Our President, Paula Gómez, participated as an invited panelist in the roundtable Informed Creativity and Fabrication in Architecture and Engineering: New Challenges in Higher Education and AEC Sector in the Age of AI, held as part of eCAADe 2026. The session brought together international researchers and academics to discuss the challenges that emerging technologies pose to education, research, and professional practice in architecture, engineering, and construction.

The session focused particularly on the transformations associated with the integration of artificial intelligence into architectural education, considering its incorporation into design studios, digital curricula, research methodologies, and new professional competencies. The discussion also addressed the relationship between academia and practice, along with areas such as BIM, digital fabrication, lifelong learning, and the circular economy.

In this context, Paula Gómez presented “Adaptive Resilience: Applied Research for Intelligent Infrastructure Ecosystems”, contributing to the discussion from her experience in applied research and the development of resilient and intelligent infrastructures.

The roundtable was moderated by Anetta Kepczynska-Walczak, President of eCAADe, and also featured Birgül Çolakoğlu, Farnaz Fattahi, and José Pedro Sousa.