CDFAM · Tokyo · 2026
Schedule
October 8–9, 2026
Tentative schedule · Subject to change – All Proceedings in English
Day 01 · Oct 8
Day 02 · Oct 9
Evening Reception
Day 01
Thursday · October 8
8:00 – 8:50
Check-in · Badges · Coffee
8:50
Welcome to CDFAM Tokyo
Duann Scott
9:00
Keynote
The best design is the design you can make
Ivo Timóteo · Guido Cossu · Braid
9:40
SUB OPTIMAL
Sarat Babu · SARAT
10:00
Form Follows Force: Data-Responsive Stochastic Algorithms for Additive Footwear
David Burpee · MorphXgen Labs
10:20 – 11:00
Break · Coffee
11:00
Pencil to Product: Vizcom’s Role in the New Design-to-Manufacturing Pipeline
Jordan Taylor · VIZCOM
11:20
Toward Generative Engineering: Case Studies in Computationally Enhanced Creation of New Design Concepts
Kotaro Tanimichi · Nature Architects
11:40
Self-Improving Optimization via AI-Driven Data Augmentation
Ryoma Okamoto · Ansys Japan K.K.
12:00
Aeroforms: Modeling Olfactory Cartographies of Japan
Zinab Eisa · Esha Morakhiya · Harvard University
12:20 – 1:20
Lunch & Networking
1:20
From As-Designed to As-Built: An Integrated Engineering Framework for Additively Manufactured Lattice Structures
Kuniharu Ushijima · Tokyo University of Science
1:40
Case Study: Development of Auto-design Workflow for Heat Exchanger
Tomoo Yamaji · YAMAJI DESIGN
2:00
Ultimate Cooling Design: CAD-Ready Topology Optimization for Thermal Management
Kentaro Yaji · The University of Osaka
2:20
Reinventing Vapour Chambers with Additive Manufacturing
Danilo Gigantelli · Umar Hossain · Alloyed
2:40 – 3:20
Break · Coffee
3:20
Teaching AI Engineering Instead of Geometry: Why Text-to-Code-to-CAD Is the Next Step in Computational Design
Darren Henry · PTC
3:40
AI Repertoires: Recursive Design Spaces for Architectural Ideation
Jimmy Wei-Chun Cheng · Carnegie Mellon University
4:00
The Era of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Generation of Construction Materials
Giorgia Cannici · Virginia Tech
4:20
Keynote
From Prototype to Enterprise: 8,430 Days of Computational Design
Onur Yüce Gün · New Balance
4:40 – 5:00
Networking
Evening Reception
Networking event & drinks
5:00 – 7:00
Networking Reception · Drinks
Day 02
Friday · October 9
8:00 – 9:00
Check-in · Coffee
9:00
The Next Era of Interaction Layers for Engineering
Laurence Cook + Beatrice Zanardi · Generative Engineering
9:20
AI-Powered Design of Electric Vehicle Powertrains: From System Requirements to Optimal Subcomponent Decisions
Martin Hofstetter · Graz University of Technology
9:40
Overcoming Barriers To Computational Design In The Aerospace Industry
Ifeanyi Umunna · Honeywell
10:00
Nodi: A Unified Computational Design Platform for Additive Manufacturing Workflows
Masatatsu Nakamura · Nodi
10:20 – 11:00
Break · Coffee
11:00
Engineering Intelligence: Pushing the Edge of the Known
Anna Kiener · Neural Concept
11:20
Developing Rotationally Compressible Running Footwear For A New Running Experience
Yuta Shimoda · HYBEX
11:40
Reduced-Order Modelling of Tidal-Turbine Blade Structures for System Co-Design
Sam Hughes · The University of Edinburgh
12:00
The Future of Autonomous Design: From Generative AI to Agentic AI
Namwoo Kang · Narnia Labs
12:20 – 1:20
Lunch & Networking
1:20
Engineering/Manufacturing Processes With Implicit Modeling
George Allen · nTop
1:40
Bridging the CAD-to-Simulation Gap: introducing Coreform IGA for Abaqus
Matthew Sederberg · Coreform
2:00
When Failure Is Not an Option: Bringing Certifiable AI to Engineering Design
Rhushik Matroja · Cognitive Design Systems
2:20
Unlocking the Geometry Bottleneck: Evolving the Simulation Stack
Rik Baruah · Intact Solutions
2:40 – 3:20
Break · Coffee
3:20
From Implicit to Insight: Native Meshing and AI Agents That Make Computational Designs Simulation-Ready in Minutes
Liang Yang · Voxshell Limited
3:40
METHEUS: A CAD Agent Driving the AI Transformation of Linkage Mechanism Design
Jungho Kim · Jongjun Lee · IDeA Ocean
4:00
Software Defined Matter: an open substrate for design and optimization
Eamon Carrig · Emergent Matter
4:20
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