Design Thinking in Education Innovation Can Be Learned

Christoph Meinel is CEO and Scientific Director of the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering gGmbH (HPI) at the University of Potsdam (Germany). He has been Vice Dean of the Faculty of Digital Engineering at the University of Potsdam since April 2017. Christoph Meinel holds the Chair of Internet Technologies and Systems and is also active in the areas of cybersecurity and digital education.  He is a member of the National Academy of Science and Technology (acatech), director of the HPI-Stanford Design Thinking Research Program, honorary professor at the Technical University of Beijing, visiting professor at Shanghai University, professor at Nanjing University, and member of numerous scientific committees and supervisory boards.

Timm Krohn is CEO of the HPI Academy, Potsdam (Germany) which offers advanced training in design thinking for professionals.