Cut through the hype: explore AI’s real impact on design, prototyping, forecasting, and automation - alongside its risks, guardrails, and governance.

Explore design’s evolving role: cultural storytelling; trend leadership; the integration of new tools; and how creatives stay relevant in times of transformation.

Unpack how footwear moves from 3D pilots to practice: seamless interoperability, scalable adoption, automation, and the “glue” that makes end-to-end creation real.

Rethink how and where you make: local, circular and additive; new materials; and the trade-offs between cost, sustainability & consumer trust.