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Emerge 2027 is the second international conference aimed at fostering emerging research in Product Design. It has the specific intent of providing a platform for early-career researchers, practitioners, and students to discuss, debate, and develop their work in the field of product and industrial design.
The Emerge 2027 theme is ‘Product Design for a Changing World’. Today, the world around us is changing rapidly, and the changes happening are often hard for human beings to predict. The changes and transformations occurring in the world we live in are driven by advancements in digital and computational technology, rising sustainability and regulatory requirements, growing user expectations, and fluctuating socio-economic and cultural contexts. The current conference focuses on investigating how product design as a discipline can respond to these transformations without losing its core focus on functionality, usability, desirability, and human well-being.
Warm greetings from the IDC School of Design, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
We are delighted to invite you, your colleagues, research scholars, and students to contribute to EMERGE 2027 – Emerging Design Inquiry, the second edition of our international research conference, to be held on 26–27 February 2027 at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.
Building upon the first edition, EMERGE continues its commitment to nurturing emerging design research, encouraging critical inquiry, and creating a collaborative platform for researchers, educators, students, and industry practitioners to exchange knowledge and perspectives on the evolving discipline of product design.
EMERGE 2027 is organised around the theme:
Product Design for a Changing World
As design navigates rapidly evolving technologies, environmental challenges, changing social expectations, and new ways of living, we invite researchers and practitioners to reflect upon, question, and reimagine the role of product design in shaping our collective future.
We welcome original research papers and practice-based contributions across six thematic tracks:
We particularly encourage submissions from early-career researchers, doctoral scholars, young academics, and design practitioners who wish to contribute new ideas, methods, critical perspectives, and research-led design practices.
A Special Opportunity for Young Researchers
Presenters under the age of 35 whose papers, posters, or demonstrations are selected will receive a 100% waiver of conference registration fees. However, an article processing fee will be charged for publication.
Publication and Research Dissemination
All submissions will undergo a peer-review process. Accepted full papers will be presented at the conference and published in the conference proceedings.
Selected posters and demonstrations will also have the opportunity to be presented at the conference, providing a platform for research exchange, discussion, and feedback.
Important Dates
Full Paper Submission Deadline: 31 October 2026
Acceptance Notification: 15 December 2026
Registration Opens: 16 December 2026
Camera-Ready Paper Submission: 22 January 2027
Pre-Conference Workshops: 25 February 2027
Conference: 26–27 February 2027
Submission Guidelines: Full research papers should be between 5,000 and 8,000 words, prepared in the prescribed format and anonymised for peer review.
Conference Website: https://emergeconf.org
Call for Papers and Thematic Tracks:
https://emergeconf.org/call-for-papers
Call for Papers and Thematic Tracks: https://emergeconf.org/call-for-papers
Submission Information: https://emergeconf.org/submissions
We would be grateful if you could share this invitation with your faculty colleagues, doctoral researchers, postgraduate students, and wider academic and professional networks, and encourage them to consider submitting their research to EMERGE 2027.
We sincerely hope to welcome diverse voices and perspectives from design institutions and research communities across the world.
We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to IIT Bombay in February 2027, for two days of engaging discussions, emerging ideas, and meaningful academic exchange.
Warm regards,
General Chair
Avinash Shende, Professor, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, INDIA
Supradip Das, Associate Professor, Department of Design, IIT Guwahati, INDIA
EMERGE 2027
