Conference Agenda
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Agenda Overview | |
| Location: Conference Hall Orlando 1 |
| 9:00am - 12:30pm |
D113: Workshop 3: DESIGNING RESILIENT CARE PATHWAYS: A HEALTH SYSTEMS DESIGN PERSPECTIVE Location: Conference Hall Orlando 1 Chair: Valeria Pannunzio, TU Delft, Netherlands, The Chair: P. John Clarkson, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Chair: Anja Maier, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom Chair: Maaike Kleinsmann, TU Delft, Netherlands, The HOSTED BY THE DS HEALTH SYSTEMS DESIGN SIG |
| 2:00pm - 5:30pm |
D133: Workshop 7: MIND THE BIAS 2.0: (UN)BIASING THE DESIGNER IN THE AGE OF AI Location: Conference Hall Orlando 1 Chair: Niccolo Becattini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Chair: Filippo Chiarello, Università di Pisa, Italy Chair: Samuele Colombo, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom HOSTED BY THE DS COGNITIVE DESIGN SCIENCE SIG |
| 8:45am - 9:45am |
D213: COLLABORATIVE DESIGN IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT Location: Conference Hall Orlando 1 Chair: Yuki Taoka, Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan From models to impact: a human-AI approach for effective support of collaborative teams in agile product development 1: Chair of Virtual Product Development, Dresden University of Technology, Germany; 2: ISEM - Institute for Smart Engineering and Machine Elements, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany Boundary objects in co-designing AI systems: a case study of supporting cross-functional collaboration 1: Research Institutes of Sweden, Sweden; 2: Mälardalen University, Sweden Exploring the preparation of CAD models in collaborative design sessions for mass personalised products: a case study on a custom dental abutment 1: University of Zagreb Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Croatia; 2: Neo Dens Ltd., Croatia Employee-centred process analysis for VR integration in product development Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
| 10:15am - 11:15am |
D223: CO-DESIGN AND CO-CREATION IN DIVERSE DESIGN CONTEXTS Location: Conference Hall Orlando 1 Chair: Milene Gonçalves, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, The Design tools as catalysts for shared problem framing in West African entrepreneurial contexts 1: Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, G-SCOP, France; 2: CIRAD, UMR Innovation, France Empowering designer-artisan partnership through capability-based co-design 1: Tsinghua University, China; 2: University of Leeds, United Kingdom From scenarios to negotiation games: staging the co-evolution of problem and solution spaces Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark Co-creation with end-users to respond to the B2B industry: a case study 1: École Supérieure des Technologies et des Affaires (ESTA), France; 2: Université Marie et Louis Pasteur (UMLP), ELLIADD Laboratory (U.R. n°4661), Belfort, France |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
D233: STRATEGIC APPROACHES TO INNOVATION AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Location: Conference Hall Orlando 1 Chair: Matthias R. Guertler, University of Technology Sydney, Australia How to develop a venture clienting strategy? 1: Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Paderborn University, Germany; 2: Fraunhofer IEM, Germany Design for mission-driven technology maturation 1: Aarhus University, Denmark; 2: University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Development of perpetual innovative products: overcoming uncertainties by testing 1: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany; 2: The Open University, United Kingdom Bridging academia and industry: the role of consultants in implementing sustainable product development tools 1: Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden; 2: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden |
| 3:15pm - 4:15pm |
D243: DECISION SUPPORT IN COMPLEX DESIGN CONTEXTS Location: Conference Hall Orlando 1 Chair: Francesca Montagna, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Why cost estimation matters for design decisions in the early phases of product development and what practitioners expect from artificial intelligence 1: Institute of Industrial Manufacturing and Management IFF, University of Stuttgart, Germany; 2: Fraunhofer IPA, Germany Co-designing responses to stakeholder misalignments in a complex infrastructure project: a design science approach Twente University, The Netherlands Designing a decision tool to decide between two support methods for culture-sensitive creative problem-solving IPEK - Institute of Product Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Decide-Adapt-Reuse: a decision framework to reuse or adapt metamodels for new clinch joint designs Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
D253: Meeting 2: AI AND PUBLISHING SCIENTIFIC PAPERS: A DISCUSSION WITH DESIGN JOURNAL EDITORS Location: Conference Hall Orlando 1 Chair: Panos Y. Papalambros, University of Michigan, United States of America Chair: Anja Maier, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom HOSTED BY DESIGN SCIENCE JOURNAL |
| 8:45am - 9:45am |
D313: VISUALISING, COMMUNICATING AND NAVIGATING COMPLEX DESIGN SYSTEMS Location: Conference Hall Orlando 1 Chair: Jean-Francois Boujut, Grenoble INP, France Visualizing and structuring complex bills of materials: a framework for enhanced engineering operations in custom manufacturing 1: Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; 2: NKT Photonics, Denmark Virtual reality-supported empathy in design: experimental evidence on problem framing and ideation 1: Center for Ubiquitous Computing, University of Oulu, Finland; 2: School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States of America; 3: School of Architecture, Ariel University, Israel; 4: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan A product-oriented visualization method supporting communication and planning in engineering reviews 1: ISEM - Institute for Smart Engineering and Machine Elements, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany; 2: IPEK - Institute of Product Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany A design tool to support the specification of mixed reality prototypes University of Bristol, United Kingdom |
| 10:15am - 11:15am |
D323: ADVANCING PROTOTYPING METHODS AND PRACTICES Location: Conference Hall Orlando 1 Chair: Filip Valjak, University of Zagreb FA, Croatia The industrial perspective on the value of immersive reality design technologies 1: University of Bristol, United Kingdom; 2: Ensera Design, United Kingdom; 3: Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, United Kingdom A lean experimental approach for proof-of-concept investigation University of Stuttgart, Germany Rapid prototyping PCBs: recommendations for utilising PCB production as a design tool 1: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway; 2: Vitroscope AS, Norway Evaluating and refining the criticality scale for structured planning of prototype sequences University of Rostock, Germany |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
D333: PROTOTYPING FOR DESIGN EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT Location: Conference Hall Orlando 1 Chair: Chris Snider, University of Bristol, United Kingdom Iterative industrial prototyping for Industry 4.0: data collection for factory-design simulation in seafood processing 1: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway; 2: Optimar AS, Norway Design and prototyping exploration of an end effector for automated drug compounding University of Bath, United Kingdom Foresight prototyping: developing an evaluation framework and strategy for future-oriented design 1: Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, China; 2: Tsinghua University, China Low-fidelity prototypes to clear the fuzzy front end of NewSpace projects Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway |
| 3:45pm - 4:45pm |
D343: DESIGN RESEARCH METHODS AND COMPLEXITY METRICS Location: Conference Hall Orlando 1 Chair: Mario Štorga, University of Zagreb FSB, Croatia Mapping design research methods: foundations for a design research quality hub 1: Dresden University of Technology, Germany; 2: Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, G-SCOP, France; 3: Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil Guidelines for dual impact research methodology: a framework for industry-academia collaboration University of Twente, The Netherlands Toward design for complexity: an integrated framework for iterative co-evolution across complex socio-technical systems 1: Cornell University, United States of America; 2: University of Texas at Dallas, United States of America; 3: University of Michigan, United States of America Measure it to manage it – quantitative review of product family complexity metrics 1: Hamburg University of Technology, Germany; 2: Odego GmbH, Germany |
| 5:00pm - 6:00pm |
D353: EXPLORATORY AND SPECULATIVE APPROACHES IN DESIGN Location: Conference Hall Orlando 1 Chair: Gaetano Cascini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy TRL-based mapping of biomimetic projects: identification of development patterns and their influencing factors 1: UniLaSalle, France; 2: Ikos Lab, France; 3: Ceebios, Centre d’études et d’expertises en biomimétisme, France Future Archeologies Canvas: a visual tool for facilitating speculative ideation and revealing limits of futures perception Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany Worlding the sense of place: narrative design approach to reimagining regional resources 1: Department of Strategic Design, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University, Japan; 2: School of Design, Kyushu University, Japan Room for critique: spatial and sensory design of constructive feedback environments Technical University of Munich, Germany |
| 8:45am - 9:45am |
D413: INCLUSIVE AND WELLBEING-DRIVEN DESIGN FOR HEALTHCARE Location: Conference Hall Orlando 1 Chair: P. John Clarkson, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Embodied inclusion: re-materialising digital interaction for age-inclusive design University of Antwerp, Belgium Designing for subjective well-being: a VDL canvas and insight cards for exploring positive user experiences UNIST, South Korea A review of web-based toolkits for health and care design and improvement: preliminary results 1: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands; 2: University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Computational design tools for occupational therapists: a framework for integrating assistive technology design, customization, and prescription 1: Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America; 2: Vidiponta Research, United States of America |
| 10:15am - 11:15am |
D423: HUMAN–AI INTERACTION AND COMMUNICATION IN ENGINEERING DESIGN Location: Conference Hall Orlando 1 Chair: Arlindo Silva, SUTD, Singapore Verbal communication in synchronous collaborative CAD activities: empirical evidence from AI-supported teams University of Zagreb Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Croatia How would engineers use LLMs for assembly search if they could? – An empirical study for fostering generative AI-driven design reuse in the future 1: University of Stuttgart, Germany; 2: Robert Bosch Manufacturing Solutions GmbH, Germany Engineering design through dialogue: a method for analysing speech-based human-AI conversation University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom Design and evaluation of an AI-based application to enhance creativity in design thinking workshops 1: Ritsumeikan University, Japan; 2: Smart Process Co., Ltd., Japan |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
D433: HUMAN-CENTRED ASPECTS OF AI Location: Conference Hall Orlando 1 Chair: Yuan Yin, Imperial College London, United Kingdom Contextualizing sensor data: integrating user voice in data-driven design INDEX, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, United Kingdom Interactive visualisation of collaborative dynamics: a VLM-based approach for behavior and affect analysis 1: Technical University of Munich, Germany; 2: Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany Designing for dignity: a sociotechnical framework for AI-mediated systems University of Utah, United States of America Comparing human, LLM, and LLM-QFD approaches to technical requirement extraction 1: Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Canada; 2: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 3:15pm - 4:15pm |
D443: DESIGN METHODS AND PROCESSES IN PRACTICE Location: Conference Hall Orlando 1 Chair: Kilian Gericke, University of Rostock, Germany Literature-based characterization of SME product development processes 1: Institute for Engineering Design, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany; 2: Battery Lab Facory Braunschweig, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany; 3: Institute of Thermodynamics, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany Developing and validating a user-centric information structure for design methods Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India Rethinking design methods in the age of AI – consequences for practice, education, and research Clausthal University of Technology, Germany Dual-advocate reflection cards: supporting multifaceted and critical reflection on the design process Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan |
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm |
D453: ANALYTICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN Location: Conference Hall Orlando 1 Chair: Shayne Gooch, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Proposing a PLM architecture framework for consistency in the engineering of machine tools 1: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany; 2: TRUMPF SE + Co. KG, Germany Utilizing form-finding in mechanical engineering design using basic structural FEA Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria A key indicator for integral vs differential design of battery packs in battery electric vehicles under structural dynamic loads Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany Integrating manufacturing constraints in existing generative design workflows: wall thickness and cooling channel considerations 1: University of Bayreuth, Germany; 2: Technical University of Munich, Germany; 3: Fraunhofer IGCV, Germany |
