The Taiwan Culinary Arts Association is committed to encouraging more people to explore and appreciate Taiwanese ingredients from a modern industry perspective. By "modern," we mean a mindful and refined approach to dining. As food culture increasingly becomes a form of national soft power, it mirrors the evolving local lifestyles and patterns. The act of dining is in fact a palimpsest with a multitude of social, economic and cultural meanings. The association's mission is to find expressions for and make a ceremony out of food appreciation, thereby enriching Taiwan's culinary heritage. In addition to gathering, distributing and promoting Taiwanese culinary knowledge, the association seeks to establish a robust discourse on Taiwanese cuisine and support industry advancements. It also offers food education and taste refinement courses, facilitates professional knowledge transfer, and creates exchange platforms to boost public awareness and elevate the international visibility of Taiwan's culinary culture.

oqLiq is a fashion brand that has been deeply rooted in Tainan for over a decade. In its early days, the brand's journey began by locating hidden craftsmen in the city's alleys through the sounds of their machinery. Building connections with artisans one by one from one street to another, they gathered lost pieces of a once-vibrant local industry. Tainan was once home to an impressive industrial chain, with globally renowned manufacturers which chose to keep a low profile instead. Few realize that a single garment on the shelf might have passed through more than a hundred hands during its production. Driven by the enthusiasm for fashion, oqLiq seeks to fuse the cultural essence they've absorbed throughout their lives with the local industry, and proudly presents a feast of the latest fashion.

With a background in architecture and a Master's degree in Art, Space & Nature from Edinburgh College of Art, Yao-Bang Wang currently serves as the Director of InFormat Design Curating. Over the years, his team has guided brands with strategic approaches in planning, spatial and visual design, and has been committed to practices such as management of stylish space and space revitalization. He has extensive expertise in cross-disciplinary curatorial and design integration, and his execution of numerous cultural and design exhibitions has been recognized with both domestic and international awards.