DigitalFUTURES 2026 Agenda
Release time:2026-06-26


DigitalFUTURES 2026 Agenda



Opening Ceremony



Registration

7:00 - 8:00   

Venue: 1F Lecture Hall, Yifu Building, Tongji University


Opening Ceremony

Venue: 1F Lecture Hall, Yifu Building, Tongji University

8:00 - 8:15    Opening Introduction

8:15 - 8:30    Opening Remarks


Group Photo

8:30 - 8:50



Keynote Speech: Jenny Sabin

Arthur L. and Isabel B. Wiesenberger Professor in Architecture and Chair of Design Tech at Cornell University;

Founder of Jenny Sabin Studio

8:50 - 9:30   

Venue: 1F Lecture Hall, Yifu Building, Tongji University


Keynote Speech: Satoshi Ohashi

Director (China) and Head of the Beijing Studio,

ZHA Architects

9:50 - 10:30   

Venue: 1F Lecture Hall, Yifu Building, Tongji University


Workshop Team Introduction (3 minutes per group)

10:30 - 12:30

Venue: 1F Lecture Hall, Yifu Building, Tongji University


Workshop Group Teaching

13:30 - 17:00

Venue: Classrooms, Building B & D, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University


AMD Industry Speech: Zhongyang ZAN

AI Product Specialist, Greater China, AMD

17:00 - 17:30

Venue: 2F Bell Hall Auditorium, Building B, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University


Keynote Speech: Rudi Stouffs

Dean's Chair Associate Professor at Department of Architecture,

Assistant Dean (Research) of the College of Engineering and Design,

National University of Singapore

17:30 - 18:30

Venue: 2F Bell Hall Auditorium, Building B, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University






6.28


Group Teaching

9:00 - 17:00

Venue: Classrooms, Building B & D, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University

 

Keynote Speech: Kostas Grigoriadis

Associate Professor at University College London;

Associate Editor in Chief of Architectural Intelligence

17:00 - 18:15   

Venue: 2F Bell Hall Auditorium, Building B, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University





6.29 



Group Teaching

9:00 - 17:00    

Venue: Classrooms, Building B & D, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University


Keynote Speech: Tom Verebes

Professor of Architecture in the School of Architecture and Design at New York Institute of Technology;

Director of OCEAN CN

17:00 - 18:15

Venue: 2F Bell Hall Auditorium, Building B, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University





6.30


Group Teaching

9:00 - 17:00  

Venue: Classrooms, Building B & D, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University


Keynote Speech & Youth Forum: Jiacheng JIANG

Director of Operations, D5 Render

17:00 - 18:30

Venue: 2F Bell Hall Auditorium, Building B, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University





7.1



Group Teaching

9:00 - 17:00 

Venue: Classrooms, Building B & D, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University


Keynote Speech & Youth Forum:Vishu Bhooshan

Senior Associate at ZHA Architects,

Co-Administrator of ZHACODE;

Lecturer at University College London

17:00 - 18:30

Venue: 2F Bell Hall Auditorium, Building B, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University





7.2 


Group Teaching

9:00 - 17:00

Venue: Classrooms, Building B & D, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University





7.3


Group Teaching

9:00 - 17:00

Venue: Classrooms, Building B & D, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University





7.4


CAUP Forum on Journal Excellence

9:00 - 12:00

Venue: 3F Lecture Hall, Wenyuan Building / Building A, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University

 

Architectural Intelligence Journal Development Planning Forum and Young Editorial Board Meeting

13:30 - 18:00

Venue: 3F Lecture Hall, Wenyuan Building / Building A, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University


Keynote Speech: Hank Haeusler

Professor at UNSW Sydney,

Director of the ARC Centre for Next-Gen Architectural Manufacturing,

Deputy Director of the AI Institute

13:30 - 14:30   

Venue: 2F Bell Hall Auditorium, Building B, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University


Final Presentation of Workshops

14:30 - 17:30

Venue: 2F Bell Hall Auditorium, Building B, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University





7.5

Closing Event &Exhibition Opening


Plenary Lecture: Luis Sacristan Murga

Senior Associate at Heatherwick Studio; Associate

Lecturer at the Royal College of Art

9:00 - 9:40   

Venue: 2F Bell Hall Auditorium, Building B, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University


Final Presentation of Workshops

9:40 - 12:00    

Venue: 2F Bell Hall Auditorium, Building B, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University


Closing Event & Awarding Ceremony

Venue: 2F Bell Hall Auditorium, Building B, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University


13:30 - 13:50    Workshop Summary

13:50 - 14:00    'DigitalFUTURES Awards'

14:00 - 14:40    Keynote Speech by DigitalFUTURES Award Winner

14:40 - 14:50    'Coding Award'

14:50 - 15:20    'Project Awards'

15:20 - 15:50    'Young Awards'

15:50 - 16:00    'ARI Best Papers'

16:00 - 16:30    Workshop Participants Certificate Awarding Ceremony


Exhibition Opening

Venue: GF Exhibition Hall, Building C, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University


16:30 - 16:45    Move to the Building C Exhibition Hall

16:45 - 17:00    Exhibition Introduction

17:00 - 17:15    Opening Remarks

17:15 - 18:00    Free Viewing




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DigitalFUTURES 2026

Worshop Committee


DigitalFUTURES2026 Workshop Chair:

Prof. Zhenyu Li, Tongji University


CDRF Conference Chairs:

Prof. M. Hank Haeusler, UNSW

Prof. Mark Burry, Swinburne University of Technology

Prof. Jane Burry, University of Adelaide

Prof. Blair Kuys, Swinburne University of Technology

Assoc. Prof. Nic Bao, RMIT University

Dr. Ivana Kuzmanovska, UNSW


DigitalFUTURES Founder / Chairman:

Prof. Philip F. Yuan, Tongji University


DigitalFUTURES Fellows / Academic Committee:

Prof. Achim Menges, University of Stuttgart

Prof. Yimin Xie, Hohai University

Prof. Philippe Block, ETH Zurich

Prof. Patrik Schumacher, ZHA Architects

Prof. Areti Markopoulou, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia

Prof. Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Royal Danish Academy

Prof. Antoine Picon, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Prof. Mario Carpo, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL

Prof. Mark Burry, Swinburne University of Technology

Prof. Weiguo Xu, Tsinghua University

Prof. Hernán Díaz Alonso, Southern California Institute of Architecture


DigitalFUTURES Organizing Committee Secretariat:

Secretary-General /

Dr. Chao Yan, Tongji University

Deputy Secretary-General /

Senior Lecturer Dingwen 'Nic' Bao, RMIT University

Deputy Secretary-General / 

Dr. Jiayan Fu, Tongji University


DigitalFUTURES Organizing Committee:

Finance / 

Dr. Jiayan Fu, Tongji University

Exhibition / 

Assoc. Prof. Hua Chai, Tongji University

Dr. Shuaizhong Wang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Coordination / 

Shitong Wang, Tongji University

Zhe Guo, Hefei University of Technology

Publicity / 

Jiapan Sun, Tongji University

Assoc. Prof. Kostas Grigoriadis, UCL

Dr. Jiayan Fu, Tongji University


CDRF Proceeding Committee:

Prof. M. Hank Haeusler, UNSW

Senior Lecturer Dingwen 'Nic' Bao, RMIT University

Dr. Ivana Kuzmanovska, UNSW

Dr. Christopher Bamborough, UNSW

Dr. Yige Liu, Tongji University

Prof. Philip F. Yuan, Tongji University


ARI Editorial Committee:

Editor-in-Chief / 

Prof. Philip F. Yuan, Tongji University

Associate Editors / 

Assoc. Prof. Kostas Grigoriadis, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL

Assoc. Prof. Weixin Huang, Tsinghua University

Prof. Jianlin Liu, Donghua University

Assoc. Prof. Caitlin Mueller, MIT

Assoc. Prof. Rudi Stouffs, National University of Singapore

Prof. Yupeng Wu, University of Nottingham

Managing Editor / 

Assoc. Prof. Hua Chai, Tongji University

Senior Lecturer Dingwen 'Nic' Bao, RMIT University

Editors / 

Wei Ding, ARI Editorial Office

Dr. Jiayan Fu, Tongji University


Awarding Committee:

Prof. M. Hank Haeusler, UNSW

Assoc. Prof. Kostas Grigoriadis, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL

Prof. Jeffrey Huang, EPFL

Prof. Khoo Peng Beng, SUTD

Senior Lecturer Dingwen 'Nic' Bao, RMIT University

Dr. Yige Liu, Tongji University