Shaping Shared Worlds: Autonomous Systems and the Design of Future Environments

As autonomous vehicles, social robots and smart systems reshape the spaces we inhabit, how can we design for shared human, technological and ecological worlds? This conference, organised by Klaus Bengler (TUM School of Engineering and Design) and Yvonne Förster (Philosopher in Residence, TUM-IAS), brings together international philosophers, designers and engineers to explore functional openness and multistability beyond human-centred design.

9–10 September 2026, from 10:00
Institute for Advanced Study, TUM, Lichtenbergstraße 2a, 85748 Garching — Faculty Club
(U6 Garching-Forschungszentrum, exit Lichtenbergstraße)

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