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Explore the schedule for this year\u2019s DEL Conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All conference sessions fall into four categories: Panel, Paper, Case Study, and Design Your Own (DYO) sessions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will also be a mixture of talks and workshops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click here to register your place at the DEL Conference 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Note<\/strong>: The schedule is subject to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* These sessions will be in Spanish<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 1, Wednesday, 11 November, La Romana (optional day)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time<\/strong>
(Dominican Republic)<\/th>		Santo Domingo<\/strong><\/th>La Romana <\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
8:00 am<\/td>Registration<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
9:00 am<\/td>Bus to Chav\u00f3n, La Romana<\/strong> (optional trip). Meeting point Chav\u00f3n, Santo Domingo<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
11:00 am <\/td><\/td>Welcome to CHAV\u00d3N<\/strong>
Adolfo Lucero
Martha Vidal<\/td><\/tr>
12:00-2:00 pm<\/td><\/td>URBAN SKETCH dynamic<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
2:00-3:30 pm<\/td><\/td>Lunch <\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
4:00-5:00 pm <\/td><\/td>Adversarial Futures Thinking and the Endgame of AI Agents<\/strong>
Benjamin Andrew
Location: LAB<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
5.15 pm <\/td><\/td>Return to Santo Domingo<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
7:30 pm <\/td>Informal gathering<\/strong> (optional)<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Day 2, Thursday, 12 November, Santo Domingo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time<\/strong>
(Dominican Republic)<\/th>		Stream A<\/strong><\/th>Stream B<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
8:00 am<\/td>Registration and Coffee Break<\/strong>
Location: Long Hallway<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
9:00 am<\/td>Opening Keynote<\/strong>
Carmen Gil Vrolijk
Location: Auditorium<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
10:00-11:15 am<\/td>*Responsible Intelligence: AI, Ethics and Caribbean Cultural Appropriation in the Age of AI<\/strong>
Hamlet Cabrera + 3 panelists
Location: 1 A-B<\/strong><\/td>		*Minor Pedagogical Gestures: Andean-Mapuche Textile Technologies as Resistance to Colonial Extractivism and the Climate Crisis in Design Education<\/strong>
Paola Melina Rapim\u00e1n Risco
Location: 2A<\/strong>

*Designing from the Caribbean: Eurocentrism in Local Fashion<\/strong>
Erick Lemos
Location: 2A<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
11:15-11:30 am<\/td>Coffee Break<\/strong>
Location: Long Hallway + Lobby<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
11:30-12:45 pm<\/td>Art, Design & GenAI: An Educator’s Toolkit<\/strong>
Natalie Brown
Location: 2F <\/strong>

Transforming Learning Cultures Through Hybrid Studios Across and Beyond Borders<\/strong>
Claudia Roeschmann & Elisabeth Kaliva
Location: 2F<\/strong><\/td>		The Technology of Theatre: Rehearsing Attention and Connection in a World Distracted<\/strong>
Barbie Insua
Location: 2D<\/strong>

*No Margin for Error: From Concept to Execution in Global Latin Design<\/strong>
Jos\u00e9 Pablo Jim\u00e9nez Gonz\u00e1lez
Location: 2D<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
12:45-1:30 pm<\/td>*From Obsessive Drafting to Graphic Narrative: Entrepreneurship on the Autism Spectrum<\/strong>
Anabelle Grull\u00f3n
Location: 2A<\/strong><\/td>		*Colors for Life: Participatory Design Model for Interdisciplinary Co-Creation<\/strong>
Diego Bermudez-Aguirre & Fernando Arboleda
Location: 2B<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1:30-2:45 pm<\/td>Lunch<\/strong>
Location: Parking lot food trucks<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
2:45-4:00 pm<\/td>*Making the Invisible Visible: Scientific Imaging as a Pedagogical Tool in Cultural Heritage<\/strong>
Ruahidy Lombert
Location: 2A<\/strong>

Vibe Designing Learning: Agent-Supported Web App for Course Design<\/strong>
Jhon Benavides
Location: 1D<\/strong><\/td>		Establishing Waikato Design School: Place-Based, Decolonized, Transdisciplinary<\/strong>
Ricardo Sosa
Location: 2B<\/strong>

Teaching Ethics in Wearable Technology Design Through Human-AI Co-Creation<\/strong>
Bolor Amgalan

Location: 1 A-B<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
4:00-5:15 pm<\/td>*Transmedia Art, Leisure and Digital Pedagogies in the Age of AI<\/strong>
Rodr\u00edguez Santos
Location: 2F<\/strong><\/td>		Should Design Move from Form to Experience? Somaesthetics as a Framework<\/strong>
Hirbod Human
Location: 2D<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
4:30 pm<\/td>Designing for Impact: Community-Engaged, Equity-Driven Advertising Design Education<\/strong>
Summer Doll-Myers
Location: 2F<\/strong><\/td>		*The Pedagogy of Slow Looking: Teaching Attention in the First Year<\/strong>
Paula Saneaux
Location: 2D<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
5:15-6:00 pm<\/td>Conference Day 2 Closing Remarks\/Coffee<\/strong>
Location: Long Hallway + Lobby<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
7:15 pm<\/td>END<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
9:00 pm<\/td>Optional Dinner<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Day 3, Friday, 13 November, Santo Domingo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time (DR)<\/strong><\/th>Stream A<\/strong><\/th>Stream B<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
8:00 am<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
9:00 am<\/td>Alumni Panel<\/strong>
Maria Isabel Tejeda<\/strong> (former Chav\u00f3n professor)
Willy G\u00f3mez<\/strong> (Graphic Designer \/ JetBlue project)
Dulcina Abreu<\/strong> (Curator)

Location: Auditorium<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
10:00-11:15 am<\/td>*The Living Darkroom: Biological Photography, Biodesign and Living Ecosystems in the Caribbean<\/strong>
Hamlet Cabrera
Location: 2B<\/strong>

*Creative Gym: A Biopsychosocial Methodology for Cultivating Soft Skills<\/strong>
Ana Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez
Location: 2B<\/strong><\/td>		What Are Cities Without Property? Indigenous Relational Thinking and Urban Futures<\/strong>
Claudia Tomateo, Areti Kotsoni & Catherine D’Ignazio
Location: 2A<\/strong>

*Graphic Design and Its Debt to Research: Tensions in Knowledge Production<\/strong>
Oscar M\u00e9ndez Ayala
Location: 2A<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
11:15-11:30 am<\/td>Coffee Break<\/strong>
Location: Long Hallway + Lobby<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
11:30-12:45 pm<\/td>From Silos to Systems: Rethinking Design Education for Contemporary Practice<\/strong>
Shawn Meek, Jinseup (Ted) Shin, Lisa Abendroth & Jody Paul
Location: 1 A-B<\/strong><\/td>		Designing for Our Future Selves: Reframing Age Bias Through Global Futures Thinking<\/strong>
Kimberly Mitchell
Location: 2A<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
12:45-1:30 pm<\/td>Foundation Studies as Virtual Multiplayer Studio<\/strong>
Benjamin Andrew
Location: 2A<\/strong><\/td>		Access, Creative Practice & Community Care<\/strong>
Nadia Williams + Evelyn M\u00e9ndez Maldonado (Pocoapoco)
Location: 1 A-B<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1:30-2:45 pm<\/td>Lunch<\/strong>
Location: Parking lot food trucks<\/td><\/tr>
2:45-4:00 pm<\/td>Feminist Design Archive: Community-Generated Knowledge Sharing + Mini Add-a-thon<\/strong>
Alison Place
Location: 2F<\/strong>

Co-Imagining Dignity Through Making Across Continents<\/strong>
Archana Shekara, Muhhamad Rahman & Amrita Datta Haughn
Location: LM<\/strong><\/td>		Care First: Reimagining the Design Studio as a Condition for Creative Play<\/strong>
Aashima Takkar
Location: 2D <\/strong>

The Semiotics of Unity: Nesting Identities in a Factional Age<\/strong>
Jennifer Rittner
Location: 1 A-B<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
4:00-5:15 pm<\/td>Talking Circle<\/strong>
Location: 1 A-B<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
4:30 pm<\/td>Conference Closing Remarks \/ Cocktail Party<\/strong>
Location: Auditorium\/lobby<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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