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In late November, the Signo project hosted a series of three Speculative Design workshops, inviting participants to imagine and critique future technologies for Glaucoma diagnosis and care. Held on the 19th, 20th, and 28th of November, these sessions brought together designers, philosophers, ophthalmologists, and technologists to explore how healthcare technologies might embody — or challenge — values such as responsibility, inclusion, and humanisation.

Working in interdisciplinary groups, participants engaged in future-oriented design exercises, guided by value clusters identified in earlier phases of the project. Each group developed conceptual prototypes and speculative scenarios — from AI-powered assistants and smart glasses to automated screening systems — reflecting how different value configurations might shape future healthcare experiences.

These workshops surfaced critical questions about autonomy, surveillance, trust, and the role of care in increasingly digitised systems. By combining design fiction with ethical reflection, the sessions advanced Signo’s broader mission: to support the development of technologies that are not only functional, but value-conscious and socially attuned.