The DEL conference has been running annually since 2005, supported by an international partnership of art and design institutions of higher education. Currently the DEL chairs and organizing committee are from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Penn State, Texas State University, The New School’s Parsons School of Design and University of the Arts London.
Conference co-chairs

Benjamin Andrew
Penn State

Claudia Röschmann
Texas State University

Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo
The New School

Ho Hui May
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

Marianne Yang
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

Sheldon Chow
University of the Arts London
Conference coordinator

Hannah Hyde
University of the Arts London