Yin

Founding Partner & Operation Director, EFC

Yin Jia, founding partner of EFC, has over two decades of experience in façade design, with projects spanning New York, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, and various cities across China. Since 2002, he has pioneered the integration of parametric design into façade...

Eric Wang

Application Engineering Technical Manager - Building & Infrastructure Business, Dow Consumer Solutions

Eric Wang joined Dow in 2005 in Technical Support & Development group where he played a key role in deliver Dow silicone product technical solution with customer and promote Dow innovation technology to customer in a growing Construction Industry. Have...

Yanchee Lau

Director, Eckersley O’Callaghan

Yanchee is Director of Eckersley O’Callaghan’s (EOC) Hong Kong office. EOC is a structural and façade engineering consultancy focused on making quality buildings possible. Yanchee has been involved in landmark commercial, retail and cultural projects across Europe and Asia including...

Christoph Troska

Global Manager New Market Development, Kuraray

He studied core and elementary physics and made his final thesis about thin film coatings. He started his career in 2000, working for R&D at Applied Films in Hanau. At the end of 2001, he joint Pilkington where he had...

Hui Yu

Executive Director, RFR Asia

Hui Yu is a structural engineer with an extensive background in façade, structure, geometry. IstruE 2014 Murray Buxton Award winner, currently Managing Director at RFR shanghai. Hui Yu join world renown engineering firm RFR in Paris in 2004, before that...

Xuekun Qian

Executive Director, Inhabit

Xue-Kun has more than 20 year’s experience in façade and civil engineering, working both in Chinese design institutes and international companies on high profile projects throughout China. Through this, he has gained expertise the design and engineering of curtain walls...

Efthimios Zizos

Projects Manager, Elval Colour

Efthimios Zizos is a Civil Engineer and he is for the last 7 years, Projects Manager of Elval Colour. He has more than 17 years’ experience in the field of building constructions and specifically in envelope façades/roofing. His current role...

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