Updated: March 12, 2024

With technology intermediating our lives like never before, how has our human-centric profession adapted to this hyper-digital age? Can this intersection of tech and design deliver a more equitable world?

This panel discussion features Agata Kurzela, the Dubai-based architect and design, and Founder of Agata Kurzela Studio, Matthew Utley, Architect and Principal, Grimshaw, Nuru Karim, the founder of the award-winning Indian design firm NUDES and Riyad Joucka founder of the progressive design practice, MEAN – Middle East Architecture Network. The intersection of design and tech is nothing new to our panellist – from 3D printing PPE to exploring AI-enabled construction tech, they have done it all. Here they discuss the merits and pitfalls of our newfound east with tech.