Director, Center for Global Cooperation and Education Development, USC-SJTU Institute of Cultural and Creative Industry, Deputy Director, Global Communication Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China
Dr. Pearl Wang is a cross-boundary investigator bridging industry and academia. Closely working with the industry, she teaches courses of Cultural and Creative Industry Survey and Virtual Contents Creative and Production on campus. In addition to her professorship at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), she is a city-level entrepreneurship mentor, exhibition planner and city cultural planning consultant in China. Currently she also serves as Director of the Committee of Branding Overseas of China Association of National Advertisers. Collaborating with the UK scholars and practitioners, she was the Chinese Principal Investigator of the AHRC-funded UK-China co-research project ‘Immersive Innovative and Interactive Experiences’ (IIIE) in 2019 and ‘Cloud-based Virtual Film Production’ in 2021
Global Creative Economy Council
Andrea Dempster Chung – Jamaica
Andrea Dempster Chung is the co-founder and executive director of Kingston Creative, an NGO that use…
Anupam Yog – Singapore/India
Creative Strategist
Avril Joffe – South Africa
UNESCO Chair in Cultural Entrepreneurship and Policy, and Research Associate, University of the Witw…
Daniar Amanaliev – Kyrgyzstan
Co-founder and Band Master of ololo group, Chair of Kyrgyzstan’s Creative Industries Park Board
Dwinita Larasati – West Java, Indonesia
Lecturer and Researcher at Industrial Design Program, FSRD ITB, Indonesia Tita is a product designer…
Eduardo Saravia – Colombia/Germany
Chief Economist at Sound Diplomacy Eduardo Saravia is a cultural economist with over 16 years of exp…
John Newbigin – UK
Mayor of London’s Ambassador for the Creative Industries John is the Mayor of London’s Ambassa…
Karen Brodie
Deputy Director of Creative PEC and Deputy Chair of GCEC
Kelly Wilhelm – Canada
Head of the Cultural Policy Hub at OCAD University Kelly Wilhelm (she/her) is a consultant and …
Marta Foresti (Chair) – Italy/UK
Chair of GCEC and CEO of LAGO Collective
Octavio Kulesz – Argentina/Italy
Director of Teseo Octavio Kulesz is a philosopher, digital publisher, and director of Teseo, one of …
Omar Nagati – Egypt
Architect, Urban Planner and Co-founder of CLUSTER
Pearl Wang Haoqing – China
Associate Professor and Director, Center for Global Cooperation and Education Development, USC-SJTU …
Sara Pepper – UK
Co-Director of the Centre for the Creative Economy at Cardiff University Professor Sara Pepper OBE i…
Wakiuru Njuguna – Kenya
Managing Partner, HEVA Fund Wakiuru Njuguna is a seasoned expert in Africa’s creative industries, wi…
