Program Overview
Program Overview
Designs 2026 Program (DAY 1)
Session 1. Artificial Intelligence for Renewable Energy Systems and Optimization
Date: 9 February 2026 (Monday)
Time: 09:00 (CET, Basel) | 03:00 (EST, New York) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CET | Speaker | Talk Title |
| 09:00-09:10 | Prof. Dr. Wenbin Yu Conference Chair |
Chair Welcome Speech |
| 09:10-09:20 | Prof. Dr. Ziliang Wang Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 09:20-09:50 | Prof. Dr. Amir H. Gandomi Keynote Speaker |
Artificial Intelligence for Global Challenges: Towards Sustainable Energy and Environmental Resilience |
| 09:50-10:20 | Prof. Dr. Robertas Damaševičius Keynote Speaker |
LaryngoSpeech: Personalized Voice Restoration After Throat Cancer Surgery Using Generative AI Models |
| 10:20-10:50 | Prof. Dr. Cosimo Magazzino Keynote Speaker |
Does energy poverty alleviate sub-Saharan Africa’s ecological deficit? Evidence from different environmental indicators using new machine learning methods |
| 10:50-11:10 | Prof. Dr. Tapas Mallick Invited Speaker |
Hydrogen integrated solar system for Net-Zero Built Environment: Challenges and Oppertunities |
| 11:10-11:25 | Edgar A. Manzano Oral Speaker |
Short-Term Wind Speed Forecasting at Termas Station: A SimpleRNN Pipeline with Weibull Characterisation |
| 11:25-11:40 | Tyrone Fernando Alcivar Reyna Oral Speaker |
Optimization of a Hybrid Solar-PEM Electrolyzer System for On-Site Medical Oxygen Production |
| 11:40-11:55 | Abhishek Bajirao Katkar Oral Speaker |
A Hybrid Co-variance-Guided ABC–NSGA-II Metaheuristic for Multi-Objective Multi-Area Dynamic Economic–Emission Dispatch with Renewable Integration and Implicit Constraint Handling |
Session 4. AI-Enhanced Design Strategies for Energy Efficiency in Built and Urban Environments
Date: 9 February 2026 (Monday)
Time: 14:00 (CET, Basel) | 08:00 (EST, New York) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CET | Speaker | Talk Title |
| 14:00-14:10 | Prof. Dr. Elena Lucchi Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 14:10-14:30 | Dr. Angelo Figliola Arch. Arturo Del Razo Montiel Invited Speakers |
Integrating Generative AI into Climate-Aided Design: Methods, Tools, and Professional Implications |
| 14:30-14:45 | Rosa Agliata Oral Speaker |
AI Potential in the Site Suitability Analysis of Renewable Energy Communities |
| 14:45-15:00 | Zigor Iturbe Martin Oral Speaker |
Exploring the Use of Generative AI in the Intelligent Design of Energy-Efficient Façade Renovations |
| 15:00-15:15 | Gabriele Rossini Oral Speaker |
Circular design as a key strategy to reduce embodied energy: An AI-powered tool to support material-related data exchange for a sustainable built environment |
| 15:15-15:30 | Suwen Xiong Oral Speaker |
From Super-Apps to Sustainable Communities: A Platform Framework for Coordinated Housing Retrofits |
| 15:30-15:45 | D. Ben Ghida Oral Speaker |
Context-Sensitive AI for Urban Energy Systems: A Comparative Study of Paris, Dijon, and Nice |
| 15:45-16:00 | Beatriz Bordignon Cypriano Oral Speaker |
Development of AI Using Building Facade Optimization: An Application Focusing on Retrofitting NYCHA Midrise Housing in New York City |
| 16:00-16:15 | Mofiyinfoluwa Tobi Olowe Oral Speaker |
Resource-Significant Activity Costing in Offshore Strucuture Construction Projects Using Artificial Neural Network |
| 16:15-16:30 | Xiaojia Zhang Oral Speaker |
AI-Enhanced Detection of Thermal Anomalies in Urban Roofs via Drone-assisted Infrared Thermography (UAV-IRT) |
| 16:30-16:45 | Leonidas Mazarakis Oral Speaker |
Federated Learning for Energy-Aware Decision Systems in Smart Built Environments |
Designs 2026 Program (DAY 2)
Session 5. Data-Driven Design for Energy Forecasting, Security, and Resilience
Session 6. Digital Design Technologies for Energy Equipment and Systems
Date: 10 February 2026 (Tuesday)
Time: 09:00 (CET, Basel) | 03:00 (EST, New York) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CET | Speaker | Talk Title |
| 09:00-09:10 | Dr. Yichen Zong Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 09:10-09:40 | Dr. Sakdirat Kaewunruen Keynote Speaker |
AI-powered Forecasting of Energy Consumption in a Public Building |
| 09:40-10:00 | Prof. Dr. Wilfried van Sark Invited Speaker |
Data-driven AI methods for nowcasting based on all-sky imagers |
| 10:00-10:15 | Chen Zhaoyang Oral Speaker |
Multi-objective optimization method of combined air conditioning based on building conformity prediction |
| 10:15-10:30 | Alvaro Garcia Ruiz Oral Speaker |
Optimizing Offshore Green Hydrogen Systems via Modular Simulation |
| 10:30-10:50 | Dr. Najmeh Bazmohammadi Invited Speaker |
Next-Generation Data-Driven Energy Systems |
| 10:50-11:05 | Fernando Gonçalves Oral Speaker |
Intercomparison between URANS and LES simulations of the turbulent flow around the NTNU T1 wind turbine, using OpenFOAM with the Actuator Disc Model |
Session 3. Intelligent Design and Control of Energy Storage Systems and Demand Response
Session 2. Smart Grids and AI-Enabled Energy Management Systems
Date: 10 February 2026 (Tuesday)
Time: 14:00 (CET, Basel) | 08:00 (EST, New York) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CET | Speaker | Talk Title |
| 14:00-14:10 | Prof. Dr. Ning Qin Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 14:10-14:40 | Prof. Dr. Xiaohu Yang Keynote Speaker |
Design and optimization on novel heat storage tank for building heating |
| 14:40-15:10 | Assoc. Prof. Mahmoud Elsisi Keynote Speaker |
AI/ML Applications to Energy Systems Monitoring and Designs |
| 15:10-15:30 | Prof. Dr. Davide Papurello Invited Speaker |
BEV, electric vehicles safety issues - thermal runaway and abuse testing in confined spaces |
| 15:30-15:40 | Dr. Tommaso Bragatto Dr. Surender Reddy Salkuti Session Chairs |
Welcome from the Session Chairs |
| 15:40-16:00 | Dr. Surender Reddy Salkuti Invited Speaker |
Sustainable Development with Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicle Technologies |
| 16:00-16:15 | Zaineb Zoubaidi Oral Speaker |
AI-Enhanced Energy Monitoring Framework for Smart Factories: A Neural Network and Six Sigma-Driven Approach |
| 16:15-16:30 | Nikolaos Fragkos Oral Speaker |
From Solar Panels to AI Decisions: Intelligent Server Utilization for Sustainable Computing |
| 16:30-16:40 | Prof. Dr. Wenbin Yu Conference Chair |
Chair Closing Speech |