TD2026: 5TH TRANSITION DESIGN CONFERENCE 2026
PROGRAM

Days: Wednesday, July 8th Thursday, July 9th Friday, July 10th

Wednesday, July 8th

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12:00-13:30 Session 1A: On-line Track 1-1

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/85318764900

Chair:
Michael Martin (University of Arts London (UAL), UK)
Location: TDC - Room 1
12:00
Francesca Pezzotti Schjetnan (MA Design Ecologies, Konstfack, Sweden, Sweden)
Wet Soil for a Burning World (abstract)
12:15
Laura Succini (University of Bologna, Italy)
Elena Formia (University of Bologna, Italy)
Valentina Gianfrate (University of Bologna, Italy)
Design the Change in Extreme Contexts: Responsible Transition Pathways (abstract)
PRESENTER: Laura Succini
12:30
Chayakorn Phumchumphol (Thailand Development Research Institute, Thailand)
Natcha Yongphiphatwong (Thailand Development Research Institute, Thailand)
Transition Design in Public Healthcare Practice: A Case Study of Unplanned Dialysis Prevention in Thailand (abstract)
PRESENTER: Chayakorn Phumchumphol
12:45
Pedro Sáez Martínez (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain)
Begoña Sáiz Mauleón (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain)
Jimena González-del Río Cogorno (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain)
Regenerative Transitions: Lessons from Four Case Studies Restoring Social and Environmental Capital (abstract)
PRESENTER: Pedro Sáez Martínez
12:00-13:30 Session 1B: On-line Track 1-2

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/89915074089

Chair:
Carlos Cobreros Rodríguez (Tecnologico de Monterrey. School of Architecture, Art and Design, Mexico)
Location: TDC - Room 2
12:00
Pratima Bansal (Ivey Business School, Western University, Canada)
Transitioning to a Circular Built Environment Through Project Ecosystems (abstract)
12:15
Miquel Lacasta Codorniu (Lebanese American University, Lebanon, Spain)
Mariana Flores-García (Universidad Salle Bajio, Mexico, Mexico)
From Place Architecture to Regenerative Urbanism: overflowing Critical Regionalism towards a Bioregional architecture. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Miquel Lacasta Codorniu
12:30
Valentina De Matteo (University of Bologna, Italy)
Paula Visona (Luzz Design & Branding, Brazil)
PaNticipatory Design. Participation as Distributed Anticipatory Infrastructure for Long-Term Systems Change (abstract)
PRESENTER: Paula Visona
12:45
Jiarong Hu (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Gabriela Baron (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Angus Donald Campbell (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
Michael Davis (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
The Resilience Compass: A New Method for Navigating Community-Scale Transition Pathways (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jiarong Hu
13:00
Gabriela Baron (The University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau, New Zealand)
Niva Kay (The University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau, New Zealand)
The Role of Relationality in Participatory Methodologies for Environmental Conservation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Gabriela Baron
12:00-13:30 Session 1C: On-line Track 3-1

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/89373510236
Chair:
Alessandra Savina (Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Architecture, Art and Design, Mexico, Mexico)
Location: TDC - Room 3
12:00
Hannah Chow Russell (Cornell University, United States)
Aging Out of Growth-Oriented Societies: Reimagining Rural Fire Stations by Centering Care (abstract)
12:15
Mireia Sierra (Esade Business School / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
Chiara Detomaso (Esade Business School, Spain)
Safe-but-Uncomfortable: designing conditions for Transition-Oriented postures in Challenge-Based Learning (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mireia Sierra
12:30
Morten Krogh Petersen (Kolding School of Design, Denmark)
Already in Transition: Empirical Re-scriptions of Everyday Life in Transition Design (abstract)
12:45
Eleni Kalantidou (Griffith University, Australia)
Intentional Design Psychology: a critical transdisciplinary approach for collectively designing regenerative futures. (abstract)
13:00
Christine Chastain (Ascension, United States)
Weaving Care Traditions into Virtual Care: A Transition Design Approach to Regenerative Healthcare Futures (abstract)
13:15
Gokce Otkun (Ozyegin University, Turkey)
M. Pinar Menguc (Ozyegin University, Turkey)
From Awareness to Agency: Designing a Staged Journey for Sustainability Transitions (abstract)
PRESENTER: Gokce Otkun
12:00-13:30 Session 1D: On-line Track 3-2

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/81720740815
Chair:
Erica Dorn (Oregon State University, United States)
Location: TDC - Room 4
12:00
Mark Baskinger (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Expanding Our Temporal Perspective: A Frame for Practice and Pedagogy (abstract)
12:15
Benjamin Braeutigam (University of Cologne, Germany, Germany)
Scilla Freddi (Indipendent, Italy)
Lucas Samuel Camacho Waddell (UMa, Portugal)
Elisa Bertolotti (UMa - ID+ - OSEAN, Portugal)
Learning by doing and by not doing: Experiences of a learning community’s garden (abstract)
PRESENTER: Elisa Bertolotti
12:30
Elisa Chiodo (Domus Academy, Italy)
Gaya Calabrò (Domus Academy, Italy)
Annamaria Tartaglia (Angels4Women, Italy)
Who is Allowed to Think Long-Term? Design, Power, and Politics of Posture (abstract)
PRESENTER: Elisa Chiodo
12:45
Jennifer Dranttel (Loughborough University, De Montfort University, UK)
Transitional Textile Design: Extending Transition Design Through Participatory Textile Practice in Mongolia (abstract)
13:00
Maria Suter Warnholtz (Universidad Marista de Mérida-Escuela de Arquitectura y Diseño-Diseño de Interiores, Mexico)
Enactive simulations of everyday life as a tool for transition design education (abstract)
13:15
Jennifer Whitty (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)
Kate Fletcher (Manchester School of Art at Manchester Metropolitan University,, UK)
Beyond Good Intentions: White Fragility, Allyship, and the Relational Work of Honouring Indigenous Wisdom in Transition Design (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jennifer Whitty
12:00-13:30 Session 1E: On-line Track 4-1

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/86031978434
Chair:
Claudia Garduño García (Design Your Action, Mexico)
Location: TDC - Room 5
12:00
Sally Torres Mallma (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), Peru)
Posturas pedagógicas para la transición socioecológica en la formación en diseño (abstract)
12:15
Patricia Torres-Sánchez (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Escuela de Arquitectura, Arte y Diseño, Arquitectura, Monterrey, México., Mexico)
Luisa Argelia Carrera Chávez (Instituto de Estudios Críticos (Sede académica), México, México., Mexico)
Octavio Eduardo Charolet Torres (Departamento de Economía, Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP), San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, México., Mexico)
De la etnografía al sistema: “Gafas Moradas para Innovar” como enfoque de Transition Design para transiciones de cuidado en Cuidemos | Banco de Tiempo (San Pedro Garza García, México) (abstract)
PRESENTER: Patricia Torres-Sánchez
12:30
Patricia Manns (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile)
Alberto Gonzalez (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile)
Tonia Razmilic (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile)
ODSnauta: educar para la sostenibilidad mediante juego y aprendizaje situado (abstract)
PRESENTER: Patricia Manns
12:45
Daniela V. Di Bella (Universidad de Palermo, Argentina)
Diseño para la transición: experiencia, investigación y transferencia educativa (abstract)
13:00
Laura Beatriz Picca (Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico)
Formar diseñadores para la transición: infraestructuras cognitivas y transformación sistémica en América Latina. (abstract)
13:15
Guillermo Iván López Domínguez (Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico)
Martha Lucía Saavedra Rivera (Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico)
Ana Jimena Fernández Luna (Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico)
Leonardo Benatto Mercado Rodríguez (Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico)
Talleres comunitarios de Diseño y Textiles. Comunidades de aprendizaje DIUAQ - CONAFE. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Guillermo Iván López Domínguez
12:00-13:30 Session 1F: On-line Track 4-2

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/88300147538
Chair:
Sarosh Anklesaria (Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture, United States)
Location: TDC - Room 6
12:00
Simon Lightman (University College London, UK)
Designing with and for Life: Education as Transition Infrastructure for Weaving Regenerative Futures (abstract)
12:15
Guillermina Noël (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland)
David Loher (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland)
Loana Gatti (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland)
Aysun Aytac (None, Switzerland)
Design Action Labs: Learning to Act within Unresolved Complexity in Design Education (abstract)
PRESENTER: Loana Gatti
12:30
Niki Wallace (University of the Arts London, UK)
Activating leverage points for a design skills transition in the UK: Insights from the Design for Planet Transition Learning Lab (abstract)
12:45
Miguel Olivetti (Escuela Universitaria Centro de Diseño (FADU), Universidad de la República, Uruguay, Uruguay)
Silvana Juri (Escuela Universitaria Centro de Diseño (FADU), Universidad de la República, Uruguay, Uruguay)
Camila Bianchi (Escuela Universitaria Centro de Diseño (FADU), Universidad de la República, Uruguay, Uruguay)
Contributions to Design for Transitions from Territorial Approaches in University Education in Uruguay (abstract)
PRESENTER: Silvana Juri
13:00
Edward Bermudez (Universidad Iberoamericana CDMX, Mexico)
From Campus-as-City to Climate-Vulnerable Communities: Transition Design Pedagogy and the Decolonial Epistemic Paradox (abstract)
Thursday, July 9th

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09:00-09:45 Session 2: Welcome & Conference Opening

Live transmission at https://www.transitiondesign2026.com. Access code required.

Biblioteca Building, Ground Floor

Chair:
David Sánchez Ruano (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Location: Pabellón Bibllioteca
09:00
Mariana Amatullo (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Jonathan Chapman (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Openning Remarks
PRESENTER: Mariana Amatullo
09:45-10:45 Session 3: Morning Keynote

Live transmission at https://www.transitiondesign2026.com. Access code required.

Biblioteca Building, Ground Floor

Chair:
David Sánchez Ruano (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Location: Pabellón Bibllioteca
09:45
Terry Irwin (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Designing for Civilizational and Planetary Transitions (abstract)
10:45-11:15Coffee Break

Aulas 1 Building, 3rd & 4th Floor

11:00-13:00 Session 4: Posters Session

Aulas 1 Building, 4th Floor

Chair:
Gerardo Sandoval (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Location: Common Area
Aram Saroyan Armstrong (Regenerative Arts & Design Studio, United States)
Intervention Design Thinking: A Pattern-Based Learning Framework for Transition Practice (abstract)
Shell Bird (OSSA Teams, United States)
Merce Graell (OSSA Teams, United States)
Death as a Design Challenge: Toward a Framework of Adult Play for Navigating Loss (abstract)
PRESENTER: Merce Graell
Karin Aue (Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Singapore)
Design Education as Convening Infrastructure: Generating Ecosystem-Wide Capacity for Sustainability Transitions (abstract)
Tamara Lašič Jurković (University of Ljubljana, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Slovenia)
Barbara Predan (University of Ljubljana, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Slovenia)
A gamified posthumanist debate: advocating for animals and plants through roleplay (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tamara Lašič Jurković
Alisha Saxena (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Reframing Shared Responsibility in Circular Economy: A Transition Design Framework for Organizational Ecologies (abstract)
Cristina Gaitán (California College of the Arts, United States)
BioDesign Studio: Constructivist Pedagogy in Sustainable Design Education (abstract)
Christopher Romano (University at Buffalo, United States)
Michael Hoover (University at Buffalo, United States)
Landing Pad: Towards a Future of Salvage and Closing the Gap in the Circular Orbit of Metallic Materials (abstract)
PRESENTER: Christopher Romano
Cathryn Ploehn (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Ceren Ozgen (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Jenna Jasso (Festival Beach Food Forest, United States)
Angelina Alanis (Festival Beach Food Forest, United States)
Aly Tharp (Festival Beach Food Forest, United States)
Jodi Lane (Fruitful Commons, United States)
Carla Garcia Leija (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Grace Park (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Emma McBride (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Aparna Shah (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Data design in the experimental commons: research through design projects for cultivating mutual care (abstract)
PRESENTER: Cathryn Ploehn
Geoffrey Moran (Practitioner-Researcher / San Diego County Environmental Justice Workgroup, United States)
Staying With the Problem: Responsibility, Maintenance, and the Hidden Infrastructure of Transition (abstract)
Hannah Lyons-Tsai (Loughborough University London, UK)
Ida Telalbasic (Loughborough University London, UK)
Tony Elkington (Reimagine Everything, UK)
Navigating Complexity in Multi-Level Food System Participation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Hannah Lyons-Tsai
Nimrah Syed (New York University Abu Dhabi, Canada)
Living Tomorrow Today: How Inhabited Futures Catalyze Participatory Transition (abstract)
Shima Solati (BraunAbility, United States)
Together_Reimagining Accessible Tourism as a Systemic Transition: AI, Inclusive Design, and the Transformation of Mobility Ecosystems (abstract)
Jackson Huang (Educopia, United States)
Aloma Antao (Educopia, United States)
Types, phases, growth areas: A tool and framework to support organizations in transition (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jackson Huang
Maria Rogal (University of Florida, United States)
Unlearning to Relearn: Cultivating Horizontal Design Practice for Equitable Futures (abstract)
11:15-12:45 Session 5A: Track 1-1 English

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/83286148450

Aulas 1 Building, 4th Floor.

Chair:
Kristin Hughes (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Location: TDC - Room 1
11:15
Laura Pirrone (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Arianna Bionda (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Andrea Ratti (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Designing Strategic Directions as Transition Design Infrastructure for Smart Circular Mobility Ecosystems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Laura Pirrone
11:30
Katie Pfeiffer (Loughborough University London, UK)
Delfina Fantini van Ditmar (Royal College of Art (RCA), UK)
Becoming Regenerative Beyond the Venture: Designing Critical Systemic Transitions (abstract)
PRESENTER: Delfina Fantini van Ditmar
11:45
Manuel Llano (Territorios Futuros, Mexico)
Jorge Camacho (Territorios Futuros, Mexico)
Multi-capital orchestration for place-based transitions: systemic investing as the missing implementation link for sociotechnical transition strategies (abstract)
PRESENTER: Manuel Llano
12:00
Juli Sikorska (University of Applied Arts, Vienna; Urban Heat Studio, Germany)
From technical to relational resilience: Iterating scenario narratives for transformative climate futures in European cities (abstract)
12:15
Ida Telalbasic (Loughborough University London, UK)
Hannah Lyons-Tsai (Loughborough University London, UK)
Tony Elkington (Reimagining Everything, UK)
Robert Phillips (Royal College of Art, UK)
Luke Gooding (Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York, UK)
Emergence-oriented Facilitation: Design for Collective Visioning and Pathways in Multi-Level Food System Transitions (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ida Telalbasic
11:15-12:45 Session 5B: Track 1-2 English

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/89145415844

Aulas 1 Building, 4th Floor

Chair:
Emanuele Giorgi (Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Architecture, Art and Design, Mexico, Mexico)
Location: TDC - Room 2
11:15
Regina Sipos (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Andrea Hamm (Weizenbaum Institut, Germany)
From Knowledge Networks to Place-Based Action: Evaluating a Community-Led Transition Design Framework for Municipal Sustainability Transformations (abstract)
PRESENTER: Regina Sipos
11:30
Francesco Leoni (Politecnico di Milano, Department of Design, Italy)
Massimo Bianchini (Politecnico di Milano, Department of Design, Italy)
Stefano Maffei (Politecnico di Milano, Department of Design, Italy)
Francesco Zurlo (Politecnico di Milano, Department of Design, Italy)
Can the Impact of Hallmark Events Be Designed? Insights from the “Milan Design (Eco)System” (abstract)
PRESENTER: Francesco Leoni
11:45
Arjun Singh (Nature Conservation Foundation, India)
Kabir Sharma (DESTA Research LLP, India)
Kartik Bitra (DESTA Research LLP, India)
Navigating the complexities of making ecological restoration a more dominant practice, using a participatory systems based approach (abstract)
PRESENTER: Arjun Singh
12:00
Dr. Joanna Boehnert (Bath Spa University, UK)
Transition Templates: Four Futures Framework (abstract)
12:15
Ericka Toledo Zurita (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Forest as Method: The Poetics of Water at the City–Forest Interface (abstract)
11:15-12:45 Session 5C: Track 2-1 English

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/82700896291

Aulas 1 Building, 4th Floor

Chair:
María Elena de la Torre Escoto (Tecnologico de Monterrey. School of Architecture, Art and Design, Mexico)
Location: TDC - Room 3
11:15
Caribay Godoy-Rangel (Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Architecture, Art and Design, Mexico, Mexico)
Emanuele Giorgi (Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Architecture, Art and Design, Mexico, Mexico)
Erandi Jiménez Jacques (Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Architecture, Art and Design, Mexico, Mexico)
Alessandra Savina (Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Architecture, Art and Design, Mexico, Mexico)
Regenerative Resilience: Toward a Climate-Adaptive Approach for the Built Environment (abstract)
PRESENTER: Erandi Jiménez Jacques
11:30
Cristina Cerulli (University of Reading, UK, UK)
Jose Roberto Lagunes Trejo (Fundacion Hogares, Mexico)
Vernacular Futures: Reimagining Peri-Urban Housing Through Place-Based Knowledge and Cosmopolitan Solidarity (abstract)
PRESENTER: Cristina Cerulli
11:45
Aashima Takkar (Parsons School of Design - The New Schoool, United States)
Speculative Ecologies of Refuge: Designing Vulnerability-Centred Slack into Equitable Disaster Relief (abstract)
12:00
Alessandra Savina (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Edgar Alan Egurrola Hernández (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Aleksandra Krstikj (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Ana Elena Mallet Cárdenas (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Emanuele Giorgi (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Who Feeds the City? Systemic Mapping and Regenerative Transition Pathways for Mexico City’s Foodscapes (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alessandra Savina
12:15
Matthew Wizinsky (University of Michigan, United States)
Bryan Boyer (University of Michigan, United States)
Connecting Strategic Design & Transition Design: Examining emerging and expansive modes of design for systemic change (abstract)
PRESENTER: Matthew Wizinsky
11:15-12:45 Session 5D: Track 3-1 English

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/86465919362
Aulas 1 Building, 4th Floor
Chair:
Sofia Bosch Gomez (Northeastern University, United States)
Location: TDC - Room 4
11:15
Jorge Camacho (CENTRO, Mexico)
Comrades of communism: Contested reproduction as opportunity space for transition design (abstract)
11:30
Dinah Coops (Aalto University, United States)
Bat-Man and the Modern Smart Neighborhood (abstract)
11:45
Maria Yen (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Terese Villia (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Zabel Revuelta Pineda (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Phronetic Design: Grounding the Posture of Transition in Practical Wisdom (abstract)
PRESENTER: Zabel Revuelta Pineda
12:00
Sue Walsh (SYPartners, NYC and School of Visual Arts, NYC, United States)
From Now to Next: Hope as the First Act of Regenerative Transition (abstract)
11:15-12:45 Session 5E: Track 3-2 Spanish

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/88500336244
Aulas 1 Building, 3rd Floor
Chair:
Christian Chavez Lopez (Facultad de Artes y Diseño Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico)
Location: TDC - Room 5
11:15
Fausto Zuleta-Montoya (Institución Universitaria ITM, Colombia)
Andrés Montoya-Tobón (Institución Universitaria ITM, Colombia)
Erika Imbett-Vargas (Institución Universitaria ITM, Colombia)
Hernán Castaño-Castrillón (Institución Universitaria ITM, Colombia)
Eliana Zapata-Ruiz (Institución Universitaria ITM, Colombia)
Diseño de Producto 4.0: Educación Estratégica para la Transición Tecnológica en Antioquia-Colombia (abstract)
PRESENTER: Fausto Zuleta-Montoya
11:30
Leticia Gaytán Hernández Magro (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Ulises Montiel Pichardo (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)
Sheilla Quintana Ruiz (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Desigualdad y sostenibilidad en el diseño, retos en las sociedades actuales. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Leticia Gaytán Hernández Magro
11:45
Ana Paula Espinosa Hinojosa (Independent researcher, Mexico)
Futuros Circulares desde el Diseño de Transición en la Industria Mexicana del Mueble (abstract)
12:00
Ruth Marisol Marin Valdebenito (becaria doctoral CONICET, Argentina)
La franquicia social como estrategia de escalamiento situada para cambios sistémicos: infraestructuras públicas, diseño y transiciones en sistemas alimentarios locales. (abstract)
12:15
Alexia Veronica Angulo Montoya (Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Spain)
Localismo cosmopolita y diseño regenerativo: El látex de Shiringa como catalizador de autonomía de las comunidades nativas Awajún en la Amazonía Peruana (abstract)
11:15-12:45 Session 5F: Track 4-1 English

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/84665088344
Aulas 1 Building, 3rd Floor
Chair:
Inés Alvarez-Icaza Longoria (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Location: TDC - Room 6
11:15
Mazi Raz (Ivey Business School, Canada)
Valen Boyd (Ivey Business School, Canada)
Exiting Complexity: A Diagnostic Typology and a Pedagogy of Structured Struggle (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mazi Raz
11:30
Valentina Vezzani (University of Bristol, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, UK)
Andrew Hale (University of Bristol, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, UK)
The Innovation Game. Fostering collective confidence and agency for positive and sustainable futures through play. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Valentina Vezzani
11:45
Stacie Rohrbach (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Pedagogy as Curriculum: Centering the Process of Teaching and Learning as Foundational to Systemic-Level Change and Sustainability Transitions (abstract)
12:00
Erica Dorn (Oregon State University, United States)
Grace Lodge (Good Work Institute, United States)
It All Turns on Affection: Designing Bioregional Economies (abstract)
PRESENTER: Erica Dorn
11:15-12:45 Session 5G: Track 4-2 English

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/88301564289
Aulas 1 Building, 3rd Floor
Chair:
Pablo Cotera (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Location: TDC - Room 7
11:15
Giovanni Caruso (Domus Academy, Italy)
Silvio Cioni (Domus Academy, Italy)
Dissemination-as-evaluation: futures-in-use as responsible futuring (abstract)
PRESENTER: Giovanni Caruso
11:30
Hiromi Kimoto (Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan)
Maoko Fujisaki (Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan)
Keito Inoue (Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan)
Norio Kamitsubo (Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan)
Sota Takagi (Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan)
Kohei Saito (Institute for Transition Ecosystems, Japan)
Takumi Ohashi (Institute of Science Tokyo; Institute for Transition Ecosystems; Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center, Japan)
Enabling Sustainability Transitions in the Semiconductor Domain: A Transition Practice–Education Cycle (abstract)
PRESENTER: Hiromi Kimoto
11:45
Nora Angelica Morales Zaragoza (UAM Cuajimalpa, Mexico)
Sandra Luz Molina Mata (UAM Azcapotzalco, Mexico)
Designing Education for Transition: Co Creating a Dual Degree Master’s Program from a Latinamerican perspective (abstract)
PRESENTER: Nora Angelica Morales Zaragoza
12:00
Claudia Garduño (Departamento de Investigación y Conocimiento para el Diseño, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico)
Renee Harari (Centro de Investigaciones de Diseño Industrial (CIDI), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)
Vanessa Sattele (Centro de Investigaciones de Diseño Industrial (CIDI), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)
Human collaborators and AI collaborants in Transition Design: more-than-human co-creative conversations (abstract)
PRESENTER: Vanessa Sattele
12:15
Michael Martin (University of Arts London (UAL), UK)
Educating Design Managers for Long-Term Systems Change: A Transition Design Approach (abstract)
13:00-14:15Lunch

Aulas 1 Building, Ground Floor

14:15-15:45 Session 6A: Panel Session. Transition Design: Past/Present/Future

Live transmission at https://www.transitiondesign2026.com. Access code required.

Biblioteca Building, Ground Floor

Chair:
Terry Irwin (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Location: Pabellón Bibllioteca
14:15
Terry Irwin (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Gideon Kossoff (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Cameron Tonkinwise (University of Technology Sidney, Australia)
Jonathan Chapman (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Transition Design: Past/Present/Future (abstract)
PRESENTER: Terry Irwin
14:15-15:45 Session 6B: Panel Session. Water and Regenerative Futures in Mexico Cty

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/87865725369

Aulas 1 Building, 4th Floor

Chair:
Gerardo Sandoval (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Location: TDC - Room 1
14:15
Peter Jones (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Claudia Garduño-García (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico)
Delfín Montañana (Isla Urbana, Mexico)
Gerardo Sandoval Osio (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Agua y futuros regenerativos en la Ciudad de México (abstract)
PRESENTER: Peter Jones
14:15-15:45 Session 6C: Workshop. Metodología TiUD

Aulas 1 Building, 4th Floor

Chair:
Inés Alvarez-Icaza Longoria (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Location: TDC - Room 2
14:15
Inés Alvarez Icaza Longoria (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Omar Mendoza (Escuela de Diseño del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, Mexico)
Metodología TiUD: Educación para las transiciones y construcción de agencia (abstract)
PRESENTER: Inés Alvarez Icaza Longoria
14:15-15:45 Session 6D: Workshop. Conditions and Capacites

Aulas 1 Building, 4th Floor

Chair:
Stacie Rohrbach (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Location: TDC - Room 4
14:15
Zeynep Falay (Falay Transition Design, Finland)
Idil Gaziulusoy (Aalto University, Finland)
Conditions and Capacities for Transition Design in Practice
PRESENTER: Zeynep Falay
15:45-16:00Coffee Break

Aulas 1 Building, 3rd & 4th Floor

16:00-17:00 Session 7: Afternoon Keynote

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Biblioteca Building, Ground Floor

Chair:
Alessandra Savina (Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Architecture, Art and Design, Mexico, Mexico)
Location: Pabellón Bibllioteca
16:00
Alfredo Gutierrez Borrero (Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia)
Diseños en suspensión: Etcéteraverso y cambios desobedientes (abstract)
17:00-17:15 Session 8: Closing Remarks

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Biblioteca Building, Ground Floor

Chair:
Inés Alvarez-Icaza Longoria (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Location: Pabellón Bibllioteca
17:00
Ramiro Estrada (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Closing Remarks
17:15-18:00 Session 9: Working Groups on Transition Design

Room 2101 Biblioteca Building

Chair:
David Sánchez Ruano (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Location: Pabellón Bibllioteca
17:15
Inés Alvarez-Icaza Longoria (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Working on Transitions
18:30-20:00Conference Reception

Biblioteca Building, Ground Floor

Friday, July 10th

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09:00-09:15 Session 10: Conference Recap

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Biblioteca Building, Ground Floor

Chair:
Gerardo Sandoval (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Location: Pabellón Bibllioteca
09:00
Ramiro Estrada (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Inés Alvarez-Icaza Longoria (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Conference Recap
PRESENTER: Ramiro Estrada
09:15-09:45 Session 11: Design Panorama Overview

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Biblioteca Building, Ground Floor

Chair:
David Sánchez Ruano (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Location: Pabellón Bibllioteca
09:15
Roberto Iñiguez-Flores (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Cumulus Design Declaration: Educating for the Transitions (abstract)
09:45-10:45 Session 12: Morning Keynote

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Chair:
Terry Irwin (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Location: Pabellón Bibllioteca
09:45
Idil Gaziulusoy (Aalto University, Finland)
The Future is not Waiting for Us to Create It: Design and Agency in an Already-Unfolding World (abstract)
10:45-11:15Coffee Break

Aulas 1 Building, 3rd & 4th Floor

11:15-12:45 Session 13A: Track 1-3 English

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/82957696520

Aulas 1 Building, 4th Floor

Chair:
Delfina Fantini van Ditmar (Royal College of Art (RCA), UK)
Location: TDC - Room 1
11:15
Juli Sikorska (University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria)
HeatCon: Building imaginative capacity for sustainability transitions through experiential climate interventions (abstract)
11:30
Kristin Hughes (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
The Long Game of Community Transition: When Generosity Travels (abstract)
11:45
Jonathan Kline (Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture, United States)
Sarosh Anklesaria (Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture, United States)
From Infrastructural Violence to Just Transitions: Community Repair and Convivial Futures in the Afterlives of Aging Urban Highways (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jonathan Kline
12:00
Yagmur Gizem Avci (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey)
Cigdem Kaya (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey)
Systemic Design for the Preservation and Adaptive Development of Traditional Knowledge (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yagmur Gizem Avci
12:15
Beth Ferguson (University of California Davis, United States)
Sara Dean (University of Michigan, United States)
Climate Action Tactics Framework (abstract)
PRESENTER: Beth Ferguson
11:15-12:45 Session 13B: Track 2-2 English

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/89878747202

Aulas 1 Building, 4th Floor

Chair:
David Sánchez Ruano (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Location: TDC - Room 2
11:15
Emanuele Giorgi (Tecnologico de Monterrey. School of Architecture, Art and Design, Mexico)
María Elena de la Torre Escoto (Tecnologico de Monterrey. School of Architecture, Art and Design, Mexico)
Carlos Cobreros Rodríguez (Tecnologico de Monterrey. School of Architecture, Art and Design, Mexico)
Weaving Ecologies of Care Weaving Ecologies of Care: Regenerative Living Labs as Infrastructures for Societal Transition in Latin America (abstract)
PRESENTER: Emanuele Giorgi
11:30
William Martin (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
From Computational Enclosure to Living Neighborhoods: A Transition Design Scaffold for Commoning Civic Intelligence (abstract)
11:45
Abhishek Khan (Savannah College of Art and Design, United States)
A Pluriversal Design Strategy to Integrate Indigenous Knowledge Structures for Developing Bottom-up Approaches to Policy Design (abstract)
12:00
Goeun Kuu-Park (Aalto University, Finland)
Collaborative DIY as stepping stones for school-based energy transitions (abstract)
12:15
Anna Goss (Spherical Studio, United States)
David McConville (Spherical Studio, United States)
Dawn Danby (Spherical Studio, United States)
Alisa Petrosova (Spherical Studio, United States)
The Living Infrastructure Field Kit: A Participatory Platform for Community-Led Planning in Greater Los Angeles (abstract)
PRESENTER: Anna Goss
11:15-12:45 Session 13C: Track 3-3 English

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/81100455082

Aulas 1 Building, 4th Floor

Chair:
Peter Jones (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Canada)
Location: TDC - Room 3
11:15
Luis Garcia (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
The Unfinished Designer: Towards a Dynamic Positionality Model for Transition Design (abstract)
11:30
Maria Yen (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Paul Pangaro (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Implication as Obligation: Second-Order Cybernetics and the Posture of Responsibility in Transition Design (abstract)
PRESENTER: Maria Yen
11:45
Pablo Cotera (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Gerardo Sandoval (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
David Sánchez (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Edgar Martínez (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Relationality as a transitional instrument towards planetary health (abstract)
PRESENTER: Pablo Cotera
12:00
James Barnes (North Carolina State University, United States)
Audrey Barnes (North Carolina State University, United States)
Ecosystem Transitions and Transition Design: Mixing Metaphors for Design Theory & Practice (abstract)
PRESENTER: James Barnes
11:15-12:45 Session 13D: Track 3-4 English

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/84749284469

Aulas 1 Building, 4th Floor

Chair:
Valentina Vezzani (University of Bristol, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, UK)
Location: TDC - Room 4
11:15
Adam Cowart (University of Houston/Langrand, Canada)
Denise Worrell (Langrand/University of Houston, United States)
Heather Benoit (Langrand/University of Houston, United States)
Cultivating Ecologies of Imaginaries to Support Systems-Level Transitions in Healthcare (abstract)
PRESENTER: Adam Cowart
11:30
Melanie Kahl (School of Visual Arts, Meld Strategy, United States)
Holding Transitions: Proposals for a Transdisciplinary Praxis of ‘Holding’ in Transition Design (abstract)
11:45
Annika Maya-Rivero (Center for Industrial Design Research (CIDI) Faculty of Architecture UNAM, Mexico)
Ruth Helene Melioranski (Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA), Estonia)
Juan Carlos Ortiz-Nicolás (Center for Industrial Design Research (CIDI) Faculty of Architecture UNAM, Mexico)
Quinn Darby Feller (Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA), Estonia)
Weaving Relational Futures: An Estonia–Mexico Design Workshop on Unwanted Loneliness in Later Life (abstract)
PRESENTER: Annika Maya-Rivero
12:00
Sofia Bosch Gomez (Northeastern University, United States)
Tina Rosado (Northeastern University, United States)
Luca Gaspari (Northeastern University, United States)
Mariana Villamizar (Northeastern University, United States)
Making Continuity Visible: Network Analysis and Practitioner Stewardship in Latin American Public Design (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sofia Bosch Gomez
11:15-12:45 Session 13E: Track 4-3 English

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/88665779320

Aulas 1 Building, 3rd Floor

Chair:
Alessandra Savina (Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Architecture, Art and Design, Mexico, Mexico)
Location: TDC - Room 5
11:15
Sonia Massari (ISIA Roma Design, University of Pisa, Italy)
Sara Andreozzi (ISIA Roma Design, Italy)
Valerio Pasquazi (ISIA Roma Design, Italy)
Tenuta Lab as a Place-Based Living Lab pedagogy for Sustainability Transitions in Agro-Food and Rural Systems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sonia Massari
11:30
Margaret Urban (State University of New York at Fredonia, United States)
Combating the “Extinction of Experience:” a method for fostering connection to local ecosystems. (abstract)
11:45
Katrin Androschin (SRH University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg | Campus Berlin, Germany)
Julia Leihener (SRH University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg | Campus Berlin, Germany)
Strategic Design for Systemic Change (abstract)
PRESENTER: Katrin Androschin
12:00
Triana Martinez Gonzalez (unam, Mexico)
Transition towards a professionalizing education in Design with an ecosystemic approach at UNAM (abstract)
11:15-12:45 Session 13F: Track 4-4 Spanish

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/87099222560

Aulas 1 Building, 3rd Floor

Chair:
Leticia Gaytán Hernández Magro (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Location: TDC - Room 6
11:15
Gloria Escobar (Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala)
Formar para la transición: investigación y diseño orientados a la transformación socioambiental en Guatemala (abstract)
11:30
Christian Chavez Lopez (Facultad de Artes y Diseño Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico)
Virtudes ecoestéticas y simpoiéticas para el cambio sistémico: una propuesta de formación en diseño (abstract)
11:45
Sergio Nava-Lara (Centro Peninsular en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (CEPHCIS-UNAM), Mexico)
Mapeo de la prevención del suicidio. Oportunidad para el diseño de transición (abstract)
12:00
Carolina Salguero (Universidad de Caldas, Colombia)
Carmenza Gallego (Universidad de Caldas, Colombia)
Diseño de Transiciones en clave de cuidado: apropiación comunitaria del espacio público en Chachafruto (Colombia). (abstract)
PRESENTER: Carolina Salguero
12:15
Claudia Garduño García (Design Your Action, Mexico)
Adolfo Rodríguez Guerrero (UNESCO, Mexico)
Herik Germán Valles Baca (Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior, Mexico)
La Iniciativa ANUIES-UNESCO 2026-2030 para la participación sustantiva de las juventudes en la transformación de educación superior: Una propuesta para un cambio sistémico de largo alcance (abstract)
PRESENTER: Claudia Garduño García
12:30
Claudia Garduño García (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico)
Juan Carlos Ortiz Nicolás (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)
Sandra Luz Molina Mata (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico)
Algunas consideraciones para la formación en diseño para las transiciones en la universidad pública (abstract)
PRESENTER: Claudia Garduño García
13:00-14:15Lunch

Aulas 1 Building, Ground Floor

14:15-15:45 Session 14A: Panel Session: Designing Transitions in Practice

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Biblioteca Building, Ground Floor

Chair:
Emanuele Giorgi (Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Architecture, Art and Design, Mexico, Mexico)
Location: Pabellón Bibllioteca
14:15
Jorge Carlos Sanabria Zepeda (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Eduardo Santana Castellón (Museo de Ciencias Ambientales de la Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico)
Claudia Marina Vicario Solórzano (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico)
Designing Transitions in Practice: The HUMETAV Model for Citizen Science and Urban Socio-Ecological Innovation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jorge Carlos Sanabria Zepeda
14:15-15:45 Session 14B: Panel Session. Desired Futures

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/87993920844

Aulas 1 Building, 4th Floor

Chair:
Gerardo Sandoval (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Location: TDC - Room 1
14:15
David Sanchez Ruano (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Daniel Christian Whal (International Futures Forum, Spain)
María Elena De la Torre Escoto (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Carlos Cobreros Rodríguez (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Del Diseñar Transiciones hacia futuros deseados a trabajar de forma regenerativa en el presente (abstract)
PRESENTER: David Sanchez Ruano
14:15-15:45 Session 14C: Panel Session. Transiciones desde el Territorio

Zoom Room:

https://itesm.zoom.us/j/81475006713

Aulas 1 Building, 4th Floor

Chair:
Inés Alvarez-Icaza Longoria (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Location: TDC - Room 2
14:15
Sandra Molina Mata (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico)
Transiciones desde el Territorio: Laboratorios Híbridos Ciudadanos para la Periferia de la CDMX (abstract)
14:15-15:45 Session 14D: Workshop. Designing with Urban Periferies

Aulas 1 Building, 4th Floor

Chair:
Gideon Kossoff (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Location: TDC - Room 3
14:15
Erica Dorn (Oregon State University, United States)
Designing within Urban Peripheries (abstract)
15:45-16:00Coffee Break

Aulas 1 Building, 3rd & 4th Floor

16:00-17:00 Session 15: Afternoon Keynote

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Biblioteca Building, Ground Floor

Chair:
Peter Jones (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Canada)
Location: Pabellón Bibllioteca
16:00
Anand Pandian (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
Acknowledge, Imagine, Improvise, Organize: Working for Change in a Time of Indifference (abstract)
17:00-17:30 Session 16: Conference Synthesis Panel

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Biblioteca Building, Ground Floor

Chair:
Leticia Gaytán Hernández Magro (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Location: Pabellón Bibllioteca
17:00
Mariana Amatullo (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Terry Irwin (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Gideon Kossoff (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Inés Alvarez-Icaza Longoria (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
David Sánchez Ruano (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Transition Design for the Future
PRESENTER: Mariana Amatullo
17:30-18:00 Session 17: Closing Ceremony

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Biblioteca Building, Ground Floor

Chair:
Inés Alvarez-Icaza Longoria (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Location: Pabellón Bibllioteca
17:30
Ramiro Estrada (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Closing Ceremony