People and/or organisations involved in the project, and their tasks/responsibilities

Founders, Organisers and Leaders of the Challenge:
Andrew Bullen and Janine Huizenga, The Creative Cooperative

Sponsoring Partner ESDC:
Cap Digital, Paris Region

Sponsoring Partners LRDC:
Qingliangshan Lucitopia Town Dev. Co.
Xiamen Mexdia Creativity & Technology Co., Ltd.

Partner Festivals:
Futur en Seine, Paris
PICNIC, Amsterdam

Partner Municipalities and Regions (to date):
City of Amsterdam
City of Paris
Seine-Saint-Denis Department (93)
Zixi County, China

Partner (Design)Organisations (to date:)
Waag Society, Amsterdam
Cerfav | Pantin
Lieu de Design, Paris
Paris / Ile de France Design Community
NUMA, Paris
C-Platform, Xiamen
UNDP
UN-Habitat

Partner Universities, Design Schools (to date):
ENSCI, Les Ateliers, Paris FR
Les Gobelins, Paris FR
Strate School of Design, Paris FR
HKU/KMT Masters, Utrecht NL
ISIA, Rome, IT
IED, Milan IT
Quasar, Rome, IT
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague NL
Auckland University of Technology, Auckland NZ
Gerrit Rietveld Academie – DOGtime, Amsterdam NL
Xiamen University Art College, Xiamen CN
University of the Arts London, London UK
Ravensbourne, London UK
Kunst Universität Linz, Linz AT
Ecole Boulle, Paris FR
Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven NL
ITMO University, Saint Petersburg RU
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, Gujarat IND
Konstfack, Stockholm SE
National Taiwan University -Graduate Institute of Building & Planning, Taipei TW
ASLERD, Rome, IT

Area specialists and guides (to date):
ESDC:
Henny Tinga – Amsterdam Salvation Army (2010)
Birgit Büchner – Ons Lieve Heer op Solder Museum (2010)
Daniel Orantin – Comité départemental du tourisme
de la Seine-Saint-Denis (2011)
Jean-Barthelemi Debost – Service du patrimoine culturel, conseil général de la Seine-Saint-Denis (2011)
Bernard Orantin – Aubervilliers (2012, 2013)
Marion Unal – Mairie de Bondy (2014)
Rabia Hamidi Nahar – Conseil Général de Seine-Saint-Denis, Mairie de Bondy (2014)
Youness Bourimech – ‘serial’ entrepeneur (2014)
Djamel Hamidi – Bondy Blog (2014)
Salif Diarra – Bulle d’Ox (2014)
LRDC:
Gilian Wang – Executive Director of Zixi Qingliangshan Lucitopia Town Dev. Co., Ltd. and President of Xiamen Mexdia Creativity & Technology Co., Ltd.

Mentoring Designers (to date):
Fiona van de Geijn, Rob van Kranenburg, Dominique Sciamma, Bas van Abel, Marjolijn Ruyg, Jean-Louis Frechin, Maarten Hendriks, Dick van Dijk

Judges (to date):
ESDC 2010, Amsterdam
David van Traa, Geleyn Meijer, Jean-Louis Frechin, Luis Perez-Simon

ESDC 2011, Paris Region
Robin Chase, Neil Gershenfeld, Michael Shamiyeh, Bruno Dachary, Stephane Singier

ESDC 2012, Paris Region
Jean-Louis Frechin, Hélène Triboulet, Pascal Deseure, Philippe David, Elodie Bongrain

ESDC 2013, Paris Region
Dr. Ouafae Benslimane, Hervé Bodilis, Rémi  Bourganel, Maxime Coupez  Dr. Ivan Prostakov,

ESDC 2014, Paris Region
Mme. Marion Unal – Deputy Mayor, Bondy
Dr. Ouafae Benslimane – Head of Research and Innovation, Conseil Général, Seine-Saint-Denis
Mr. Stéphane Distinguin – Founder and CEO FABERNOVEL, President Cap Digital
Mr. Andrew Manning – Head of Arts, British Council, Paris
Mr. Dick van Dijk – Creative Director, Waag Society, Amsterdam

ESDC 2015, Paris Region
Mr. Didier Ostre– Director of Services, Bagnolet
Mr. Daouda Keite – Deputy Mayor, Bagnolet, International Affairs
Mr. Dick van Dijk– Creative Director, Waag Society, Amsterdam
Mrs Janine Huizenga – Creative Cooperative NL, Amsterdam

ESDC 2016, Paris Region
Mr. Ibrahim Dufriche-Soilihi, Deputy Mayor, Montreuil
Mr. Gaylord Lechequer, Deputy Mayor, Montreuil
Dr. Ouafae Benslimane, Head of Research and Innovation, Conseil Général, Seine-Saint-Denis
Mr. Wandrille Heusse, Ecosystem manager, ICI-Montreuil
Mr. Edwin Ouwerkerk Moria, Owner Mobidapt, Amsterdam

LRDC 2018, Qinglianshan, Zuxi County
Mr. Ma Wen – Director of Digital Media Art Department, Art College of Xiamen University, Curator, Artist & Architect
Mr. Gao Yang –Associate Professor & Ph.D. of College of City Design, Director of Housing Product Design Department, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Architect.
Mr. Nick Renshaw – Visual artist, sculptor, designer, ceramist, teacher and researcher
Mr. Pan Mingquan – Director of XIAMEN MEXDIA CREATIVITY & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Artist
Mrs. Janine Huizenga (Chairperson) – Head of the department of Interactive/Media/Design at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, The Netherlands, Designer.

Researchers:
Claudia di Lecce (2011)
Nancy Ottaviano (2012)
Strate School of Design ’embedded’ designers (2014)
Arthur Dinant, Charlotte Boucier, Julien Cochard, Louis Massuel, Laure-Anne Pennaneac’h