Vivian Ni is a cultural consultant and literary practitioner bridging China and the UK. She founded West Link Consulting Ltd to help Chinese authors engage English-language readers and is involved in LINKHouse, promoting literature and cross-cultural exchange. Her work connects writers, translators, and institutions to explore how stories and ideas travel across cultures.

Lu Ying is a jewelry designer and artist, and the founder of “Oriental Naturalism Jewelry.” She adheres to the philosophy of “designing for the future,” creating the “Nouveau Deco” aesthetic system and developing the 1668°C titanium forging technique, which fuses classical French craftsmanship with Eastern aesthetics. Her works have been showcased at major international art exhibitions and are praised as exemplars of wearable naturalist art.

Veronique Sangyu Chen is an independent curator and cross-cultural art practitioner working between the UK and China. She holds an MFA in Curating from Goldsmiths, University of London. Her practice engages contemporary art, intangible cultural heritage, craft, and food-based artistic practices, exploring questions of identity, migration, gender, and place. Her recent research focuses on the contemporary reinterpretation of intangible cultural heritage through situated, collaborative, and process-oriented curatorial approaches.

Helen Frosi is a course instructor and doctoral mentor at the Royal College of Art, Goldsmiths, and CHASE-funded programmes, and serves on multiple international advisory, curatorial, and review boards for arts and sound research platforms. She is also a UK-based artist, curator, and sound-rhythm practitioner whose work investigates intersections of listening, resilience, and perception across ecological, social, and political contexts. Frosi curates projects such as AuralPluralities and EnCOuNTErs, co-initiated the Rhythm Studies programme, and founded the arts platform SoundFjord.