Monday 17 October 2011

14th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Conference - Design Education for Future Well Being

http://www.iepde.org/epde12/deadlines.htm

Deadlines

* Submission of Abstracts (max 500 words) – 3 December 2011
o Abstracts should be submitted via our conference management system.
o Details of the submission process may be found here.
* Notification of Successful Abstracts – 16 December 2011
* Submission of Full Papers – 2 March 2012
o Details of the submission process, including the paper template, may be found here
* Notification of Accepted Papers – 16 April 2012
* Deadline for submission of final paper and paper summary for publication – 25 May 2012.
* Deadline for Author Earlybird Registration - 25 May 2012
* Conference – 6 and 7 September 2012

Conference Aim

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 from product development, engineering and industrial design, together with industry to discuss current educational issues and the nature of design education now and in the future. This year's conference theme is Design Education for Future Wellbeing and aims to;

* Provide a networking platform for a wide variety of participants.
* Explore how design education can set the scene for future wellbeing of people within society, economy, industry and the global village the world has become.
* Discuss how engineering and product design education can lead to innovative products for an innovative world.
* Explore how the focus on future wellbeing can contribute to the development of creativity and success.
* Encourage innovators to provide feedback to educators with ideas and practical opportunities in order to facilitate an innovation platform future (ad)ventures.

These aims will be addressed through the following conference topics;

* Design education in practice
* Design methodology in education
* Best practice in design education
* Design education and industry
* Creativity in design education
* New design education paradigms
* International collaboration
* Global product development
* Linking Bachelor, Master and PhD level education
* Scientific methods for course evaluation
* Professional perspectives for design students
* Research networks of design educators
* Idea to market in design education
* Technology transfer through design

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