Panel Discussion: AI + Sustainability: Reimagining Nature, Accelerating Innovation

As we seek deeper emotional resonance and human-centered experiences in products and environments, natural materials are reclaiming center stage. In this session, we explore how AI and digital technologies can reinvent the expression of natural elements in design—enabling new forms of materiality, rapid product iteration, and continuous innovation. Can machines help us reconnect with nature? Can sustainability become a creative force, not a constraint? 1. Digital Craft Meets Nature: How AI is Transforming the Use of Natural Materials 2.Sustainable Speed: Can We Innovate Faster Without Harming More? 3.Human Touch in the Age of Automation: How to Preserve Emotion in Intelligent Products