On September 7th, the CUMULUS Shanghai Conference 2010, hosted by College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, kicked off at Shanghai Concert Hall. The conference (September 7–10, 2010) is entitled, "Young Creators for Better City and Better Life".

CUMULUS, as the only global alliance of art and design institutions, attracted over 300 delegates from global international design institutions to participate the conference. And it is the first annual conference of CUMULUS that was ever held in China.

Chairman of CUMULUS Christian Guellerin, President of Aalto University Tuula Terri, President of Tongji University Pei Gang and Inspector of Shanghai Economy and Informatization Committee Mr. He Shouchang presented at the opening and delivered speeches respectively.