Monday 21st of May 2012 — Thursday 24th of May 2012
Venue and location information: Cavtat-Dubrovnik, Croatia
The goal of DESIGN Conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners who have worked on or thought about engineering and industrial design from a variety of perspectives, disciplines, and fields: engineering, aesthetics, ergonomics, psychology, sociology and the like. Participants of DESIGN conferences contributed to the understanding of design building relationships across multidisciplinary design domains including engineering and product development, innovation, management, complexity, human behaviour and system design. DESIGN conference is a biannual event with robust academic and industrial attendance presenting state-of-the-art research projects.
By tradition DESIGN conference is a forum for discussion and further development of all aspects of design knowledge from cognition and methodology to methods and philosophy, from research theory to practice. The DESIGN conference program offers broad exchange possibilities to researchers and practitioners, strategic decision makers, managers, design and engineering professionals, national or regional agencies or governmental bodies.
download: DESIGN2012_Call_for_papers.pdf [551.74 KB]
more info: www.designconference.org
Wednesday 22nd of August 2012 — Friday 24th of August 2012
Venue and location information: Aalborg University, Denmark
This 9th bi-annual conference serves as a Nordic complement to the large European and American conferences within the field of Engineering Design and Product Development.
The conference topic is design in a wide context: Integrated Product Development, Engineering Design, Industrial Design and Conceptualisation.
Suggested topics for paper submission are:
- Product Development
- Research approaches and topics
- Design education and teaching
Researchers, practitioners and students are invited to submit papers to the conference within the above-mentioned topics - in a broad and general perspective.
Especially, PhD-students are encouraged to submit papers to the conference.
Important dates:
20.01.2012: Abstracts due
20.02.2012: Notification of acceptance
04.05.2012: Full papers due
more info: www.norddesign2012.aau.dk
Thursday 06th of September 2012 — Friday 07th of September 2012
Venue and location information: Artesis University College, Antwerp, Belgium
The 14th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE2012) will take place at the Department of Design Sciences, Product Development, Artesis University College Antwerp, 6-7 September 2012 with the theme "Design Education for Future Wellbeing". The conference is a unique opportunity for educators, practitioners, researchers and student in design-related areas to meet and exchange experiences in design education and future wellbeing. Artesis University College is located in the heart of Antwerp and within walking distance of all major landmarks and attractions: the fashion and diamond district, Rubens' house, the cathedral, MAS museum and port. Jointly organised by the Institution of Engineering Designers, the Design Education Special Interest Group of the Design Society and Artesis University College Antwerp and supported by the City of Antwerp, this educational conference for engineering and product design is an ideal networking, research and innovation forum which will help you reach your professional goals.
Key dates:
Submission of Abstracts – 3 December 2011
Submission of Full Papers – 2 March 2012
Submission of Final Paper – 25 May 2012
more info: iepde.org/epde12
Thursday 13th of September 2012 — Friday 14th of September 2012
Venue and location information: Kyoto, Japan
Dependency and Structure Modeling (DSM) originates from the methods that have come about from using the Design Structure Matrix and similar methods (matrix-based as well as graph based). These methods have proven very valuable in designing complex systems, optimizing technical systems and product architectures and organizations, densely networked processes and large market structures. With its ability to manage complexity by looking into the structure of a system, it has led to many other advances and methodologies nowadays.
The International DSM Conference provides a platform for practitioners, researchers, and developers of DSM-related tools to exchange experiences, discuss trends and showcase results and tools. It also acts as a forum to develop new ideas regarding complexity management in all kinds of industries and from many different perspectives.
In addition, factory tours, tutorials, workshops and a solution seminar will complement the event.
The International DSM Conference is endorsed by the Design Society. The papers of the conference will be available through the Design Society website for members.
This year, the conference will take place in
Kyoto, Japan.
Important dates are:
25.04.2012 Short paper submission
01.06.2012 Notification of preliminary acceptance
24.06.2012 Submission of revised contribution (for publication in proceedings)
Please note: No deadline extenstions are possible!
more info: www.dsm-conference.org
Tuesday 18th of September 2012 — Thursday 20th of September 2012
Venue and location information: Glasgow, United Kingdom
Design Creativity is an important and interesting topic of study in design. Since it involves the profound and essential nature of design, design creativity is expected to be a key in not only addressing the social problems that we are facing, but also producing an innate appreciation for beauty and happiness in our minds. In order to elucidate the nature of design creativity, the following issues are being studied:
- Cognitive processes underlying design creativity
- Computational models of design creativity
- Practical processes to incorporate the human and social dimensions
After the success of the first ever International Conference on Design Creativity in 2010 in Kobe, Japan, the next event will take place in Scotland in close cooperation with the University of Strathclyde.
Important dates:
09.03.2012: Full paper submission
04.05.2012: Paper acceptance notification
01.06.2012: Deadline for revised/final papers
Please check the conference website for further details.
more info: www.icdc2012.org.uk
