We are currently putting together the program for the Media Architecture Biennale 2026 (MAB26). Anchored in Bangkok, the event is designed as a truly hybrid exchange to connect our global community of researchers and practitioners.
Driven by our central theme, “Co-Designing the City,” the upcoming schedule will blend physical and digital formats to support rigorous, cross-border discussions. Participants can look forward to peer-reviewed academic symposia, live collaborative design workshops, and virtual site visits that critically explore the intersections of urban informatics, inclusive public spaces, and adaptive architecture. The full itinerary of keynotes, panels, and paper presentations will be published soon; we invite scholars, designers, and urban policymakers to join our mailing list for official program updates and the forthcoming Call for Submissions.
| Time, UTC+07:00 | Conference Day 1 (21 September 2026) |
Conference Day 2 (22 September 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30–10:00 | Registration | Registration |
| 10:00–10:10 | Session chair: Nuntinee Tansrisakul | Session chair: Pheereeya Boonchaiyapruek |
| 10:10–10:30 | Keynote 1 “Media Architecture on the Horizontal Plane” | Keynote 1 “Worlding the Digital Skin: Reciprocal Animations in Planetary Media Architecture” |
| 10:40–10:55 | Paper Integrating 4E Cognition in Media Architecture: Bridging Physical and Digital Spaces for Enhanced Cognitive Experiences Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina | Paper AI and Urban Screens in Ecological Storytelling: Coral Narratives of Beauty and Collapse Nanyang Technological University |
| 11:05–11:20 | Paper China's Media Cities: Architecture, Screens, and the Reconfiguration of Public Space Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts | Paper The Evolution and ‘Chineseness’ of Urban Screens in China University of Liverpool |
| 11:30–11:45 | Paper Echoes, Whispers and Memories: Toward an Entropic Media Architecture Media Art Nexus | Paper Digital Placemaking in Transit: Exploring how the Light-Based Media Art Installation Affects Human Visual Perception and Behaviour in London Underpass University College London |
| 11:55–12:25 | Talk “Digital Humanism – Human Computer eXperiences” ESIC Lab | Talk “Visual Art Application in Urban City” Visual Media Director, Pan Asia Group (Indonesia) |
| 12:30–13:30 | Lunch Break | Lunch Break |
| 13:30–13:45 | Session chair: Vahid Vahdat | Session chair: Pheereeya Boonchaiyapruek |
| 13:55–14:10 | Paper An Exploratory More-than-Human Care-Based Framework for Media Architecture Keio University Graduate School of Media Design | Paper Reclaiming Public Space Through Participatory Storytelling Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 14:20–14:35 | Paper Gateways of the Imagination: Exploring Perception and Navigation of Entrances in Virtual Social Architecture City University of Hong Kong | Paper Amplifying Sonic Ecologies: Incorporating Site-Specific Sounds in Media Architecture Keio University Graduate School of Media Design |
| 14:45–15:00 | Paper Speculating on the Role of Media Architecture in Post-Disaster Rebuilding and Recovery: Insights from Architects and Interaction Designers Koç University | Paper From Facades to Futures: A Meta-Review of Media Architecture Biennale Research, 2012–2024 ESIC Lab, KMUTT |
| 15:00–15:25 | Break | Break |
| 15:25–16:10 | Talk Session “Lighting the Arab World: Where Culture Meets Technology” Media Facade Ltd. | Talk Session “Urban Future with Immersive Technology” |
| 16:20–17:05 | Talk Session “Observe. Tinker. Construct. Creating work that moves, inspires, and elevates the human experience of the physical world.” Art Director / Motion Design Director, Volvoxlabs | Talk Session “Beyond the Screens: Ecologies and Memories in Digital Public Space” Co-curator, City Digital Skin Art Festival |
| 17:35–18:00 | Networking | Networking |