CALL FOR SPEAKERS

We are entering an era where technology can generate images, compose music, design products, and even simulate conversation. Yet one frontier remains profoundly human: How things feel.

The Global Taste & Smell Summit invites thinkers, creators, scientists, designers, artists, technologists, clinicians, chefs, futurists, and innovators to explore the sensory dimensions shaping the future of human experience.

This year’s theme, Designing the Feel, asks a deceptively simple question: As we redesign our world, who is designing what it feels like to live in it?

From flavor and fragrance to healthcare, hospitality, AI, architecture, food systems, consumer products, public spaces, virtual environments, and space exploration, every experience is mediated through the senses.

We are seeking bold, idea-driven talks that challenge assumptions, reveal emerging research, share unexpected insights, and inspire new ways of thinking.

Potential topics include:

• The future of taste, smell, and multisensory design
• AI, perception, and synthetic experiences
• Designing emotion, memory, and belonging
• Neurodiversity and sensory inclusion
• Food, culture, and the future of eating
• Smellscapes, soundscapes, and immersive environments
• Health, wellness, and sensory medicine
• The science of pleasure, comfort, and desire
• Human performance and sensory optimization
• Designing life beyond Earth
• New frontiers in flavor, fragrance, and consumer experience
• The invisible systems shaping behavior and decision-making

We are less interested in product pitches and more interested in ideas that can change how people see the world.

Talks should be accessible, thought-provoking, and grounded in expertise. Whether you are presenting breakthrough research, a provocative question, a design experiment, or a vision for the future, we want to hear from you.

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Speaker Contributions
As part of our fundraising efforts, selected presenters are asked to make a modest contribution to support Summit production and WTSA’s nonprofit mission. This approach allows us to keep registration accessible while providing speakers with a global platform to share their work, research, ideas, and innovations.