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34th Design for X Symposium (DFX 2023)
DfX offers young scientists from the field of product development a platform for presenting new ideas and approaches to their research. (Abstract Submissions by 26 May 2023)
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E&PDE 2023 - 25th International Conference on Engineering & Product Design Education
E&PDE 2023 will bring together representatives from education and industry interested in sharing new perspectives on design education. The conference will provide a forum for educators, practitioners and students. (Submission Deadline: 27 Feb 2023)
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ICED23 International Conference on Engineering Design
The 24th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED23, will continue to be a great forum where the design community comes together to share insights, discover new ideas, create new design ventures, and form friendships.
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ICED2023 AFRICA-DESIGN Workshop: Towards Mutual Collaboration in Africa and Beyond
This workshop will provide a forum for assessing progress to date towards creating an African Chapter of the Design Society, challenges and opportunities, and develop a plan for moving forward.
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Summer School on Tolerance Management - Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Information about the Summer School on Tolerance Management at Friedrich-Alexander-University
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MUDD Design Workshop
Clive L. Dym MUDD Design Workshop XIII - Call for Papers - Collaborations in Student Design Experiences: Cross-Disciplinary, Cross-Institutional, Community, and Industry Partnerships
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SSEDR'23 - Summer School on Engineering Design Research
The Summer School on Engineering Design Research is aimed at PhD students/candidates who are working on topics related to Design Science. Apply online by 17 March 2023.
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16th Design Theory Workshop 2023
We are pleased to announce that the 16th Design Theory Workshop will take place from the 30th January to 31st January 2023.
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Co-evolution of design research and design practice - implications of new methodological developments on future design processes
Part 2 of the Design Process SIG workshop series, will be hosted at IIS Bangalore, India, from January 12-13, 2023.
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9th International Conference on Research Into Design (ICoRD'23)
ICoRD'23 is the ninth in a series of conferences intended to be held every two years in India to bring together the international community from diverse areas of design practice, education and research.
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EcoDoCS'2022 - Doctoral School on Eco-design of Complex Systems
10 - 14 October 2022 at CentraleSupélec, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. This doctoral school is open to 20 people, in priority from EcoSD network, S-mart network, the Design Society and Université Paris-Saclay, but not only.
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24th International Dependency and Structure Modelling (DSM) Conference
The International DSM Conference provides a platform for researchers, practitioners, and developers of DSM-related tools to exchange experiences, discuss trends, and showcase results and tools.
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DFX 2022 33rd SYMPOSIUM DESIGN FOR X
The 33rd DfX Symposium will take place on 22nd & 23rd September 2022 in Hamburg.. DFX 2022 offers young scientists a platform for presenting new ideas and approaches for improving product development.
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24th International Conference on Engineering & Product Design Education (E&PDE 2022)
The E&PDE conference will bring together representatives from education and industry who have an interest in sharing new perspectives on design education. The conference will provide a forum for educators, practitioners and students.
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DCC'22: Tenth International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition
DCC'22: Tenth International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition. Bringing artificial intelligence, cognitive science, neuroscience and computational theories to design research.
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DRS2022
DRS2022 is hosted by the city of Bilbao, in Northwest Spain, in association with the University of the Basque Country (Universidad del País Vasco) and the wider ecosystem of local academic and design institutions.
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23rd Summer School on Engineering Design Research (SSEDR ’22)
The Summer School on Engineering Design Research is aimed at PhD students/candidates who are working on topics related to Design Science.
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DESIGN 2022
The 17th INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CONFERENCE - May 23-26, 2022 - Hotel Croatia, Cavtat, CAVTAT - DUBROVNIK, Croatia
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Product Service Systems (PSS) Design Course
This course aims to give an overview of the current strategies, methods and tools related to the design and implementation of Product-Service Systems in industry, as well as to highlight current and future areas of research in the PSS field.
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AFRICA-DESIGN Presents the Baraza - 'Considering the Social Impacts of Design'
AFRICA-DESIGN presents it's 3rd BARAZA under the theme 'Considering the Social Impacts of Design'. Hosted by the Brigham Young University Design Exploration Research Group. Taking place online on Wednesday, 20th April 2022.
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32nd CIRP DESIGN Conference
32nd CIRP DESIGN Conference to be held on the campus of the École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, from March 28th to March 30th, 2022.
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Design Society Rigi Meeting 2022
Every year the Board of Management, Advisory Board and SIG and Chapter Leaders of the Design Society meet to discuss the development and administration of the Society and, in a day of scientific discussions.
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Design for Additive Manufacturing: Future Interactive Devices (DEFINED) workshop
International workshop in Valletta, Malta, between the 17th and 18th March 2022.
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Design Theory Workshop & Design Theory Tutorial 2022
The Design Theory Workshop: 31st - 1st February 2022 & the Design Theory Tutorial: 2nd - 4th February 2022
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PubliER2022
The industry of the future : beyond the Anthropocene - 2-4 Feb 2022 Troyes (France)
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"Data & Creativity: The chicken and the egg"; guest lecture by Milene Goncalves
Milene Goncalves will hold a guest lecture at the Free University of Bozen Bolzano, exploring the manifold relations between the use of data and (design) creativity
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IASDR 2021: [ _ ] WITH DESIGN: REINVENTING DESIGN MODES
Registration is now open for IASDR 2021taking place from the 5th to 9th December 2021, Hong Kong.
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Robust Design SIG Seminars
The Robust Design SIG would like to invite you to an online seminar series (next seminar on the 28th of October 2021).
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EcoDoCS'2021 - Doctoral School on Eco-design of Complex Systems
11 - 15 October 2021 at CentraleSupélec, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. This doctoral school is open to 20 people, in priority from EcoSD network, S-mart network, the Design Society and Université Paris-Saclay, but not only.
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23rd International Dependency and Structure Modelling Conference (DSM 2021)
The International DSM Conference provides a platform for researchers, practitioners, and developers of DSM-related tools to exchange experiences, discuss trends, and showcase results and tools.
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DFX 2021 32nd SYMPOSIUM DESIGN FOR X
Online via Zoom and Tutzing, Germany. 27th and 28th September 2021. DFX 2021 offers young scientists a platform for presenting new ideas and approaches for improving product development.
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TRIZ Future Conference 2021 - Creative solutions for a sustainable development
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23rd International Conference on Engineering & Product Design Education (E&PDE 2021)
The E&PDE conference will bring together representatives from education and industry who have an interest in sharing new perspectives on design education. The conference will provide a forum for educators, practitioners and students
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ICED21 International Conference on Engineering Design
We invite you all to Gothenburg and participate in the 23rd ICED conference in August 2021.
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Virtual environments systems (VES) symposia of the 2021 IDETC/CIE conference
The symposia of Virtual Environments and Systems (VES) aims to provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of the state-of-the-art and cutting-edge research and developments in the enhancement of practice in engineering...
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2nd Computational Design for Additive Manufacturing IDEA League Summer School
The DfAM SIG, in collaboration with colleagues of TU Delft, will be offering the 2nd edition of the Summer School on Computational Design for Additive Manufacturing (05-16 July 2021).
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R&D Management conference - Track on the design of new industrial ecosystems
The theme of the R&D Management Conference is Innovation in an Era of Disruption.
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22nd Summer School on Engineering Design Research (SSEDR ’21)
The Summer School on Engineering Design Research is aimed at PhD students/candidates who are working on topics related to Design Science. For the first time, this will be an online event.
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Call for Papers: DESIGNING THROUGH MAKING: 2-D and 3-D Representations of Designs
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2021 IEEE Technology & Engineering Management Conference – Europe
TEMSCON 2021 theme: INNOVATION NETWORKS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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The behaviour and design (BAD) conference
The BAD Conference will webcast some of the world’s leading UX Psychologists and Researchers direct to your home, to talk about the implementation of Behavioural Psychology into User Research and Design.
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Workshop of the SIG HBiD: How do you validate design methods?
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5th Tutorial of the Design Theory SIG
Save the Date: 27th - 29th January 2021
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International Workshop on Design Theory
Save The Date: 25th and 26th January 2021
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Ninth International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition - DCC'20
Bringing artificial intelligence, cognitive science, neuroscience and computational theories to design research. 14-16 December 2020. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. Preceded by Workshops 12-13 December 2020.
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Design Culture Symposium (DCS) 2020
Call for papers extended to September 26th 2020. Design Culture Symposium (DCS) is a conference interested in promoting a dialogue between design culture and strategic design.
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DESIGN 2020 - 16th International Design Conference is online now
The DESIGN Conference programme offers broad exchange possibilities to researchers and practitioners, strategic decision makers, managers, design and engineering professionals, national or regional agencies or governmental bodies.
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Launch of the Health Systems Design SIG @ DESIGN2020
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Health Systems Design SIG taken place as part of DESIGN2020 online.
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AFRICA-DESIGN @ DESIGN2020
If you are attending the DESIGN 2020 Online Conference, we would like to invite you to participate in the online workshop on DESIGN FOR GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, October 26th, 14:30-16:00 (Central European Time).
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PhD online course in Product-Service Systems
This course aims to give an overview of Product-Service System (PSS), i.e. a production with focus on servitization where value is created through a shift from selling the product to selling total customer solutions.
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EcoDoCS'2020 - Doctoral School 2020 Eco-design of Complex Systems
This doctoral school is open to 20 people in priority from EcoSD network, S-mart network, the Design Society and Université Paris-Saclay, but not only.
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Summer School Tolerance Management
The focus is on the knowledge and experience exchange between industry, research and young talents in tolerancing.
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Webinar: How do users perceive the products´ sustainability performance?
Yuri Borgianni, Assistant Professor at the Free University of Bozen (Italy)
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DFX 2020 31st SYMPOSIUM DESIGN FOR X
Online via Zoom and Erlangen, Germany. 16-17 September 2020. DFX 2020 offers young scientists a platform for presenting new ideas and approaches for improving product development.
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Computational Design for Additive Manufacturing IDEA LEAGUE Summer School
The DfAM SIG, in collaboration with colleagues of TU Delft, will be offering a Summer School on “Computational Design for Additive Manufacturing” (1-11 September 2020).
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International Upcycling Symposium 2020: Research and Practice
This symposium aims to collate state-of-the-art research and practice on upcycling in the world and identify opportunities for future research and business collaborations.
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The 6th International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC 2020)
Update: ICDC has been changed to an online event this year. Visit the website for more. Creativity at the Extremes. ICDC 2020 is an official conference of the Design Society promoted by its Special Interest Group (SIG) on Design Creativity.
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NordDesign 2020
The NordDesign conferences serve as a Nordic complement to the larger international conferences in design and product development, but we also wish to welcome participants from all other countries.
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Canadian Design Workshop
The Canadian Design Workshop (CDW) is a biennial workshop modelled after the Clive L. Dym Mudd Design Workshops and in collaboration with the Center for Design Teaching at Harvey Mudd College.
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CubeSat Symposium at the 2020 CSME International Congress
As part of the 2020 Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress, there will be a symposium on CubeSat innovation and research.
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Research Methods in Design and Engineering Management (PhD short course)
The objective of this course is to train doctoral students in planning and execution of research methods in the field of design, innovation, and management research.
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Design Practice Speaker Series - Tammo de Ligny
Design Practice SIG: Our mission is to “Foster interaction between academics and practitioners to capture, understand, develop, improve, support, exchange and share design practice.”
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10th International Joint Conference on Mechanics, Design Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing
We are pleased to invite all researchers, engineers and students to submit full papers (6 pages) that will be peer-reviewed for acceptance with the essential corrections and proposed for oral presentation.
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Are companies ready for the Circular Economy?
In this webinar series, you will have the chance to get to know more about some of the research being developed by our Steering Committee. Join us!
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Swinburne Design Lecture Series 2020
This lecture will reveal the foundations upon which the Armadillo Vault, NEST-HiLo, KnitCandela and many other projects by the BRG were based.
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National Symposium - The Need for System Integration Capability
The objectives of this seminar are to explore the current situation within the UK in the education and industrial experiences of Engineers, Product Designers and Computer Scientists in taking a systems approach to disciplinary integration.
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Symposium on Design Theory and Innovation
The event will offer a unique opportunity to meet some of the leading researchers from the SIG, learn about their research and practical work on data-driven design, artificial intelligence, creativity, design thinking and more...
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DTU Ørsted Lecture with Professor Steven Eppinger on 28th October 2019
DTU's next prestigious Ørsted Lecture will be delivered by Professor Steven Eppinger from Management Science and Innovation, MIT Sloan School of Management. All welcome to attend.
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Design Practice Speaker Series - Prof. Tim McAloone and Dr. Daniela Pigosso - Your Sustainability Impact?
Design Practice SIG - Our mission is to “foster interaction between academics and practitioners to capture, understand, develop, improve, support, exchange and share design practice.”
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7th CIRPe Global Web Conference 2019
Towards shifted production value stream patterns through inference of data, models, and technology.
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EcoDoCS'2019 - Doctoral School 2019 Eco-design of Complex Systems
NEW DATE! This Doctoral school is open to 20 people in priority from EcoSD network, S-mart network, the Design Society and Université Paris-Saclay, but not only. It is supervised by Professor Bernard Yannou and Assistant Professor François Cluzel.
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21st International Dependency and Structure Modelling Conference (DSM 2019)
The International DSM Conference provides a platform for researchers, practitioners, and developers of DSM-related tools to exchange experiences, discuss trends, and showcase results and tools.
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30th Symposium Design for X
The annual event provides a platform for young researchers and postgraduates to present and discuss their new approaches in the field of product development and design.
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21st International Conference on Engineering & Product Design Education (E&PDE 2019)
The E&PDE conference will bring together representatives from education and industry who have an interest in sharing new perspectives on design education. The conference will provide a forum for educators, practitioners and students ...
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HSI2019 - International Conference on Human-Systems Integration
International Conference on Human-Systems Integration. INCOSE International Conference on Human Systems Integration, HSI2019, will be held in Biarritz, France on September 11-13, 2019.
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22nd International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED19)
The ICED19 Conference will take place at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. The theme of the conference will be 'Responsible Design for Our Future'. Further information coming soon!
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Summer School on Industry 4.0
CentraleSupélec are looking for highly motivated, bachelor-level, international students to participate in this exciting summer school in industry 4.0.
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UBISS 2019 Summer School
Call for Participants to workshop “CRITICAL MAKING: DESIGNING FOR ACTIVISM” (application deadline March 11, 2019)
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Summer School on Integrated Product Development 2019 (IPD ISS)
With the industrial world looking at ways of how to overcome increasing demands on product performance and product individualisation, there is an increasing need to exploit product development to cope with these business challenges.
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2nd Human Behaviour in Design Conference (HBiD)
2nd conference on "Human Behaviour in Design". How can HBiD contribute to a deeper understanding towards designing the interfaces of emerging digital technologies to better suit the user? 23.-24.04.2019 in Tutzing, Germany
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Swinburne Design Lecture Series
This free public lecturer will be presented by Dr Gregory Quinn on the topic of 'blowing your cover: shelters, computation & innovation'.
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Design Society 'Rigi' Meeting 2019
Every year the Board of Management, Advisory Board and SIG and Chapter Leaders of the Design Society meet to discuss the development and administration of the Society and, in a day of scientific discussions.
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Product Development Symposium 2018
DS member discounts on participation! The Product Development Symposium is DTU Mechanical Engineering’s annual forum for industry practice and research in product development-related state-of-the-art results and projections.
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MMEP Workshop, Design Method Eco-Systems
This workshop will discuss method eco-systems in companies and their relationship with design methods proposed by academia. 5th-6th November 2018, Engineering Design Centre, Cambridge UK
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20th International Conference on Engineering & Product Design Education (E&PDE 2018)
The E&PDE conference will bring together representatives from education and industry who have an interest in sharing new perspectives on design education. The conference will provide a forum for educators, practitioners and students ...
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NordDesign 2018
Welcome to NordDesign 2018. We are pleased to announce that NordDesign 2018 will be hosted in Linköping, Sweden on 14th-17th August 2018. The conference will take place at Linköping University and is organized by the Division of Machine Design.
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5th International Summer School “Product Architecture Design" 2018
Held in fanciful Helsinki Finland at the Design Factory at Aalto University, this PhD researcher course will cover the latest research in modularity and product architecture.
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DESIGN 2018 - 15th International Design Conference
The DESIGN Conference programme offers broad exchange possibilities to researchers and practitioners, strategic decision makers, managers, design and engineering professionals, national or regional agencies or governmental bodies.
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International Spring School on Systems Engineering (IS3E)
The International Spring School on Systems Engineering IS3E is a cooperative five day course created for PhD students who want to extend their knowledge of Systems Engineering.
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Asia Design Engineering Workshop (A-DEWS 2017)
The Design Society's Asia Chapter hosted A-DEWS 2017 in Seoul, Korea in December 2017, with the theme "Business Innovation Design".
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Product Development Symposium 2017 (PDS17)
As their annual industry sympoisum, The Technical University of Denmark's Section for Engineering Design and Product Development invites to a four-day symposium, with thought-leaders from around the world, on four daily topics.
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The 28th DfX Symposium (DfX 2017)
The annual Design for X Symposium offers young scientists in the field of product development a platform for presenting new ideas and approaches to their research. Industry representatives and professors contribute to the intensive discussion.
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Summer School on Tolerance Management
The Summer School on Tolerance Management from in Erlangen focuses on the knowledge and experience exchange between industry, research and young talents in tolerancing.
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19th International DSM Conference (DSM 2017)
The International DSM Conference provides a platform for researchers, practitioners, and developers of DSM-related tools to exchange experiences, discuss trends, and showcase results.
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19th International Conference on Engineering & Product Design Education (E&PDE 2017)
The E&PDE conference brings together representatives from education and industry who have an interest in sharing new perspectives on design education.
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The 8th International Conference on Life Cycle Management (LCM 2017)
The Life Cycle Management conference series is one of the world’s leading forums for environmental, economic and social sustainability.
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ICED17 The 21st International Conference on Engineering Design, 21-25th August 2017
The forthcoming International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED17, will continue to be a great forum where the design community comes together to share insights, discover new ideas, create new design ventures, and form friendships.
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9th CIRP IPSS Conference - 19th - 21st June, DTU, Denmark
The 9th CIRP IPSS Conference will take place at DTU in Denmark from 19th - 21st June 2017. The theme of the conference is 'Circular Perspectives on PSS'. This conference is run in collaboration with...
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5th International Spring School on Systems Engineering (IS3E), 29 May - 2 June 2017, Enschede, Netherlands
Invitation to the 5th International Spring School on Systems Engineering (IS3E), 29 May - 2 June 2017, Enschede, Netherlands
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Spring School "Ecodesign of complex Systems"
This spring school is open to 20 people from EcoSD network and the Design Society. It is supervised by Pr. Bernard Yannou of CentraleSupélec, administrator of EcoSD and member of the Design Society.
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2017-Summer-School-ESD-Research-Methods, Clemson University, 15th - 26th May 2017
CEDAR, with the support (pending) of the National Science Foundation, will be hosting a two week Summer School that will introduce graduate students to three research methods of case study, protocol analysis, and designer experiments.
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Design Society Rigi meeting 2017
Every year the Board of Management, Advisory Board and SIG and Chapter Leaders of the Design Society meet to discuss the development and administration of the Society and, in a day of scientific discu...
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Summer School on Integrated Product Development 2020 (IPD ISS)
With the industrial world looking at ways of how to overcome increasing demands on product performance and product individualisation, there is an increasing need to exploit product development to cope with these business challenges.
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Design Practice Speaker Series - Professor Emerita Gabriela Goldschmidt - How I Became a Design Researcher
Design Practice SIG: Our mission is to “Foster interaction between academics and practitioners to capture, understand, develop, improve, support, exchange and share design practice.”
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Design Practice Speaker Series: Professor Ben Hicks - Digital Twins (Video now available)
See a video of Professor Ben Hicks' talk, "Lies, damned lies and Digital Twins"