
Executive Director of the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology in Lisbon and 2018 European Young Leader (EYL40)
Beatrice is an Italian curator, critic and cultural strategist with a background in Asian studies and fifteen years of experience in developing programmes with an urban and social impact. In her current position, she works on the operational aspects of the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT) in Lisbon for which she foresees a form of “meaningful provincialism”. She was previously based in Beijing for 17 years where she served as creative director of Beijing Design Week, China’s largest and internationally reputed design and architecture event. She was also the creative director of the urban regeneration plan for Baitasi historic district in Beijing, shaping stakeholders’ relations across the private and public sectors. In 2017 she co-founded B/Side Design an inclusive organisation which established The Global School, the first independent institute for design and multidisciplinary research in the PRC.