NordDesign 2026
August 11-14, 2026 | Tampere, Finland
Conference Agenda
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THE DOUBLE SEMANTIC GAP: NAVIGATING THE CULTURAL PARADIGM SHIFT IN AI- ASSISTED DESIGN INVESTIGATING AESTHETIC APHASIA AND EXPERTISE REVERSAL IN HIGH-CONTEXT MOOD BOARD CREATION
1: Tainan University of Technology, Taiwan; 2: Kun Shan University
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: PERSPECTIVES FROM ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY
1: Dresden University of Technology, Germany; 2: MAN Truck & Bus SE, Germany
THE INFLUENCE OF AI SUPPORT ON DESIGN REASONING IN SYNCHRONOUS COLLABORATIVE CAD ACTIVITY
1: University of Zagreb Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Croatia; 2: Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
FORMALIZING MACHINING FEATURE KNOWLEDGE FOR FEATURE-BASED DESIGN AUTOMATION IN CAD
1: Dresden University of Technology, Germany; 2: MAN Truck & Bus SE; 3: Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR VARIANT-RICH PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: SUPPORTING CONFIGURATION WITH RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS AND LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS
Helmut Schmidt University, Germany
1:20pm - 1:40pm
AI IDEA SHEETS AS BOUNDARY OBJECTS IN EARLY-STAGE INTERDISCIPLINARY AI SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF DOMAIN EXPERT USAGE
University of Stuttgart, Germany
1:40pm - 2:00pm
AGENT-BASED NEGOTIATION FOR DFX: MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS FOR THE CONSENSUAL RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTING REQUIREMENTS
Institute for Product Development, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
2:00pm - 2:20pm
AN EVENT-DRIVEN, AGENT-BASED REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMAN-AI-COLLABORATION IN MBSE
1: Fraunhofer IEM, Germany; 2: University Paderborn - HNI, Germany
2:20pm - 2:40pm
GENERATIVE AI IN COLLABORATIVE IDEATION: EFFECTS ON DESIGN FIXATION AND DIVERGENCE
1: Centre for Applied Computing, University of Oulu, Finland; 2: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, Japan
UTILISATION OF PRODUCTION FEEDBACK FOR ML-BASED GEOMETRIC DEVIATION PREDICTION
Fraunhofer IPK, Germany
3:20pm - 3:40pm
EARLY EXPLORATION AND BENCHMARKING OF SOFT GRIPPER DESIGNS FOR ROBOTIC GRASPING OF FISH
1: Dept. of ICT and Natural Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway; 2: Dept. of Ocean Operations and Civil Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway; 3: Optimar AS, Norway
3:40pm - 4:00pm
EXPLORING DOMINANT DESIGNS AND VARIANTS THROUGH IMAGE PROCESSING AND VISION-LANGUAGE MODELS
1: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, University of Pisa; 2: Coesia, Italy
PhD Forum is organised by Ola Isaksson, Claudia Eckert and Anna Örwall-Rönnback and it is based on the concept by Massimo Panarotto.
TOWARDS AN ONTOLOGY FOR ENCAPSULATION ARCHITECTURE DESIGN RATIONALE IN HIGH VALUE LOW VOLUME CAPITAL GOODS CONTEXT
Tampere University, Finland
10:50am - 11:10am
DESIGNING FOR CLINICAL UNDERSTANDING: THERAPIST-FOCUSED VISUALIZATION DESIGN FOR UPPER-LIMB REHABILITATION
1: Centre for Applied Computing, University of Oulu, Finland; 2: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, Japan
11:10am - 11:30am
MAPPING THE FLOW: A DESIGN BY ANALOGY APPROACH TO WATER PIPELINE INSPECTION BY TRANSFERRING FUNCTIONALITY FROM OIL & GAS PIPELINE INSPECTION
Norwegian Univeristy of Science and Technology, Norway
11:30am - 11:50am
DESIGN CARD OF PATTERN LANGUAGE FOR SOCIAL SERVICE DESIGN: CASE STUDY OF INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING IN JAPAN
Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan
EXTENDING THE VALUE PROPOSITION CANVAS TO SUPPORT CUSTOMER-CENTRIC TRANSITION IN A B2B2C TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION
1: University of Eastern Finland; 2: F-Secure Corporation
1:20pm - 1:40pm
TEXT-TO-ONTOLOGY IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: LEVERAGING NLP AND LLM FOR SEMANTIC REQUIREMENTS INTEGRATION
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
1:40pm - 2:00pm
TOCAD: 3D CAD REVERSE ENGINEERING THROUGH TREE SEARCH ALGORITHMS AND MULTIMODAL LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS
1: Siemens Technology, Germany; 2: Engineering Design, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
WEAVING KNOWLEDGE, WEAVING FUTURES: A CO-CREATIVE APPROACH TO REVITALIZING INDIGENOUS CRAFT THROUGH DESIGN EDUCATION
National United University, Taiwan
3:20pm - 3:40pm
5P SUSTAINABILITY PROFILE AN ATTEMPT TO GAUGE DESIGN IMPACT
1: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India; 2: Delhi Technological University
3:40pm - 4:00pm
FRAMEWORK FOR USING VIRTUAL REALITY AS A TOOL IN SERVICE DESIGN
1: University of Lapland, Finland; 2: Tampere University
4:00pm - 4:20pm
PROOF OF PERFORMANCE FOR REMOTE OPERATIONS SERVICES OF MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS
1: ISEM - Institute for Smart Engineering and Machine Elements, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany; 2: TRUMPF SE + Co. KG
TECHNICAL-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT: A CONCEPT EVALUATION METHOD FOR PRODUCT-SERVICE SYSTEMS IN DEEP DRILLING INDUSTRY
1: Institut for Product Development; 2: Baker Hughes INTEQ GmbH
10:50am - 11:10am
OUTGROWING PRODUCTION ARCHITECTURE: CASE-BASED INSIGHTS INTO DIAGNOSTICS OF STRATEGIC MISFIT
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
11:10am - 11:30am
USING DEDUCTIVE CASE STUDY ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY AND REDUCE COGNITIVE CHALLENGES IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
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
11:30am - 11:50am
SYNERGIES AND FRICTIONS BETWEEN AGILE PRINCIPLES AND THE TRANSITION TOWARD MAKE-TO-ORDER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL PRODUCTS
University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Germany
SIMULATION-BASED DECISION SUPPORT TOOL FOR THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CIRCULAR BUSINESS MODELS
1: University of Paderborn, Germany; 2: AI Marketplace, Paderborn, Germany; 3: Fraunhofer-Institute for Mechatronic Systems Design IEM, Paderborn, Germany
1:20pm - 1:40pm
SUPPORTING EARLY-STAGE DESIGN DECISIONS THROUGH SUSTAINABILITY SCREENING IN REMANUFACTURING[
Technical University of Denmark, DTU Construct, Koppels Allé Building 402, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
1:40pm - 2:00pm
ESCAPE TOGETHER: EXPLORING MULTIPLAYER PRESENCE AND ASYMMETRIC COLLABORATION IN VR PUZZLE GAMES
University of Lapland, Finland
2:00pm - 2:20pm
PARAMETRIC PROCESS FOR MODULAR AND ADAPTIVE PORE DESIGN OF LARGE-AREA CRANIAL IMPLANTS
1: Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; 2: INNOTERE GmbH, Radebeul, Germany
IPDEXO: TOWARDS AN IPD FRAMEWORK FOR DESIGNING SMART EXOSKELETONS AS SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEMS FOR INDUSTRY 5.0
1: Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Malta, Malta; 2: Department of Technology & Entrepreneurship Education, University of Malta, Malta
3:20pm - 3:40pm
MATURITY MODEL FOR BIOINTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
Institute for Engineering Design and Industrial Design, University of Stuttgart, Germany
3:40pm - 4:00pm
SPEEDING UP AUTOMOTIVE DEVELOPMENT: AN END-TO-END VIEW ON PROCESS OPTIMIZATION TACKLING CURRENT PROBLEMS IN HV-WIRING HARNESS DEVELOPMENT IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES
1: Mercedes-Benz AG, Germany; 2: Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
4:00pm - 4:20pm
LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL-SUPPORTED APPROACH FOR REQUIREMENTS EXTRACTION FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES OF REFERENCE SYSTEM ELEMENTS
1: ISEM – Institute for Smart Engineering and Machine Elements, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany; 2: TRUMPF SE + Co. KG
