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The 17th AHFE International Conference will be held July 20-24, 2026 at Fenerbahçe University, Istanbul, Turkey.
ⓘ Hybrid conference program schedule is listed in Eastern European Summer Time (GMT+3) - Istanbul
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The scientific program and technical sessions are subject to change. Half-Day tutorials at introductory, intermediate, and advanced
levels, covering the entire spectrum of the conference. Tutorials will be offered Monday–Tuesday, July 20–21, 2026. Technical Sessions
will be held both in-person and online (Hybrid) on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday July 22-24. Registered participants are encouraged
to attend all conference days.
AHFE 2026 Opening Session and Keynote Address:
Tuesday July 21, 2026 17:30-18:30 (GMT+3)
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Location: Sheraton Grand Istanbul Atasehir
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Address: Barbaros, Mor Sumbul Sokagi No: 1, 34746 Ataşehir/İstanbul, Türkiye ( )
AHFE 2026 Conference Reception:
Tuesday July 21, 2026 - 18:30-22:00 (GMT+3)
Registered Participants Only - Badge or Photo ID Required, Dress is business casual.
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AHFE 2026 Opening Session and Keynote Address
Opening Session and Keynote Address
Tuesday July 21, 2026 17:30-18:30 (GMT+3)
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Location: Sheraton Grand Istanbul Atasehir
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Keynote Title:
"Digital Twins AI System Analysis (DAISY): Digital Twins for the Analysis and Characterization of Complex Systems "
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Stefan Wolfgang Pickl PhD, D.Sc.
DKKV, COMTESSA, Universität der Bundeswehr Munich, Germany
Speech Summary:
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Speech Summary: As part of the research project »OPERA - Future Operations« an interdisciplinary consortium develops a trend-setting interactive visualization too
to support decision makers politics, to adapt and to explore different strategies especially with the aid of digital twins. This talk gives an overview on that project DAIS
Furthermore it presents the special sector-based approach IDEA4C as part of the IRIS project:
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I - Identification of critical regions, sectors and coupling principles - Cost-Benefit
Cost-Benefit
Cost-Benefit
Cost-Benefit Analysis for complex sectors
Analysis for complex sectors
Analysis for complex sectors
Analysis for complex sectors
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D - Data-driven constraint optimization - Coupled Sector-based Models
Coupled Sector-based Models
Coupled Sector-based Models
Coupled Sector-based Models
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E - Exploratory Strategies/ Recognition of critical pathways and sectors - Characterization
Characterization
Characterization
Characterization of Pathways
of Pathways
of Pathways
of Pathways
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A - Adaptation and Quantifying Analysis - Coordination
Coordination
Coordination
Coordination of Strategies
of Strategies
of Strategies
of Strategies
This 4C-approach describes a new integrated modelling suite for developing and assessing strategic distribution strategies. With the aid of a digital twin “IRIS” appro
further analytic insights ”IDEA” should be supported.
Speaker Bio: Professor Stefan Wolfgang Pickl was born in Darmstadt, Germany on 29th September, 1
He studied mathematics, electrical engineering and philosophy at the Technical University of Darms
(Diploma in 1993; ERASMUS-scholarship at the EPF Lausanne); doctor’s degree at the TU Darmstadt
followed by his habilitation at the University of Cologne in 2005. Since July 2005 Dr. Pickl holds a cha
Operations Research at the UBw Munich. In 2000 Dr. Pickl received the phd-thesis award by the Germ
Society for Operations Research; followed by international “best-paper awards” in the years 2003, 20
2007 and 2015. During the years 2004 to 2024 Dr. Pickl was invited for assignments as visiting- profes
the States, Asia and Europe such as with the Center for Homeland Defense and Security, CHDS. As a
scientist Dr. Pickl was a “Visiting Scientist” in Los Alamos National Labs, in the SANDIA Laboratory, at
as well as at the Santa Fe Institute for complex systems. Dr. Pickl was one of the first mathematicians
developed a model for the simulation and optimization of the CO2 -conflict. Respectively Mr Pickl wa
member of the Excellence-Cluster “Energy” at the RWTH Aachen. He released more than 350 public
Furthermore he is Honorary Professor at University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. Since 2019, Dr. P
Vice-President of the German Committee for Desaster Reduction DKKV. He is member of the counse
board of the BBK in Germany. Since 2022 he is PI of the Topic Leadership Circle TLC in cooperation w
Peter Drucker Forum, in 2026 he was awarded as senior fellow of the Peter Drucker Forum. In 2023 h
nominated as honorary member of the German Society for Operations Research. Since 2024 he is me
of the German Academy of Technology acatech.
Conference Reception: Tuesday July 21, 2026 - 18:30-22:00 (GMT+3)
Location:
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Location: Sheraton Grand Istanbul Atasehir
Address:
Address:
Address:
Address: Barbaros, Mor Sümbül Sokağı No: 1, 34746 Ataşehir/İstanbul, Türkiye (Google Maps)
Registered Participants Only - Badge or Photo ID Required, Dress is business casual.
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Monday, July 20 Tuesday, July 21 Wednesday, July 22 Thursday July 23 Friday, July 24
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AHFE 2026 Preliminary Scientific and Technical Program
Scientific and Technical Sessions: Wednesday - Friday July 22-24, 2026
Location: Fenerbahçe University
Address: Atatürk Mah Metropol İstanbul, Ataşehir Blv., 34758 Ataşehir/İstanbul,
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Day 1 Technical Sessions - Wednesday, July 22, 2026 Track Room
9:00-10:30 (GMT+3) Technical Sessions
SESSION 1 HSSE Plenary: Human Side of Service Engineering Welcome
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Day 1
Wed. July 22
Co-Chairs: Christine Leitner, UK, Clara Bassano, Italy and Debra Satterfield, USA
9:00-10:30
(GMT+3)
HSSE Keynote: Bridging translational gaps for enhancing human wellbecoming
Markus Warg, Germany
HSSE Best Paper Awards
Christine Leitner, UK, Clara Bassano, Italy, Debra Satterfield, USA
SESSION 13 Bridging Translational Gaps for Enhancing Human Well-Becoming I
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Wed. July 22
Co-Chairs: Christine Leitner, UK and Markus Warg, Germany
11:00-12:30
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Translational service research and design methodology: What it is, what it is not, what it
might be
Markus Warg, James Clinton Spohrer, Tilo Böhmann, Christine Leitner, Luca Carrubbo,
Peter Weiss, Jens Neuhüttler, Volker Gruhn, Marc Alexander Burmeister, Germany
Service ecosystem engineering to overcome translational gaps in digital transformation
Volker Gruhn, Markus Warg, Germany
Human judgment in democratic service systems: A knowledge–values–thinking
capability framework
Kazuyoshi Shimada, Japan
'Bridging translational gaps in psychological care - a care platform approach
Erik Foelting, Jennifer Steinbach, Switzerland
Closing the AI-loop: A review of human-guided machine learning approaches (Virtual)
Johannes Stübinger, Niko Grosch, Germany
Evolving the OVB service platform approach to overcome the AI experimentation trap
(Virtual)
Heinrich Fritzlar, Andrea Will, Germany
SESSION 25 Bridging Translational Gaps for Enhancing Human Well-Becoming II
The Human
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Day 1
Wed. July 22
Co-Chairs: Christine Leitner, UK and Markus Warg, Germany
14:00-15:00
(GMT+3)
Beyond availability: Closing adoption gaps in digital health prevention — a TSRDM
approach
Susanna Krämer, Germany
Navigating digital transformation: The strategic alliance as a digital catalyst for corporate
digital entrepreneurship in China’s EV transition (Virtual)
Sanaz Bakhshi Nia, Wei Li, Ruilin Zhu, Germany
Shaping Börsen-Zeitung: Evolving from print media to a leading community platform for
financial market decision-makers (Virtual)
Joachim Lauterbach, Germany
Applying TSRDM framework to Charité´s Fast Follower IT strategy - bridging translational
gaps of digital transformation (Virtual)
Christian Powalla, Anne Marie Schneider, Germany
SESSION 37 Next-Generation Learning: Innovations Shaping Teaching and Learning
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Day 1
Wed. July 22
Chair: Christian Zagel, Germany (Virtual)
15:30-16:30
(GMT+3)
AI upskilling promoting peer-to-peer learning using self-selected real-work use cases
Leonie Krauch, Carsten Schmidt, Wolfgang Beinhauer, Bernd Dworschak, Alexander
Karapidis, Kathrin Schnalzer, Katharina Hölzle, Germany
Development of future skills through innovative learning concepts: Evidence from the
information systems 2.0 program at Coburg University (Virtual)
Daniel Heim, Christian Grosch, Sophia Frank, Germany
From concept to closet: Expectations and realities in circular denim design (Virtual)
Lotta Straube, Germany
DeepClass: Multilingual and personalized learning experiences (Virtual)
Christian Zagel, Germany
SESSION 49 Bridging Translational Gaps for Enhancing Human Well-Becoming III
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Day 2
Thurs. July 23
Co-Chairs: Christine Leitner, UK and Markus Warg, Germany
9:00-10:30
(GMT+3)
The mimetic power for the diffusion of innovation
Johannes Hogg, Germany
Translational Service Research and Design Methodology (TSRDM) and the public sector
Christian Stiefmueller, Christine Leitner, UK
Linking context to outcomes: Building transformational design patterns using service
dominant architecture (SDA) (Virtual)
Peter Weiss, Germany
Fight infodemic and fake news by AI-human driven approach (Virtual)
Francesco Polese, Luca Carrubbo, Giuliana Sorvillo, Mario Galderisi, Italy
Bridging translational gaps in learning healthcare systems (Virtual)
Nabil Badr, Claude Lawrence, II, Luca Carrubbo, Lebanon/Italy
SESSION 61 Knowledge and Creating Value in Teams, Organizations, Communities, and Societies
The Human
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Day 2
Thurs. July 23
Co-Chairs: Yasunobu Ito and Youji Kohda, Japan
11:00-12:30
(GMT+3)
Bridging the gap between stratification and personalization in precision medicine:
"Invisible Labor" and value transformation in Japanese cancer genomic medicine
Kazuo Sakai, Yasunobu Ito, Japan
Shared value creation through hosting in long-term work-experience programs: Case
studies from Japanese SMEs
Masaki Hirakawa, Yasunobu Ito, Japan
Creative horizontal deployment in the Japanese entertainment business: Architectural
redesign and collaborative creativity through the life story of a content producer
Yasunobu Ito, Makoto Tanaka, Japan
What aspects of tacit knowledge are structurally excluded from generative AI?: A
conceptual framework of mediation, structure, and representation
Takashi Onoda, Yasunobu Ito, Japan
Tacit knowledge management with generative AI: Proposal of the GenAI SECI Model
Naoshi Uchihira, Japan
The dynamics of trust in AI systems: Human–machine collaboration within the MLS
exploitation process
Satoshi Okuda, Naoshi Uchihira, Japan
A stepwise, ethnography-informed observational learning framework for novice learners:
Insights from undergraduate medical education (Virtual)
Daisuke Aono, Yasunobu Ito, Japan
SESSION 85 Reimagining Service Innovation: Balancing Benefits in the Digital Age
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Day 2
Thurs. July 23
Co-Chairs: Debra Satterfield, USA and Christine Leitner, UK
15:30-16:30
(GMT+3)
Place make the vote: Designing for voter participation and civic engagement (Virtual)
Tom Tredway, USA
A phenomenological experiment of human-AI communication to study online discourse
Yuri Misnikov, UK
Dispositions, situations, and trust: Keys to autonomous shuttle acceptance
Maranda McBride, Stephanie Kelly, USA
Retreat redesign: A case study using the IIPL approach (Virtual)
Wesley Woelfel, USA
SESSION 97 Styled for Innovation: Fashion, Service, Arts, and Museums as Creative Ecosystems
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Day 3
Fri. July 24
Co-Chairs: Clara Bassano, Italy, Miwa Nishinaka, Japan, and Debra Satterfield, USA
9:00-10:30
(GMT+3)
Algorithmic affect and micro-gestures: Emotional codes in fashion live shopping
Benedetta Russo, Sara Kaufman, Matilde De Luca, Clara Bassano, Italy
Fashion creativity, regenerative practices and visual communication: An exploratory
research
Paola Sabbatino, Clara Bassano, Gabriella Sofia Interlandi, Alessandra Di Ronza, Italy
Designing liquid heritage: How hybrid museum experiences shape co-created cultural
value
Federica Fatima Rosaria Dias, Giuseppe Di Fuccia, Tommaso Roviello, Italy
Aesthetic value and service ecosystems in the age of generative AI (Virtual)
Miwa Nishinaka, Clara Bassano, Hideaki Takeda, Japan/Italy
Reconstructing the authenticity of Wajima lacquerware in the disaster recovery process
(Virtual)
Ryosuke Sakaguchi, Itsuro Kaneyama, Shogo Takie, Kunio Shirahada, Japan
SESSION 109 The Human Side of Service Engineering
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Day 3
Fri. July 24
Co-Chairs: Hinata Nogi and Hanshu Wang, Japan
11:00-12:30
(GMT+3)
Exploring necessary conditions for high and low patient ratings in online healthcare
consultation: An LLM-based weak supervision approach
Hanshu Wang, Xiuzhu Gu, Japan
Development of “Weave Back”: An integrated system for human error prevention
Hinata Nogi, Joohyun Lee, Yusaku Okada, Japan
Bridging institutional maturity and public attention: A mixed-methods study of
telemedicine institutionalization in Japan (Virtual)
Hanshu Wang, Shizu Gotoh, Xiuzhu Gu, Japan
Human–environment interaction in a supermarket retail service system: A field study
(Virtual)
Shui Tsai Yen, Chien-Hsiung Chen, Taiwan
SESSION 122 HSSE Future Directions and Planning for 2027
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Day 3
Fri. July 24
Co-Chairs: Christine Leitner, UK, Clara Bassano, Italy, and Debra Satterfield, USA
14:00-15:00
(GMT+3)
HSSE Planning and Future Directions
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