PERSPECTIVE article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Organizational Psychology
Catalyzing Collaboration Through Intentional Design: The Teaming for Biomedical Digital Twin (Teaming4BDT) Conference
L. Michelle Bennett 1
Zhen Xiao 2
1. LMBennett Consulting, LLC, Potomac, United States
2. Truvante, LLC, Lorton, VA, United States
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Abstract
Abstract Scientific conferences traditionally focus on knowledge dissemination through presentations, panel discussions, and poster sessions, with limited emphasis on active collaboration formation. We describe an ambitious conference design model that intentionally integrated team science principles to spark collaborative conference outcomes. The 2024 IMAG/MSM Teaming for Biomedical Digital Twin (Teaming4BDT) Meeting, was a three-day hybrid conference with over 200 participants that integrated didactics, presentations, and working group sessions focused on the opportunities and challenges of biomedical digital twins (NASEM definition and model) with structured team formation activities. Through dual perspectives—conference design and participant experience—we examine how deliberate design elements facilitated the formation of over 10 interdisciplinary teams and detail the journey of one team from formation through sustained collaboration.
Summary
Keywords
biomedical, collaboration, Digital Twin, Interactive Conference Design, Interdisciplinary, team development, Teaming
Received
05 January 2026
Accepted
19 February 2026
Copyright
© 2026 Bennett and Xiao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
*Correspondence: L. Michelle Bennett
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