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Location: Vilhena (Room 2 - Level 0)

Date: Wednesday, 10/Sept/2025
2:00pm - 5:00pm	WORKSHOP 4: Human-Centred Futures AI’s Role in Design Practice and Education Location: Vilhena (Room 2 - Level 0) Chair: Henry P. Lee, Parsons School of Design Chair: Bryan F. Howell, Brigham Young University

Date: Thursday, 11/Sept/2025
10:20am - 12:35pm	1D: Novel assessment methods for team-based projects Location: Vilhena (Room 2 - Level 0) Chair: Casper Boks, Norwegian University of Science and Technology 10:20am - 10:42am IMPROVING CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND SPARKING CREATIVITY THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF THE CULTURAL SYNERGY SPECTRUM METHOD Annika Bastian, Lukas Deisenrieder, Albert Albers Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Product Engineering (IPEK) 10:42am - 11:04am Synergistic Design: The Fusion of Generative AI and Conventional Ideation Approaches Anders Berglund Mälardalen University, Sweden 11:04am - 11:26am Effects of Functional Roles on Teamwork Quality and Performance in Digital Fabrication Education Vijayakumar Nanjappan^1,2, Hernan Casakin³, Sohail Ahmed Soomro², Georgi V Georgiev² 1: University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; 2: University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; 3: Ariel University, Ariel, Israel 11:26am - 11:48am The use of team-based learning and reflective frameworks to teach engineering design metholodogy Jeff Barrie, Thea Morgan University of Bristol, United Kingdom 11:48am - 12:10pm Generative AI-Enhanced STEM Education: Exploring Challenges, Opportunities, and Teacher Perspectives in Taiwan’s Secondary Schools Yung Chiau TSAO¹, Leon LOH² 1: Kyushu University, Graduate Schoolof Design; 2: Kyushu University, Faculty of Design
1:30pm - 3:00pm	2D: Education in the AI era Location: Vilhena (Room 2 - Level 0) Chair: Muireann McMahon, University of Limerick 1:30pm - 1:52pm AI Collaboration Canvas: Supporting Students in integrating Generative AI in the design process Nynke Brandsma, Koen van Turnhout Hogeschool Utrecht, Netherlands, The 1:52pm - 2:14pm The influence of technological advancement in foundational studies of undergraduate industrial design in Japanese universities Can ZHAO¹, Leon LOH² 1: Kyushu University, Graduate School of Design; 2: Kyushu University, Faculty of Design 2:14pm - 2:36pm Influence of Image stimuli on design creativity: Exploration of generative AI in group ideation Zhengya Gong¹, Mengru Wang², Sohail Ahmed Soomro², Siiri Paananen¹, Petra Nurmela¹, Jonna Häkkilä¹, Georgi V. Georgiev² 1: University of Lapland, Finland; 2: Center for Ubiquitous Computing, University of Oulu, Finland 2:36pm - 2:58pm ACADEMICALLY INFORMED AI VS. HUMAN‐DESIGNED MILK PACKAGING: A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION Henry P. Lee¹, Asa R. Jackson², Blake Gibbons³, Laura Jefferies⁴, Bryan F. Howell⁴ 1: Parsons School of Design, United States of America; 2: Kolding School of Design, Denmark; 3: rundiffusion, United States of America; 4: Brigham Young University, United States of America
3:20pm - 5:10pm	3D: New perceptions on fostering circular economy principles Location: Vilhena (Room 2 - Level 0) Chair: Franklin Anariba, Singapore University of Technology and Design 3:20pm - 3:42pm Educational Influence of Business Practices on the Saudi Arabian Design Ecosystem Omaimah Alsenani, Paul Rodgers, Alexander Holliman University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom 3:42pm - 4:04pm Towards fostering circular mindsets in maker spaces Michael Deininger¹, Therese Balslev^1,2 1: DTU, Denmark; 2: Danish Design Center 4:04pm - 4:26pm THIS IS NOT A DRILL; HOW CAN WE DESIGN FOR SHARING? PSS METHODOLOGY FOR DESIGNING PHYSICAL PRODUCTS FOR SHARED USE, THE DRILL AS CASE Ivo Dewit, Janne Marie Waes University of Antwerp, Belgium 4:26pm - 4:48pm How do we encourage the lowest appropriate level of technology to solve human needs in our design solutions Ceri Almrott^1,4, Santiago Perez^2,3 1: Technological University Dublin, Ireland; 2: Université de Technologie de Troyes, InSyTE - Interdisciplinary research on Society-Technology-Environment; 3: European Culture and Technology Lab, European University of Technology; 4: European Sustainability Science Lab, European University of Technology 4:48pm - 5:10pm EVOLVING A MODEL OF GEN-AI ENHANCED DESIGN VISUALISATION WORKFLOW Ross John Robert Maclachlan, Konstantinos Petrakis, Alexander Freddie Holliman University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom

Date: Friday, 12/Sept/2025

10:40am
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12:30pm

4D: New teaching methods for Industry and academic collaborations
Location: Vilhena (Room 2 - Level 0)
Chair: Kelly Umstead, North Carolina State University

10:40am - 11:02am

Towards Education 4.0: Strengths, Limitations, and Perspectives of Current Pedagogical Approaches

Chaimaa Oubali¹, Ivana Rasovska², Sébastien Dubois³, François Marmier⁴, Nathalie Gartiser-Schneider³

1: University of Strasbourg; 2: University of Strasbourg; 3: National Institute of Applied Sciences of Strasbourg; 4: University of Strasbourg

11:02am - 11:24am

A Three-Stage UX Process: Integrating Human-Centered Design Methods in Design Education and Managerial Training

Pelin Celik

Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin / HTW Berlin, Germany

11:24am - 11:46am

ENGAGING STUDENTS IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY WITH PRODUCTIVE FAILURE

Bas Flipsen, Stefan Persaud

TU Delft, Netherlands, The

11:46am - 12:08pm

EDUCATING FUTURE ENGINEERS IN MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS DESIGN: AN INTEGRATED AND INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH

Patrick Kröpfl, Harald Steinkellner, Christian Landschützer, Domenik Kaever

University of Technology Graz, Austria

1:30pm
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3:20pm

5D: Considerations for ethical and social issues in PSS
Location: Vilhena (Room 2 - Level 0)
Chair: Anders Berglund, Mälardalen University

1:30pm - 1:52pm

Bridging Subjective Interpretation and Objective Structure in Design Education for Industrial Design Engineering Students

Johan Magnus Heinerud

Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

1:52pm - 2:14pm

FRAMING DESIGN STUDENTS, RE-FRAMING DESIGN EDUCATION

Wouter Eggink, Daniel Saakes

University of Twente, Netherlands, The

2:36pm - 2:58pm

AN EXPLORATION OF THE USE OF MEMES IN DESIGN PROCESSES

Casper Boks

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

2:58pm - 3:20pm

Designing for sustainability and well-being: approaches to stakeholder engagement

Andrew Wodehouse¹, Laura MacLean¹, Sarah Morton², Sarah Bowyer³, Josafinni Porter Chambers¹

1: University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom; 2: University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; 3: NHS HIghland, United Kingdom