Product design today is undergoing a rapid and often unpredictable transformation driven by advances in digital and computational technologies, growing sustainability and regulatory demands, evolving user expectations, and shifting socio-economic and cultural contexts. This theme invites researchers and practitioners to examine how product design can respond to these transformations without losing sight of its core commitments to functionality, usability, desirability, and human wellbeing. It welcomes work that investigates the changing relationship between designers, technology, and users. Emerge 2027 seeks to bring together diverse perspectives on how the discipline of product design must adapt and what it must hold onto, as it navigates a changing world.