Delegates will explore three topics with particular strategic importance for the design and engineering community, and a clear opportunity for funding. Each topic workshop will last around one hour, with varied formats encouraging discussion of ideas.
Health and Social Care
Health and social care systems face growing challenges associated with ageing populations, workforce pressures, long-term conditions, and unequal access to services. Design and engineering research can help develop innovative products, services, and systems that improve quality of life, support independent living, enhance care delivery, and create more resilient health and social care ecosystems.
This workshop will be chaired by X. Further details of this workshop will be released soon.
Space
The rapidly expanding space sector presents exciting opportunities for design and engineering innovation. From satellite technologies and autonomous systems to sustainable exploration and space-enabled services on Earth, research in this area is shaping the future of industry and society. Designers and engineers play a critical role in developing solutions that operate in extreme environments, support emerging space economies, and create technologies with applications far beyond the space sector itself.
This workshop will be chaired by X. Further details of this workshop will be released soon.
Making
Making remains central to economic prosperity, technological advancement, and societal well-being. Advances in manufacturing, digital production, materials, craftsmanship, automation, and circular economy approaches are transforming how products and systems are conceived, produced, and maintained. Research in making can help bridge traditional skills and emerging technologies, enabling more sustainable, resilient, and innovative approaches to creating value across industry and society.
This workshop will be chaired by X. Details of this workshop will be released soon.