Professor Marc Aurel Schnabel is the Dean of the Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innova-tion, Chair Professor Architectural Technology at the Wellington School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and former Visiting Professor at School of Architecture, Sheffield University. As Dean, he is focusing on creativity, innovation entrepreneurship that enables innovation, sustainability and cultural responsibility. Trained as an Architect, he is leading research and education in the field of Architectural Technology. As President of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA) and Past Presidents of CAADRIA, the International Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, and the Industry Advisory Board of Autodesk, as well as a founding member of buildingSMART HK, he is affiliated with various professional bodies and scientific committees. He taught and worked in Germany, Australia, and Hong Kong for over twenty-five years and since then has become highly recognised for his work in the areas of computational design and learning environments. He is Principal Investigator of the National Science Challenge 11, Better Homes, Towns and Cities, researching in the fields of augmented- and virtual reality, digital heritage, parametric design learning and intelligent cities. In 2019, Professor Schnabel received three significant architectural honours. He was made a CAADRIA Fellow. He accepted an invitation to join the inte