Bridging haptic Design Thinking and cyber-physical environments through Digital Twins using conceptual modeling

Considering the ongoing digital transformation, specialized environments that support the design, development, and evaluation of innovative business ideas are needed to meet the constantly changing requirements of various domains. Moreover, it is necessary to educate the upcoming generations in what we call a Digital Leader skill profile crucial for navigating this complex and interdisciplinary landscape. One approach to address these challenges is the Digital Innovation Environment supported by the OMiLAB community of practice, which advances the notion of bridging business ecosystems with cyber-physical environments through smart models. This contribution extends existing works on the utilization of the OMiLAB ecosystem by proposing an environment that leverages domain-specific conceptual models to establish interoperability between Digital Twins of Design Thinking and IoT environments. An educational setting is used to evaluate the feasibility of our proposed approach in addressing design issues related to the skill profile required for thriving in the digital transformation age.