Conference Agenda
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Agenda Overview | |
| Location: Conference Hall Konavle |
| 9:00am - 12:30pm |
D115: Workshop 5: DESIGNING BETTER PROJECT-BASED DESIGN ASSESSMENT USING THE D-LAD FRAMEWORK Location: Conference Hall Konavle Chair: Gordon Krauss, Harvey Mudd College, United States of America Chair: Ross Brisco, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom Chair: Francesca Mattioli, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Chair: Yakhoub Ndiaye, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal HOSTED BY THE DS DESIGN EDUCATION SIG |
| 2:00pm - 5:30pm |
D135: Workshop 9: NUDGE WORKSHOP: SMALL NUDGES, BIG IMPACT Location: Conference Hall Konavle Chair: Nikola Bursac, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany Chair: Sabine Muschik, ISEM Institute for Smart Engineering and Machine Elements, Germany HOSTED BY THE DS HUMAN BEHAVIOUR IN DESIGN SIG AND DESIGN PRACTICE SIG |
| 8:45am - 9:45am |
D215: FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Location: Conference Hall Konavle Chair: Peter Törlind, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden A novel design for the integration of conventional rolling bearings into MEX-manufactured components 1: Technische Universität Berlin, Germany; 2: Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany Evaluation of electrical contacting approaches for additively manufactured conductive polymer composites Institute for Engineering Design, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany Particle damping optimization and multi-material additive manufacturing of an atom chip bracket: a case study 1: Institute of Product Development (IPeG), Leibniz University Hannover, Germany; 2: Institute of Dynamics and Vibration Research, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany A novel selection framework of joining technologies for metal additive manufacturing Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany |
| 10:15am - 11:15am |
D225: PROCESS UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROL IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Location: Conference Hall Konavle Chair: Marco Mandolini, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy Differential design through adhesive bonding of AM subcomponents University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Germany Understanding and controlling environmental effects in direct ink writing of upcycled biomaterials Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Thermal process monitoring for layer adhesion by tracking nozzle position in material extrusion Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Development and investigation of a new path-planning design for FLM-3D-printing to reduce anisotropy Engineering Design and Product Development, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, TU Dortmund University, Germany |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
D235: VALIDATION AND PERFORMANCE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Location: Conference Hall Konavle Chair: Marcel Bartz, TU Dortmund University, Germany Thermal process monitoring for part certification in material extrusion additive manufacturing Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Dimensional repeatability in additive manufacturing: assessment and design implications Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy A structured process for iterative DfAM: application to military individualisation University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Germany Characterising thermal effects on ultimate tensile strength, strain, and tensile modulus by material extrusion of carbon fibre reinforced polyamide 6 Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway |
| 3:15pm - 4:15pm |
D245: METHODS AND TOOLS FOR DESIGN FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Location: Conference Hall Konavle Chair: Christer W. Elverum, NTNU, Norway AI as a copilot: novice perceptions of expert support in early design for additive manufacturing University of Rostock, Germany An iterative investigation of needs and barriers in deciding when to design for additive manufacturing 1: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; 2: The Open University, United Kingdom A conceptual tool to support the ecodesign of additively manufactured products Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy Exploring TRIZ contradiction analysis in design for additive manufacturing: insights from expert interviews 1: University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Germany; 2: TRIZ Consulting Group GmbH, Germany |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
D255: Meeting 4: DS DFAM SIG COMMUNITY MEETING Location: Conference Hall Konavle Chair: Tino Stanković, ETH Zurich, Switzerland HOSTED BY DS DESIGN FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SIG |
| 8:45am - 9:45am |
D315: DESIGN FOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS AND SERVICES Location: Conference Hall Konavle Chair: Valeria Pannunzio, TU Delft, Netherlands, The Seeing like nature: designing health communication with biomimetic patterns exemplified in COVID-19 prevention 1: Independent researcher; 2: University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom Relational design experiments for improved health care access for persons who sell sexual services in Trondheim Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Exploring a regulatory mapping approach for designing digital mental health interventions within the EU context 1: Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands; 2: Surgery Department, Erasmus University Medical Center, The Netherlands Data-informed healthcare service design for multiple long-term conditions using online patient stories University of Exeter, United Kingdom |
| 10:15am - 11:15am |
D325: DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE AND CIRCULAR HEALTHCARE Location: Conference Hall Konavle Chair: Anja Maier, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom What does a sustainable hospital look like? Patient perspectives on waste, reuse, and information University of Antwerp, Belgium Adoption of refurbished and upgraded medical imaging equipment: user-centered insights for sustainable design 1: Université Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec, Laboratoire Genie Industriel, France; 2: General Electric Medical Systems, France; 3: Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire Rennes, France A co-design approach to reducing pharmaceutical waste 1: University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom; 2: German Jordanian University, Jordan Designing reuse models for clinical trial packaging to stimulate the transition towards a circular economy University of Antwerp, Belgium |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
D335: DESIGNING HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS AND SERVICES Location: Conference Hall Konavle Chair: Els Du Bois, University of Antwerp, Belgium Design practitioners’ perspectives on digital health implementation in complex systems Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Exploring the role of a systems approach in improving long-COVID clinics 1: Health Systems Design Group, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; 2: Therapies Department, Whipps Cross Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; 3: Department of Anaesthesia, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; 4: Cambridge Public Health interdisciplinary research centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom Designing hope-oriented service touchpoints for adolescent oral health in public dental care 1: Department of Design, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway; 2: Department of Health Research, SINTEF, Norway Collaborative mapping of bottlenecks and opportunities for AI-supported triage in Dutch mental healthcare 1: Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands; 2: Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands; 3: University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands; 4: Surgery Department, Erasmus University Medical Center, The Netherlands |
| 3:45pm - 4:45pm |
D345: INTEGRATING USER INSIGHTS IN DESIGN Location: Conference Hall Konavle Chair: Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen, University of Exeter, United Kingdom “P-Heroes”: designing a superhero family for pediatric urinary incontinence care 1: Department of Product Development, Faculty of Design Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium; 2: Department of Research and Development, Minze Health NV, Belgium; 3: Department of Urotherapy, Psychology and Urology, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands; 4: Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium; 5: Department of Urology, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium; 6: Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre (ASTARC), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium Determining the design dimensions of the conventional electrode fixation methods used in transcranial electrical stimulation 1: University of Twente, The Netherlands; 2: Koç University, Turkey A parametric approach to mass customised hand wearable cooling products to improve clinical efficacy for CIPN 1: Paxman, United Kingdom; 2: School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, United Kingdom Enabling the coding of affordances based on the UX grammar 1: Politecnico di Torino, Italy; 2: CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay, France |
| 5:00pm - 6:00pm |
D355: EMOTIONAL, COGNITIVE AND SENSORY ASPECTS OF USER EXPERIENCE IN DESIGN Location: Conference Hall Konavle Chair: Chajoong Kim, UNIST, Korea, Republic of (South Korea) Emotional design through CMF: a comparative study across visceral, behavioural, and reflective levels Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Turkey Clustering perceived user experience in manual machine operation: an explorative pilot study Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany Cognitive experience design: the effect of luminance change of central light on perceived time Kyushu University, Japan Material attunement in minimal media: designing tactility for information engagement 1: Imperial College London, United Kingdom; 2: Royal College of Art, United Kingdom |
| 8:45am - 9:45am |
D415: UNDERSTANDING INTERACTION AND USER DYNAMICS IN SERVICE DESIGN Location: Conference Hall Konavle Chair: Nuša Fain, Carleton University, Canada Interaction dynamics for service design: simulating context sharing through collective improvisational dance 1: Kyushu University, Japan; 2: Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, G-SCOP, France Assessing induction programme as a service: reflections on assessing organisational services through service design lens Tata Consultancy Services, India Cluster typologies of urban mobility users and their implications for the acceptance of autonomous buses: evidence from a large-scale online survey 1: Institute for Engineering Design and Industrial Design, University of Stuttgart, Germany; 2: Department of Social Sciences, Social Research Center, TU Dortmund University, Germany Toward modeling relational expectation misalignments in care: an exploratory extension of the theory of planned behavior for design Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan |
| 10:15am - 11:15am |
D425: USER AND CONSUMER PERCEPTION IN PRODUCT DESIGN AND USE Location: Conference Hall Konavle Chair: Monica Bordegoni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Garment longevity through quality perception: bridging subjective and objective quality 1: Product Development, Faculty of Design Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium; 2: Marketing, Faculty of Business and Economy, University of Antwerp, Belgium Attributes in context: a qualitative study of user understanding and misinterpretations in product design Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Investigating consumer behaviour and incentives for slow-the-loop R-strategies in the bicycle industry 1: Paderborn University, Germany; 2: Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Germany; 3: Fraunhofer IEM, Germany One shape fits all? Exploring how standardised packaging influences brand heritage and consumer perception University of Twente, The Netherlands |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
D435: BEHAVIOURAL DESIGN METHODS AND APPLICATIONS Location: Conference Hall Konavle Chair: Jiwon Jung, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, The From reliance to release: designing a behaviourally informed pacifier through an extended double diamond process 1: Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Singapore (NAFA-UAS), Singapore; 2: Orthodontist, Private Practice, Singapore The change factory: a systematic behavioral design methodology for sustainable product experiences 1: L'Oréal R&I Evaluation Intelligence, France; 2: L'Oréal Packaging Engineering, France; 3: L'Oréal Luxe Sustainability, France Creativity in behavioural design: assessing idea characteristics using the Behavioural Design Space as creative assessment framework 1: Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; 2: Northumbria University, United Kingdom; 3: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands When life changes, space should too: participatory insights into designing for residential flexibility across life stages Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India |
| 3:15pm - 4:15pm |
D445: ORGANISATIONAL AND VALUE MANAGEMENT IN COMPLEX DESIGN SYSTEMS Location: Conference Hall Konavle Chair: Alessandro Bertoni, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden Identifying challenges and limitations of interface modeling in multi-brand product engineering processes University of Stuttgart, Germany The static vs. dynamism paradox in value-driven design: a descriptive study of value management challenges in complex system design 1: UTC - Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France; 2: Ikos Lab, France How to select stakeholders for participatory design of social robots: a systematic approach Atilim University, Turkey 12 roles for the organisational design of data-driven product management 1: Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Paderborn University, Germany; 2: OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany; 3: Fraunhofer IEM, Germany |
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm |
D455: DESIGN THINKING AND CREATIVE APPROACHES FOR FUTURES Location: Conference Hall Konavle Chair: Georgi V. Georgiev, University of Oulu, Finland Towards a framework for stimuli in interpreting and envisioning society in collaborative design futuring 1: Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan; 2: University of Oulu, Finland Designing for well-being: a wearable prototype supporting emotional regulation through immersive multisensory interaction Politecnico di Milano, Italy ADT: a digital card-based toolkit for AI-augmented design thinking 1: Imperial College London, United Kingdom; 2: Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom |

