From Cooperation to Emotion: Reflections on CDVE 2025

The 22nd International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering (CDVE 2025) will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, from October 19–22, 2025.
This year’s theme centers on “cooperation” — not only between systems, but between people, ideas, and disciplines.

As someone deeply interested in interdisciplinary collaboration and emotional visualization, I see CDVE as more than an academic venue.
It’s a stage where design meets engineering, where emotion finds form through visualization, and where collaboration transforms into tangible innovation.

Cooperative Design — Designing Together, Designing Beyond

The Cooperative Design (CD) track explores what happens when multiple users, locations, and interfaces converge in the same creative process.
From real-time collaborative editing to interactive tabletop design, it emphasizes how design is no longer an isolated act, but a shared dialogue between minds and machines.

What fascinates me most is the idea of designing for the entire lifecycle — from the first sketch to manufacturing or construction.
It’s a mindset that values not only creation, but continuity — ensuring that design decisions echo throughout the product’s life.

Cooperative Visualization — Seeing Emotion, Seeing Together

The Cooperative Visualization (CV) sessions dive into multi-user visualization, cooperative visual analytics, and 3D virtual environments.
This is where my passion for emotional visualization comes alive.

I believe that visualization is not just about clarity — it’s about connection.
When multiple users interact within the same visual environment, data transforms into dialogue.
Emotion becomes a layer of communication, enabling people to feel what they see, not just analyze it.

Cooperative Engineering — Building Systems that Understand Collaboration

The Cooperative Engineering (CE) field redefines how complex systems can think and act collectively.
From human-machine interfaces to smart grids, it focuses on how engineering can support decision-making and interoperability on a massive scale.

What excites me most is the concept of concurrent prototyping and process modeling — a vision of engineering that’s agile, adaptive, and human-aware.
It’s about systems that don’t just execute commands, but cooperate in creative problem-solving.

Final Thoughts

CDVE 2025 reminds me that cooperation is not merely a technical feature — it’s a human value.
Whether it’s co-designing an interface, visualizing empathy, or engineering communication, every act of collaboration brings us closer to understanding how people and technologies can co-create meaning.

This is why I’m eager to attend CDVE 2025 in Bangkok — to explore how emotional visualization can bridge the gap between technology and humanity, and to learn from those who are shaping the future of cooperative design.